Michael Jordan has the most points in a game with 8+ steals, with 56 points versus the 76ers on March 24, 1987.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game with 8+ steals

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	52	9	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	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40	9	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
9	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
10	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
11	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	39	9	3/8/1994	CHI	vs	ATL	42	6	10	1	17	27	63.0	4	8	50.0	1	3	33.3	68.9	2	4	4	4
12	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
13	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	38	9	1/25/1991	PHI	vs	BOS	41	8	6	1	11	19	57.9	1	4	25.0	15	17	88.2	71.8	0	8	4	2
14	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	38	9	10/30/1985	NJN	vs	IND	54	11	11	0	15	31	48.4	0	2	0.0	8	12	66.7	52.4	1	10	3	5
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	Chris Paul C. Paul	33	8	4/22/2012	LAC	vs	NOH	39	4	13	0	8	18	44.4	0	4	0.0	17	19	89.5	62.6	0	4	2	3	+8
21	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
22	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
23	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	32	9	12/20/2002	PHI	vs	LAL	48	2	5	0	11	33	33.3	3	5	60.0	7	13	53.8	41.3	1	1	2	1	-1
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32	10	1/29/1988	CHI	vs	NJN	27	1	4	2	14	18	77.8	0	0		4	5	80.0	79.2	0	1	3	1
25	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