nba regular season players with exactly 50 points in a game before 2000

Shaquille O'Neal had 50 points against the New Jersey Nets on April 2, 1998.

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	4/2/1998	50	LAL	@	NJN	42	9	2	1	1	18	26	69.2	0	0		14	20	70.0	71.8	3	6	5	4	+15
2	Tracy Murray T. Murray	2/10/1998	50	WAS	@	GSW	43	8	0	2	0	18	29	62.1	5	10	50.0	9	10	90.0	74.9	2	6	2	3	+25
3	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	4/12/1997	50	PHI	@	CLE	46	5	6	2	0	17	32	53.1	5	9	55.6	11	18	61.1	62.6	2	3	9	5	-4
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	11/6/1996	50	CHI	@	MIA	40	6	0	1	1	18	33	54.5	1	2	50.0	13	14	92.9	63.8	1	5	0	1	+9
5	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	3/29/1996	50	MIA	vs	WAS	39	12	1	0	2	17	24	70.8	0	0		16	17	94.1	79.4	6	6	4	3
6	Dana Barros D. Barros	3/14/1995	50	PHI	vs	HOU	42	6	8	2	0	21	26	80.8	6	8	75.0	2	2	100.0	93.0	2	4	4	2
7	Cedric Ceballos C. Ceballos	12/20/1994	50	LAL	vs	MIN	46	9	2	1	2	21	31	67.7	3	5	60.0	5	9	55.6	71.5	4	5	5	4
8	Jim Jackson J. Jackson	11/26/1994	50	DAL	@	DEN	48	4	5	0	0	17	28	60.7	0	2	0.0	16	17	94.1	70.5	2	2	4	2
9	Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	11/12/1994	50	DAL	@	CHI	43	10	2	0	0	19	31	61.3	3	3	100.0	9	13	69.2	68.1	5	5	8	4
10	David Robinson D. Robinson	2/21/1994	50	SAS	@	MIN	38	9	2	2	6	18	32	56.3	1	4	25.0	13	15	86.7	64.8	5	4	3	2
11	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	4/23/1993	50	ORL	@	NJN	33	3	2	2	0	17	25	68.0	4	7	57.1	12	12	100.0	82.6	2	1	1	1
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/24/1992	50	CHI	vs	DEN	41	6	6	3	0	18	31	58.1	2	3	66.7	12	13	92.3	68.1	0	6	3	0
13	Bernard King B. King	3/6/1991	50	WAS	vs	UTA	48	6	2	4	0	18	31	58.1	0	2	0.0	14	16	87.5	65.7	3	3	4	2
14	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	12/1/1990	50	NYK	vs	CHA	42	15	2	0	3	22	31	71.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	74.3	3	12	4	4
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	11/10/1989	50	BOS	vs	ATL	39	13	7	0	0	19	25	76.0	1	1	100.0	11	12	91.7	82.6	3	10	3	3
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2/16/1989	50	CHI	vs	MIL	40	8	5	3	0	16	26	61.5	1	2	50.0	17	18	94.4	73.7	2	6	4	4
17	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	1/6/1989	50	POR	vs	SAC	49	7	4	3	0	19	28	67.9	0	3	0.0	12	16	75.0	71.3	3	4	3	5
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/18/1988	50	CHI	vs	BOS	42	5	9	5	1	19	32	59.4	1	2	50.0	11	11	100.0	67.9	2	3	1	4
19	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	3/1/1988	50	ATL	vs	DET	44	5	3	1	0	18	35	51.4	1	2	50.0	13	14	92.9	60.7	4	1	1	3
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/13/1987	50	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
21	Moses Malone M. Malone	4/8/1987	50	WAS	@	NJN	38	12	0	2	1	18	31	58.1	0	0		14	14	100.0	67.3	7	5	0	2
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	11/1/1986	50	CHI	@	NYK	41	6	3	4	3	15	31	48.4	0	0		20	22	90.9	61.5	2	4	6	2
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	3/10/1986	50	BOS	@	DAL	40	11	5	1	0	18	33	54.5	4	7	57.1	10	11	90.9	66.1	3	8	5	3
24	Bernard King B. King	2/1/1984	50	NYK	@	DAL	41	7	0	0	0	20	28	71.4	0	0		10	13	76.9	74.1	1	6	2	3
25	Bernard King B. King	1/31/1984	50	NYK	@	SAS	44	8	2	0	0	20	30	66.7	0	0		10	13	76.9	70.0	3	5	1	5