Allen Iverson dropped the most points in a game in 2001-02, with 58 points against the Rockets on January 15, 2002.

Interpreted as:

NBA most points by a player in a regular-season game in 2002

	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	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
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	56	1/14/2002	LAL	vs	MEM	34	5	4	1	0	21	34	61.8	3	6	50.0	11	12	91.7	71.3	3	2	0	1	+40
3	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	53	12/26/2001	SAS	vs	DAL	50	11	4	0	3	19	28	67.9	0	0		15	15	100.0	76.6	4	7	6	5	-1
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	51	12/29/2001	WAS	vs	CHA	38	7	4	3	0	21	38	55.3	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	60.1	2	5	4	3	+24
5	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	50	3/8/2002	ORL	vs	WAS	42	10	3	2	0	18	29	62.1	4	7	57.1	10	15	66.7	70.2	0	10	3	1	+7
6	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	50	11/23/2001	ATL	vs	DET	45	12	5	2	1	21	30	70.0	0	0		8	8	100.0	74.6	3	9	2	1	+12
7	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	49	12/11/2001	NYK	vs	BOS	48	7	1	1	0	18	32	56.3	6	10	60.0	7	8	87.5	69.0	1	6	6	4	-2
8	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	48	3/19/2002	ORL	vs	MIL	44	12	3	3	0	18	35	51.4	6	9	66.7	6	10	60.0	60.9	3	9	3	2	+9
9	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	48	1/26/2002	NYK	@	MIL	54	7	6	2	0	17	36	47.2	9	14	64.3	5	7	71.4	61.4	3	4	6	2	-2
10	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	48	12/1/2001	BOS	@	NJN	49	12	1	3	2	13	34	38.2	5	8	62.5	17	18	94.4	57.3	2	10	4	2	+14
11	Ray Allen R. Allen	47	4/14/2002	MIL	vs	CHA	44	4	4	3	0	15	23	65.2	10	14	71.4	7	7	100.0	90.1	3	1	3	3	+10
12	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	47	1/25/2002	PHI	@	BOS	47	4	5	3	0	16	31	51.6	4	8	50.0	11	13	84.6	64.0	1	3	5	1	+14
13	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	47	12/10/2001	ORL	@	LAC	43	11	4	0	1	17	32	53.1	2	4	50.0	11	15	73.3	60.9	2	9	2	3	0
14	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	46	3/6/2002	PHI	vs	CLE	47	7	4	2	0	15	30	50.0	2	4	50.0	14	18	77.8	60.7	0	7	3	0	+12
15	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	46	2/20/2002	PHI	vs	GSW	45	8	6	5	0	14	36	38.9	2	7	28.6	16	20	80.0	51.3	3	5	2	2	+7
16	Jason Terry J. Terry	46	1/15/2002	ATL	vs	DAL	45	3	5	3	0	15	23	65.2	3	5	60.0	13	17	76.5	75.5	0	3	5	4	-3
17	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
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	12/31/2001	WAS	vs	NJN	39	10	7	3	0	16	32	50.0	1	3	33.3	12	13	92.3	59.7	0	10	3	2	+26
19	Jalen Rose J. Rose	44	3/16/2002	CHI	@	HOU	56	11	6	2	1	18	34	52.9	3	4	75.0	5	5	100.0	60.8	2	9	1	1	-1
20	Allan Houston A. Houston	44	1/12/2002	NYK	vs	MIL	43	3	5	0	2	13	29	44.8	4	10	40.0	14	15	93.3	61.8	1	2	2	4	+1
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	11/16/2001	WAS	vs	UTA	41	7	3	1	0	17	33	51.5	1	2	50.0	9	11	81.8	58.1	3	4	0	0	-11
22	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	44	11/9/2001	ORL	vs	SAC	42	13	6	3	2	14	30	46.7	1	4	25.0	15	20	75.0	56.7	3	10	2	0	+10
23	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	44	11/1/2001	DEN	vs	MIL	41	7	8	0	1	16	32	50.0	6	11	54.5	6	7	85.7	62.7	0	7	4	1	0
24	Jason Terry J. Terry	43	4/13/2002	ATL	vs	CLE	54	5	10	0	2	16	34	47.1	5	12	41.7	6	10	60.0	56.0	3	2	4	4	+8
25	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	43	3/14/2002	NYK	vs	SAC	47	4	6	1	0	17	26	65.4	5	9	55.6	4	4	100.0	77.4	1	3	1	2	+17