fewest field goals made to score 50 points in a game

James Harden and Kevin Martin are tied for the fewest baskets in a game with 50+ points, with 11 made.

Interpreted as:

fewest field goals made by a player to score 50 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	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
2	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
3	Trae Young T. Young	12	50	2/20/2020	ATL	vs	MIA	40	2	8	2	1	25	48.0	8	15	53.3	18	19	94.7	74.9	0	2	7	4	+10
4	James Harden J. Harden	12	50	3/19/2015	HOU	vs	DEN	40	10	4	1	0	27	44.4	4	12	33.3	22	25	88.0	65.8	1	9	4	2	+22
5	Willie Burton W. Burton	12	53	12/13/1994	PHI	vs	MIA	43	8	3	1	2	19	63.2	5	8	62.5	24	28	85.7	84.6	4	4	1	2
6	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	12	50	10/31/1980	UTA	vs	DAL	41	4	4	2	0	17	70.6	0	0		26	29	89.7	84.0			3	4
7	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	13	50	3/16/2021	POR	vs	NOP	41	6	10	0	0	20	65.0	6	13	46.2	18	18	100.0	89.5	1	5	4	3	+9
8	James Harden J. Harden	13	50	3/30/2019	HOU	vs	SAC	38	11	10	0	0	31	41.9	7	23	30.4	17	18	94.4	64.2	1	10	3	1	+17
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	13	52	1/18/2013	OKC	@	DAL	50	9	1	2	0	31	41.9	5	9	55.6	21	21	100.0	64.6	0	9	4	2	-1
10	Vince Carter V. Carter	13	51	12/23/2005	NJN	@	MIA	44	8	4	0	0	25	52.0	2	5	40.0	23	24	95.8	71.7	2	6	2	3	+16
11	Allan Houston A. Houston	13	50	3/16/2003	NYK	vs	MIL	44	2	1	0	0	25	52.0	6	14	42.9	18	18	100.0	75.9	1	1	0	3	+8
12	James Harden J. Harden	14	50	3/5/2025	LAC	vs	DET	38	4	5	1	1	24	58.3	6	13	46.2	16	20	80.0	76.2	0	4	5	2	+13
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	14	50	11/8/2021	GSW	vs	ATL	35	7	10	4	1	28	50.0	9	19	47.4	13	13	100.0	74.1	2	5	2	0	+31
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	14	53	4/12/2021	GSW	vs	DEN	36	6	4	0	0	24	58.3	10	18	55.6	15	16	93.8	85.4	0	6	5	3	+16
15	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	14	50	1/27/2020	HOU	@	UTA	38	6	3	2	1	22	63.6	6	11	54.5	16	20	80.0	81.2	0	6	2	0	+12
16	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	14	50	1/26/2020	POR	vs	IND	38	6	13	1	0	23	60.9	8	12	66.7	14	16	87.5	83.2	0	6	1	0	+19
17	James Harden J. Harden	14	50	12/13/2018	HOU	vs	LAL	35	10	11	2	0	26	53.8	4	12	33.3	18	19	94.7	72.8	2	8	6	4	+14
18	James Harden J. Harden	14	53	12/31/2016	HOU	vs	NYK	42	16	17	0	0	26	53.8	9	16	56.3	16	18	88.9	78.1	3	13	8	2	+13
19	James Harden J. Harden	14	50	11/27/2015	HOU	vs	PHI	40	9	8	0	0	28	50.0	6	12	50.0	16	20	80.0	67.9	2	7	9	2	+13
20	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	14	50	12/20/2008	GSW	@	CHA	46	2	5	0	1	26	53.8	5	8	62.5	17	18	94.4	73.7	0	2	1	2	+15
21	Brandon Roy B. Roy	14	52	12/18/2008	POR	vs	PHX	44	5	6	0	1	27	51.9	5	7	71.4	19	21	90.5	71.7	1	4	0	1	+12
22	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	14	51	1/15/2007	WAS	vs	UTA	41	3	5	1	0	29	48.3	7	12	58.3	16	17	94.1	69.9	1	2	1	3	+10
23	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	14	51	1/26/1991	HOU	vs	CLE	46	5	1	2	0	25	56.0	4	10	40.0	19	22	86.4	73.5	0	5	5	0
24	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	15	50	12/25/2023	DAL	@	PHX	44	6	15	4	3	25	60.0	8	16	50.0	12	12	100.0	82.6	1	5	4	2	+16
25	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	15	51	1/16/2023	BOS	@	CHA	40	9	5	0	0	23	65.2	7	12	58.3	14	14	100.0	87.4	1	8	4	3	+15