most points in a game with less than 3 ft

Klay Thompson has dropped the most points in a game with fewer than 3 free throws, with 54 points against the Hawks on January 2, 2023.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game with less than 3 ft

	NAME	PTS	FTM	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	54	2	1/2/2023	GSW	vs	ATL	46	8	3	0	1	21	39	53.8	10	21	47.6	2	100.0	67.7	2	6	3	4	+13
2	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	52	2	10/29/2018	GSW	@	CHI	27	4	0	2	0	18	29	62.1	14	24	58.3	2	100.0	87.0	0	4	2	2	+28
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	51	1	2/25/2016	GSW	@	ORL	34	7	8	0	1	20	27	74.1	10	15	66.7	1	100.0	92.9	0	7	5	1	+11
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	51	2	2/3/2016	GSW	@	WAS	36	7	2	3	0	19	28	67.9	11	15	73.3	3	66.7	87.0	1	6	7	3	+20
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	50	2	3/15/2023	GSW	@	LAC	39	2	6	2	0	20	28	71.4	8	14	57.1	4	50.0	84.0	0	2	2	1	-11
6	Jamal Murray J. Murray	50	0	2/19/2021	DEN	@	CLE	38	6	2	2	0	21	25	84.0	8	10	80.0	0		100.0	0	6	1	4	+24
7	Dana Barros D. Barros	50	2	3/14/1995	PHI	vs	HOU	42	6	8	2	0	21	26	80.8	6	8	75.0	2	100.0	93.0	2	4	4	2
8	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	49	2	11/23/2019	CHI	@	CHA	35	4	0	2	0	17	28	60.7	13	17	76.5	2	100.0	84.8	0	4	4	5	+15
9	Antoine Walker A. Walker	49	2	1/7/1998	BOS	@	WAS	42	12	0	1	0	21	36	58.3	5	5	100.0	7	28.6	62.7	2	10	5	6	+2
10	Charlie Villanueva C. Villanueva	48	2	3/26/2006	TOR	@	MIL	46	9	3	1	0	20	32	62.5	6	11	54.5	3	66.7	72.0	4	5	3	4	-6
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	48	0	1/30/1997	HOU	vs	DEN	43	10	3	0	2	24	40	60.0	0	0		0		60.0	3	7	3	3	-1
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	48	0	1/25/1973	MIL		HOU	44	24	1			24	32	75.0				0		75.0				2
13	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	47	2	3/31/2024	DAL	@	HOU	35	12	7	2	0	18	30	60.0	9	16	56.3	5	40.0	73.0	0	12	4	1	+12
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	2	2/14/1986	BOS	@	POR	49	14	11	1	2	21	34	61.8	3	3	100.0	3	66.7	66.5	3	11	8	1
15	CJ McCollum	46	2	11/25/2025	WAS	vs	ATL	37	5	4	1	0	17	25	68.0	10	13	76.9	4	50.0	85.9	0	5	2	1	+19
16	Julius Randle J. Randle	46	2	3/7/2022	NYK	@	SAC	34	9	2	1	1	18	31	58.1	8	16	50.0	2	100.0	72.1	2	7	1	5	+18
17	LeBron James L. James	46	1	1/25/2021	LAL	@	CLE	38	8	6	2	2	19	26	73.1	7	11	63.6	2	50.0	85.6	0	8	3	1	+11
18	Stephen Curry S. Curry	46	1	11/7/2016	GSW	vs	NOP	36	5	5	2	0	16	26	61.5	13	17	76.5	2	50.0	85.6	3	2	4	2	+7
19	Vince Carter V. Carter	45	2	4/9/2005	NJN	vs	BOS	36	7	3	4	1	18	32	56.3	7	9	77.8	3	66.7	67.5	1	6	2	2	+23
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	45	1	1/7/2003	LAL	vs	SEA	37	3	3	1	1	16	28	57.1	12	18	66.7	1	100.0	79.1	0	3	2	2	+19
21	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	45	1	12/17/1963	BAL		BOS		15				22	39	56.4				3	33.3	55.8				4
22	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	45	1	1/30/1960	PHI	@	NYK	48	21	3			22	39	56.4				4	25.0	55.2				2
23	Quentin Grimes Q. Grimes	44	2	3/1/2025	PHI	vs	GSW	37	6	1	3	1	18	24	75.0	6	9	66.7	8	25.0	79.9	1	5	2	3	-5
24	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	44	2	3/28/2024	ATL	vs	BOS	47	7	7	2	1	18	44	40.9	6	19	31.6	2	100.0	49.0	0	7	3	2	+3
25	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	44	1	3/8/2024	LAL	vs	MIL	38	6	9	0	1	17	25	68.0	9	12	75.0	1	100.0	86.5	2	4	2	5	+1