George Yardley had his most points in a game against the Syracuse Nationals on February 4, 1958, with 52 points.

Interpreted as:

George Yardley most points in a regular-season game

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	George Yardley G. Yardley	52	2/4/1958	DET	vs	SYR		20		18	31	58.1	16	16	100.0	68.3	3
2	George Yardley G. Yardley	51	1/15/1958	DET	@	BOS	47	19		17	33	51.5	17	19	89.5	61.7	5
3	George Yardley G. Yardley	49	3/6/1958	DET	@	MIN				19	33	57.6	11	15	73.3	61.9	3
4	George Yardley G. Yardley	48	2/18/1958	DET	vs	SYR				16	29	55.2	16	19	84.2	64.2	2
5	George Yardley G. Yardley	48	12/26/1957	DET	@	STL				14	32	43.8	20	24	83.3	56.4	3
6	George Yardley G. Yardley	47	1/12/1960	SYR		BOS		17	2	21	31	67.7	5	7	71.4	69.0	4
7	George Yardley G. Yardley	44	2/25/1958	DET		STL				18	29	62.1	8	10	80.0	65.9	5
8	George Yardley G. Yardley	44	1/23/1958	DET	@	MIN				15	33	45.5	14	14	100.0	56.2	4
9	George Yardley G. Yardley	43	2/19/1958	DET	@	MIN				17	27	63.0	9	10	90.0	68.5	2
10	George Yardley G. Yardley	41	2/27/1958	DET		MIN		27	2	17	30	56.7	7	9	77.8	60.4	2
11	George Yardley G. Yardley	41	10/26/1957	DET	vs	PHI				15			11	19	57.9		3
12	George Yardley G. Yardley	40	1/31/1957	FTW	@	MIN				11	20	55.0	18	21	85.7	68.4	3
13	George Yardley G. Yardley	39	12/1/1957	DET	@	NYK				15			9	12	75.0		4
14	George Yardley G. Yardley	37	12/11/1958	DET		STL		11	2	13	20	65.0	11	14	78.6	70.7	1
15	George Yardley G. Yardley	37	12/2/1958	DET	vs	PHI		8	1	15	29	51.7	7	10	70.0	55.4	3
16	George Yardley G. Yardley	37	2/7/1958	DET		STL		9	0	12	18	66.7	13	17	76.5	72.6	5
17	George Yardley G. Yardley	36	10/26/1958	DET	@	MIN		15		13	27	48.1	10	11	90.9	56.5	3
18	George Yardley G. Yardley	36	3/1/1958	DET	@	NYK				14	32	43.8	8	9	88.9	50.1	3
19	George Yardley G. Yardley	36	1/31/1958	DET		NYK				14			8	10	80.0		5
20	George Yardley G. Yardley	36	1/18/1958	DET	@	STL				12			12	14	85.7		2
21	George Yardley G. Yardley	36	12/26/1956	FTW		ROC				14			8	11	72.7		4
22	George Yardley G. Yardley	35	11/16/1957	DET	@	NYK				13			9	10	90.0		5
23	George Yardley G. Yardley	35	2/25/1957	FTW	vs	SYR				10			15	18	83.3		3
24	George Yardley G. Yardley	35	1/20/1957	FTW	@	SYR				11	21	52.4	13	15	86.7	63.4	3
25	George Yardley G. Yardley	34	11/23/1958	DET	@	MIN				12	25	48.0	10	12	83.3	56.1	5