David Thompson has posted the most points in a game with exactly 0 steals, with 73 points against the Pistons on April 9, 1978.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game without a steal by a player

	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	David Thompson D. Thompson	73	0	4/9/1978	DEN	@	DET	43	7	2	1	28	38	73.7				17	20	85.0	78.0	3	4	4	2
2	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	71	0	2/26/2023	POR	vs	HOU	39	6	6	0	22	38	57.9	13	22	59.1	14	14	100.0	80.4	1	5	2	0	+21
3	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	71	0	1/2/2023	CLE	vs	CHI	50	8	11	1	22	34	64.7	7	15	46.7	20	25	80.0	78.9	3	5	4	3	+19
4	David Robinson D. Robinson	71	0	4/24/1994	SAS	@	LAC	44	14	5	2	26	41	63.4	1	2	50.0	18	25	72.0	68.3	4	10	8	2
5	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	62	0	1/22/2024	MIN	vs	CHA	38	8	2	0	21	35	60.0	10	15	66.7	10	14	71.4	75.3	3	5	7	2	0
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	62	0	1/3/2021	GSW	vs	POR	36	5	4	0	18	31	58.1	8	16	50.0	18	19	94.7	78.8	1	4	5	0	+20
7	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	62	0	1/24/2014	NYK	vs	CHA	39	13	0	0	23	35	65.7	6	11	54.5	10	10	100.0	78.7	1	12	0	1	+34
8	LeBron James L. James	61	0	3/3/2014	MIA	vs	CHA	41	7	4	0	22	33	66.7	8	10	80.0	9	12	75.0	79.7	3	4	2	2	+16
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	61	0	2/2/2009	LAL	@	NYK	37	0	3	1	19	31	61.3	3	6	50.0	20	20	100.0	76.6	0	0	2	1	+19
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	61	0	3/6/2000	LAL	@	LAC	45	23	3	0	24	35	68.6	0	0		13	22	59.1	68.3	7	16	4	2	+16
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	60	0	2/3/2024	GSW	@	ATL	41	6	4	1	22	38	57.9	10	23	43.5	6	6	100.0	73.8	1	5	2	1	-1
12	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	60	0	4/30/2021	BOS	vs	SAS	45	8	5	1	20	37	54.1	5	7	71.4	15	17	88.2	67.4	2	6	0	2	+6
13	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	60	0	11/8/2019	POR	vs	BKN	40	4	5	0	19	33	57.6	7	16	43.8	15	15	100.0	75.8	0	4	2	1	+4
14	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	60	0	12/5/2016	GSW	vs	IND	29	2	1	0	21	33	63.6	8	14	57.1	10	11	90.9	79.3	0	2	0	0	+37
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	60	0	3/22/2007	LAL	@	MEM	45	5	4	0	20	37	54.1	3	7	42.9	17	18	94.4	66.8	2	3	2	4	+2
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	60	0	3/12/1985	BOS	@	ATL	43	7	3	0	22	36	61.1	1	4	25.0	15	16	93.8	69.7	4	3	3	3
17	Bernard King B. King	60	0	12/25/1984	NYK	vs	NJN	41	7	4	0	19	30	63.3	0	0		22	26	84.6	72.4	2	5	5	2
18	Anthony Davis A. Davis	59	0	2/21/2016	NOP	@	DET	43	20	4	1	24	34	70.6	2	2	100.0	9	10	90.0	76.8	6	14	2	1	+17
19	Devin Booker D. Booker	58	0	12/17/2022	PHX	vs	NOP	42	6	5	0	21	35	60.0	6	12	50.0	10	15	66.7	69.7	1	5	2	3	+11
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	58	0	12/29/2006	LAL	@	CHA	54	5	4	0	22	45	48.9	4	11	36.4	10	12	83.3	57.7	0	5	4	6	+5
21	Julius Randle J. Randle	57	0	3/20/2023	NYK	vs	MIN	37	4	1	0	19	29	65.5	8	14	57.1	11	13	84.6	82.1	0	4	4	4	-6
22	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	57	0	12/4/1982	UTA	vs	CHI	38	9	3	0	20	27	74.1	0	0		17	22	77.3	77.7	3	6	2	5
23	LeBron James L. James	56	0	3/5/2022	LAL	vs	GSW	39	10	3	1	19	31	61.3	6	11	54.5	12	13	92.3	76.3	2	8	4	0	+13
24	Trae Young T. Young	56	0	1/3/2022	ATL	@	POR	37	4	14	0	17	26	65.4	7	12	58.3	15	15	100.0	85.9	1	3	4	1	+10
25	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	56	0	1/10/2019	SAS	vs	OKC	49	9	4	4	20	33	60.6	0	0		16	16	100.0	69.9	4	5	5	2	+7