Nate Thurmond dropped his most points in a game versus the Pistons on February 24, 1971, with 43 points.

Interpreted as:

Nate Thurmond most points in a regular-season game

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	43	2/24/1971	SFW	@	DET	48	15	1	18	29	62.1	7	11	63.6	63.5	2
2	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	42	12/30/1971	GSW	@	DET	48	19	1	15	24	62.5	12	14	85.7	69.6	2
3	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	41	11/19/1968	SFW	@	CHI	45	15	2	17	27	63.0	7	7	100.0	68.2	2
4	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	41	10/19/1968	SFW	@	SEA	48	27	5	17	33	51.5	7	12	58.3	53.6	2
5	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	39	2/8/1973	GSW	vs	POR	47	19	0	17	23	73.9	5	7	71.4	74.8	3
6	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	39	3/17/1972	GSW	@	POR	47	22	1	16	34	47.1	7	7	100.0	52.6	2
7	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	38	2/8/1972	GSW	vs	BAL	45	23	2	14	30	46.7	10	16	62.5	51.3	1
8	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	37	1/6/1972	GSW	vs	POR	48	15	4	17	27	63.0	3	3	100.0	65.3	2
9	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	37	2/27/1971	SFW	vs	LAL	48	15	2	16	26	61.5	5	5	100.0	65.6	2
10	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	37	10/22/1967	SFW	vs	SDR	42	26	7	15	21	71.4	7	10	70.0	72.8	2
11	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	36	12/2/1969	SFW	vs	DET	48	23	4	13	25	52.0	10	13	76.9	58.6	3
12	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	36	1/21/1966	SFW	@	LAL	48	21	3	16	20	80.0	4	6	66.7	79.5	4
13	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	36	12/8/1965	SFW	@	DET	48	29	0	14	26	53.8	8	15	53.3	55.2	3
14	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	35	3/14/1972	GSW	@	BOS	46	21	3	14	28	50.0	7	9	77.8	54.8	1
15	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	35	2/4/1972	GSW	@	PHX	47	16	1	11	28	39.3	13	15	86.7	50.6	3
16	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	35	3/9/1971	SFW	vs	BOS	43	13	3	13	23	56.5	9	11	81.8	62.9	4
17	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	35	12/22/1970	SFW	vs	BOS	40	16	3	15	22	68.2	5	6	83.3	71.0	2
18	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	35	2/16/1969	SFW	@	ATL	46	14	2	14	19	73.7	7	11	63.6	73.4	2
19	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	35	1/19/1969	SFW	@	PHI	48	34	3	13	22	59.1	9	17	52.9	59.4	2
20	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	35	11/8/1968	SFW	@	DET	53	23	5	15	27	55.6	5	10	50.0	55.7	2
21	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	34	12/9/1969	SFW		ATL	48	25	1	15	26	57.7	4	7	57.1	58.5	0
22	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	34	3/5/1969	SFW	vs	BAL	48	28	4	11	24	45.8	12	16	75.0	54.8	0
23	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	34	1/29/1969	SFW	@	DET	48	15	8	13	22	59.1	8	13	61.5	61.3	5
24	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	34	12/31/1967	SFW	@	SEA	43	25	5	9	19	47.4	16	19	84.2	62.1	5
25	Nate Thurmond N. Thurmond	34	1/7/1967	SFW	vs	BOS	48	23	3	13	27	48.1	8	13	61.5	52.0	2