James Worthy posted his most points in a game on April 20, 1989 and on February 19, 1988, with 38 points.

Interpreted as:

James Worthy 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	James Worthy J. Worthy	38	4/20/1989	LAL	vs	SAC	40	5	7	2	1	15	18	83.3	0	0		8	10	80.0	84.8	2	3	1	1
2	James Worthy J. Worthy	38	2/19/1988	LAL	@	ATL	46	8	1	2	0	17	27	63.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	66.1	4	4	1	2
3	James Worthy J. Worthy	37	11/1/1991	LAL	@	HOU	53	4	7	2	1	14	28	50.0	3	3	100.0	6	6	100.0	60.4	2	2	7	2
4	James Worthy J. Worthy	37	12/13/1985	LAL	@	DEN	43	7	1	2	1	15	21	71.4	0	0		7	7	100.0	76.8	2	5	5	4
5	James Worthy J. Worthy	37	4/8/1984	LAL	@	POR	38	5	3	0	1	14	24	58.3	0	0		9	9	100.0	66.2	2	3	2	4
6	James Worthy J. Worthy	36	1/17/1991	LAL	@	SAC	39	4	2	0	1	17	29	58.6	2	4	50.0	0	0		62.1	2	2	1	1
7	James Worthy J. Worthy	36	11/13/1990	LAL	vs	PHX	42	6	1	3	0	14	24	58.3	1	2	50.0	7	11	63.6	62.4	5	1	2	1
8	James Worthy J. Worthy	35	3/15/1991	LAL	vs	DEN	39	8	10	3	0	16	28	57.1	1	1	100.0	2	4	50.0	58.8	0	8	2	1
9	James Worthy J. Worthy	35	11/3/1990	LAL	@	SAS	41	7	1	2	2	15	26	57.7	1	5	20.0	4	6	66.7	61.1	1	6	3	4
10	James Worthy J. Worthy	35	11/7/1989	LAL	vs	PHX	41	9	6	4	1	16	26	61.5	0	0		3	7	42.9	60.2	2	7	4	2
11	James Worthy J. Worthy	35	2/16/1986	LAL	vs	BOS	45	7	3	0	3	14	26	53.8	0	2	0.0	7	9	77.8	58.4	0	7	2	5
12	James Worthy J. Worthy	34	3/22/1991	LAL	vs	MIL	44	9	6	5	0	11	25	44.0	1	3	33.3	11	12	91.7	56.1	1	8	2	2
13	James Worthy J. Worthy	34	12/29/1989	LAL	vs	GSW	33	12	5	0	1	15	24	62.5	0	0		4	5	80.0	64.9	4	8	0	3
14	James Worthy J. Worthy	34	3/30/1986	LAL	vs	GSW	39	7	4	3	0	14	20	70.0	0	1	0.0	6	6	100.0	75.1	1	6	3	1
15	James Worthy J. Worthy	33	1/5/1992	LAL	vs	MIA	42	6	5	2	0	15	26	57.7	0	0		3	5	60.0	58.5	4	2	0	0
16	James Worthy J. Worthy	33	12/11/1991	LAL	vs	UTA	44	5	4	2	0	14	24	58.3	0	2	0.0	5	7	71.4	60.9	0	5	1	0
17	James Worthy J. Worthy	33	4/12/1990	LAL	@	UTA	41	2	1	2	1	12	19	63.2	1	2	50.0	8	10	80.0	70.5	1	1	1	1
18	James Worthy J. Worthy	33	2/14/1989	LAL	vs	DET	44	10	3	3	1	13	23	56.5	0	1	0.0	7	8	87.5	62.2	5	5	4	0
19	James Worthy J. Worthy	33	11/15/1988	LAL	@	DEN	50	9	7	1	3	12	24	50.0	0	0		9	10	90.0	58.1	2	7	2	3
20	James Worthy J. Worthy	33	1/20/1986	LAL	@	CHI	33	8	2	4	1	13	23	56.5	0	0		7	10	70.0	60.2	6	2	2	1
21	James Worthy J. Worthy	33	12/1/1985	LAL	vs	CHI	39	6	3	4	1	13	18	72.2	0	1	0.0	7	7	100.0	78.3	2	4	3	1
22	James Worthy J. Worthy	32	1/29/1990	LAL	vs	SAS	44	9	2	1	0	14	22	63.6	0	1	0.0	4	6	66.7	64.9	4	5	3	3
23	James Worthy J. Worthy	32	11/10/1987	LAL	@	SAS	39	10	7	2	3	12	19	63.2	0	0		8	11	72.7	67.1	4	6	2	5
24	James Worthy J. Worthy	32	3/22/1986	LAL	@	SAC	41	8	3	1	1	15	24	62.5	0	0		2	2	100.0	64.3	3	5	3	2
25	James Worthy J. Worthy	32	3/8/1986	LAL	vs	SAC	49	7	3	1	2	12	20	60.0	0	0		8	12	66.7	63.3	1	6	0	2