nba most points in a game by a player in 1987

Michael Jordan scored the most points in a game in 1986-87, with 61 points on April 16, 1987 and on March 4, 1987.

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NBA most points in a regular-season game by a player in 1987

	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	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
2	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
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	58	2/26/1987	CHI	vs	NJN	37	8	3	3	2	16	25	64.0	0	0		26	27	96.3	78.6	1	7	3	4
4	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	57	12/10/1986	ATL	vs	CHI	40	9	4	2	1	19	28	67.9	0	1	0.0	19	21	90.5	76.5	4	5	2	1
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	56	3/24/1987	CHI	vs	PHI	44	7	3	8	0	22	32	68.8	0	1	0.0	12	15	80.0	72.5	1	6	7	2
6	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	54	2/3/1987	ATL	vs	BOS	47	5	2	3	0	19	34	55.9	0	2	0.0	16	20	80.0	63.1	1	4	5	3
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	53	4/12/1987	CHI	vs	IND	42	4	8	4	2	19	27	70.4	0	0		15	18	83.3	75.9	2	2	3	2
8	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	53	1/12/1987	ATL	vs	LAC	37	6	2	2	3	19	25	76.0	1	1	100.0	14	19	73.7	79.4	3	3	1	3
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	53	1/8/1987	CHI	vs	POR	43	4	5	3	2	20	34	58.8	0	0		13	16	81.3	64.6	3	1	3	3
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	50	4/13/1987	CHI	@	MIL	41	9	4	4	3	16	31	51.6	0	1	0.0	18	22	81.8	61.5	1	8	1	5
11	Moses Malone M. Malone	50	4/8/1987	WAS	@	NJN	38	12	0	2	1	18	31	58.1	0	0		14	14	100.0	67.3	7	5	0	2
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	50	11/1/1986	CHI	@	NYK	41	6	3	4	3	15	31	48.4	0	0		20	22	90.9	61.5	2	4	6	2
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	3/11/1987	CHI	@	PHI	44	8	7	2	4	19	34	55.9	1	1	100.0	10	11	90.9	63.1	4	4	6	4
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	1/30/1987	CHI	@	PHI	41	2	5	3	2	19	35	54.3	0	4	0.0	11	12	91.7	60.8	1	1	4	4
15	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	48	3/5/1987	POR	@	SEA	45	3	3	0	1	19	31	61.3	0	1	0.0	10	13	76.9	65.4	1	2	1	2
16	Jeff Malone J. Malone	48	3/4/1987	WAS	vs	NJN	45	4	7	1	1	17	27	63.0	0	1	0.0	14	15	93.3	71.4	1	3	4	1
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	48	11/14/1986	CHI	vs	BOS	41	5	1	2	1	17	33	51.5	1	1	100.0	13	14	92.9	61.3	2	3	0	3
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	4/12/1987	BOS	vs	NYK	38	7	8	4	0	22	34	64.7	0	1	0.0	3	5	60.0	64.9	4	3	2	3
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	47	1/17/1987	CHI	vs	PHI	44	10	6	4	1	17	34	50.0	0	0		13	14	92.9	58.5	5	5	4	2
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	47	1/3/1987	CHI	vs	DET	38	4	2	1	0	16	35	45.7	0	2	0.0	15	17	88.2	55.3	1	3	1	4
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	46	3/22/1987	CHI	@	POR	43	1	6	4	0	14	26	53.8	0	2	0.0	18	20	90.0	66.1	0	1	7	3
22	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	46	2/10/1987	ATL	@	SEA	42	12	2	2	0	13	25	52.0	0	1	0.0	20	22	90.9	66.3	6	6	2	1
23	Alex English A. English	46	1/24/1987	DEN	vs	MIL	40	4	10	0	1	19	25	76.0	0	0		8	9	88.9	79.4	1	3	0	2
24	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	46	12/23/1986	LAL	@	SAC	48	10	9	1	0	17	36	47.2	0	1	0.0	12	16	75.0	53.4	1	9	2	3
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	2/13/1987	CHI	vs	SEA	41	3	6	2	2	14	28	50.0	0	0		17	19	89.5	61.9	0	3	1	3

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