nba regular season most points in a game thompson david

David Thompson put up his most points in a game against the Pistons on April 9, 1978, with 73 points.

NAMEPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1David Thompson
D. Thompson
73
4/9/1978
DEN DEN
@
DET DET
43
7
2
0
1
28
38
73.7
17
20
85.0
78.0
3
4
4
2
2David Thompson
D. Thompson
44
3/1/1981
DEN DEN
vs
CLE CLE
36
5
2
1
1
18
28
64.3
0
0
8
10
80.0
67.9
4
1
3
3
3David Thompson
D. Thompson
44
4/8/1979
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
39
4
3
1
4
18
26
69.2
8
9
88.9
73.4
1
3
3
2
4David Thompson
D. Thompson
44
3/23/1977
DEN DEN
vs
SAS SAS
40
5
7
1
0
18
30
60.0
8
13
61.5
61.6
1
4
4
5David Thompson
D. Thompson
43
3/29/1981
DEN DEN
@
LAL LAL
42
5
1
1
1
17
27
63.0
0
0
9
11
81.8
67.5
2
3
4
2
6David Thompson
D. Thompson
43
11/1/1980
DEN DEN
vs
SEA SEA
36
5
2
0
0
17
28
60.7
0
0
9
10
90.0
66.4
4
1
4
3
7David Thompson
D. Thompson
43
2/10/1978
DEN DEN
@
SEA SEA
44
5
4
0
18
29
62.1
7
9
77.8
65.2
2
3
4
8David Thompson
D. Thompson
42
3/26/1978
DEN DEN
@
NOJ NOJ
41
6
3
3
1
18
26
69.2
6
7
85.7
72.2
0
6
3
2
9David Thompson
D. Thompson
42
11/26/1977
DEN DEN
vs
IND IND
39
4
4
1
3
13
23
56.5
16
17
94.1
68.9
1
3
6
3
10David Thompson
D. Thompson
41
1/2/1982
DEN DEN
@
SAS SAS
27
2
0
0
2
13
21
61.9
0
0
15
19
78.9
69.8
2
0
3
5
11David Thompson
D. Thompson
41
1/31/1978
DEN DEN
@
NYK NYK
42
5
7
1
0
14
22
63.6
13
14
92.9
72.8
3
2
2
2
12David Thompson
D. Thompson
41
1/12/1978
DEN DEN
@
HOU HOU
37
6
2
1
1
17
24
70.8
7
8
87.5
74.5
4
2
4
5
13David Thompson
D. Thompson
40
11/23/1980
DEN DEN
@
PHX PHX
36
1
2
1
0
15
28
53.6
0
0
10
11
90.9
60.9
0
1
5
2
14David Thompson
D. Thompson
40
3/17/1978
DEN DEN
@
NJN NJN
48
8
5
2
2
18
29
62.1
4
5
80.0
64.1
4
4
4
3
15David Thompson
D. Thompson
40
4/10/1977
DEN DEN
@
NOJ NOJ
40
3
2
1
3
10
20
50.0
20
22
90.9
67.4
2
1
5
16David Thompson
D. Thompson
40
3/9/1977
DEN DEN
@
PHI PHI
50
4
4
1
1
14
27
51.9
12
14
85.7
60.3
3
1
4
17David Thompson
D. Thompson
40
2/8/1977
DEN DEN
@
POR POR
44
4
3
1
1
17
25
68.0
6
7
85.7
71.2
1
3
5
18David Thompson
D. Thompson
39
11/5/1980
DEN DEN
@
SEA SEA
38
3
1
3
1
15
25
60.0
0
0
9
12
75.0
64.4
1
2
3
3
19David Thompson
D. Thompson
39
1/29/1978
DEN DEN
vs
PHI PHI
39
1
4
1
0
13
20
65.0
13
14
92.9
74.5
0
1
7
4
20David Thompson
D. Thompson
38
3/30/1983
SEA SEA
vs
DET DET
34
5
4
0
1
15
22
68.2
0
1
0.0
8
10
80.0
72.0
3
2
3
2
21David Thompson
D. Thompson
38
3/28/1981
DEN DEN
@
GSW GSW
35
2
3
0
0
16
24
66.7
0
0
6
11
54.5
65.9
1
1
2
2
22David Thompson
D. Thompson
38
11/28/1980
DEN DEN
@
DAL DAL
44
9
5
2
1
13
27
48.1
0
1
0.0
12
14
85.7
57.3
5
4
2
2
23David Thompson
D. Thompson
38
1/5/1980
DEN DEN
vs
IND IND
38
7
8
1
1
14
25
56.0
0
0
10
11
90.9
63.7
4
3
2
3
24David Thompson
D. Thompson
38
12/23/1976
DEN DEN
vs
SEA SEA
37
5
6
2
1
15
25
60.0
8
11
72.7
63.7
3
2
0
25David Thompson
D. Thompson
37
1/22/1978
DEN DEN
vs
NYK NYK
46
6
3
5
2
11
22
50.0
15
21
71.4
59.2
3
3
3
4

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