Dennis Johnson posted his most points in a game against the Knicks on February 15, 1981, with 39 points.

Interpreted as:

Dennis Johnson most points in a regular-season game

	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	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	39	2/15/1981	PHX	vs	NYK	41	8	4	2	0	13	25	52.0	1	2	50.0	12	13	92.3	63.5	4	4	5	6
2	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	37	3/16/1982	PHX	@	HOU	40	8	5	2	2	17	25	68.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	69.1	3	5	5	3
3	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	36	1/2/1980	SEA	vs	WAS	51	7	2	0	3	14	25	56.0	1	1	100.0	7	8	87.5	63.1	4	3	3	6
4	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	34	2/5/1980	SEA	@	CLE	37	8	2	3	1	14	20	70.0	0	0		6	7	85.7	73.7	6	2	2	1
5	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	34	1/15/1980	SEA	@	WAS	38	7	10	2	2	12	19	63.2	0	1	0.0	10	13	76.9	68.8	3	4	1	2
6	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	33	3/7/1982	PHX	vs	HOU	46	6	3	4	0	14	24	58.3	0	0		5	5	100.0	63.0	4	2	4	5
7	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	32	3/21/1982	PHX	vs	SEA	40	8	4	1	0	10	22	45.5	0	1	0.0	12	13	92.3	57.7	6	2	5	6
8	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	32	3/4/1980	SEA	@	POR	40	5	6	2	2	13	29	44.8	0	2	0.0	6	6	100.0	50.6	4	1	2	4
9	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	32	12/16/1979	SEA	vs	DEN	43	6	6	1	1	8	23	34.8	0	0		16	18	88.9	51.7	4	2	0	3
10	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	30	11/13/1985	BOS	vs	IND	37	2	4	6	0	13	21	61.9	0	0		4	4	100.0	65.9	2	0	0	6
11	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	30	2/10/1982	PHX	vs	BOS	39	6	3	3	0	12	21	57.1	0	0		6	8	75.0	61.2	1	5	3	3
12	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	30	12/30/1980	PHX	vs	BOS	41	5	3	3	1	9	21	42.9	1	2	50.0	11	13	84.6	56.1			1	5
13	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	30	2/26/1980	SEA	@	LAL	41	4	3	1	1	12	20	60.0	1	3	33.3	5	5	100.0	67.6	3	1	2	4
14	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	30	1/18/1980	SEA	@	NYK	41	6	3			10	19	52.6	0	0		10	11	90.9	62.9	2	4	3	1
15	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	30	11/6/1979	SEA	@	CHI	43	4	3	3	7	11	16	68.8	1	1	100.0	7	9	77.8	75.2	2	2	6	3
16	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	30	2/16/1979	SEA	vs	PHX	38	3	3	0	1	13	18	72.2				4	4	100.0	75.9	0	3	3	3
17	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	29	3/26/1986	BOS	vs	MIL	42	3	6	3	0	9	14	64.3	0	1	0.0	11	13	84.6	73.5	1	2	3	3
18	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	29	2/14/1986	BOS	@	POR	45	4	7	1	1	11	18	61.1	0	1	0.0	7	7	100.0	68.8	1	3	4	3
19	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	29	1/2/1986	BOS	@	IND	38	3	4	5	0	14	20	70.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	69.4	1	2	3	3
20	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	29	10/26/1984	BOS	@	DET	44	10	9	0	0	12	21	57.1	0	0		5	6	83.3	61.3	4	6	2	4
21	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	29	12/26/1981	PHX	@	GSW	41	3	5	0	1	12	26	46.2	0	1	0.0	5	7	71.4	49.9	2	1	2	3
22	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	29	11/29/1980	PHX	@	GSW	30	3	6	3	2	11	16	68.8	0	0		7	8	87.5	74.3	0	3	2	4
23	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	29	2/10/1980	SEA	@	NJN	29	4	3			10	17	58.8	0	0		9	9	100.0	69.2	1	3	1	4
24	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	29	1/20/1979	SEA	@	CHI	40	7	3	2	2	11	17	64.7				7	8	87.5	70.7	3	4	5	2
25	Dennis Johnson D. Johnson	28	11/2/1984	BOS	vs	DET	39	10	7	0	2	7	16	43.8	0	0		14	16	87.5	60.8	4	6	7	4