Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Jordan scored the most points in a game, with 61 points on April 16, 1987 and on March 4, 1987.
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most points by a player in one regular-season game in the 80s| 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 |  | M. Jordan | 61 | 4/16/1987 | vs | 41 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 38 | 57.9 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 17 | 21 | 81.0 | 64.6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 2 | | M. Jordan | 61 | 3/4/1987 | @ | 43 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 39 | 56.4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 94.4 | 65.0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 3 |  | L. Bird | 60 | 3/12/1985 | @ | 43 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 36 | 61.1 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 15 | 16 | 93.8 | 69.7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |||
| 4 |  | B. King | 60 | 12/25/1984 | vs | 41 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 30 | 63.3 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 26 | 84.6 | 72.4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | ||||
| 5 | | M. Jordan | 59 | 4/3/1988 | @ | 42 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 27 | 77.8 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 17 | 19 | 89.5 | 83.4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |||
| 6 |  | P. Short | 59 | 11/17/1984 | vs | 40 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 28 | 71.4 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 15 | 16 | 93.8 | 84.2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 7 | | M. Jordan | 58 | 2/26/1987 | vs | 37 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 25 | 64.0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 27 | 96.3 | 78.6 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| 8 |  | D. Wilkins | 57 | 12/10/1986 | vs | 40 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 28 | 67.9 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 19 | 21 | 90.5 | 76.5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |||
| 9 | | D. Wilkins | 57 | 4/10/1986 | vs | 38 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 37 | 56.8 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 19 | 78.9 | 62.8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ||||
| 10 | | P. Short | 57 | 1/7/1984 | vs | 42 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 24 | 38 | 63.2 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 68.6 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |||
| 11 |  | A. Dantley | 57 | 12/4/1982 | vs | 38 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 27 | 74.1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 22 | 77.3 | 77.7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | ||||
| 12 | | M. Jordan | 56 | 3/24/1987 | vs | 44 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 22 | 32 | 68.8 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 12 | 15 | 80.0 | 72.5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 2 | |||
| 13 |  | K. McHale | 56 | 3/3/1985 | vs | 41 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 28 | 78.6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 13 | 92.3 | 83.0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 3 | ||||
| 14 |  | K. Tripucka | 56 | 1/29/1983 | vs | 37 | 6 | 4 | 18 | 26 | 69.2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 22 | 90.9 | 78.5 | 4 | |||||||||
| 15 | | B. King | 55 | 2/16/1985 | vs | 44 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 33 | 57.6 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 17 | 23 | 73.9 | 63.8 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 | |||
| 16 | | A. Dantley | 55 | 2/6/1981 | vs | 47 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 36 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 69.6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 17 |  | G. Gervin | 55 | 1/23/1980 | @ | 39 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 21 | 32 | 65.6 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 12 | 15 | 80.0 | 71.2 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | | D. Wilkins | 54 | 2/3/1987 | vs | 47 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 34 | 55.9 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 16 | 20 | 80.0 | 63.1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 3 | |||
| 19 |  | A. English | 54 | 11/19/1985 | vs | 37 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 30 | 70.0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 100.0 | 76.5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 20 | | M. Jordan | 53 | 1/21/1989 | vs | 41 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 28 | 71.4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 15 | 86.7 | 76.6 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 4 | ||||
| 21 | | M. Jordan | 53 | 4/12/1987 | vs | 42 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 27 | 70.4 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 83.3 | 75.9 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| 22 | | D. Wilkins | 53 | 1/12/1987 | vs | 37 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 25 | 76.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 14 | 19 | 73.7 | 79.4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |||
| 23 | | M. Jordan | 53 | 1/8/1987 | vs | 43 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 34 | 58.8 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 | 81.3 | 64.6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||||
| 24 | | L. Bird | 53 | 3/30/1983 | vs | 33 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 30 | 70.0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | 76.1 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | |||
| 25 | | A. Dantley | 53 | 4/10/1982 | vs | 45 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 28 | 67.9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 18 | 83.3 | 73.8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | ||||
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