Yao Ming dropped his most points in a game against the Hawks on February 22, 2004, with 41 points.

Interpreted as:

Yao Ming 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	Yao Ming Y. Ming	41	2/22/2004	HOU	vs	ATL	50	16	7	0	2	15	21	71.4	0	0		11	13	84.6	76.7	4	12	5	4	+15
2	Yao Ming Y. Ming	40	12/20/2004	HOU	vs	TOR	33	10	1	0	1	13	16	81.3	0	0		14	18	77.8	83.6	4	6	2	4	+13
3	Yao Ming Y. Ming	39	3/30/2007	HOU	@	LAL	43	11	0	0	4	11	18	61.1	0	0		17	21	81.0	71.6	3	8	5	5	+2
4	Yao Ming Y. Ming	38	12/14/2006	HOU	@	GSW	41	18	3	0	2	15	32	46.9	0	1	0.0	8	8	100.0	53.5	7	11	5	2	+10
5	Yao Ming Y. Ming	38	12/9/2006	HOU	@	WAS	39	11	2	1	6	13	19	68.4	0	0		12	14	85.7	75.5	0	11	4	2	+7
6	Yao Ming Y. Ming	38	3/31/2006	HOU	vs	WAS	39	11	3	0	2	15	25	60.0	0	0		8	8	100.0	66.6	2	9	7	3	+7
7	Yao Ming Y. Ming	38	3/8/2006	HOU	vs	IND	38	10	1	0	5	14	21	66.7	0	0		10	10	100.0	74.8	3	7	3	3	-2
8	Yao Ming Y. Ming	37	3/11/2007	HOU	vs	ORL	36	7	3	0	4	14	22	63.6	0	0		9	11	81.8	68.9	1	6	4	4	+20
9	Yao Ming Y. Ming	37	1/25/2004	HOU	@	ORL	34	10	0	0	2	15	23	65.2	0	0		7	7	100.0	70.9	2	8	1	3	+13
10	Yao Ming Y. Ming	36	1/29/2008	HOU	vs	GSW	40	19	1	0	1	11	19	57.9	0	0		14	15	93.3	70.3	5	14	7	2	-2
11	Yao Ming Y. Ming	36	1/9/2008	HOU	@	NYK	42	11	3	0	2	14	21	66.7	0	0		8	9	88.9	72.1	2	9	2	2	+11
12	Yao Ming Y. Ming	36	11/4/2006	HOU	vs	DAL	36	6	1	1	2	12	16	75.0	0	0		12	12	100.0	84.6	1	5	4	2	+30
13	Yao Ming Y. Ming	36	3/15/2006	HOU	vs	DAL	38	12	2	1	1	12	17	70.6	0	0		12	15	80.0	76.3	3	9	2	4	-9
14	Yao Ming Y. Ming	36	3/13/2006	HOU	vs	NJN	38	9	1	0	1	9	17	52.9	0	0		18	20	90.0	69.8	1	8	1	2	-2
15	Yao Ming Y. Ming	35	4/1/2007	HOU	vs	UTA	40	16	0	0	4	11	24	45.8	0	0		13	15	86.7	57.2	5	11	3	3	+4
16	Yao Ming Y. Ming	35	12/15/2006	HOU	@	LAL	49	15	4	0	8	15	35	42.9	0	0		5	6	83.3	46.5	3	12	4	5	-18
17	Yao Ming Y. Ming	35	11/10/2006	HOU	vs	NYK	38	17	2	1	7	15	21	71.4	0	0		5	6	83.3	74.0	3	14	8	3	+20
18	Yao Ming Y. Ming	34	11/11/2007	HOU	@	CHA	40	8	4	0	3	13	15	86.7	0	0		8	8	100.0	91.8	2	6	6	4	+8
19	Yao Ming Y. Ming	34	4/16/2007	HOU	vs	PHX	39	9	1	0	1	14	20	70.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	75.1	3	6	1	1	+5
20	Yao Ming Y. Ming	34	12/20/2006	HOU	@	POR	40	9	0	1	5	12	21	57.1	0	0		10	11	90.9	65.8	3	6	5	3	+5
21	Yao Ming Y. Ming	34	11/12/2006	HOU	@	MIA	38	14	2	0	0	11	19	57.9	0	0		12	13	92.3	68.8	0	14	4	4	+20
22	Yao Ming Y. Ming	33	12/5/2008	HOU	vs	GSW	35	14	5	1	1	8	12	66.7	0	0		17	19	89.5	81.0	6	8	5	4	+21
23	Yao Ming Y. Ming	33	11/18/2006	HOU	@	DET	37	16	4	0	0	8	18	44.4	0	0		17	20	85.0	61.6	5	11	8	1	-25
24	Yao Ming Y. Ming	33	4/2/2006	HOU	@	LAL	39	16	3	2	0	16	25	64.0	0	0		1	3	33.3	62.7	5	11	4	3	-9
25	Yao Ming Y. Ming	33	11/6/2004	HOU	vs	SAC	40	12	3	2	0	13	20	65.0	0	0		7	11	63.6	66.4	2	10	2	3	0