George Mikan put up his most points in a game against the Rochester Royals on January 20, 1952, with 61 points.

Interpreted as:

George Mikan most points in a regular-season game

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	George Mikan G. Mikan	61	1/20/1952	MIN	vs	ROC	36		22	45	48.9	17	21	81.0	56.2	4
2	George Mikan G. Mikan	53	2/26/1949	MIN	@	BAL			17	28	60.7	19	20	95.0	72.0	5
3	George Mikan G. Mikan	51	1/14/1950	MIN	@	ROC			20	36	55.6	11	12	91.7	61.8	5
4	George Mikan G. Mikan	51	3/13/1949	MIN	vs	NYK			22	40	55.0	7	12	58.3	56.3	2
5	George Mikan G. Mikan	48	2/22/1949	MIN	@	NYK			18	37	48.6	12	17	70.6	54.0
6	George Mikan G. Mikan	48	1/30/1949	MIN	vs	WAS			18	29	62.1	12	14	85.7	68.3	6
7	George Mikan G. Mikan	47	11/18/1950	MIN	@	ROC			16	40	40.0	15	16	93.8	50.0	4
8	George Mikan G. Mikan	47	12/4/1948	MIN	@	CHI			16			15	19	78.9		1
9	George Mikan G. Mikan	46	1/14/1953	MIN	@	BAL	28		16	30	53.3	14	15	93.3	62.8	6
10	George Mikan G. Mikan	46	3/10/1951	MIN	@	TRI			16	31	51.6	14	17	82.4	59.8	3
11	George Mikan G. Mikan	46	3/19/1949	MIN	@	ROC			18	40	45.0	10	13	76.9	50.3
12	George Mikan G. Mikan	44	3/4/1951	MIN	@	BOS			13			18	20	90.0		5
13	George Mikan G. Mikan	44	12/1/1948	MIN	@	FTW			14			16	19	84.2
14	George Mikan G. Mikan	43	12/13/1950	MIN	vs	ROC			14	27	51.9	15	20	75.0	60.1	5
15	George Mikan G. Mikan	42	1/5/1950	MIN	@	SHE		4	14	32	43.8	14	16	87.5	53.8	4
16	George Mikan G. Mikan	41	1/17/1953	MIN	@	ROC			15	27	55.6	11	12	91.7	63.5	5
17	George Mikan G. Mikan	41	3/4/1952	MIN	@	PHI	36	2	11	28	39.3	19	21	90.5	55.0	5
18	George Mikan G. Mikan	41	11/9/1951	MIN	@	PHI	17	1	15	31	48.4	11	17	64.7	53.3	4
19	George Mikan G. Mikan	41	12/28/1950	MIN	@	ROC			15	35	42.9	11	13	84.6	50.3	5
20	George Mikan G. Mikan	40	3/14/1951	MIN	vs	SYR			15	20	75.0	10	12	83.3	79.1	4
21	George Mikan G. Mikan	40	3/11/1951	MIN	vs	BOS			16	23	69.6	8	12	66.7	70.7	6
22	George Mikan G. Mikan	40	3/8/1951	MIN	@	NYK		5	15	35	42.9	10	14	71.4	48.6	5
23	George Mikan G. Mikan	40	1/24/1950	MIN	@	CHI			15			10	10	100.0		3
24	George Mikan G. Mikan	39	12/22/1951	MIN	@	BAL			16	33	48.5	7	8	87.5	53.4	5
25	George Mikan G. Mikan	39	2/28/1951	MIN	@	FTW			14			11	12	91.7		5