most points scored by an nba player whose last name is thompson

David Thompson posted his most points in a game versus the Pistons on April 9, 1978, with 73 points.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game scored by an NBA player whose last name is thompson

	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	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	60	12/5/2016	GSW	vs	IND	29	2	1	0	0	21	33	63.6	8	14	57.1	10	11	90.9	79.3	0	2	0	0	+37
3	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	54	1/2/2023	GSW	vs	ATL	46	8	3	0	1	21	39	53.8	10	21	47.6	2	2	100.0	67.7	2	6	3	4	+13
4	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	52	10/29/2018	GSW	@	CHI	27	4	0	2	0	18	29	62.1	14	24	58.3	2	2	100.0	87.0	0	4	2	2	+28
5	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	52	1/23/2015	GSW	vs	SAC	33	2	5	4	2	16	25	64.0	11	15	73.3	9	10	90.0	88.4	0	2	4	3	+38
6	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	45	1/27/2016	GSW	vs	DAL	32	5	1	0	2	14	20	70.0	7	12	58.3	10	10	100.0	92.2	0	5	1	1	+14
7	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	44	1/21/2019	GSW	@	LAL	27	3	2	0	1	17	20	85.0	10	11	90.9	0	0		110.0	0	3	2	2	+29
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	43	1/8/2019	GSW	vs	NYK	34	2	0	2	2	18	29	62.1	7	16	43.8	0	0		74.1	1	1	1	1	+31
12	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	43	12/16/2015	GSW	vs	PHX	31	3	2	1	0	15	22	68.2	8	13	61.5	5	5	100.0	88.8	0	3	1	0	+37
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	42	2/24/2023	GSW	vs	HOU	36	7	1	0	0	12	19	63.2	12	17	70.6	6	6	100.0	97.0	0	7	2	0	+32
17	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	42	2/6/2023	GSW	vs	OKC	33	3	1	0	0	15	22	68.2	12	16	75.0	0	0		95.5	0	3	4	1	+10
18	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	42	4/13/2015	GSW	vs	MEM	30	5	3	1	0	15	20	75.0	8	10	80.0	4	4	100.0	96.5	0	5	2	0	+25
19	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
20	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
21	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	41	11/20/2022	GSW	@	HOU	36	4	3	2	0	14	23	60.9	10	13	76.9	3	4	75.0	82.8	2	2	2	1	+14
22	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	41	4/10/2022	GSW	@	NOP	31	3	2	0	0	16	29	55.2	7	14	50.0	2	3	66.7	67.6	0	3	3	2	+25
23	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	41	4/4/2017	GSW	vs	MIN	33	2	3	2	1	13	24	54.2	7	14	50.0	8	9	88.9	73.3	0	2	1	2	+19
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	41	11/1/2014	GSW	vs	LAL	34	5	2	0	0	14	18	77.8	5	7	71.4	8	9	88.9	93.4	0	5	1	2	+24
25	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