which player has scored the most points in a game against the nuggets

Adrian Dantley has the most points in a game versus the Nuggets, with 55 points on February 6, 1981.

Interpreted as:

Which player has scored the most points in a regular-season game against the 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	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	55	2/6/1981	UTA	vs	DEN	47	7	3	1	1	24	36	66.7	0	0		7	8	87.5	69.6	6	1	4	4
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	53	4/12/2021	GSW	vs	DEN	36	6	4	0	0	14	24	58.3	10	18	55.6	15	16	93.8	85.4	0	6	5	3	+16
3	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	53	4/10/1982	UTA	vs	DEN	45	12	6	0	0	19	28	67.9	0	0		15	18	83.3	73.8	9	3	1	4
4	George Gervin G. Gervin	53	1/8/1980	SAS	vs	DEN	43	3	2	3	1	23	40	57.5	0	0		7	8	87.5	60.9	1	2	2	2
5	Bernard King B. King	52	12/29/1990	WAS	vs	DEN	39	8	6	1	0	20	35	57.1	0	0		12	14	85.7	63.2	3	5	4	3
6	Charles Smith C. Smith	52	12/1/1990	LAC	@	DEN	37	6	2	3	2	17	27	63.0	0	0		18	21	85.7	71.7	1	5	4	2
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	52	4/19/1990	HOU	vs	DEN	42	18	4	3	3	21	34	61.8	0	0		10	13	76.9	65.5	6	12	11	6
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	52	11/26/1988	CHI	@	DEN	44	11	7	1	0	19	27	70.4	3	5	60.0	11	14	78.6	78.4	2	9	6	3
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	51	2/19/2012	OKC	vs	DEN	45	8	3	4	0	19	28	67.9	5	6	83.3	8	10	80.0	78.7	2	6	5	1	+19
10	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	51	11/14/2003	ORL	@	DEN	41	6	5	2	2	20	30	66.7	8	11	72.7	3	3	100.0	81.4	2	4	4	2	-1
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	51	2/12/2003	LAL	@	DEN	31	3	2	2	0	15	28	53.6	3	8	37.5	18	20	90.0	69.3	0	3	0	1	+37
12	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	51	1/7/1981	UTA	@	DEN	45	5	7	2	0	20	25	80.0	0	0		11	11	100.0	85.5	2	3	3	1
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	50	4/9/2017	OKC	@	DEN	37	16	10	1	0	17	32	53.1	5	12	41.7	11	11	100.0	67.9	2	14	2	1	+10
14	Anthony Davis A. Davis	50	10/26/2016	NOP	vs	DEN	41	15	5	5	4	17	34	50.0	0	2	0.0	16	17	94.1	60.3	1	14	3	4	-3
15	James Harden J. Harden	50	3/19/2015	HOU	vs	DEN	40	10	4	1	0	12	27	44.4	4	12	33.3	22	25	88.0	65.8	1	9	4	2	+22
16	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	50	1/16/2000	PHX	vs	DEN	43	8	4	0	2	17	26	65.4	3	5	60.0	13	15	86.7	76.7	3	5	0	2	+25
17	Jim Jackson J. Jackson	50	11/26/1994	DAL	@	DEN	48	4	5	0	0	17	28	60.7	0	2	0.0	16	17	94.1	70.5	2	2	4	2
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	50	3/24/1992	CHI	vs	DEN	41	6	6	3	0	18	31	58.1	2	3	66.7	12	13	92.3	68.1	0	6	3	0
19	John Drew J. Drew	50	12/30/1978	ATL	vs	DEN	33	5	1	2	1	19	32	59.4				12	16	75.0	64.0	2	3	3	2
20	Devin Booker D. Booker	49	3/24/2022	PHX	@	DEN	39	4	10	3	1	16	25	64.0	2	5	40.0	15	17	88.2	75.4	0	4	2	3	+16
21	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	49	1/29/1980	KCK	@	DEN	40	4	3	3	1	20	25	80.0	0	0		9	15	60.0	77.5	1	3	2	3
22	World B. Free W. B. Free	49	2/2/1979	SDC	vs	DEN	39	6	4	1	0	18	33	54.5				13	14	92.9	62.6	3	3	5	6
23	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	48	5/7/2021	UTA	vs	DEN	39	8	2	2	0	16	23	69.6	8	11	72.7	8	8	100.0	90.5	1	7	5	4	+4
24	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	48	1/30/1997	HOU	vs	DEN	43	10	3	0	2	24	40	60.0	0	0		0	0		60.0	3	7	3	3	-1
25	Karl Malone K. Malone	48	1/6/1990	UTA	@	DEN	47	14	3	2	1	20	34	58.8	0	0		8	12	66.7	61.1	0	14	5	2