players to have more than 40 points in a nba game in the 1980s

Clyde Drexler put up 43 points against the Lakers on April 21, 1989.

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players to have more than 40 points in a NBA regular-season game in the 1980s

	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	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	4/21/1989	43	POR	vs	LAL	44	11	7	5	0	19	29	65.5	0	1	0.0	5	7	71.4	67.0	7	4	3	3
2	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	4/18/1989	42	DET	@	CLE	37	4	11	3	0	18	26	69.2	4	5	80.0	2	3	66.7	76.9	1	3	0	1
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/13/1989	47	CHI	@	IND	46	11	13	4	2	17	30	56.7	0	1	0.0	13	14	92.9	65.0	2	9	4	3
4	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	4/13/1989	47	GSW	@	LAC	44	7	4	4	1	16	25	64.0	0	0		15	15	100.0	74.4	0	7	5	2
5	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	4/8/1989	43	HOU	@	MIA	47	13	1	8	5	15	29	51.7	0	0		13	19	68.4	57.5	4	9	7	4
6	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	4/6/1989	41	GSW	vs	BOS	40	5	6	2	3	15	27	55.6	0	0		11	13	84.6	62.7	2	3	3	4
7	Bernard King B. King	4/4/1989	43	WAS	vs	NJN	36	5	4	0	1	14	26	53.8	0	1	0.0	15	16	93.8	65.1	0	5	3	2
8	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	3/27/1989	45	NYK	@	CHA	37	14	0	3	4	18	25	72.0	0	0		9	10	90.0	76.5	4	10	6	3
9	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	3/16/1989	43	PHI	@	NYK	46	12	4	2	2	13	21	61.9	0	3	0.0	17	18	94.4	74.3	5	7	2	3
10	Alex English A. English	3/10/1989	51	DEN	@	MIA	51	3	9	2	0	24	35	68.6	0	0		3	4	75.0	69.4	1	2	3	5
11	Danny Ainge D. Ainge	3/4/1989	45	SAC	@	GSW	40	7	4	1	0	16	29	55.2	6	13	46.2	7	8	87.5	69.2	4	3	6	6
12	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	3/4/1989	47	GSW	vs	SAC	37	9	2	2	0	17	24	70.8	0	1	0.0	13	19	68.4	72.6	2	7	3	3
13	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	2/28/1989	42	PHX	@	POR	44	10	0	0	1	17	27	63.0	0	1	0.0	8	9	88.9	67.8	2	8	2	1
14	Chuck Person C. Person	2/28/1989	45	IND	@	SEA	43	13	4	5	0	19	28	67.9	4	7	57.1	3	3	100.0	76.7	1	12	5	2
15	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	2/24/1989	45	NYK	@	WAS	43	6	3	2	5	19	25	76.0	0	0		7	7	100.0	80.1	3	3	5	4
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	Chuck Person C. Person	1/31/1989	47	IND	@	NYK	43	5	3	2	0	18	30	60.0	2	6	33.3	9	10	90.0	68.3	3	2	2	4
18	Karl Malone K. Malone	1/28/1989	41	UTA	vs	NYK	34	9	2	2	0	12	20	60.0	0	1	0.0	17	18	94.4	73.4	2	7	3	4
19	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	1/24/1989	41	ATL	vs	CLE	41	7	2	5	1	17	24	70.8	3	3	100.0	4	5	80.0	78.2	0	7	2	2
20	Alex English A. English	1/24/1989	43	DEN	@	NJN	40	3	4	1	0	17	33	51.5	0	0		9	9	100.0	58.2	0	3	2	1
21	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	1/22/1989	48	POR	vs	NYK	39	11	6	4	0	20	28	71.4	0	0		8	9	88.9	75.1	4	7	5	4
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1/21/1989	53	CHI	vs	PHX	41	14	8	2	1	20	28	71.4	0	0		13	15	86.7	76.6	1	13	4	4
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1/15/1989	42	CHI	vs	BOS	41	6	11	8	0	13	23	56.5	0	3	0.0	16	17	94.1	68.9	1	5	2	2
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	1/14/1989	41	UTA	@	GSW	38	13	1	1	2	16	22	72.7	0	1	0.0	9	11	81.8	76.4	3	10	3	5
25	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	1/11/1989	41	DAL	@	GSW	40	8	1	1	0	16	34	47.1	1	5	20.0	8	11	72.7	52.8	6	2	6	5