most points in an nba game with 3 or fewer free throw attempts

Klay Thompson has dropped the most points in a game with 3 or fewer free-throw attempts, with 54 points versus the Hawks on January 2, 2023.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in an NBA regular-season game with 3 or fewer free throw attempts

	NAME	PTS	FTA	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	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	3	2/3/2016	GSW	@	WAS	36	7	2	3	0	19	28	67.9	11	15	73.3	2	66.7	87.0	1	6	7	3	+20
5	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	51	3	11/14/2003	ORL	@	DEN	41	6	5	2	2	20	30	66.7	8	11	72.7	3	100.0	81.4	2	4	4	2	-1
6	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	50	3	11/12/2023	PHI	vs	IND	39	7	5	0	3	20	32	62.5	7	11	63.6	3	100.0	75.0	3	4	2	2	+17
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	48	3	1/13/2019	GSW	@	DAL	37	6	5	1	2	17	32	53.1	11	19	57.9	3	100.0	72.0	3	3	0	5	+9
11	Charlie Villanueva C. Villanueva	48	3	3/26/2006	TOR	@	MIL	46	9	3	1	0	20	32	62.5	6	11	54.5	2	66.7	72.0	4	5	3	4	-6
12	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
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	48	0	1/25/1973	MIL		HOU	44	24	1			24	32	75.0				0		75.0				2
14	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	3	2/14/1986	BOS	@	POR	49	14	11	1	2	21	34	61.8	3	3	100.0	2	66.7	66.5	3	11	8	1
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	46	3	1/27/2024	GSW	vs	LAL	43	3	7	1	0	17	35	48.6	9	21	42.9	3	100.0	63.3	0	3	4	4	-2
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	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	46	3	2/10/2021	CHI	vs	NOP	38	7	4	0	1	17	25	68.0	9	14	64.3	3	100.0	87.4	1	6	5	0	+20
18	LeBron James L. James	46	2	1/25/2021	LAL	@	CLE	38	8	6	2	2	19	26	73.1	7	11	63.6	1	50.0	85.6	0	8	3	1	+11
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	46	2	11/7/2016	GSW	vs	NOP	36	5	5	2	0	16	26	61.5	13	17	76.5	1	50.0	85.6	3	2	4	2	+7
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	45	3	4/9/2015	GSW	vs	POR	35	2	10	0	0	17	23	73.9	8	13	61.5	3	100.0	92.5	1	1	4	2	+21
21	Vince Carter V. Carter	45	3	4/9/2005	NJN	vs	BOS	36	7	3	4	1	18	32	56.3	7	9	77.8	2	66.7	67.5	1	6	2	2	+23
22	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
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	3	4/20/1990	CHI	@	BOS	35	8	9	3	0	21	29	72.4	0	2	0.0	3	100.0	74.2	1	7	3	5
24	Chuck Person C. Person	45	3	2/28/1989	IND	@	SEA	43	13	4	5	0	19	28	67.9	4	7	57.1	3	100.0	76.7	1	12	5	2
25	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	45	3	12/17/1963	BAL		BOS		15				22	39	56.4				1	33.3	55.8				4