most single game points by an nba player in 1982

George Gervin had the most points in 1981-82, with 2,551 points.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	George Gervin G. Gervin	2,551	1981-82	SAS	79	35.7	32.3	5.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	12.6	25.2	50.0	0.1	0.5	27.8	7.0	8.1	86.4	56.2			2.6	2,817	392	187	77	45	209	215
2	Moses Malone M. Malone	2,520	1981-82	HOU	81	41.8	31.1	14.7	1.8		1.5	11.7	22.5	51.9	0.0			7.8	10.2	76.2	57.6				3,388	1,188	142		125		208
3	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	2,457	1981-82	UTA	81	39.8	30.3	6.3	4.0		0.2	11.2	19.6	57.0	0.0			8.0	10.1	79.2	63.1				3,220	514	324		14		252
4	Alex English A. English	2,082	1981-82	DEN	82	36.8	25.4	6.8	5.3	1.1	1.5	10.4	18.9	55.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	5.4	84.0	59.6	2.6	4.2	3.2	3,015	558	433	87	120	261	261
5	Julius Erving J. Erving	1,974	1981-82	PHI	81	34.4	24.4	6.9	3.9		1.7	9.6	17.6	54.6	0.0	0.1	27.3	5.1	6.7	76.3	59.3				2,789	557	319		141		229
6	Gus Williams G. Williams	1,875	1981-82	SEA	80	35.9	23.4	3.1	6.9			9.7	19.9	48.6	0.1	0.5	22.5	4.0	5.4	73.7	52.6				2,871	244	549				163
7	Dan Issel D. Issel	1,852	1981-82	DEN	81	30.5	22.9	7.5	2.2	0.8	0.7	8.0	15.3	52.7	0.0	0.1	66.7	6.7	8.1	83.4	60.8	2.1	5.4	2.1	2,472	608	179	67	55	169	245
8	Bernard King B. King	1,833	1981-82	GSW	79	36.2	23.2	5.9	3.6		0.3	9.4	16.5	56.6	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.5	6.3	70.5	60.0				2,861	469	282		23		285
9	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,818	1981-82	LAL	76	35.2	23.9	8.7	3.0			9.9	17.1	57.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.1	5.8	70.6	60.8				2,677	659	225				224
10	World B. Free W. B. Free	1,789	1981-82	GSW	78	35.8	22.9	3.2	5.4		0.1	8.3	18.6	44.8	0.1	0.7	17.9	6.1	8.3	74.0	51.5				2,796	247	419		8		222
11	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	1,772	1981-82	DET	82	37.5	21.6	5.4	3.3			7.8	15.6	49.6	0.1			6.0	7.6	79.8	57.0				3,079	443	270				241
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	1,761	1981-82	BOS	77	37.9	22.9	10.9	5.8			9.2	18.4	50.3	0.1	0.6	22.4	4.3	5.0	85.9	55.7				2,922	837	447				244
13	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	1,760	1981-82	DEN	82	33.8	21.5	5.6	3.0	0.6	0.4	8.6	15.4	56.0	0.0	0.2	7.7	4.2	4.9	85.7	61.2	1.8	3.8	2.3	2,775	461	247	52	29	189	217
14	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	1,734	1981-82	LAL	82	35.4	21.1	4.8	1.7			9.1	17.3	52.5	0.0			3.0	4.1	73.2	55.4				2,906	393	143				239
15	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	1,731	1981-82	DAL	81	32.4	21.4	7.0	2.2			8.9	17.9	49.6	0.0			3.6	5.0	71.6	53.1			2.4	2,626	565	176			194	308
16	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	1,726	1981-82	TOT	84	36.5	20.5	7.0	1.0		0.5	9.0	17.6	51.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.6	3.6	72.8	53.6				3,063	590	82		42		275
17	Ray Williams R. Williams	1,674	1981-82	NJN	81		20.7					7.9			0.1			4.8	5.7	83.2
18	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	1,642	1981-82	POR	79	39.6	20.8	11.7	4.0	0.9	1.4	8.6	16.5	52.3	0.0	0.0		3.5	5.6	62.8	54.8	3.3	8.4	3.1	3,129	921	319	69	107	245	233
19	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	1,611	1981-82	SEA	82	37.2	19.6	12.7	3.4			7.1	14.8	47.9	0.0	0.2	15.4	5.5	6.4	85.5	55.9				3,054	1,038	277				267
20	Robert Parish R. Parish	1,590	1981-82	BOS	80	31.7	19.9	10.8	1.8			8.4	15.4	54.2	0.0	0.0		3.2	4.4	71.0	57.1				2,534	866	140				269
21	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	1,582	1981-82	UTA	80	32.4	19.8	3.8	2.3		0.4	8.6	17.9	48.2	0.2			2.4	3.4	69.7	51.1				2,590	305	187		34		213
22	Sidney Moncrief S. Moncrief	1,581	1981-82	MIL	80	37.3	19.8	6.7	4.8			7.0	13.3	52.3	0.0			5.9	7.2	81.7	60.1				2,986	533	382				206
23	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	1,561	1981-82	PHX	80	36.7	19.5	5.1	4.6	1.3	0.7	7.2	15.4	46.9	0.1	0.5	19.0	5.0	6.2	80.6	53.9			2.9	2,937	410	369	105	55	233	253
24	Jim Paxson J. Paxson	1,552	1981-82	POR	82	33.6	18.9	2.7	3.4	1.6	0.1	8.1	15.4	52.6	0.1	0.4	22.2	2.7	3.5	76.7	56.0	0.9	1.8	1.8	2,756	221	276	129	12	144	159
25	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	1,517	1981-82	CHI	82	34.1	18.5	10.2	1.7			6.7	10.2	65.4	0.0	0.0	100.0	5.2	6.7	76.8	70.4				2,796	839	136				287

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