most points per minute in a game by michael jordan

Michael Jordan had his most points per minute played in a game against the New Jersey Nets on February 26, 1987, with 1.57.

Interpreted as:
most points per minute in a regular-season game by Michael Jordan
NAMEPTS/MINPTSMINDATETMOPPREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.57
58
37
2/26/1987
CHI CHI
vs
NJN NJN
8
3
3
2
16
25
64.0
0
0
26
27
96.3
78.6
1
7
3
4
2Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.52
38
25
12/14/1989
CHI CHI
vs
ORL ORL
7
5
2
0
14
20
70.0
3
3
100.0
7
9
77.8
79.3
2
5
1
2
3Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.52
47
31
3/20/1993
CHI CHI
@
WAS WAS
8
4
2
0
16
27
59.3
2
2
100.0
13
15
86.7
69.9
0
8
1
2
4Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.5
39
26
4/7/1987
CHI CHI
vs
DET DET
5
4
4
1
13
21
61.9
0
0
13
16
81.3
69.5
2
3
3
0
5Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.49
61
41
4/16/1987
CHI CHI
vs
ATL ATL
10
1
4
1
22
38
57.9
0
3
0.0
17
21
81.0
64.6
5
5
3
3
6Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.42
61
43
3/4/1987
CHI CHI
@
DET DET
7
3
3
3
22
39
56.4
0
0
17
18
94.4
65.0
3
4
5
0
7Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.41
48
34
1/13/1996
CHI CHI
@
PHI PHI
10
2
1
1
18
28
64.3
5
7
71.4
7
7
100.0
77.2
3
7
2
1
8Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.41
55
39
3/28/1995
CHI CHI
@
NYK NYK
4
2
1
0
21
37
56.8
3
4
75.0
10
11
90.9
65.7
0
4
2
3
9Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.4
59
42
4/3/1988
CHI CHI
@
DET DET
4
6
2
2
21
27
77.8
0
1
0.0
17
19
89.5
83.4
2
2
1
4
10Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.4
42
30
3/28/1991
CHI CHI
@
NJN NJN
1
4
0
2
16
26
61.5
0
0
10
11
90.9
68.1
1
0
3
4
11Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.39
53
38
3/7/1996
CHI CHI
vs
DET DET
11
2
6
0
21
28
75.0
2
4
50.0
9
10
90.0
81.8
2
9
4
3
12Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.38
69
50
3/28/1990
CHI CHI
@
CLE CLE
18
6
4
1
23
37
62.2
2
6
33.3
21
23
91.3
73.2
7
11
2
5
13Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.36
64
47
1/16/1993
CHI CHI
vs
ORL ORL
6
1
5
0
27
49
55.1
1
5
20.0
9
11
81.8
59.4
4
2
2
5
14Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.36
57
42
12/23/1992
CHI CHI
vs
WAS WAS
2
10
3
1
22
37
59.5
6
8
75.0
7
8
87.5
70.3
0
2
1
3
15Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.34
47
35
4/16/1993
CHI CHI
vs
MIL MIL
7
5
5
0
15
25
60.0
0
3
0.0
17
21
81.0
68.6
1
6
1
1
16Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.34
51
38
12/29/2001
WAS WAS
vs
CHA CHA
7
4
3
0
21
38
55.3
0
2
0.0
9
10
90.0
60.1
2
5
4
3
+24
17Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.33
44
33
1/18/1990
CHI CHI
vs
GSW GSW
12
8
1
2
17
30
56.7
7
12
58.3
3
3
100.0
70.2
3
9
2
3
18Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.31
38
29
11/15/1996
CHI CHI
@
CHA CHA
1
2
1
1
15
25
60.0
4
5
80.0
4
4
100.0
71.0
0
1
1
2
+34
19Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.31
34
26
3/29/2002
WAS WAS
vs
MIL MIL
3
1
0
0
12
22
54.5
0
0
10
12
83.3
62.3
0
3
0
1
-7
20Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.31
47
36
12/27/1997
CHI CHI
vs
ATL ATL
4
2
3
1
18
26
69.2
0
0
11
13
84.6
74.1
2
2
4
2
+11
21Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.29
53
41
1/21/1989
CHI CHI
vs
PHX PHX
14
8
2
1
20
28
71.4
0
0
13
15
86.7
76.6
1
13
4
4
22Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.29
49
38
2/19/1988
CHI CHI
vs
SAC SAC
3
3
3
3
19
27
70.4
0
0
11
14
78.6
73.9
2
1
5
2
23Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.29
45
35
4/20/1990
CHI CHI
@
BOS BOS
8
9
3
0
21
29
72.4
0
2
0.0
3
3
100.0
74.2
1
7
3
5
24Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.28
41
32
1/8/1991
CHI CHI
vs
NJN NJN
6
4
2
2
18
28
64.3
1
1
100.0
4
5
80.0
67.9
2
4
1
1
25Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
1.27
56
44
3/24/1987
CHI CHI
vs
PHI PHI
7
3
8
0
22
32
68.8
0
1
0.0
12
15
80.0
72.5
1
6
7
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1982-83 season.

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Hawks Hawks
13
11
.542
5.5
10
Bucks Bucks
10
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Bulls Bulls
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Nets Nets
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Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/7
GSW GSW
@
CHI CHI
7:00 PM
Fri
12/12
CHI CHI
@
CHA CHA
7:00 PM
Sun
12/14
NOP NOP
@
CHI CHI
7:00 PM
Wed
12/17
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
8:00 PM
Fri
12/19
CHI CHI
@
CLE CLE
7:30 PM
Last Game
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WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
22
1
.957
2
Rockets Rockets
15
5
.750
5.5
3
Lakers Lakers
16
6
.727
5.5
4
Nuggets Nuggets
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Spurs Spurs
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Knicks Knicks
15
7
.682
2.5
3
Raptors Raptors
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4.0
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Celtics Celtics
14
9
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Heat Heat
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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
11/8
HOU HOU
@
MIL MIL
122-115
Sat
11/8
OKC OKC
@
MEM MEM
114-100
Sat
11/8
BOS BOS
@
ORL ORL
111-107
Sat
11/8
BKN BKN
@
NYK NYK
98-134
Sat
11/8
DET DET
@
PHI PHI
111-108

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
12/6
NOP NOP
@
BKN BKN
5:00 PM
Sat
12/6
ATL ATL
@
WAS WAS
7:00 PM
Sat
12/6
GSW GSW
@
CLE CLE
7:30 PM
Sat
12/6
MIL MIL
@
DET DET
7:30 PM
Sat
12/6
LAC LAC
@
MIN MIN
8:00 PM