most points scored in a single game by a shooting guard

Kobe Bryant has scored the most points by a shooting guard in a game, with 81 points versus the Raptors on January 22, 2006.

Interpreted as:

most points scored in a single regular-season game by a shooting guard

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	81	1/22/2006	LAL	vs	TOR	42	6	2	3	1	28	46	60.9	7	13	53.8	18	20	90.0	73.9	2	4	3	1	+25
2	David Thompson D. Thompson	73	4/9/1978	DEN	@	DET	43	7	2	0	1	28	38	73.7				17	20	85.0	78.0	3	4	4	2
3	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	71	1/2/2023	CLE	vs	CHI	50	8	11	0	1	22	34	64.7	7	15	46.7	20	25	80.0	78.9	3	5	4	3	+19
4	Devin Booker D. Booker	70	3/24/2017	PHX	@	BOS	45	8	6	3	1	21	40	52.5	4	11	36.4	24	26	92.3	68.0	2	6	5	3	-6
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	69	3/28/1990	CHI	@	CLE	50	18	6	4	1	23	37	62.2	2	6	33.3	21	23	91.3	73.2	7	11	2	5
6	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	68	2/25/1977	NOJ	vs	NYK	43	6	6	3	2	26	43	60.5				16	19	84.2	66.2	1	5		6
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	65	3/16/2007	LAL	vs	POR	50	7	3	3	0	23	39	59.0	8	12	66.7	11	12	91.7	73.4	1	6	2	3	+4
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	64	1/16/1993	CHI	vs	ORL	47	6	1	5	0	27	49	55.1	1	5	20.0	9	11	81.8	59.4	4	2	2	5
9	George Gervin G. Gervin	63	4/9/1978	SAS	@	NOJ	33	2	1	2	1	23	49	46.9				17	20	85.0	54.5				3
10	Devin Booker D. Booker	62	1/26/2024	PHX	@	IND	38	5	4	1	2	22	37	59.5	6	12	50.0	12	13	92.3	72.6	0	5	4	2	+1
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	62	12/20/2005	LAL	vs	DAL	33	8	0	3	0	18	31	58.1	4	10	40.0	22	25	88.0	73.8	3	5	2	3	+35
12	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	62	3/10/2004	ORL	vs	WAS	46	10	5	1	0	20	37	54.1	5	14	35.7	17	26	65.4	64.0	3	7	6	1	+10
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	61	2/2/2009	LAL	@	NYK	37	0	3	0	1	19	31	61.3	3	6	50.0	20	20	100.0	76.6	0	0	2	1	+19
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	61	4/16/1987	CHI	vs	ATL	41	10	1	4	1	22	38	57.9	0	3	0.0	17	21	81.0	64.6	5	5	3	3
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	61	3/4/1987	CHI	@	DET	43	7	3	3	3	22	39	56.4	0	0		17	18	94.4	65.0	3	4	5	0
16	Bradley Beal B. Beal	60	1/6/2021	WAS	@	PHI	38	7	5	1	0	20	35	57.1	7	10	70.0	13	15	86.7	72.1	4	3	4	3	-9
17	James Harden J. Harden	60	11/30/2019	HOU	vs	ATL	31	3	8	3	1	16	24	66.7	8	14	57.1	20	23	87.0	87.9	0	3	5	3	+50
18	James Harden J. Harden	60	1/30/2018	HOU	vs	ORL	46	10	11	4	1	19	30	63.3	5	14	35.7	17	18	94.4	79.1	2	8	5	2	+7
19	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	60	12/5/2016	GSW	vs	IND	29	2	1	0	0	21	33	63.6	8	14	57.1	10	11	90.9	79.3	0	2	0	0	+37
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	60	3/22/2007	LAL	@	MEM	45	5	4	0	0	20	37	54.1	3	7	42.9	17	18	94.4	66.8	2	3	2	4	+2
21	James Harden J. Harden	59	10/30/2019	HOU	@	WAS	38	3	9	1	0	18	32	56.3	6	14	42.9	17	18	94.4	73.9	1	2	4	3	+6
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	59	4/3/1988	CHI	@	DET	42	4	6	2	2	21	27	77.8	0	1	0.0	17	19	89.5	83.4	2	2	1	4
23	Devin Booker D. Booker	58	12/17/2022	PHX	vs	NOP	42	6	5	0	0	21	35	60.0	6	12	50.0	10	15	66.7	69.7	1	5	2	3	+11
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	58	12/29/2006	LAL	@	CHA	54	5	4	0	0	22	45	48.9	4	11	36.4	10	12	83.3	57.7	0	5	4	6	+5
25	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	58	1/15/2002	PHI	vs	HOU	50	2	6	2	0	21	42	50.0	2	3	66.7	14	14	100.0	60.2	0	2	6	2	+8