Michael Jordan drained the most shots in a game in 1987-88, with 21 made on April 3, 1988 and on February 26, 1988.

Interpreted as:

most shots made by a player in a regular-season game in 1987-88

	NAME	FGM	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	21	4/3/1988	CHI	@	DET	42	59	4	6	2	2	27	77.8	0	1	0.0	17	19	89.5	83.4	2	2	1	4
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	21	2/26/1988	CHI	vs	POR	43	52	8	3	2	3	34	61.8	0	2	0.0	10	12	83.3	66.2	2	6	6	5
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	20	3/23/1988	CHI	@	PHI	42	49	13	2	0	2	35	57.1	0	1	0.0	9	12	75.0	60.8	5	8	0	4
4	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	20	2/16/1988	ATL	vs	SAC	38	51	6	2	4	2	31	64.5	2	4	50.0	9	11	81.8	71.1	1	5	5	3
5	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	20	2/13/1988	ATL	vs	WAS	43	45	7	2	1	3	39	51.3	0	2	0.0	5	5	100.0	54.6	5	2	5	0
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	20	1/27/1988	BOS	vs	WAS	43	49	8	6	4	0	30	66.7	0	4	0.0	9	9	100.0	72.1	0	8	2	1
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	20	12/17/1987	CHI	vs	CLE	41	52	3	6	4	1	31	64.5	0	0		12	12	100.0	71.7	0	3	2	2
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	19	4/21/1988	BOS	vs	CHI	40	44	10	3	1	1	29	65.5	0	0		6	6	100.0	69.5	1	9	1	1
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	19	3/18/1988	CHI	vs	BOS	42	50	5	9	5	1	32	59.4	1	2	50.0	11	11	100.0	67.9	2	3	1	4
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	19	2/19/1988	CHI	vs	SAC	38	49	3	3	3	3	27	70.4	0	0		11	14	78.6	73.9	2	1	5	2
11	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	19	1/22/1988	SEA	vs	DET	45	47	4	2	2	0	30	63.3	3	4	75.0	6	8	75.0	70.1	3	1	0	3
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	19	1/12/1988	CHI	vs	BOS	43	42	4	6	3	1	35	54.3	0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	56.5	2	2	0	0
13	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	19	12/19/1987	ATL	vs	UTA	48	46	7	3	4	1	34	55.9	0	2	0.0	8	10	80.0	59.9	4	3	7	4
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	19	11/7/1987	BOS	@	WAS	53	47	8	7	2	0	29	65.5	1	2	50.0	8	10	80.0	70.4	2	6	8	2
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	18	4/19/1988	CHI	@	NYK	40	47	5	2	2	1	27	66.7	0	2	0.0	11	13	84.6	71.8	3	2	6	4
16	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	18	4/13/1988	NYK	vs	IND	26	41	11	2	2	1	24	75.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	77.0	6	5	1	2
17	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	18	3/3/1988	POR	@	PHX	39	42	13	2	4	0	21	85.7	0	0		6	8	75.0	85.6	5	8	4	2
18	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	18	3/1/1988	ATL	vs	DET	44	50	5	3	1	0	35	51.4	1	2	50.0	13	14	92.9	60.7	4	1	1	3
19	Jeff Malone J. Malone	18	2/27/1988	WAS	@	PHX	41	47	6	3	1	0	29	62.1	0	0		11	13	84.6	67.7	1	5	2	3
20	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	18	2/26/1988	POR	@	CHI	44	42	5	9	8	1	33	54.5	1	3	33.3	5	6	83.3	58.9	2	3	0	3
21	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	18	2/23/1988	ATL	vs	IND	37	43	6	4	3	1	30	60.0	0	1	0.0	7	7	100.0	65.0	1	5	2	4
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	18	2/19/1988	BOS	@	POR	40	40	13	5	2	0	27	66.7	1	2	50.0	3	4	75.0	69.5	3	10	5	3
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	18	1/12/1988	BOS	@	CHI	44	38	9	8	2	0	31	58.1	0	1	0.0	2	3	66.7	58.8	1	8	1	3
24	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	18	1/9/1988	SEA	vs	SAS	43	47	7	8	1	0	31	58.1	2	5	40.0	9	10	90.0	66.4	4	3	2	4
25	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	18	12/30/1987	PHX	@	LAC	36	43	7	2	2	0	27	66.7	2	3	66.7	5	5	100.0	73.6	4	3	2	4