David Thompson put up his most points in a game against the Pistons on April 9, 1978, with 73 points.

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David Thompson career high points in a regular-season game every stats

	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	David Thompson D. Thompson	73	4/9/1978	DEN	@	DET	43	7	2	0	1	28	38	73.7				17	20	85.0	78.0	3	4	4	2
2	David Thompson D. Thompson	44	3/1/1981	DEN	vs	CLE	36	5	2	1	1	18	28	64.3	0	0		8	10	80.0	67.9	4	1	3	3
3	David Thompson D. Thompson	44	4/8/1979	DEN	@	PHI	39	4	3	1	4	18	26	69.2				8	9	88.9	73.4	1	3	3	2
4	David Thompson D. Thompson	44	3/23/1977	DEN	vs	SAS	40	5	7	1	0	18	30	60.0				8	13	61.5	61.6	1	4		4
5	David Thompson D. Thompson	43	3/29/1981	DEN	@	LAL	42	5	1	1	1	17	27	63.0	0	0		9	11	81.8	67.5	2	3	4	2
6	David Thompson D. Thompson	43	11/1/1980	DEN	vs	SEA	36	5	2	0	0	17	28	60.7	0	0		9	10	90.0	66.4	4	1	4	3
7	David Thompson D. Thompson	43	2/10/1978	DEN	@	SEA	44	5	4		0	18	29	62.1				7	9	77.8	65.2	2	3		4
8	David Thompson D. Thompson	42	3/26/1978	DEN	@	NOJ	41	6	3	3	1	18	26	69.2				6	7	85.7	72.2	0	6	3	2
9	David Thompson D. Thompson	42	11/26/1977	DEN	vs	IND	39	4	4	1	3	13	23	56.5				16	17	94.1	68.9	1	3	6	3
10	David Thompson D. Thompson	41	1/2/1982	DEN	@	SAS	27	2	0	0	2	13	21	61.9	0	0		15	19	78.9	69.8	2	0	3	5
11	David Thompson D. Thompson	41	1/31/1978	DEN	@	NYK	42	5	7	1	0	14	22	63.6				13	14	92.9	72.8	3	2	2	2
12	David Thompson D. Thompson	41	1/12/1978	DEN	@	HOU	37	6	2	1	1	17	24	70.8				7	8	87.5	74.5	4	2	4	5
13	David Thompson D. Thompson	40	11/23/1980	DEN	@	PHX	36	1	2	1	0	15	28	53.6	0	0		10	11	90.9	60.9	0	1	5	2
14	David Thompson D. Thompson	40	3/17/1978	DEN	@	NJN	48	8	5	2	2	18	29	62.1				4	5	80.0	64.1	4	4	4	3
15	David Thompson D. Thompson	40	4/10/1977	DEN	@	NOJ	40	3	2	1	3	10	20	50.0				20	22	90.9	67.4	2	1		5
16	David Thompson D. Thompson	40	3/9/1977	DEN	@	PHI	50	4	4	1	1	14	27	51.9				12	14	85.7	60.3	3	1		4
17	David Thompson D. Thompson	40	2/8/1977	DEN	@	POR	44	4	3	1	1	17	25	68.0				6	7	85.7	71.2	1	3		5
18	David Thompson D. Thompson	39	11/5/1980	DEN	@	SEA	38	3	1	3	1	15	25	60.0	0	0		9	12	75.0	64.4	1	2	3	3
19	David Thompson D. Thompson	39	1/29/1978	DEN	vs	PHI	39	1	4	1	0	13	20	65.0				13	14	92.9	74.5	0	1	7	4
20	David Thompson D. Thompson	38	3/30/1983	SEA	vs	DET	34	5	4	0	1	15	22	68.2	0	1	0.0	8	10	80.0	72.0	3	2	3	2
21	David Thompson D. Thompson	38	3/28/1981	DEN	@	GSW	35	2	3	0	0	16	24	66.7	0	0		6	11	54.5	65.9	1	1	2	2
22	David Thompson D. Thompson	38	11/28/1980	DEN	@	DAL	44	9	5	2	1	13	27	48.1	0	1	0.0	12	14	85.7	57.3	5	4	2	2
23	David Thompson D. Thompson	38	1/5/1980	DEN	vs	IND	38	7	8	1	1	14	25	56.0	0	0		10	11	90.9	63.7	4	3	2	3
24	David Thompson D. Thompson	38	12/23/1976	DEN	vs	SEA	37	5	6	2	1	15	25	60.0				8	11	72.7	63.7	3	2		0
25	David Thompson D. Thompson	37	1/22/1978	DEN	vs	NYK	46	6	3	5	2	11	22	50.0				15	21	71.4	59.2	3	3	3	4