Adrian Dantley has hit the fewest baskets in a game with 44+ points, with 9 made versus the Rockets on January 4, 1984.

Interpreted as:

fewest fgm by a player to score 44 or more points in a regular-season game

	NAME	FGM	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	9	46	1/4/1984	UTA	vs	HOU	40	9	5	1	0	15	60.0	0	0		28	29	96.6	82.9	5	4	2	3
2	Jerami Grant J. Grant	10	44	11/25/2022	POR	@	NYK	40	1	2	0	1	20	50.0	3	7	42.9	21	28	75.0	68.1	0	1	2	4	-1
3	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	10	44	12/20/2016	BOS	@	MEM	38	3	6	2	1	16	62.5	7	10	70.0	17	17	100.0	93.7	0	3	1	1	+9
4	James Harden J. Harden	10	44	3/23/2015	HOU	@	IND	43	4	7	2	2	21	47.6	3	8	37.5	21	22	95.5	71.7	1	3	4	4	+5
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	10	46	1/23/2009	OKC	@	LAC	46	15	4	2	1	23	43.5	2	6	33.3	24	26	92.3	66.8	2	13	2	3	-7
6	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	10	47	11/25/1983	UTA	vs	DEN	40	8	6	0	0	16	62.5	0	0		27	31	87.1	79.3	4	4	4	2
7	Ja Morant J. Morant	11	44	2/16/2022	MEM	vs	POR	38	5	11	0	1	20	55.0	1	6	16.7	21	25	84.0	71.0	0	5	2	3	+2
8	James Harden J. Harden	11	50	12/3/2019	HOU	@	SAS	49	9	6	4	0	37	29.7	4	20	20.0	24	24	100.0	52.6	3	6	5	4	-3
9	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	11	45	4/5/2019	DET	@	OKC	35	7	3	2	0	20	55.0	9	14	64.3	14	16	87.5	83.2	0	7	1	0	-11
10	James Harden J. Harden	11	45	12/27/2018	HOU	vs	BOS	39	2	6	0	1	26	42.3	9	18	50.0	14	17	82.4	67.2	0	2	6	2	+3
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	11	45	1/6/2018	GSW	@	LAC	30	6	3	3	0	21	52.4	8	16	50.0	15	16	93.8	80.2	2	4	2	2	+28
12	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	11	46	1/30/2017	SAC	@	PHI	32	15	5	1	1	16	68.8	4	6	66.7	20	22	90.9	89.6	4	11	8	6	-6
13	James Harden J. Harden	11	45	11/18/2015	HOU	vs	POR	47	8	11	5	1	29	37.9	4	15	26.7	19	20	95.0	59.5	1	7	5	2	+10
14	James Harden J. Harden	11	45	2/8/2015	HOU	vs	POR	40	9	8	2	0	25	44.0	4	10	40.0	19	23	82.6	64.1	4	5	4	2	-5
15	Kevin Martin K. Martin	11	50	4/1/2009	SAC	@	GSW	46	3	3	2	0	22	50.0	5	11	45.5	23	26	88.5	74.8	1	2	5	3	-4
16	LeBron James L. James	11	47	3/12/2006	CLE	@	MIA	45	7	4	0	1	27	40.7	1	6	16.7	24	28	85.7	59.8	2	5	5	2	-7
17	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	11	45	2/8/2006	WAS	vs	GSW	43	5	7	0	0	24	45.8	0	5	0.0	23	25	92.0	64.3	1	4	5	5	+7
18	Vince Carter V. Carter	11	46	12/30/2000	TOR	@	PHX	44	6	6	1	1	26	42.3	2	7	28.6	22	27	81.5	60.7	4	2	3	5	+3
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	11	44	4/18/1998	CHI	vs	NYK	40	3	3	1	0	24	45.8	0	0		22	24	91.7	63.7	0	3	1	1	-6
20	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	11	45	10/26/1975	NOJ	vs	NYK	48	11	8			21	52.4				23	26	88.5	69.4				3
21	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	11	45	2/5/1972	CIN	vs	DET		4	11			28	39.3				23	24	95.8	58.4
22	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	12	44	3/2/2025	MIN	@	PHX	36	5	7	2	0	22	54.5	6	14	42.9	14	14	100.0	78.1	0	5	1	0	+22
23	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	12	45	1/29/2024	DAL	vs	ORL	43	9	15	2	0	23	52.2	3	8	37.5	18	21	85.7	69.8	0	9	4	4	+3
24	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	12	45	1/20/2024	MIL	@	DET	37	6	11	1	0	22	54.5	5	11	45.5	16	16	100.0	77.5	0	6	1	3	+18
25	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	12	44	12/28/2023	MIN	vs	DAL	38	3	4	3	1	23	52.2	6	11	54.5	14	18	77.8	71.2	0	3	6	2	+11