most pts in game as nuggets player until 18-19

Before 2019-20, David Thompson scored the most points for the Nuggets in a game, with 73 points against the Pistons on April 9, 1978.

Interpreted as:

most pts in regular-season game as nuggets player until 18-19

	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	Michael Adams M. Adams	54	3/23/1991	DEN	vs	MIL	43	5	9	3	0	17	31	54.8	7	16	43.8	13	17	76.5	70.2	0	5	4	5
3	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
4	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	51	12/5/2007	DEN	vs	LAL	48	2	8	1	0	18	27	66.7	0	1	0.0	15	18	83.3	73.0	0	2	5	4	-4
5	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	51	12/7/1995	DEN	@	UTA	41	2	2	2	0	17	27	63.0	9	14	64.3	8	8	100.0	83.6	0	2	2	2
6	Alex English A. English	51	3/10/1989	DEN	@	MIA	51	3	9	2	0	24	35	68.6	0	0		3	4	75.0	69.4	1	2	3	5
7	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	51	12/13/1983	DEN	vs	DET	50	9	8	2	1	21	29	72.4	0	0		9	11	81.8	75.4	2	7	5	3
8	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	50	2/7/2011	DEN	vs	HOU	39	11	0	1	3	16	24	66.7	2	3	66.7	16	18	88.9	78.3	1	10	4	2	-3
9	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	50	11/27/2009	DEN	vs	NYK	46	6	5	0	0	17	28	60.7	1	4	25.0	15	16	93.8	71.3	3	3	3	5	+3
10	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	50	1/11/1984	DEN	vs	SAS	34	4	2	1	1	21	30	70.0	1	1	100.0	7	7	100.0	75.6	1	3	1	1
11	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	49	2/8/2008	DEN	vs	WAS	39	4	2	2	0	19	25	76.0	3	3	100.0	8	8	100.0	85.9	0	4	1	2	+14
12	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	49	1/1/1983	DEN	vs	PHX	38	3	2	0	0	18	24	75.0	1	1	100.0	12	12	100.0	83.7	1	2	3	4
13	Jamal Murray J. Murray	48	11/5/2018	DEN	vs	BOS	38	5	4	0	0	19	30	63.3	5	11	45.5	5	5	100.0	74.5	1	4	5	1	-4
14	Danilo Gallinari D. Gallinari	47	4/10/2015	DEN	vs	DAL	46	9	2	1	1	15	23	65.2	7	12	58.3	10	10	100.0	85.8	2	7	0	4	+20
15	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	47	4/5/2008	DEN	vs	SAC	38	11	2	3	0	19	24	79.2	3	4	75.0	6	6	100.0	88.2	5	6	3	5	-6
16	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
17	Alex English A. English	47	12/13/1983	DEN	vs	DET	50	12	7	0	1	18	30	60.0	0	0		11	13	84.6	65.8	4	8	0	4
18	Dan Issel D. Issel	47	1/31/1980	DEN	vs	NJN	41	8	2	4	2	14	24	58.3	0	0		19	23	82.6	68.9	4	4	1	4
19	Jamal Murray J. Murray	46	12/29/2018	DEN	@	PHX	40	6	8	0	1	16	24	66.7	9	11	81.8	5	6	83.3	86.3	0	6	5	2	+6
20	Antonio McDyess A. McDyess	46	2/28/1999	DEN	vs	VAN	41	19	1	1	4	16	25	64.0	0	0		14	18	77.8	69.9	8	11	3	4	+2
21	Alex English A. English	46	1/24/1987	DEN	vs	MIL	40	4	10	0	1	19	25	76.0	0	0		8	9	88.9	79.4	1	3	0	2
22	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	45	3/15/2010	DEN	@	HOU	40	10	3	0	1	18	35	51.4	3	5	60.0	6	7	85.7	59.1	5	5	1	3	+6
23	JR Smith	45	4/13/2009	DEN	vs	SAC	30	4	1	1	0	13	22	59.1	11	18	61.1	8	8	100.0	88.2	0	4	0	0	+23
24	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	45	12/10/2008	DEN	vs	MIN	39	11	3	4	0	16	29	55.2	4	8	50.0	9	12	75.0	65.6	3	8	2	3	+14
25	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	45	12/27/2005	DEN	vs	PHI	39	8	1	1	0	17	30	56.7	1	2	50.0	10	12	83.3	63.8	5	3	4	5	+2