most points by a player in a game in the 1989-90 season

Michael Jordan dropped the most points in a game in 1989-90, with 69 points versus the Cavaliers on March 28, 1990.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player In a regular-season game in the 1989-90 season

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	69	3/28/1990	CHI	@	CLE	50	18	6	4	1	23	37	62.2	2	6	33.3	21	23	91.3	73.2	7	11	2	5
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	61	1/27/1990	UTA	vs	MIL	33	18	2	3	0	21	26	80.8	0	0		19	23	82.6	84.4	9	9	2	2
3	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	60	3/24/1990	PHX	vs	SEA	42	6	4	1	2	22	32	68.8	0	0		16	18	88.9	75.2	1	5	1	5
4	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	56	2/18/1990	PHX	@	GSW	43	8	2	1	0	19	29	65.5	2	2	100.0	16	19	84.2	74.9	3	5	2	4
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	54	11/3/1989	CHI	vs	CLE	47	14	6	3	1	19	31	61.3	1	2	50.0	15	17	88.2	70.2	3	11	0	3
6	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	53	11/9/1989	SEA	@	MIL	69	7	1	1	1	18	39	46.2	3	7	42.9	14	17	82.4	57.0	2	5	8	4
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	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	52	1/31/1990	SAS	vs	CHA	39	11	2	2	0	19	32	59.4	0	2	0.0	14	17	82.4	65.9	3	8	2	4
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	52	12/22/1989	UTA	@	CHA	43	17	3	2	0	22	28	78.6	0	0		8	12	66.7	78.1	3	14	2	3
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	52	12/20/1989	CHI	@	ORL	45	5	7	4	0	20	37	54.1	2	3	66.7	10	10	100.0	62.8	1	4	3	3
11	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	51	3/24/1990	NYK	vs	BOS	41	18	1	1	0	20	29	69.0	0	0		11	13	84.6	73.4	5	13	5	6
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	50	11/10/1989	BOS	vs	ATL	39	13	7	0	0	19	25	76.0	1	1	100.0	11	12	91.7	82.6	3	10	3	3
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	3/30/1990	CHI	vs	NYK	45	12	4	5	2	20	34	58.8	1	3	33.3	8	9	88.9	64.5	1	11	2	3
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	49	3/29/1990	UTA	@	GSW	41	14	4	0	0	17	22	77.3	0	0		15	21	71.4	78.4	4	10	4	5
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	2/14/1990	CHI	@	ORL	47	7	2	0	1	21	43	48.8	0	2	0.0	7	10	70.0	51.7	1	6	0	1
16	Terry Catledge T. Catledge	49	1/13/1990	ORL	@	GSW	41	9	1	0	0	18	29	62.1	0	1	0.0	13	15	86.7	68.8	6	3	2	1
17	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
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	47	4/1/1990	CHI	vs	MIA	41	6	7	3	3	20	29	69.0	1	2	50.0	6	9	66.7	71.3	2	4	5	2
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	46	3/16/1990	BOS	@	ORL	44	8	10	1	0	19	33	57.6	1	3	33.3	7	8	87.5	63.0	0	8	0	1
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	4/20/1990	CHI	@	BOS	35	8	9	3	0	21	29	72.4	0	2	0.0	3	3	100.0	74.2	1	7	3	5
21	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	45	4/12/1990	DAL	@	GSW	42	13	7	0	1	19	26	73.1	1	1	100.0	6	7	85.7	77.4	5	8	3	4
22	Karl Malone K. Malone	45	4/12/1990	UTA	vs	LAL	44	11	1	1	1	17	27	63.0	0	1	0.0	11	13	84.6	68.8	5	6	7	2
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	3/10/1990	CHI	vs	IND	39	7	3	5	1	17	27	63.0	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	71.7	2	5	2	5
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	1/12/1990	CHI	@	CHA	40	4	6	1	0	19	28	67.9	0	1	0.0	7	9	77.8	70.4	2	2	2	4
25	Ricky Pierce R. Pierce	45	12/5/1989	MIL	@	SAC	36	3	2	1	0	17	26	65.4	3	4	75.0	8	9	88.9	75.1	3	0	3	2