fewest attempts to score 53 points in a single game

Willie Burton has the fewest shot attempts in a game with 53+ points, with 19 attempts against the Heat on December 13, 1994.

Interpreted as:

fewest field goal attempts by a player to score 53 or more points in a single regular-season game

	NAME	FGA	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Willie Burton W. Burton	19	53	12/13/1994	PHI	vs	MIA	43	8	3	1	2	12	63.2	5	8	62.5	24	28	85.7	84.6	4	4	1	2
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	23	55	11/12/2025	DEN	@	LAC	34	12	6	1	1	18	78.3	5	6	83.3	14	16	87.5	91.5	2	10	2	1	+28
3	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	23	54	2/2/2021	TOR	@	ORL	37	3	2	3	3	17	73.9	11	14	78.6	9	9	100.0	100.1	0	3	1	2	+20
4	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	23	54	1/31/2020	BKN	vs	CHI	32	5	5	1	0	19	82.6	7	9	77.8	9	10	90.0	98.5	0	5	4	3	+20
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	23	53	12/20/1967	PHI	@	SEA	45	38	6			20	87.0				13	26	50.0	76.9				2
6	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	24	53	1/30/2023	DAL	vs	DET	36	8	5	2	0	17	70.8	5	11	45.5	14	18	77.8	83.0	0	8	4	2	+8
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	24	53	4/12/2021	GSW	vs	DEN	36	6	4	0	0	14	58.3	10	18	55.6	15	16	93.8	85.4	0	6	5	3	+16
8	James Harden J. Harden	24	60	11/30/2019	HOU	vs	ATL	31	3	8	3	1	16	66.7	8	14	57.1	20	23	87.0	87.9	0	3	5	3	+50
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	25	56	2/27/2025	GSW	@	ORL	34	4	3	2	0	16	64.0	12	19	63.2	12	12	100.0	92.5	0	4	4	0	+15
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	25	54	11/9/2023	MIL	@	IND	36	12	3	0	0	19	76.0	0	1	0.0	16	18	88.9	82.0	2	10	8	4	+6
11	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	25	53	4/9/2021	BOS	vs	MIN	41	10	4	0	1	16	64.0	6	10	60.0	15	16	93.8	82.7	1	9	5	3	+5
12	James Harden J. Harden	25	56	11/5/2017	HOU	vs	UTA	35	2	13	2	0	19	76.0	7	8	87.5	11	12	91.7	92.5	0	2	7	3	+25
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	25	58	2/26/1987	CHI	vs	NJN	37	8	3	3	2	16	64.0	0	0		26	27	96.3	78.6	1	7	3	4
14	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	25	53	1/12/1987	ATL	vs	LAC	37	6	2	2	3	19	76.0	1	1	100.0	14	19	73.7	79.4	3	3	1	3
15	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	25	53	10/23/1965	PHI	vs	DET	45	21	2			21	84.0				11	15	73.3	83.9				1
16	James Harden J. Harden	26	55	11/22/2025	LAC	@	CHA	35	3	7	1	0	17	65.4	10	16	62.5	11	14	78.6	85.5	1	2	2	1	+22
17	Trae Young T. Young	26	56	1/3/2022	ATL	@	POR	37	4	14	0	0	17	65.4	7	12	58.3	15	15	100.0	85.9	1	3	4	1	+10
18	James Harden J. Harden	26	53	12/31/2016	HOU	vs	NYK	42	16	17	0	0	14	53.8	9	16	56.3	16	18	88.9	78.1	3	13	8	2	+13
19	Karl Malone K. Malone	26	61	1/27/1990	UTA	vs	MIL	33	18	2	3	0	21	80.8	0	0		19	23	82.6	84.4	9	9	2	2
20	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	26	56	1/29/1983	DET	vs	CHI	37	6	4			18	69.2	0	0		20	22	90.9	78.5				4
21	Bradley Beal B. Beal	27	53	2/23/2020	WAS	@	CHI	39	5	4	2	1	15	55.6	5	11	45.5	18	20	90.0	74.0	2	3	7	5	-4
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	27	53	10/31/2015	GSW	@	NOP	36	4	9	4	0	17	63.0	8	14	57.1	11	11	100.0	83.2	0	4	2	3	+16
23	Tony Delk T. Delk	27	53	1/2/2001	PHX	@	SAC	50	6	0	1	0	20	74.1	0	1	0.0	13	15	86.7	78.9	3	3	2	1	+7
24	Glen Rice G. Rice	27	56	4/15/1995	MIA	vs	ORL	45	4	0	0	0	20	74.1	7	8	87.5	9	10	90.0	89.2	1	3	2	4
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	27	59	4/3/1988	CHI	@	DET	42	4	6	2	2	21	77.8	0	1	0.0	17	19	89.5	83.4	2	2	1	4