Shaquille O'Neal dropped his most points in a game versus the Mavericks on December 5, 2001, with 46 points.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game shaq scored vs the mavs

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	46	12/5/2001	LAL	vs	DAL	40	15	2	1	1	18	23	78.3	0	0	10	22	45.5	70.4	6	9	3	4	+8
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	43	4/17/1998	LAL	vs	DAL	33	5	0	0	4	18	22	81.8	0	0	7	13	53.8	77.6	1	4	2	1	+32
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	43	3/3/1994	ORL	@	DAL	40	16	1	0	1	18	29	62.1	0	0	7	12	58.3	62.7	10	6	3	2
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	42	1/18/1995	ORL	@	DAL	38	10	2	0	4	17	25	68.0	0	0	8	13	61.5	68.4	1	9	3	2
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	38	4/18/2000	LAL	@	DAL	43	20	3	0	2	15	25	60.0	0	0	8	19	42.1	57.0	12	8	5	3	-12
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	38	1/23/1993	ORL	vs	DAL	40	13	2	0	7	14	16	87.5	0	0	10	14	71.4	85.7	4	9	3	0
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	37	11/11/1997	LAL	@	DAL	37	12	2	0	3	17	23	73.9	0	0	3	9	33.3	68.6	2	10	2	3	+30
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	35	3/30/2001	LAL	vs	DAL	40	13	4	1	2	11	19	57.9	0	0	13	17	76.5	66.1	3	10	5	4	+7
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	35	12/27/1999	LAL	vs	DAL	40	14	3	0	3	14	26	53.8	0	0	7	10	70.0	57.6	6	8	7	4	+3
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	4/14/1998	LAL	@	DAL	31	7	3	0	1	15	22	68.2	0	0	4	8	50.0	66.6	2	5	2	3	+26
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	34	3/16/1994	ORL	vs	DAL	41	21	2	0	5	11	24	45.8	0	0	12	12	100.0	58.1	10	11	0	4
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	33	1/15/1996	ORL	@	DAL	36	8	1	1	3	14	18	77.8	0	0	5	12	41.7	70.9	1	7	5	3
13	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	32	3/19/2002	LAL	@	DAL	38	10	2	0	0	13	23	56.5	0	0	6	9	66.7	59.3	5	5	5	4	-2
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	31	4/3/2003	LAL	@	DAL	40	17	1	0	3	11	19	57.9	0	0	9	12	75.0	63.8	7	10	5	2	+15
15	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	31	2/3/2002	LAL	@	DAL	39	13	3	0	1	12	20	60.0	0	0	7	9	77.8	64.7	5	8	2	3	+17
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	31	1/28/1997	LAL	@	DAL	37	10	3	0	2	13	23	56.5	0	0	5	10	50.0	56.6	4	6	1	3	+13
17	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	30	11/7/1999	LAL	vs	DAL	37	20	1	1	1	10	14	71.4	0	0	10	23	43.5	62.2	5	15	2	5	+17
18	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	29	2/20/2001	LAL	@	DAL	35	11	2	1	2	9	17	52.9	0	0	11	15	73.3	61.4	4	7	1	4	+7
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28	3/17/2002	LAL	vs	DAL	42	9	4	0	1	13	18	72.2	0	0	2	6	33.3	67.8	4	5	2	3	+5
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	28	12/22/2000	LAL	@	DAL	41	9	2	2	0	9	14	64.3	0	0	10	20	50.0	61.4	1	8	4	5	+6
21	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	27	11/9/1999	LAL	@	DAL	38	10	2	0	3	12	16	75.0	0	0	3	14	21.4	60.9	4	6	7	5	+19
22	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26	12/6/2002	LAL	vs	DAL	40	11	2	1	3	8	12	66.7	0	0	10	18	55.6	65.3	3	8	4	5	+19
23	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26	5/3/1999	LAL	vs	DAL	31	11	0	1	0	10	14	71.4	0	0	6	10	60.0	70.7	5	6	0	4	+14
24	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	25	1/9/2009	PHX	vs	DAL	27	10	0	0	2	9	15	60.0	0	0	7	7	100.0	69.1	2	8	2	2	+18
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	25	2/1/2005	MIA	@	DAL	38	13	5	0	3	11	18	61.1	0	0	3	5	60.0	61.9	3	10	3	3	-5