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

Before 2012-13, Jamal Mashburn dropped the most points for the New Orleans Hornets in a regular-season or postseason game, with 50 points versus the Grizzlies on February 21, 2003.

	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	Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	50	2/21/2003	NOH	vs	MEM	46	5	5	1	0	17	33	51.5	4	7	57.1	12	12	100.0	65.3	2	3	3	2	+6
2	David West D. West	44	12/29/2009	NOH	@	HOU	39	12	4	2	0	18	30	60.0	2	4	50.0	6	8	75.0	65.6	2	10	3	3	0
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	43	4/3/2009	NOH	@	GSW	41	4	9	3	0	16	28	57.1	4	9	44.4	7	8	87.5	68.2	1	3	4	5	-4
4	Chris Paul C. Paul	43	12/7/2007	NOH	vs	MEM	49	5	9	4	0	15	27	55.6	5	7	71.4	8	9	88.9	69.4	1	4	3	2	0
5	Chris Paul C. Paul	42	4/10/2009	NOH	@	DAL	42	9	7	2	0	14	25	56.0	3	6	50.0	11	12	91.7	69.4	2	7	2	1	0
6	Chris Paul C. Paul	42	2/6/2008	NOH	@	PHX	50	5	9	8	0	18	33	54.5	4	9	44.4	2	3	66.7	61.2	2	3	1	2	+11
7	Peja Stojakovic P. Stojakovic	42	11/14/2006	NOK	vs	CHA	38	8	0	2	1	15	22	68.2	5	10	50.0	7	8	87.5	82.3	1	7	3	3	+7
8	David West D. West	40	2/26/2010	NOH	vs	ORL	46	10	1	0	2	16	24	66.7	1	1	100.0	7	8	87.5	72.7	2	8	1	2	+10
9	David West D. West	40	3/31/2009	NOH	@	SAC	43	9	6	1	1	15	25	60.0	0	0		10	10	100.0	68.0	3	6	3	1	0
10	David West D. West	40	1/6/2009	NOH	@	LAL	42	11	0	2	0	14	23	60.9	0	0		12	13	92.3	69.6	3	8	2	4	+7
11	Chris Paul C. Paul	40	12/26/2007	NOH	@	MEM	36	5	9	5	0	17	25	68.0	5	8	62.5	1	1	100.0	78.6	0	5	1	3	+16
12	David West D. West	40	11/16/2007	NOH	@	MEM	40	6	0	1	1	17	29	58.6	0	0		6	8	75.0	61.5	2	4	2	4	+14
13	Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	40	3/26/2003	NOH	vs	ORL	42	5	4	1	0	14	27	51.9	5	8	62.5	7	8	87.5	65.5	1	4	3	2	-3
14	Chris Paul C. Paul	39	11/4/2009	NOH	vs	DAL	45	5	7	2	0	14	23	60.9	3	4	75.0	8	8	100.0	73.5	1	4	3	5	+3
15	Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	39	2/1/2003	NOH	@	WAS	41	8	5	1	0	15	23	65.2	3	6	50.0	6	6	100.0	76.1	2	6	6	2	-7
16	Chris Paul C. Paul	38	1/27/2010	NOH	@	GSW	38	6	9	3	0	14	19	73.7	1	4	25.0	9	9	100.0	82.8	1	5	7	3	+20
17	Chris Paul C. Paul	38	1/31/2009	NOH	@	SAS	33	6	4	1	1	15	22	68.2	5	6	83.3	3	5	60.0	78.5	1	5	4	2	-7
18	David West D. West	38	5/13/2008	NOH	vs	SAS	44	14	5	2	5	16	25	64.0	0	0		6	7	85.7	67.7	4	10	2	3	+19
19	Marcus Thornton M. Thornton	37	2/23/2010	NOH	@	CLE	31	2	2	2	0	15	22	68.2	3	7	42.9	4	4	100.0	77.9	1	1	2	0	+4
20	David West D. West	37	2/17/2009	NOH	@	OKC	41	13	3	0	1	13	20	65.0	0	0		11	12	91.7	73.2	3	10	2	2	+8
21	David West D. West	37	3/22/2008	NOH	vs	BOS	43	4	0	0	0	15	25	60.0	0	0		7	7	100.0	65.9	0	4	1	3	+1
22	Chris Paul C. Paul	37	3/17/2008	NOH	vs	CHI	42	4	13	3	0	15	21	71.4	2	3	66.7	5	7	71.4	76.8	1	3	2	1	+12
23	Chris Paul C. Paul	37	3/8/2008	NOH	@	HOU	38	3	11	2	0	15	26	57.7	3	5	60.0	4	4	100.0	66.6	1	2	4	3	-13
24	Baron Davis B. Davis	37	11/5/2003	NOH	@	PHI	43	5	6	4	0	13	26	50.0	6	11	54.5	5	5	100.0	65.6	1	4	2	2	-2
25	Baron Davis B. Davis	37	11/1/2003	NOH	vs	BOS	39	4	7	5	0	13	21	61.9	6	7	85.7	5	10	50.0	72.8	0	4	2	3	+5