Paul Pierce posted his most points in a game against the Nuggets on January 24, 2003, with 45 points.

Interpreted as:

paul most points in a regular-season game scored vs nuggets

	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	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
2	Paul George P. George	43	2/1/2018	OKC	@	DEN	36	5	5	2	0	19	26	73.1	5	8	62.5	0	0		82.7	1	4	1	2	-2
3	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
4	Chris Paul C. Paul	36	2/22/2012	LAC	vs	DEN	39	1	9	2	0	11	16	68.8	3	7	42.9	11	12	91.7	84.6	0	1	3	1	+22
5	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	36	3/12/2006	BOS	vs	DEN	37	1	4	3	0	15	23	65.2	1	4	25.0	5	8	62.5	67.9	0	1	3	3	+9
6	Paul George P. George	35	11/14/2023	LAC	@	DEN	40	7	3	3	0	13	26	50.0	4	11	36.4	5	5	100.0	62.1	0	7	1	4	-5
7	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	35	12/5/2001	BOS	vs	DEN	40	7	2	4	0	12	23	52.2	2	7	28.6	9	10	90.0	63.9	0	7	1	1	+19
8	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	33	12/7/2003	BOS	@	DEN	40	7	10	1	0	12	22	54.5	3	7	42.9	6	8	75.0	64.7	1	6	3	1	+4
9	Paul George P. George	32	12/14/2018	OKC	@	DEN	40	5	2	1	0	12	24	50.0	3	6	50.0	5	6	83.3	60.1	3	2	3	2	-7
10	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	31	12/15/2004	BOS	vs	DEN	37	6	4	2	0	9	22	40.9	3	8	37.5	10	14	71.4	55.0	0	6	2	4	+6
11	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	31	3/22/2003	BOS	@	DEN	43	6	3	2	1	8	25	32.0	3	5	60.0	12	12	100.0	51.2	1	5	9	6	-7
12	Paul Reed P. Reed	30	1/27/2024	PHI	@	DEN	42	13	1	2	0	14	21	66.7	2	4	50.0	0	0		71.4	3	10	0	5	-12
13	Chris Paul C. Paul	30	12/18/2009	NOH	vs	DEN	42	9	19	1	0	13	20	65.0	1	2	50.0	3	3	100.0	70.4	1	8	4	2	+18
14	Chris Paul C. Paul	30	1/3/2009	NOH	@	DEN	42	5	11	3	0	12	18	66.7	0	1	0.0	6	9	66.7	68.3	3	2	7	4	+3
15	Chris Paul C. Paul	30	12/12/2007	NOH	@	DEN	37	4	12	1	0	12	20	60.0	1	6	16.7	5	6	83.3	66.3	0	4	5	4	-5
16	Chris Paul C. Paul	29	2/21/2020	OKC	vs	DEN	33	4	2	0	0	11	17	64.7	4	6	66.7	3	4	75.0	77.3	1	3	7	3	+8
17	Chris Paul C. Paul	29	3/17/2014	LAC	@	DEN	39	2	7	3	0	10	19	52.6	0	2	0.0	9	11	81.8	60.8	0	2	6	4	-6
18	Paul Millsap P. Millsap	29	11/7/2013	ATL	@	DEN	34	10	5	2	1	10	15	66.7	2	3	66.7	7	11	63.6	73.1	2	8	0	4	+13
19	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	29	1/2/2006	BOS	@	DEN	37	3	4	0	0	9	14	64.3	2	4	50.0	9	10	90.0	78.8	0	3	3	6	-1
20	Paul George P. George	28	4/4/2024	LAC	vs	DEN	37	4	2	3	0	10	21	47.6	2	6	33.3	6	8	75.0	57.1	0	4	3	2	-11
21	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	28	3/17/2004	BOS	vs	DEN	43	11	7	2	3	10	21	47.6	1	3	33.3	7	10	70.0	55.1	2	9	3	4	+10
22	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	28	12/10/2000	BOS	vs	DEN	43	7	5	1	1	7	14	50.0	1	3	33.3	13	16	81.3	66.5	0	7	4	4	+4
23	Paul George P. George	27	8/12/2020	LAC	@	DEN	36	4	4	3	0	9	20	45.0	4	9	44.4	5	7	71.4	58.5	1	3	2	0	+12
24	Paul George P. George	27	3/24/2017	IND	vs	DEN	35	9	3	3	1	10	18	55.6	4	5	80.0	3	5	60.0	66.8	0	9	2	5	-14
25	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	27	2/10/2013	BOS	vs	DEN	54	14	14	0	0	7	20	35.0	5	9	55.6	8	9	88.9	56.3	0	14	4	5	+5