most points scored in an nba game from 1977-78 to 2004-05

Between the 1977-78 and 2004-05 seasons, David Thompson scored the most points in a game, with 73 points versus the Pistons on April 9, 1978.

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most points by a player scored in an NBA regular-season game from 1977-78 to 2004-05

	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	David Thompson D. Thompson	73	4/9/1978	DEN	@	DET	43	7	2	0	1	28	38	73.7				17	20	85.0	78.0	3	4	4	2
2	David Robinson D. Robinson	71	4/24/1994	SAS	@	LAC	44	14	5	0	2	26	41	63.4	1	2	50.0	18	25	72.0	68.3	4	10	8	2
3	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
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	64	1/16/1993	CHI	vs	ORL	47	6	1	5	0	27	49	55.1	1	5	20.0	9	11	81.8	59.4	4	2	2	5
5	George Gervin G. Gervin	63	4/9/1978	SAS	@	NOJ	33	2	1	2	1	23	49	46.9				17	20	85.0	54.5				3
6	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	62	3/10/2004	ORL	vs	WAS	46	10	5	1	0	20	37	54.1	5	14	35.7	17	26	65.4	64.0	3	7	6	1	+10
7	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
8	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
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	61	4/16/1987	CHI	vs	ATL	41	10	1	4	1	22	38	57.9	0	3	0.0	17	21	81.0	64.6	5	5	3	3
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	61	3/4/1987	CHI	@	DET	43	7	3	3	3	22	39	56.4	0	0		17	18	94.4	65.0	3	4	5	0
11	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	60	2/12/2005	PHI	vs	ORL	42	4	6	5	1	17	36	47.2	2	5	40.0	24	27	88.9	62.7	1	3	3	1	+27
12	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
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	60	3/12/1985	BOS	@	ATL	43	7	3	0	0	22	36	61.1	1	4	25.0	15	16	93.8	69.7	4	3	3	3
14	Bernard King B. King	60	12/25/1984	NYK	vs	NJN	41	7	4	0	0	19	30	63.3	0	0		22	26	84.6	72.4	2	5	5	2
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	59	4/3/1988	CHI	@	DET	42	4	6	2	2	21	27	77.8	0	1	0.0	17	19	89.5	83.4	2	2	1	4
16	Purvis Short P. Short	59	11/17/1984	GSW	vs	NJN	40	5	0	1	0	20	28	71.4	4	6	66.7	15	16	93.8	84.2	2	3	3	2
17	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
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	58	2/26/1987	CHI	vs	NJN	37	8	3	3	2	16	25	64.0	0	0		26	27	96.3	78.6	1	7	3	4
19	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
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	57	12/23/1992	CHI	vs	WAS	42	2	10	3	1	22	37	59.5	6	8	75.0	7	8	87.5	70.3	0	2	1	3
21	Reggie Miller R. Miller	57	11/28/1992	IND	@	CHA	38	5	8	1	0	16	29	55.2	4	11	36.4	21	23	91.3	72.9	1	4	0	1
22	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	57	12/10/1986	ATL	vs	CHI	40	9	4	2	1	19	28	67.9	0	1	0.0	19	21	90.5	76.5	4	5	2	1
23	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
24	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
25	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	57	12/4/1982	UTA	vs	CHI	38	9	3	0	0	20	27	74.1	0	0		17	22	77.3	77.7	3	6	2	5