Michael Jordan has gotten the most steals in a game with 40+ points, with 9 steals on April 2, 1993 and on November 9, 1988.

Interpreted as:

most steals by a player in a regular-season game with 40 or more points

	NAME	STL	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	9	40	4/2/1993	CHI	vs	NJN	38	7	7	1	16	24	66.7	0	0		8	9	88.9	71.5	1	6	5	3
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	9	52	11/9/1988	CHI	@	BOS	42	3	2	2	18	33	54.5	2	4	50.0	14	16	87.5	64.9	0	3	2	4
3	Chris Paul C. Paul	8	42	2/6/2008	NOH	@	PHX	50	5	9	0	18	33	54.5	4	9	44.4	2	3	66.7	61.2	2	3	1	2	+11
4	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	8	43	4/8/1989	HOU	@	MIA	47	13	1	5	15	29	51.7	0	0		13	19	68.4	57.5	4	9	7	4
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	8	42	1/15/1989	CHI	vs	BOS	41	6	11	0	13	23	56.5	0	3	0.0	16	17	94.1	68.9	1	5	2	2
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	8	40	4/8/1988	CHI	vs	NYK	43	6	3	1	13	24	54.2	0	0		14	18	77.8	62.7	3	3	3	4
7	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	8	42	2/26/1988	POR	@	CHI	44	5	9	1	18	33	54.5	1	3	33.3	5	6	83.3	58.9	2	3	0	3
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	8	56	3/24/1987	CHI	vs	PHI	44	7	3	0	22	32	68.8	0	1	0.0	12	15	80.0	72.5	1	6	7	2
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	8	43	2/22/1987	CHI	vs	CLE	39	4	6	5	16	29	55.2	0	0		11	15	73.3	60.4	2	2	4	1
10	Rick Barry R. Barry	8	40	3/25/1975	GSW	vs	LAL	33	3	6	0	17	26	65.4				6	6	100.0	69.8	2	1		1
11	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	7	41	3/2/2009	MIA	vs	CLE	40	7	9	1	16	30	53.3	2	6	33.3	7	9	77.8	60.4	3	4	8	3	-7
12	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	7	51	12/20/2004	PHI	vs	UTA	46	1	6	0	18	31	58.1	4	6	66.7	11	17	64.7	66.3	0	1	7	6	0
13	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	7	40	1/31/1991	GSW	vs	LAC	47	6	7	0	16	24	66.7	0	1	0.0	8	8	100.0	72.7	2	4	3	1
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	7	43	3/8/1990	CHI	vs	UTA	47	7	4	0	12	29	41.4	0	6	0.0	19	22	86.4	55.6	5	2	3	5
15	World B. Free W. B. Free	7	46	10/12/1979	SDC	vs	LAL	41	7	5	1	19	29	65.5	0	0		8	8	100.0	70.7	2	5	8	4
16	John Drew J. Drew	7	45	1/29/1978	ATL	vs	BUF	40	17	4	0	15	29	51.7				15	22	68.2	58.2				4
17	Billy Knight B. Knight	7	40	1/25/1978	BUF	@	DEN	52	8	4	1	17	27	63.0				6	9	66.7	64.6	6	2	4	3
18	Rick Barry R. Barry	7	55	1/23/1975	GSW	vs	PHI	46	5	5	1	23	49	46.9				9	10	90.0	51.5	2	3		0
19	Fred Brown F. Brown	7	40	11/23/1974	SEA	@	POR	42	5	8	0	16	33	48.5				8	11	72.7	52.9	1	4		2
20	Rick Barry R. Barry	7	43	3/2/1974	GSW	vs	CHI	40	2	4		18	25	72.0				7	7	100.0	76.6				6
21	Devin Booker D. Booker	6	44	11/28/2022	PHX	@	SAC	41	8	4	0	17	28	60.7	1	6	16.7	9	9	100.0	68.8	0	8	6	4	+14
22	James Harden J. Harden	6	41	3/15/2019	HOU	vs	PHX	42	9	11	3	12	25	48.0	3	11	27.3	14	17	82.4	63.1	0	9	6	3	+3
23	James Harden J. Harden	6	43	2/2/2019	HOU	@	UTA	40	12	5	4	12	22	54.5	4	12	33.3	15	15	100.0	75.2	0	12	5	4	+31
24	Anthony Davis A. Davis	6	44	2/10/2018	NOP	@	BKN	50	17	2	3	16	35	45.7	3	5	60.0	9	14	64.3	53.4	4	13	3	2	+9
25	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	6	51	2/19/2016	POR	vs	GSW	31	0	7	0	18	28	64.3	9	12	75.0	6	7	85.7	82.0	0	0	0	3	+26