Dominique Wilkins had the most points in a game in 1985-86, with 57 points against the New Jersey Nets on April 10, 1986.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game in 1985-86

	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	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	57	4/10/1986	ATL	vs	NJN	38	5	1	3	0	21	37	56.8	0	0		15	19	78.9	62.8	4	1	3	1
2	Alex English A. English	54	11/19/1985	DEN	vs	HOU	37	4	1	0	0	21	30	70.0	0	0		12	12	100.0	76.5	1	3	1	3
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	50	3/10/1986	BOS	@	DAL	40	11	5	1	0	18	33	54.5	4	7	57.1	10	11	90.9	66.1	3	8	5	3
4	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	49	12/21/1985	ATL	vs	HOU	47	11	1	3	0	19	32	59.4	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	67.3	4	7	2	1
5	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	47	3/14/1986	UTA	vs	SAS	39	3	8	2	0	20	26	76.9	0	2	0.0	7	10	70.0	77.3	0	3	4	4
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	2/14/1986	BOS	@	POR	49	14	11	1	2	21	34	61.8	3	3	100.0	2	3	66.7	66.5	3	11	8	1
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	11/27/1985	BOS	vs	DET	39	12	2	2	0	17	31	54.8	0	0		13	13	100.0	64.0	5	7	3	3
8	Alex English A. English	47	10/25/1985	DEN	@	GSW	39	5	3	1	1	16	31	51.6	0	0		15	18	83.3	60.4	2	3	3	4
9	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	46	4/4/1986	ATL	@	WAS	46	9	3	1	1	20	39	51.3	0	1	0.0	6	8	75.0	54.1	7	2	2	2
10	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	46	3/12/1986	DAL	vs	SAC	46	2	5	1	0	19	32	59.4	0	0		8	10	80.0	63.2	1	1	1	1
11	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	46	2/6/1986	LAL	@	HOU	37	11	4	0	0	21	30	70.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	72.4	2	9	6	3
12	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	45	4/9/1986	UTA	vs	SAC	38	6	1	0	0	16	27	59.3	0	0		13	16	81.3	66.1	4	2	3	5
13	George Gervin G. Gervin	45	1/27/1986	CHI	@	DAL	44	7	3	0	1	15	29	51.7	0	1	0.0	15	16	93.8	62.4	4	3	3	3
14	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	44	3/27/1986	SAS	@	GSW	41	6	1	1	0	18	29	62.1	0	0		8	13	61.5	63.4	1	5	4	2
15	Larry Nance L. Nance	44	3/10/1986	PHX	@	DET	40	6	4	2	5	19	26	73.1	0	0		6	6	100.0	76.8	1	5	1	2
16	Orlando Woolridge O. Woolridge	44	1/25/1986	CHI	vs	PHX	41	7	3	2	3	18	27	66.7	1	1	100.0	7	10	70.0	70.1	1	6	0	2
17	Purvis Short P. Short	44	1/11/1986	GSW	@	DAL	47	9	5	1	0	14	29	48.3	0	1	0.0	16	16	100.0	61.0	7	2	4	6
18	Alex English A. English	44	12/19/1985	DEN	vs	POR	42	5	1	0	0	15	29	51.7	0	0		14	15	93.3	61.8	3	2	3	4
19	World B. Free W. B. Free	43	3/29/1986	CLE	@	ATL	39	6	11	1	1	16	23	69.6	3	3	100.0	8	8	100.0	81.1	1	5	0	3
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	43	3/18/1986	BOS	vs	CLE	29	8	3	3	0	17	24	70.8	5	6	83.3	4	4	100.0	83.5	0	8	1	0
21	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	43	3/16/1986	LAL	vs	HOU	40	7	3	2	1	16	24	66.7	0	0		11	16	68.8	69.3	3	4	4	4
22	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	43	2/13/1986	ATL	@	SAC	41	7	3	3	1	15	33	45.5	1	2	50.0	12	16	75.0	53.7	2	5	2	2
23	Jeff Malone J. Malone	43	2/11/1986	WAS	@	POR	40	3	1	0	0	16	26	61.5	0	0		11	11	100.0	69.7	1	2	2	2
24	Alex English A. English	43	1/22/1986	DEN	vs	NJN	36	7	3	0	0	16	29	55.2	0	0		11	14	78.6	61.1	4	3	4	5
25	Walter Davis W. Davis	43	12/11/1985	PHX	@	GSW	39	1	4	1	0	17	27	63.0	0	0		9	10	90.0	68.5	0	1	4	4