Paul Pierce dropped his most points in a game against the New Jersey Nets on December 1, 2001, with 48 points.

Interpreted as:

paul g most points in a regular-season game

	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	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
2	Paul George P. George	46	12/13/2019	LAC	@	MIN	39	5	7	2	0	17	31	54.8	6	15	40.0	6	7	85.7	67.5	0	5	6	5	+1
3	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	46	11/2/2002	BOS	@	NYK	40	6	3	2	2	12	22	54.5	2	6	33.3	20	21	95.2	73.6	2	4	3	4	+22
4	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	45	1/24/2003	BOS	vs	DEN	41	10	2	3	0	16	27	59.3	4	7	57.1	9	10	90.0	71.7	3	7	3	1	+20
5	Chris Paul C. Paul	43	4/3/2009	NOH	@	GSW	41	4	9	3	0	16	28	57.1	4	9	44.4	7	8	87.5	68.2	1	3	4	5	-4
6	Chris Paul C. Paul	43	12/7/2007	NOH	vs	MEM	49	5	9	4	0	15	27	55.6	5	7	71.4	8	9	88.9	69.4	1	4	3	2	0
7	Chris Paul C. Paul	42	10/31/2013	LAC	vs	GSW	37	2	15	6	0	12	20	60.0	2	6	33.3	16	17	94.1	76.4	1	1	6	4	+17
8	Chris Paul C. Paul	42	4/10/2009	NOH	@	DAL	42	9	7	2	0	14	25	56.0	3	6	50.0	11	12	91.7	69.4	2	7	2	1	0
9	Chris Paul C. Paul	42	2/6/2008	NOH	@	PHX	50	5	9	8	0	18	33	54.5	4	9	44.4	2	3	66.7	61.2	2	3	1	2	+11
10	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	42	12/20/2002	BOS	vs	MIN	45	14	4	4	1	11	25	44.0	4	8	50.0	16	18	88.9	63.8	1	13	6	1	+9
11	Chris Paul C. Paul	41	4/1/2015	LAC	@	POR	39	5	17	4	0	13	21	61.9	5	9	55.6	10	10	100.0	80.7	1	4	1	2	+6
12	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	41	12/13/2003	BOS	@	CLE	44	9	6	4	2	12	25	48.0	1	5	20.0	16	18	88.9	62.3	2	7	4	1	+4
13	Chris Paul C. Paul	40	2/26/2016	LAC	@	SAC	36	8	13	2	0	13	20	65.0	4	9	44.4	10	10	100.0	82.0	1	7	2	1	+14
14	Chris Paul C. Paul	40	12/26/2007	NOH	@	MEM	36	5	9	5	0	17	25	68.0	5	8	62.5	1	1	100.0	78.6	0	5	1	3	+16
15	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	40	4/4/2003	BOS	vs	SAC	46	5	4	2	0	12	23	52.2	3	8	37.5	13	18	72.2	64.7	0	5	7	0	-2
16	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	40	1/20/2003	BOS	@	PHI	45	7	6	4	1	13	26	50.0	1	5	20.0	13	18	72.2	59.0	0	7	6	3	+7
17	Chris Paul C. Paul	39	11/4/2009	NOH	vs	DAL	45	5	7	2	0	14	23	60.9	3	4	75.0	8	8	100.0	73.5	1	4	3	5	+3
18	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	39	11/18/2006	BOS	@	NYK	43	9	4	2	1	10	23	43.5	1	7	14.3	18	22	81.8	59.7	2	7	1	3	+7
19	Chris Paul C. Paul	38	1/26/2018	HOU	@	NOP	34	3	8	1	0	11	19	57.9	4	5	80.0	12	12	100.0	78.3	0	3	0	6	+1
20	Chris Paul C. Paul	38	12/14/2013	LAC	@	WAS	33	3	12	3	0	11	14	78.6	5	7	71.4	11	11	100.0	100.8	1	2	2	2	+24
21	Chris Paul C. Paul	38	1/27/2010	NOH	@	GSW	38	6	9	3	0	14	19	73.7	1	4	25.0	9	9	100.0	82.8	1	5	7	3	+20
22	Chris Paul C. Paul	38	1/31/2009	NOH	@	SAS	33	6	4	1	1	15	22	68.2	5	6	83.3	3	5	60.0	78.5	1	5	4	2	-7
23	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	38	12/15/2006	BOS	vs	DEN	40	8	9	0	0	11	17	64.7	6	12	50.0	10	11	90.9	87.0	0	8	6	3	+10
24	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	38	1/18/2002	BOS	vs	HOU	44	11	6	2	0	13	27	48.1	2	6	33.3	10	13	76.9	58.1	2	9	0	1	+4
25	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	38	12/14/2001	BOS	vs	CHI	45	12	5	4	0	13	26	50.0	2	11	18.2	10	11	90.9	61.6	3	9	3	4	+14