most points scored in a game without a 3point attempt

Shaquille O'Neal, Karl Malone and Michael Jordan are tied for the most points in a game with exactly 0 three-point attempts, with 61 points.

Interpreted as:
most points scored in a regular-season game without a 3point attempt by a player
NAME PTS 3PA DATE TM OPP MIN REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
61
0
3/6/2000
LAL LAL
@
LAC LAC
45
23
3
0
0
24
35
68.6
0
13
22
59.1
68.3
7
16
4
2
+16
2 Karl Malone
K. Malone
61
0
1/27/1990
UTA UTA
vs
MIL MIL
33
18
2
3
0
21
26
80.8
0
19
23
82.6
84.4
9
9
2
2
3 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
61
0
3/4/1987
CHI CHI
@
DET DET
43
7
3
3
3
22
39
56.4
0
17
18
94.4
65.0
3
4
5
0
4 Tom Chambers
T. Chambers
60
0
3/24/1990
PHX PHX
vs
SEA SEA
42
6
4
1
2
22
32
68.8
0
16
18
88.9
75.2
1
5
1
5
5 Bernard King
B. King
60
0
12/25/1984
NYK NYK
vs
NJN NJN
41
7
4
0
0
19
30
63.3
0
22
26
84.6
72.4
2
5
5
2
6 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
58
0
2/26/1987
CHI CHI
vs
NJN NJN
37
8
3
3
2
16
25
64.0
0
26
27
96.3
78.6
1
7
3
4
7 Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
57
0
4/10/1986
ATL ATL
vs
NJN NJN
38
5
1
3
0
21
37
56.8
0
15
19
78.9
62.8
4
1
3
1
8 Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
57
0
12/4/1982
UTA UTA
vs
CHI CHI
38
9
3
0
0
20
27
74.1
0
17
22
77.3
77.7
3
6
2
5
9 LaMarcus Aldridge
L. Aldridge
56
0
1/10/2019
SAS SAS
vs
OKC OKC
49
9
4
0
4
20
33
60.6
0
16
16
100.0
69.9
4
5
5
2
+7
10 Kevin McHale
K. McHale
56
0
3/3/1985
BOS BOS
vs
DET DET
41
16
4
1
3
22
28
78.6
0
12
13
92.3
83.0
10
6
4
3
11 Kelly Tripucka
K. Tripucka
56
0
1/29/1983
DET DET
vs
CHI CHI
37
6
4
18
26
69.2
0
20
22
90.9
78.5
4
12 Jermaine O'Neal
J. O'Neal
55
0
1/4/2005
IND IND
vs
MIL MIL
36
11
3
0
2
18
28
64.3
0
19
25
76.0
70.5
3
8
3
3
+22
13 Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
55
0
2/6/1981
UTA UTA
vs
DEN DEN
47
7
3
1
1
24
36
66.7
0
7
8
87.5
69.6
6
1
4
4
14 Alex English
A. English
54
0
11/19/1985
DEN DEN
vs
HOU HOU
37
4
1
0
0
21
30
70.0
0
12
12
100.0
76.5
1
3
1
3
15 Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
53
0
12/26/2001
SAS SAS
vs
DAL DAL
50
11
4
0
3
19
28
67.9
0
15
15
100.0
76.6
4
7
6
5
-1
16 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
53
0
4/20/1994
ORL ORL
vs
MIN MIN
36
18
4
2
2
22
31
71.0
0
9
13
69.2
72.2
7
11
3
3
17 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
53
0
1/21/1989
CHI CHI
vs
PHX PHX
41
14
8
2
1
20
28
71.4
0
13
15
86.7
76.6
1
13
4
4
18 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
53
0
4/12/1987
CHI CHI
vs
IND IND
42
4
8
4
2
19
27
70.4
0
15
18
83.3
75.9
2
2
3
2
19 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
53
0
1/8/1987
CHI CHI
vs
POR POR
43
4
5
3
2
20
34
58.8
0
13
16
81.3
64.6
3
1
3
3
20 Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
53
0
4/10/1982
UTA UTA
vs
DEN DEN
45
12
6
0
0
19
28
67.9
0
15
18
83.3
73.8
9
3
1
4
21 Moses Malone
M. Malone
53
0
2/2/1982
HOU HOU
vs
SDC SDC
42
22
4
2
1
19
30
63.3
0
15
18
83.3
69.9
11
11
3
2
22 George Gervin
G. Gervin
53
0
1/8/1980
SAS SAS
vs
DEN DEN
43
3
2
3
1
23
40
57.5
0
7
8
87.5
60.9
1
2
2
2
23 Bernard King
B. King
52
0
12/29/1990
WAS WAS
vs
DEN DEN
39
8
6
1
0
20
35
57.1
0
12
14
85.7
63.2
3
5
4
3
24 Charles Smith
C. Smith
52
0
12/1/1990
LAC LAC
@
DEN DEN
37
6
2
3
2
17
27
63.0
0
18
21
85.7
71.7
1
5
4
2
25 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
52
0
4/19/1990
HOU HOU
vs
DEN DEN
42
18
4
3
3
21
34
61.8
0
10
13
76.9
65.5
6
12
11
6
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for three-point attempts going back to the 1983-84 season.

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Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
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Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
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50
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32
.610
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Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
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Nuggets Nuggets
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3/24
CLE CLE
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POR POR
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Tue
3/25
WAS WAS
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PHI PHI
119-114
Tue
3/25
LAL LAL
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IND IND
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NYK NYK
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Mon
5/5
NYK NYK
@
BOS BOS
7:00 PM
Mon
5/5
DEN DEN
@
OKC OKC
9:30 PM
Tue
5/6
IND IND
@
CLE CLE
7:00 PM
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MIN MIN
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BOS BOS
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