most points in a game by a player in 1953/1954

Neil Johnston scored the most points in a game in 1953-54, with 50 points versus the Syracuse Nationals on February 16, 1954.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game by a player in 1953/1954

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	50	2/16/1954	PHI		SYR		12	6	18	30	60.0	14	16	87.5	67.5	5
2	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	42	2/22/1954	BOS		BAL				17	32	53.1	8	9	88.9	58.4	4
3	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	41	2/8/1954	PHI		MIN				14	23	60.9	13	16	81.3	68.2	1
4	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	41	11/18/1953	PHI		NYK				16	23	69.6	9	12	75.0	72.5	5
5	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	39	3/6/1954	PHI	@	SYR	48	10	1	17	30	56.7	5	5	100.0	60.6	1
6	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	36	3/12/1954	PHI		BOS				13			10	12	83.3		3
7	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	36	2/22/1954	PHI		MIN				12			12	13	92.3		2
8	George Mikan G. Mikan	36	11/21/1953	MIN	vs	ROC				13	27	48.1	10	16	62.5	52.9	5
9	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	35	3/12/1954	BOS		PHI				15	31	48.4	5	8	62.5	50.7	1
10	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	35	3/11/1954	SYR	vs	BOS	50	22	2	8	18	44.4	19	24	79.2	61.3	6
11	Arnie Risen A. Risen	35	2/28/1954	ROC	@	SYR	40	15	0	14	27	51.9	7	10	70.0	55.7	6
12	Carl Braun C. Braun	35	2/4/1954	NYK		SYR		2	4	13	17	76.5	9	9	100.0	83.5	5
13	Ray Felix R. Felix	35	1/3/1954	BAL	@	BOS				15	29	51.7	5	10	50.0	52.4	3
14	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	35	12/10/1953	BOS	@	NYK				11			13	15	86.7		5
15	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	35	12/6/1953	BOS	@	BAL				13			9	13	69.2		3
16	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	34	11/26/1953	PHI	@	MIN				10	23	43.5	14	18	77.8	55.0	6
17	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	33	3/8/1954	PHI		FTW				14			5	5	100.0		4
18	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	33	3/1/1954	PHI		MIL		15	4	11	14	78.6	11	14	78.6	81.8	3
19	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	33	2/11/1954	BOS		NYK		10	6	11	28	39.3	11	12	91.7	49.6	3
20	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	33	1/28/1954	PHI	vs	ROC		18	3	11	21	52.4	11	14	78.6	60.8	3
21	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	33	1/5/1954	PHI	vs	MIL		12	4	15	19	78.9	3	4	75.0	79.5	4
22	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	33	12/3/1953	PHI	vs	NYK		9	2	12	22	54.5	9	12	75.0	60.5	4
23	Ed Macauley E. Macauley	32	3/5/1954	BOS	vs	MIN	31		3	11	15	73.3	10	11	90.9	80.6	3
24	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	32	3/3/1954	PHI		NYK				11			10	11	90.9		0
25	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	32	2/14/1954	BOS	vs	NYK	44	6	11	13	23	56.5	6	6	100.0	62.4	1