nba players with a career high of exactly 8 steals in a game before 2011

Before 2010-11, Michael Jordan posted the most points in a game with exactly 8 steals, with 56 points against the 76ers on March 24, 1987.

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Data note: Steals: player game data may be incomplete before 1984-85

	NAME	PTS	STL	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	56	8	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
2	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	43	8	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
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43	8	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
4	Chris Paul C. Paul	42	8	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
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	42	8	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	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	42	8	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
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40	8	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
8	Rick Barry R. Barry	40	8	3/25/1975	GSW	vs	LAL	33	3	6	0	17	26	65.4				6	6	100.0	69.8	2	1		1
9	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	38	8	3/29/2003	PHI	@	ATL	44	3	9	0	17	25	68.0	0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	69.9	1	2	5	0	+26
10	Gus Williams G. Williams	37	8	12/14/1977	SEA	@	DET	45	3	5		15	27	55.6				7	7	100.0	61.5	3	0		1
11	Frank Johnson F. Johnson	36	8	10/30/1982	WAS	@	CHI	32	8	11	1	9	16	56.3	0	0		18	19	94.7	73.9	0	8	0	3
12	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	35	8	12/26/1973	ATL	vs	PHI	39	9	4	0	13	22	59.1				9	10	90.0	66.3				3
13	Chris Paul C. Paul	34	8	12/20/2008	NOH	vs	SAC	36	4	9	0	10	15	66.7	2	2	100.0	12	15	80.0	78.7	2	2	1	1	+9
14	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	34	8	11/27/1990	HOU	vs	LAC	42	20	4	3	14	26	53.8	0	0		6	6	100.0	59.4	6	14	4	3
15	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	33	8	11/7/2003	PHI	@	CHI	36	2	11	0	11	21	52.4	0	1	0.0	11	12	91.7	62.8	1	1	1	2	+29
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33	8	12/7/1990	CHI	vs	NYK	39	7	9	1	14	25	56.0	0	2	0.0	5	7	71.4	58.8	4	3	2	3
17	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	32	8	11/7/1980	LAL	@	DAL	31	9	7	0	12	16	75.0	1	1	100.0	7	7	100.0	83.9	3	6	1	2
18	Randy Smith R. Smith	32	8	12/26/1975	BUF	@	PHI	41	5	6		9	21	42.9				14	20	70.0	53.7				6
19	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	31	8	4/15/2008	CHA	@	NJN	46	10	4	0	11	23	47.8	5	10	50.0	4	4	100.0	62.6	2	8	3	4	-1
20	Steve Francis S. Francis	31	8	11/24/2002	HOU	@	LAC	48	6	10	0	8	22	36.4	1	3	33.3	14	18	77.8	51.8	3	3	8	3	-1
21	Doug Christie D. Christie	29	8	4/2/1997	TOR	@	PHI	48	15	7	1	12	24	50.0	3	11	27.3	2	2	100.0	58.3	3	12	3	4	+22
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	29	8	1/3/1986	BOS	vs	NJN	40	10	4	1	14	23	60.9	1	4	25.0	0	0		63.0	2	8	7	1
23	Randy Smith R. Smith	29	8	3/24/1977	BUF	@	PHX	46	2	7	0	12	24	50.0				5	5	100.0	55.3	0	2		2
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	28	8	4/20/1993	CHI	vs	PHI	27	3	4	0	12	22	54.5	3	6	50.0	1	1	100.0	62.4	1	2	1	1
25	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	28	8	12/4/1990	PHI	vs	MIL	45	4	8	2	7	18	38.9	1	3	33.3	13	13	100.0	59.0	0	4	3	3

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