Craig Shelton dropped his most points in a game against the Lakers on January 21, 1981, with 22 points.

Interpreted as:

Craig Shelton most points in a regular-season game

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	22	1/21/1981	ATL	@	LAL	22	6	0	1	0	9	11	81.8	0	0	4	6	66.7	80.6	4	2	3	2
2	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	19	2/15/1981	ATL	@	PHI	23	1	2		0	8	11	72.7	0	0	3	5	60.0	72.0			1	3
3	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	17	3/14/1981	ATL	vs	CLE	28	10	3	0	0	8	11	72.7	0	0	1	2	50.0	71.5	4	6	1	2
4	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	17	2/3/1981	ATL	vs	PHI	20	7	1		0	7	11	63.6	0	0	3	4	75.0	66.6			1	6
5	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	11	12/9/1980	ATL	vs	SDC	8	3	0	0	0	5	8	62.5	0	0	1	2	50.0	61.9			2	2
6	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	9	3/24/1981	ATL	vs	DET	21	8	2		0	4	8	50.0	0		1	2	50.0	50.7			0	3
7	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	9	2/18/1981	ATL	@	IND	15	2	0		0	3	6	50.0	0	0	3	4	75.0	58.0			1	4
8	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	8	3/13/1981	ATL	vs	DEN	18	6	3	0	1	4	9	44.4	0	0	0	0		44.4	4	2	0	1
9	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	8	2/21/1981	ATL	@	CLE	13	2	1	1	1	4	6	66.7	0	0	0	0		66.7	1	1	0	3
10	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	8	1/23/1981	ATL	vs	CLE	23	4	2	0	1	1	6	16.7	0	0	6	8	75.0	42.0	1	3	3	5
11	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	8	11/26/1980	ATL	@	IND	28	6	0	0		2	8	25.0	0	0	4	4	100.0	41.0				5
12	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	8	10/18/1980	ATL	@	DET	17	5	0			4	6	66.7	0	0	0	0		66.7				4
13	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	7	10/14/1980	ATL	vs	BOS	14	4	2		1	3	4	75.0	0	0	1	2	50.0	71.7			1	5
14	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	6	3/22/1981	ATL	@	WAS	13	2	1			3	8	37.5	0		0	0		37.5				2
15	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	6	2/27/1981	ATL	vs	BOS	14	4	1			3	6	50.0	0	0	0	0		50.0				1
16	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	6	2/10/1981	ATL	vs	GSW	10	0	0	1	0	3	4	75.0	0	0	0	0		75.0	0	0	0	3
17	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	6	1/27/1981	ATL	vs	WAS	11	2	0			3	6	50.0	0		0	0		50.0				0
18	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	6	10/17/1980	ATL	vs	NYK	14	8	0		0	3	4	75.0	0	0	0	0		75.0			3	3
19	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	5	3/26/1981	ATL	vs	IND	18	6	0		0	2	3	66.7	0	0	1	1	100.0	72.7			1	4
20	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	5	1/3/1981	ATL	@	NYK	11	5	0			2	7	28.6	0		1	3	33.3	30.0				3
21	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	5	10/11/1980	ATL	vs	CHI	16	4	0	1	0	2	4	50.0	0	0	1	2	50.0	51.2	2	2	4	5
22	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	4	11/3/1981	ATL	@	CHI	10	3	0	1	0	2	6	33.3	0	0	0	0		33.3	1	2	0	2
23	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	4	2/22/1981	ATL	@	CHI	14	2	0	2	0	2	5	40.0	0	0	0	0		40.0	0	2	0	3
24	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	3	1/29/1981	ATL	vs	NYK	9	3	0			1	4	25.0	0	0	1	2	50.0	30.7			1	2
25	Craig Shelton C. Shelton	3	1/24/1981	ATL	vs	CHI	16	3	1	1	1	1	6	16.7	0	0	1	1	100.0	23.3	1	2	3	3