Shaquille O'Neal posted the most points in a month in 1999-00, with 540 points in March 2000.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in NBA in a month in 2000

	NAME	PTS	MONTH	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	540	March 2000	16	39.4	33.8	12.3	4.0	0.4	2.1	13.9	23.5	59.0	0.0	0.0		6.0	9.9	60.8	60.6	3.9	8.4	2.6	631	197	64	6	34	41	51	+161
2	Vince Carter V. Carter	487	March 2000	17	40.7	28.6	5.7	3.9	1.0	0.9	10.0	22.4	44.7	1.8	4.5	40.8	6.8	8.8	77.3	54.6	1.9	3.8	2.2	692	97	67	17	16	38	55	+3
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	422	March 2000	16	35.2	26.4	9.8	3.7	1.0	0.8	9.7	18.0	53.8	0.0	0.0		7.0	8.9	78.9	60.2	1.8	7.9	2.5	563	156	59	16	12	40	49	+159
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	402	November 1999	14	37.4	28.7	13.4	3.0	0.4	3.4	11.6	19.6	59.5	0.0	0.0		5.4	13.0	41.8	56.8	4.3	9.1	2.0	523	187	42	6	47	28	44	+123
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	397	January 2000	14	42.3	28.4	14.7	4.1	0.6	3.6	12.1	21.7	55.9	0.0	0.0		4.1	8.1	50.0	56.0	4.6	10.1	2.6	592	206	58	8	51	37	44	+107
6	Chris Webber C. Webber	395	January 2000	15	37.0	26.3	11.1	3.3	1.7	1.8	10.8	21.8	49.5	0.7	1.9	34.5	4.1	5.3	77.2	54.6	2.3	8.8	2.5	555	166	49	25	27	37	47	+34
7	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	393	December 1999	15	41.4	26.2	12.5	2.7	1.2	2.4	9.3	18.9	49.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.7	9.5	80.4	56.8	3.6	8.9	3.6	621	187	41	18	36	54	51	+23
8	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	392	March 2000	16	40.3	24.5	11.1	4.5	1.3	1.1	10.1	18.9	53.1	0.2	0.5	37.5	4.2	5.5	76.1	57.4	2.4	8.8	2.7	644	178	72	21	17	43	39	+133
9	Grant Hill G. Hill	392	November 1999	15	38.9	26.1	6.4	5.5	1.1	0.3	9.3	19.9	47.0	0.2	0.9	21.4	7.3	8.9	82.0	55.0	1.7	4.7	4.1	583	96	83	16	5	61	44	+24
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	391	December 1999	15	40.3	26.1	15.5	3.4	0.7	3.2	10.8	19.9	54.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	9.5	46.9	54.2	4.7	10.8	3.7	604	232	51	10	48	56	53	+145
11	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	387	January 2000	15	40.7	25.8	10.5	4.9	1.3	1.7	11.1	19.9	55.9	0.5	0.9	61.5	3.0	3.9	77.6	59.6	2.6	7.9	3.7	611	158	74	20	26	55	41	+83
12	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	387	January 2000	12	40.9	32.3	3.0	5.2	2.3	0.0	11.7	27.8	41.9	1.3	3.9	31.9	7.7	10.6	72.4	49.6	0.8	2.3	2.5	491	36	62	27	0	30	25	+37
13	Gary Payton G. Payton	384	December 1999	15	42.2	25.6	5.3	8.1	1.3	0.3	9.1	19.1	47.6	3.7	8.6	42.6	3.8	4.8	79.2	60.4	0.9	4.3	2.8	633	79	122	20	4	42	36	+13
14	Vince Carter V. Carter	383	December 1999	14	39.1	27.4	6.0	3.6	1.4	1.1	10.4	22.4	46.3	0.6	1.6	36.4	6.1	7.6	79.4	53.2	2.0	4.0	2.3	548	84	51	19	16	32	50	+21
15	Grant Hill G. Hill	380	March 2000	15	36.7	25.3	6.7	4.9	1.3	0.3	9.5	19.1	49.5	0.2	1.1	18.8	6.2	8.1	76.9	55.8	1.4	5.3	2.9	550	100	73	20	4	43	41	+70
16	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	378	March 2000	15	37.4	25.2	2.1	3.7	1.2	0.4	8.1	18.3	44.4	1.7	4.9	34.2	7.3	8.3	87.2	57.3	1.0	1.1	3.5	561	32	56	18	6	53	25	+6
17	Michael Finley M. Finley	374	March 2000	16	42.3	23.4	6.1	4.5	1.3	0.3	9.6	19.1	50.3	1.3	3.1	40.0	2.9	3.7	78.0	56.3	1.4	4.6	2.1	676	97	72	20	4	33	37	-1
18	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	374	March 2000	15	42.2	24.9	3.9	4.5	2.2	0.0	9.4	22.9	41.0	1.1	3.5	30.2	5.1	7.0	72.4	47.9	0.7	3.2	2.3	633	59	68	33	0	35	33	+11
19	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	372	January 2000	15	40.5	24.8	3.9	5.4	2.1	0.5	7.7	18.3	42.3	0.5	3.6	13.0	8.9	11.6	76.4	53.1	1.5	2.4	4.4	607	58	81	32	8	66	38	-45
20	Karl Malone K. Malone	372	December 1999	14	37.9	26.6	10.7	3.6	1.4	1.4	9.6	19.1	50.0	0.0	0.0		7.4	9.9	75.4	56.6	2.6	8.1	3.4	531	150	51	20	20	47	42	+93
21	Grant Hill G. Hill	372	December 1999	14	38.2	26.6	7.1	5.7	1.6	0.4	9.4	19.8	47.3	0.5	1.1	43.8	7.4	8.9	83.1	56.1	1.1	5.9	3.0	535	99	80	23	6	42	32	+45
22	Gary Payton G. Payton	371	March 2000	14	42.5	26.5	5.6	10.7	2.6	0.3	10.6	22.7	46.5	1.1	5.0	22.9	4.2	5.9	71.1	52.3	1.5	4.1	2.8	595	79	150	36	4	39	29	+34
23	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	369	March 2000	17	39.4	21.7	3.6	3.4	1.5	0.2	8.0	16.4	48.9	0.7	1.8	38.7	5.0	5.6	89.5	57.7	0.5	3.2	2.9	670	62	57	25	3	50	26	+116
24	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	369	November 1999	12	40.8	30.8	5.1	4.4	2.1	0.1	10.8	25.8	41.6	2.2	4.1	53.1	7.1	10.0	70.8	50.9	1.5	3.6	3.8	489	61	53	25	1	46	36	-1
25	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	367	November 1999	15	40.4	24.5	2.0	6.1	1.7	0.2	8.1	20.8	39.1	1.5	4.6	31.9	6.7	8.2	82.1	50.1	0.7	1.3	4.9	606	30	92	25	3	74	40	-107