most points in a game during the 2016 season

Maya Moore scored the most points in a game in 2016, with 40 points versus the Sun on July 7, 2016.

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most points by a player in a regular-season game during the 2016 season

	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	Maya Moore M. Moore	40	7/7/2016	MIN	@	CON	41	8	2	3	2	13	27	48.1	3	11	27.3	11	12	91.7	62.0	1	7	3	5	-1
2	Elena Delle Donne E. Delle Donne	38	7/5/2016	CHI	@	MIN	39	10	0	0	2	11	15	73.3	5	6	83.3	11	11	100.0	95.8	2	8	1	3	-4
3	Nneka Ogwumike N. Ogwumike	38	6/30/2016	LAS	vs	ATL	34	11	3	1	5	13	14	92.9	0	0		12	14	85.7	94.2	2	9	3	4	+15
4	Breanna Stewart B. Stewart	38	6/28/2016	SEA	vs	ATL	34	6	3	3	0	12	16	75.0	3	4	75.0	11	13	84.6	87.5	0	6	4	3	+8
5	DeWanna Bonner D. Bonner	38	6/18/2016	PHX	vs	DAL	45	6	2	3	0	12	23	52.2	4	8	50.0	10	12	83.3	67.2	2	4	5	3	-5
6	Elena Delle Donne E. Delle Donne	35	9/4/2016	CHI	vs	SAN	33	6	4	2	0	12	20	60.0	3	4	75.0	8	9	88.9	73.0	2	4	1	2	+21
7	Elena Delle Donne E. Delle Donne	35	7/17/2016	CHI	@	SEA	36	11	1	0	2	14	24	58.3	3	3	100.0	4	5	80.0	66.8	5	6	2	2	+7
8	Elena Delle Donne E. Delle Donne	34	8/26/2016	CHI	vs	ATL	37	8	5	1	2	9	20	45.0	2	4	50.0	14	14	100.0	65.0	4	4	0	3	+15
9	Maya Moore M. Moore	34	5/25/2016	MIN	@	PHX	35	4	1	2	1	11	18	61.1	3	5	60.0	9	11	81.8	74.4	1	3	5	2	+8
10	Candace Parker C. Parker	34	5/15/2016	LAS	vs	SEA	32	5	4	3	0	12	20	60.0	3	6	50.0	7	10	70.0	69.7	0	5	2	2	+21
11	DeWanna Bonner D. Bonner	33	7/16/2016	PHX	vs	SAN	37	8	2	1	2	11	16	68.8	4	8	50.0	7	7	100.0	86.5	1	7	3	4	+20
12	Maya Moore M. Moore	33	7/5/2016	MIN	vs	CHI	34	6	1	3	0	12	18	66.7	6	9	66.7	3	3	100.0	85.4	2	4	3	5	+10
13	Angel McCoughtry A. McCoughtry	32	9/8/2016	ATL	@	LAS	37	11	2	2	0	10	25	40.0	3	6	50.0	9	10	90.0	54.4	4	7	3	3	+5
14	Angel McCoughtry A. McCoughtry	32	9/4/2016	ATL	vs	SEA	29	5	2	2	0	12	17	70.6	1	3	33.3	7	9	77.8	76.3	0	5	2	2	+1
15	Breanna Stewart B. Stewart	32	7/10/2016	SEA	vs	IND	37	11	5	0	1	11	15	73.3	4	5	80.0	6	9	66.7	84.4	1	10	4	0	-4
16	Tiffany Hayes T. Hayes	32	6/30/2016	ATL	@	LAS	34	2	0	3	0	11	18	61.1	3	5	60.0	7	7	100.0	75.9	1	1	1	3	-3
17	Tina Charles T. Charles	32	6/16/2016	NYL	@	CON	38	6	4	2	0	13	25	52.0	2	4	50.0	4	7	57.1	57.0	1	5	1	0	+6
18	Nneka Ogwumike N. Ogwumike	32	6/11/2016	LAS	@	DAL	27	10	3	1	0	12	12	100.0	1	1	100.0	7	7	100.0	106.1	4	6	1	4	+33
19	Jewell Loyd J. Loyd	32	6/3/2016	SEA	vs	PHX	34	9	3	2	0	12	18	66.7	4	7	57.1	4	4	100.0	81.0	5	4	2	1	+20
20	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	32	5/18/2016	PHX	@	IND	36	7	5	1	1	9	18	50.0	5	11	45.5	9	11	81.8	70.1	0	7	4	5	-1
21	Angel McCoughtry A. McCoughtry	31	9/15/2016	ATL	vs	WAS	32	7	5	2	2	12	22	54.5	0	2	0.0	7	8	87.5	60.7	2	5	6	3	0
22	Moriah Jefferson M. Jefferson	31	7/1/2016	SAN	@	IND	38	4	3	5	0	13	18	72.2	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	78.4	2	2	2	4
23	Tina Charles T. Charles	31	7/1/2016	NYL	@	PHX	33	10	1	1	0	11	22	50.0	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	58.7	3	7	1	1	+14
24	Candace Parker C. Parker	31	6/28/2016	LAS	vs	DAL	36	13	7	2	1	12	25	48.0	0	2	0.0	7	8	87.5	54.3	5	8	1	3	+2
25	Elena Delle Donne E. Delle Donne	31	6/24/2016	CHI	@	NYL	39	8	2	0	0	10	17	58.8	5	7	71.4	6	6	100.0	78.9	1	7	1	1	+7

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