nba regular season players with exactly 51 points in a game before 1985

Kiki VanDeWeghe dropped 51 points against the Pistons on December 13, 1983.

	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	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	12/13/1983	51	DEN	vs	DET	50	9	8	2	1	21	29	72.4	0	0		9	11	81.8	75.4	2	7	5	3
2	Moses Malone M. Malone	3/11/1981	51	HOU	vs	GSW	44	19	2	2	0	20	28	71.4	0			11	12	91.7	76.6			3	3
3	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	1/7/1981	51	UTA	@	DEN	45	5	7	2	0	20	25	80.0	0	0		11	11	100.0	85.5	2	3	3	1
4	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	3/30/1980	51	SAS	vs	DET	36	7	1	0	0	23	32	71.9	0	0		5	6	83.3	73.6				4
5	Freeman Williams F. Williams	1/19/1980	51	SDC	@	PHX	44	4	3	2	1	22	34	64.7	2	4	50.0	5	6	83.3	69.6	3	1	5	1
6	Truck Robinson T. Robinson	11/21/1978	51	NOJ	vs	NJN	44	16	1			20	26	76.9				11	13	84.6	80.4				2
7	Rick Barry R. Barry	10/29/1977	51	GSW	vs	PHI	43	5	5	1	0	22	38	57.9				7	8	87.5	61.4	0	5	2	4
8	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	3/18/1977	51	NOJ	@	PHX	48	6	1	5	2	21	34	61.8				9	10	90.0	66.4	1	5		3
9	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	12/14/1976	51	NOJ	vs	KCK	47	7	6	1	1	18	38	47.4				15	18	83.3	55.5				2
10	Phil Smith P. Smith	12/11/1976	51	GSW	vs	HOU	43	1	3	0	0	18	27	66.7				15	20	75.0	71.2	1	0		3
11	Phil Smith P. Smith	1/8/1976	51	GSW	vs	PHX	40	4	4	2	1	20	27	74.1				11	14	78.6	76.9	1	3		3
12	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	3/18/1975	51	BUF	@	HOU		20	6	4	2	22	31	71.0				7	9	77.8	72.9				4
13	Rick Barry R. Barry	2/23/1974	51	GSW	vs	PHI	46	6	11	4		22	40	55.0				7	8	87.5	58.6	2	4		3
14	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	3/16/1973	51	POR	vs	HOU	40	4	5			19	28	67.9				13	16	81.3	72.8				1
15	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	1/20/1973	51	POR	@	HOU	42	2	7			19	35	54.3				13	14	92.9	62.0				1
16	Rick Barry R. Barry	1/17/1973	51	GSW		HOU	43	5	7			24	33	72.7				3	4	75.0	73.4				3
17	Spencer Haywood S. Haywood	1/3/1973	51	SEA	vs	KCO	48	18	2			15	33	45.5				21	27	77.8	56.8				3
18	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	11/18/1972	51	KCO	vs	HOU	48	1	14			17	34	50.0				17	18	94.4	60.8				4
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2/13/1972	51	MIL	@	BOS	48	17	7			21	36	58.3				9	14	64.3	60.5				2
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	2/21/1970	51	MIL		SEA	43	8	3			18	25	72.0				15	23	65.2	72.6				4
21	Jerry West J. West	12/10/1965	51	LAL	@	CIN	41	8	4			21	35	60.0				9	11	81.8	64.0				3
22	Jerry West J. West	12/3/1965	51	LAL	vs	CIN		7	7			16	26	61.5				19	20	95.0	73.3				4
23	Sam Jones S. Jones	10/29/1965	51	BOS	@	DET						21	35	60.0				9	9	100.0	65.5
24	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	3/14/1965	51	PHI	@	BAL	48	20	2			23	35	65.7				5	9	55.6	65.5				2
25	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	3/8/1963	51	SFW		DET	53	25	5			23	43	53.5				5	11	45.5	53.3				2