most points in one game by a hornets player in the regular season or playoffs before 2013

Before 2012-13, Glen Rice put up the most points for the Hornets in a regular-season or postseason game, with 48 points versus the Celtics on March 6, 1997.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Glen Rice G. Rice	48	3/6/1997	CHA	vs	BOS	52	4	1	0	1	18	27	66.7	5	8	62.5	7	8	87.5	78.6	0	4	3	1	+3
2	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	44	11/22/1995	CHA	vs	BOS	41	7	4	0	0	15	27	55.6	3	6	50.0	11	11	100.0	69.1	2	5	3	5
3	Stephen Jackson S. Jackson	43	1/12/2010	CHA	vs	HOU	43	8	3	3	0	15	22	68.2	3	5	60.0	10	11	90.9	80.1	2	6	2	4	+12
4	Glen Rice G. Rice	43	1/31/1997	CHA	vs	MIL	42	3	2	0	0	13	20	65.0	5	5	100.0	12	13	92.3	83.6	0	3	3	4	-4
5	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	42	3/5/2008	CHA	vs	GSW	48	7	2	1	0	15	32	46.9	5	12	41.7	7	7	100.0	59.9	2	5	4	3	+9
6	Gerald Wallace G. Wallace	42	1/31/2007	CHA	vs	NYK	46	8	3	1	3	14	22	63.6	3	5	60.0	11	17	64.7	71.2	2	6	4	3	+10
7	Glen Rice G. Rice	42	1/27/1998	CHA	vs	PHX	49	6	2	1	0	15	29	51.7	3	6	50.0	9	12	75.0	61.3	3	3	3	2	+13
8	Glen Rice G. Rice	42	1/2/1998	CHA	vs	MIA	49	2	3	1	0	14	23	60.9	4	5	80.0	10	11	90.9	75.4	0	2	4	3	+12
9	Glen Rice G. Rice	42	4/7/1997	CHA	@	CLE	50	6	4	0	0	11	21	52.4	5	9	55.6	15	16	93.8	74.9	0	6	2	2	+7
10	Glen Rice G. Rice	42	1/21/1997	CHA	vs	HOU	48	8	4	1	0	13	25	52.0	2	6	33.3	14	16	87.5	65.5	3	5	3	1	+6
11	Gerald Wallace G. Wallace	41	3/28/2006	CHA	vs	ATL	43	8	4	3	2	17	22	77.3	0	1	0.0	7	11	63.6	76.4	3	5	1	3	+16
12	Glen Rice G. Rice	41	4/5/1997	CHA	vs	PHI	39	3	2	1	1	14	22	63.6	3	3	100.0	10	10	100.0	77.7	0	3	0	3	-8
13	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	41	2/9/1994	CHA	vs	GSW	44	9	5	1	1	14	18	77.8	2	4	50.0	11	13	84.6	86.4	3	6	6	2
14	Johnny Newman J. Newman	41	1/25/1992	CHA	vs	IND	42	1	5	4	0	14	19	73.7	1	3	33.3	12	13	92.3	82.9	0	1	3	2
15	Gerald Wallace G. Wallace	40	1/14/2008	CHA	vs	DEN	45	7	5	2	2	13	24	54.2	4	8	50.0	10	15	66.7	65.4	3	4	3	5	+5
16	Gerald Wallace G. Wallace	40	12/27/2006	CHA	vs	WAS	42	14	0	6	4	15	27	55.6	0	2	0.0	10	11	90.9	62.8	6	8	2	3	-10
17	Glen Rice G. Rice	40	2/13/1998	CHA	vs	PHI	47	3	4	0	0	14	27	51.9	4	9	44.4	8	8	100.0	65.5	2	1	1	0	+11
18	Glen Rice G. Rice	40	2/17/1997	CHA	vs	ORL	46	3	2	2	0	12	24	50.0	6	11	54.5	10	10	100.0	70.4	1	2	3	2	+17
19	Glen Rice G. Rice	40	2/2/1997	CHA	@	NYK	45	3	2	0	0	12	20	60.0	4	5	80.0	12	15	80.0	75.2	0	3	1	4	+5
20	Johnny Newman J. Newman	40	1/19/1991	CHA	@	DAL	43	5	0	2	0	11	18	61.1	0	1	0.0	18	22	81.8	72.3	2	3	0	3
21	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	40	2/25/1989	CHA	vs	SAS	38	5	9	4	1	15	22	68.2	0	0		10	11	90.9	74.5	3	2	3	4
22	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	40	1/16/1989	CHA	@	PHI	40	4	2	0	0	16	25	64.0	1	1	100.0	7	9	77.8	69.1	1	3	4	3
23	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	40	12/14/1988	CHA	vs	IND	41	5	1	0	1	13	22	59.1	1	2	50.0	13	14	92.9	71.0	2	3	2	1
24	Stephen Jackson S. Jackson	39	2/2/2011	CHA	@	DET	43	5	4	1	0	14	26	53.8	3	7	42.9	8	10	80.0	64.1	3	2	3	4	+9
25	Glen Rice G. Rice	39	4/26/1997	CHA	@	NYK	48	5	0	1	1	11	23	47.8	2	6	33.3	15	17	88.2	64.0	0	5	1	4	-7