which nba player had the most 20 point games in 1987

Michael Jordan had the most games with 20+ points in 1986-87, with 79 games.

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Which NBA player had the most 20 or more point games in 1987?

	NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	79	3,000	1986-87	CHI	40.2	38.0	5.3	4.5	2.9	1.5	13.7	28.2	48.7	0.2	0.8	18.2	10.4	12.1	85.7	56.7	2.1	3.2	3.3	3,178	415	359	232	120	262	233
2	Alex English A. English	70	2,161	1986-87	DEN	38.8	30.9	4.3	5.3	0.9	0.3	12.7	24.7	51.4	0.0	0.2	23.1	5.5	6.5	84.2	56.1	1.8	2.5	2.6	2,718	304	373	66	19	182	195
3	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	70	1,980	1986-87	POR	39.0	28.3	3.2	2.9	0.7	0.2	10.8	20.0	53.7	0.5	1.0	51.4	6.2	7.1	88.3	61.1	1.1	2.1	1.8	2,730	223	204	48	16	126	126
4	Kevin McHale K. McHale	69	1,866	1986-87	BOS	39.9	27.0	10.0	2.6	0.5	2.3	10.7	17.2	62.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.7	6.8	83.8	66.9	3.1	6.8	2.6	2,750	687	177	36	162	177	218
5	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	68	2,120	1986-87	ATL	38.8	31.2	6.6	3.4	1.6	0.7	11.3	23.9	47.2	0.4	1.3	28.1	8.2	10.0	82.4	55.1	2.8	3.8	2.7	2,635	450	232	106	46	185	130
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	65	1,946	1986-87	BOS	41.2	29.9	9.2	7.6	1.9	1.0	11.3	21.2	53.5	1.3	3.2	41.3	5.9	6.5	91.5	62.3	1.8	7.5	3.3	2,681	599	495	122	67	212	163
7	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	64	1,835	1986-87	DAL	34.1	28.7	5.6	3.1	1.1	0.4	11.0	21.5	51.5	0.8	2.1	36.0	5.8	7.5	77.2	57.8	2.5	3.1	2.8	2,184	360	196	70	26	177	199
8	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	63	1,764	1986-87	SEA	39.1	28.0	5.7	3.1	1.4	0.4	10.8	19.8	54.7	1.2	3.0	38.2	5.2	6.6	78.1	61.6	2.4	3.3	2.9	2,462	361	196	87	25	181	209
9	Ron Harper R. Harper	59	1,551	1986-87	CLE	38.5	26.3	4.9	4.8	2.7	1.1	10.3	20.8	49.3	0.3	1.2	25.0	5.4	7.9	68.4	54.0	2.0	3.0	4.2	2,273	292	282	158	64	248	183
10	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	57	1,596	1986-87	LAL	38.5	28.0	6.9	11.8	1.6	0.5	10.0	19.0	52.9	0.1	0.6	18.2	7.8	9.1	85.8	60.9	1.8	5.1	3.8	2,196	394	675	94	26	218	127
11	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	55	1,565	1986-87	SEA	39.5	28.5	7.3	3.0	1.1	0.7	9.9	19.8	49.8	0.8	2.0	40.9	7.9	9.1	87.6	59.8	2.3	5.1	3.5	2,173	404	164	60	37	194	213
12	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	55	1,464	1986-87	SEA	39.2	26.6	9.2	2.6	1.5	0.7	11.3	20.9	54.0	0.1	0.2	27.3	4.0	5.6	70.9	57.0	4.3	4.9	3.1	2,154	505	141	80	39	169	190
13	Walter Davis W. Davis	54	1,470	1986-87	PHX	34.1	27.2	3.2	4.4	1.2	0.1	11.3	20.5	55.0	0.4	1.2	28.8	4.3	5.0	85.9	59.9	1.1	2.0	2.9	1,840	171	240	63	4	158	133
14	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	53	1,353	1986-87	POR	38.8	25.5	6.4	7.1	2.6	1.0	10.0	18.2	54.8	0.2	0.5	33.3	5.4	7.0	77.6	59.9	2.8	3.6	3.1	2,056	341	378	137	51	165	176
15	Jeff Malone J. Malone	53	1,377	1986-87	WAS	36.1	26.0	2.8	4.0	1.0	0.1	10.3	20.7	49.6	0.0	0.4	10.0	5.4	5.9	90.5	55.7	0.7	2.1	2.5	1,915	151	214	52	7	132	110
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	52	1,369	1986-87	UTA	37.2	26.3	11.3	1.9	1.3	0.7	10.8	19.7	54.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.8	7.8	61.1	56.9	3.9	7.4	2.8	1,935	589	97	65	38	147	215
17	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	52	1,402	1986-87	HOU	37.6	27.0	11.9	2.8	2.0	3.4	10.4	19.3	54.2	0.0	0.1	33.3	6.1	8.7	69.7	58.4	4.5	7.4	3.0	1,954	620	147	102	175	156	201
18	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	49	1,304	1986-87	DET	36.6	26.6	4.8	2.1	0.8	0.0	9.1	15.8	57.5	0.0	0.1	20.0	8.4	10.0	84.2	65.8	1.7	3.1	2.1	1,792	233	104	37	2	105	120
19	Moses Malone M. Malone	49	1,397	1986-87	WAS	35.9	28.5	12.5	1.8	0.9	1.3	9.5	19.9	47.8	0.0	0.2	0.0	9.5	11.2	84.4	57.4	5.3	7.2	2.8	1,757	614	89	45	66	136	102
20	Larry Nance L. Nance	49	1,258	1986-87	PHX	38.9	25.7	9.4	3.4	1.2	2.3	9.6	16.7	57.4	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.5	8.3	78.6	63.2	3.0	6.4	2.0	1,907	462	169	61	112	100	152
21	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	47	1,210	1986-87	DET	39.1	25.7	4.2	10.1	2.1	0.2	9.7	19.7	49.4	0.3	1.4	23.1	5.9	7.6	78.2	55.8	1.2	3.0	4.3	1,836	199	476	97	10	203	154
22	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	46	1,250	1986-87	GSW	37.2	27.2	8.2	3.1	1.4	1.6	10.8	20.9	51.8	0.0	0.0		5.5	6.7	81.6	56.9	2.6	5.6	3.2	1,709	377	142	65	72	146	162
23	James Worthy J. Worthy	46	1,088	1986-87	LAL	35.9	23.7	6.0	2.9	1.3	1.1	9.7	16.5	58.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	4.3	5.5	78.4	62.5	2.1	3.9	1.9	1,651	277	135	59	50	88	115
24	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	45	1,160	1986-87	MIL	35.8	25.8	9.1	2.8	1.8	1.1	11.0	19.2	57.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	5.4	68.9	59.8	2.7	6.4	2.1	1,610	411	127	83	48	96	157
25	Reggie Theus R. Theus	45	1,169	1986-87	SAC	39.6	26.0	3.7	9.2	1.0	0.2	9.2	18.1	50.7	0.3	1.2	25.5	7.3	8.3	87.7	59.6	1.3	2.4	4.0	1,781	167	412	44	10	178	137

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Michael Jordan had the most games with 20+ points in 1986-87, with 79 games.

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