Purvis Short posted the most points in a game in 1983-84, with 57 points against the Spurs on January 7, 1984.

Interpreted as:

highest scoring by a player regular-season games 83-84

	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	Purvis Short P. Short	57	1/7/1984	GSW	vs	SAS	42	15	1	1	0	24	38	63.2	2	2	100.0	7	8	87.5	68.6	8	7	3	2
2	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	51	12/13/1983	DEN	vs	DET	50	9	8	2	1	21	29	72.4	0	0		9	11	81.8	75.4	2	7	5	3
3	Bernard King B. King	50	2/1/1984	NYK	@	DAL	41	7	0	0	0	20	28	71.4	0	0		10	13	76.9	74.1	1	6	2	3
4	Bernard King B. King	50	1/31/1984	NYK	@	SAS	44	8	2	0	0	20	30	66.7	0	0		10	13	76.9	70.0	3	5	1	5
5	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	50	1/11/1984	DEN	vs	SAS	34	4	2	1	1	21	30	70.0	1	1	100.0	7	7	100.0	75.6	1	3	1	1
6	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	47	2/19/1984	SAS	vs	DET	48	7	0	0	2	20	30	66.7	0	0		7	7	100.0	71.0	1	6	0	4
7	Purvis Short P. Short	47	2/18/1984	GSW	vs	WAS	41	4	6	2	0	15	25	60.0	1	3	33.3	16	18	88.9	71.4	1	3	4	3
8	Alex English A. English	47	12/13/1983	DEN	vs	DET	50	12	7	0	1	18	30	60.0	0	0		11	13	84.6	65.8	4	8	0	4
9	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	47	12/13/1983	DET	@	DEN	52	5	17	4	1	18	34	52.9	1	2	50.0	10	19	52.6	55.5	2	3	2	5
10	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	47	11/25/1983	UTA	vs	DEN	40	8	6	0	0	10	16	62.5	0	0		27	31	87.1	79.3	4	4	4	2
11	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	46	3/24/1984	DAL	vs	DEN	43	7	5	2	1	21	33	63.6	0	0		4	4	100.0	66.2	3	4	5	3
12	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	46	1/20/1984	UTA	@	DAL	41	5	2	1	0	16	22	72.7	0	0		14	17	82.4	78.0	2	3	1	3
13	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	46	1/4/1984	UTA	vs	HOU	40	9	5	1	0	9	15	60.0	0	0		28	29	96.6	82.9	5	4	2	3
14	Rickey Green R. Green	45	4/10/1984	UTA	vs	DEN	37	4	10	1	3	16	25	64.0	0	0		13	17	76.5	69.3	1	3	2	2
15	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	45	3/6/1984	DEN	vs	HOU	38	6	4	0	1	16	26	61.5	0	0		13	14	92.9	70.0	1	5	0	2
16	Bernard King B. King	44	4/6/1984	NYK	vs	DET	38	5	0	2	0	18	28	64.3	0	0		8	11	72.7	67.0	4	1	2	4
17	Quintin Dailey Q. Dailey	44	4/2/1984	CHI	@	NYK	40	8	5	0	0	17	26	65.4	1	1	100.0	9	9	100.0	73.4	5	3	3	4
18	Alex English A. English	44	3/3/1984	DEN	vs	UTA	39	5	5	1	2	22	32	68.8	0	0		0	0		68.8	3	2	1	3
19	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	44	2/28/1984	SAS	vs	DAL	45	7	2	1	0	19	33	57.6	0	0		6	6	100.0	61.7	2	5	0	1
20	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	44	1/14/1984	DET	@	CLE	34	6	0	0	0	17	24	70.8	0	0		10	11	90.9	76.3	2	4	2	2
21	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	44	1/14/1984	UTA	vs	WAS	39	8	3	1	0	16	20	80.0	0	0		12	15	80.0	82.7	4	4	2	3
22	George Gervin G. Gervin	44	12/29/1983	SAS	vs	KCK	38	8	2	1	1	16	27	59.3	0	0		12	13	92.3	67.2	2	6	3	4
23	Purvis Short P. Short	43	4/10/1984	GSW	vs	LAL	40	6	2	0	0	17	29	58.6	3	4	75.0	6	11	54.5	63.5	2	4	1	3
24	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	43	4/8/1984	DEN	vs	PHX	43	6	3	1	1	18	26	69.2	1	1	100.0	6	6	100.0	75.1	1	5	2	4
25	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	43	3/20/1984	SAS	vs	ATL	56	11	2	2	5	20	35	57.1	0	0		3	4	75.0	58.5	2	9	4	4