most points in a game from 1999-00 to 2002-03

Between the 1999-00 and 2002-03 seasons, Shaquille O'Neal dropped the most points in a game, with 61 points versus the Los Angeles Clippers on March 6, 2000.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game from 1999-00 to 2002-03

	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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	61	3/6/2000	LAL	@	LAC	45	23	3	0	0	24	35	68.6	0	0		13	22	59.1	68.3	7	16	4	2	+16
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	58	1/15/2002	PHI	vs	HOU	50	2	6	2	0	21	42	50.0	2	3	66.7	14	14	100.0	60.2	0	2	6	2	+8
3	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	57	4/3/2001	DET	@	CHI	42	4	5	1	0	21	36	58.3	4	11	36.4	11	13	84.6	68.3	0	4	4	2	+34
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	56	1/14/2002	LAL	vs	MEM	34	5	4	1	0	21	34	61.8	3	6	50.0	11	12	91.7	71.3	3	2	0	1	+40
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	55	3/28/2003	LAL	vs	WAS	41	5	3	3	0	15	29	51.7	9	13	69.2	16	18	88.9	74.5	0	5	3	5	+21
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	54	1/6/2001	PHI	@	CLE	44	3	3	3	1	20	30	66.7	4	7	57.1	10	13	76.9	75.6	0	3	4	3	+5
7	Allan Houston A. Houston	53	2/16/2003	NYK	@	LAL	43	4	5	2	0	18	29	62.1	4	5	80.0	13	15	86.7	74.4	0	4	0	3	+3
8	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	53	12/26/2001	SAS	vs	DAL	50	11	4	0	3	19	28	67.9	0	0		15	15	100.0	76.6	4	7	6	5	-1
9	Tony Delk T. Delk	53	1/2/2001	PHX	@	SAC	50	6	0	1	0	20	27	74.1	0	1	0.0	13	15	86.7	78.9	3	3	2	1	+7
10	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	52	2/21/2003	ORL	vs	CHI	33	5	3	3	1	15	32	46.9	6	13	46.2	16	20	80.0	63.7	1	4	1	5	+20
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	52	2/18/2003	LAL	vs	HOU	54	8	7	0	3	19	38	50.0	3	9	33.3	11	11	100.0	60.7	0	8	5	4	+13
12	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
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	51	12/29/2001	WAS	vs	CHA	38	7	4	3	0	21	38	55.3	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	60.1	2	5	4	3	+24
14	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	51	1/21/2001	PHI	vs	TOR	51	3	4	1	0	20	40	50.0	4	8	50.0	7	8	87.5	58.6	1	2	4	4	-8
15	Chris Webber C. Webber	51	1/5/2001	SAC	vs	IND	50	26	5	3	2	24	47	51.1	0	1	0.0	3	6	50.0	51.4	10	16	4	4	-1
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	51	12/6/2000	LAL	@	GSW	51	7	8	2	1	18	35	51.4	2	7	28.6	13	13	100.0	62.6	3	4	8	4	-2
17	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	51	12/6/2000	GSW	vs	LAL	53	13	5	2	1	21	29	72.4	2	5	40.0	7	8	87.5	78.4	5	8	4	2	+3
18	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	51	12/3/2000	GSW	@	SEA	48	14	2	3	2	23	36	63.9	2	7	28.6	3	4	75.0	67.5	6	8	1	2	-16
19	Vince Carter V. Carter	51	2/27/2000	TOR	vs	PHX	43	9	1	3	0	17	32	53.1	4	8	50.0	13	13	100.0	67.6	5	4	5	5	+5
20	Allan Houston A. Houston	50	3/16/2003	NYK	vs	MIL	44	2	1	0	0	13	25	52.0	6	14	42.9	18	18	100.0	75.9	1	1	0	3	+8
21	Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	50	2/21/2003	NOH	vs	MEM	46	5	5	1	0	17	33	51.5	4	7	57.1	12	12	100.0	65.3	2	3	3	2	+6
22	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	50	3/8/2002	ORL	vs	WAS	42	10	3	2	0	18	29	62.1	4	7	57.1	10	15	66.7	70.2	0	10	3	1	+7
23	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	50	11/23/2001	ATL	vs	DET	45	12	5	2	1	21	30	70.0	0	0		8	8	100.0	74.6	3	9	2	1	+12
24	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	50	2/13/2001	NJN	vs	LAL	47	3	12	0	0	17	29	58.6	4	8	50.0	12	16	75.0	69.4	2	1	5	4	-5
25	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	50	2/6/2000	PHI	vs	SAC	44	9	6	1	0	20	40	50.0	1	7	14.3	9	11	81.8	55.8	2	7	7	2	+14