Adrian Dantley has the fewest shot attempts in a game with 50+ points, with 17 attempts against the Mavericks on October 31, 1980.

Interpreted as:

fewest fga by a player to score 50 or more points in a regular-season game

NAME	FGA	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	FGM	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	PF	+/-
Adrian Dantley	17	50	10/31/1980	UTA	vs	DAL	41	4	4	2	0	3	12	70.6	0	0		26	29	89.7	4
Kyrie Irving	19	50	3/8/2022	BKN	@	CHA	38	3	6	1	1	3	15	78.9	9	12	75.0	11	13	84.6	4	+14
Willie Burton	19	53	12/13/1994	PHI	vs	MIA	43	8	3	1	2	1	12	63.2	5	8	62.5	24	28	85.7	2
Damian Lillard	20	50	3/16/2021	POR	vs	NOP	41	6	10	0	0	4	13	65.0	6	13	46.2	18	18	100.0	3	+9
Giannis Antetokounmpo	21	50	2/15/2022	MIL	vs	IND	36	14	4	0	0	3	17	81.0	2	3	66.7	14	18	77.8	3	+7
Eric Gordon	22	50	1/27/2020	HOU	@	UTA	38	6	3	2	1	2	14	63.6	6	11	54.5	16	20	80.0	0	+12
Kevin Martin	22	50	4/1/2009	SAC	@	GSW	46	3	3	2	0	5	11	50.0	5	11	45.5	23	26	88.5	3	-4
Jalen Brunson	23	50	12/15/2023	NYK	@	PHX	35	6	9	5	0	2	17	73.9	9	9	100.0	7	9	77.8	0	+7
Jayson Tatum	23	51	1/16/2023	BOS	@	CHA	40	9	5	0	0	4	15	65.2	7	12	58.3	14	14	100.0	3	+15
Joel Embiid	23	50	1/19/2022	PHI	vs	ORL	27	12	2	1	3	2	17	73.9	1	4	25.0	15	17	88.2	3	+24
Fred VanVleet	23	54	2/2/2021	TOR	@	ORL	37	3	2	3	3	1	17	73.9	11	14	78.6	9	9	100.0	2	+20
Kyrie Irving	23	54	1/31/2020	BKN	vs	CHI	32	5	5	1	0	4	19	82.6	7	9	77.8	9	10	90.0	3	+20
Damian Lillard	23	50	1/26/2020	POR	vs	IND	38	6	13	1	0	1	14	60.9	8	12	66.7	14	16	87.5	0	+19
Wilt Chamberlain	23	53	12/20/1967	PHI	@	SEA	45	38	6				20	87.0				13	26	50.0	2
Luka Doncic	24	53	1/30/2023	DAL	vs	DET	36	8	5	2	0	4	17	70.8	5	11	45.5	14	18	77.8	2	+8
Stephen Curry	24	53	4/12/2021	GSW	vs	DEN	36	6	4	0	0	5	14	58.3	10	18	55.6	15	16	93.8	3	+16
James Harden	24	60	11/30/2019	HOU	vs	ATL	31	3	8	3	1	5	16	66.7	8	14	57.1	20	23	87.0	3	+50
Stephen Curry	24	51	10/24/2018	GSW	vs	WAS	32	4	3	0	1	2	15	62.5	11	16	68.8	10	10	100.0	1	+19
Jimmy Butler	24	52	1/2/2017	CHI	vs	CHA	38	12	6	3	1	2	15	62.5	1	4	25.0	21	22	95.5	0	+15
Carmelo Anthony	24	50	2/7/2011	DEN	vs	HOU	39	11	0	1	3	4	16	66.7	2	3	66.7	16	18	88.9	2	-3
Dirk Nowitzki	24	51	3/23/2006	DAL	vs	GSW	41	9	5	2	1	5	16	66.7	3	4	75.0	16	17	94.1	3	+3
Alonzo Mourning	24	50	3/29/1996	MIA	vs	WAS	39	12	1	0	2	4	17	70.8	0	0		16	17	94.1	3
Malachi Flynn	25	50	4/3/2024	DET	@	ATL	34	6	5	3	0	4	18	72.0	5	9	55.6	9	12	75.0	2	+14
Luka Doncic	25	50	12/25/2023	DAL	@	PHX	44	6	15	4	3	4	15	60.0	8	16	50.0	12	12	100.0	2	+16
Joel Embiid	25	51	12/20/2023	PHI	vs	MIN	36	12	3	2	1	2	17	68.0	0	1	0.0	17	18	94.4	5	+4