fewest minutes played while scoring exactly 21 points in a game

John Long, John Mengelt and Larry Siegfried are tied for playing the fewest minutes in a game with exactly 21 points, with 14 minutes on the court.

Interpreted as:
fewest minutes played by a player while scoring exactly 21 points in a regular-season game
NAME MIN PTS DATE TM OPP REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 John Long
J. Long
14
21
12/1/1984
DET DET
@
IND IND
1
0
1
0
9
12
75.0
0
0
3
3
100.0
78.8
1
0
0
0
2 John Mengelt
J. Mengelt
14
21
1/4/1980
CHI CHI
vs
SDC SDC
1
1
0
0
9
11
81.8
0
0
3
3
100.0
85.2
0
1
0
2
3 Larry Siegfried
L. Siegfried
14
21
10/15/1966
BOS BOS
vs
SFW SFW
5
1
8
14
57.1
5
5
100.0
64.8
2
4 Goran Dragic
G. Dragic
15
21
3/2/2015
MIA MIA
vs
PHX PHX
4
1
1
0
5
9
55.6
2
2
100.0
9
9
100.0
81.0
2
2
1
5
+7
5 Paul George
P. George
15
21
11/19/2022
LAC LAC
vs
SAS SAS
1
1
2
0
8
12
66.7
5
8
62.5
0
0
87.5
0
1
0
0
+25
6 Kyle Lowry
K. Lowry
15
21
1/15/2013
TOR TOR
@
BKN BKN
1
2
0
0
5
7
71.4
4
5
80.0
7
7
100.0
104.2
0
1
0
5
+16
7 Danuel House Jr.
D. House Jr.
16
21
1/28/2022
UTA UTA
@
MEM MEM
2
1
2
0
7
11
63.6
4
6
66.7
3
3
100.0
85.2
1
1
2
2
+5
8 Georges Niang
G. Niang
16
21
2/22/2021
UTA UTA
vs
CHA CHA
3
1
0
0
7
7
100.0
7
7
100.0
0
0
150.0
1
2
0
2
+27
9 Danny Young
D. Young
16
21
12/23/1990
POR POR
vs
DEN DEN
0
2
1
0
7
8
87.5
3
3
100.0
4
4
100.0
107.6
0
0
1
3
10 Dell Curry
D. Curry
16
21
3/14/1989
CHA CHA
@
DEN DEN
0
1
3
0
9
15
60.0
1
1
100.0
2
2
100.0
66.1
0
0
1
1
11 Bernard King
B. King
16
21
3/9/1988
WAS WAS
vs
PHX PHX
3
0
0
0
6
9
66.7
0
0
9
9
100.0
81.0
2
1
4
3
12 Andrew Toney
A. Toney
16
21
1/25/1987
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
2
2
0
0
8
11
72.7
2
2
100.0
3
3
100.0
85.2
1
1
4
2
13 Junior Bridgeman
J. Bridgeman
16
21
4/2/1978
MIL MIL
@
DET DET
3
0
9
14
64.3
3
3
100.0
68.5
1
14 Fred Saunders
F. Saunders
16
21
2/15/1975
PHX PHX
vs
ATL ATL
5
1
0
0
7
11
63.6
7
7
100.0
74.6
2
3
3
15 Chauncey Billups
C. Billups
16
21
2/14/2013
LAC LAC
@
LAL LAL
3
3
4
0
7
10
70.0
5
7
71.4
2
2
100.0
96.5
0
3
2
2
+31
16 Bobby Portis
B. Portis
17
21
3/24/2021
MIL MIL
vs
BOS BOS
4
1
1
0
7
10
70.0
4
6
66.7
3
3
100.0
92.8
1
3
0
2
-7
17 Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
17
21
5/16/2021
DEN DEN
@
POR POR
3
2
1
0
9
17
52.9
0
3
0.0
3
3
100.0
57.3
1
2
1
3
-13
18 Dennis Schröder
D. Schröder
17
21
4/15/2015
ATL ATL
@
CHI CHI
2
0
0
0
9
13
69.2
2
3
66.7
1
1
100.0
78.1
0
2
2
1
-3
19 Jaren Jackson Jr.
J. Jackson Jr.
17
21
12/8/2024
MEM MEM
@
WAS WAS
4
1
0
4
8
15
53.3
3
8
37.5
2
4
50.0
62.6
1
3
1
3
+18
20 Greivis Vasquez
G. Vasquez
17
21
11/26/2014
TOR TOR
@
ATL ATL
2
3
0
0
8
12
66.7
3
6
50.0
2
2
100.0
81.5
0
2
1
2
-3
21 Khris Middleton
K. Middleton
17
21
4/10/2019
MIL MIL
vs
OKC OKC
1
5
1
0
9
14
64.3
3
7
42.9
0
0
75.0
0
1
1
2
+9
22 Rodney Rogers
R. Rogers
17
21
3/30/2000
PHX PHX
@
ATL ATL
8
3
1
0
8
11
72.7
3
4
75.0
2
2
100.0
88.4
0
8
0
1
+33
23 Chucky Atkins
C. Atkins
17
21
3/28/2000
ORL ORL
vs
BOS BOS
2
1
0
0
7
11
63.6
2
3
66.7
5
6
83.3
77.0
0
2
3
0
+16
24 Scott Williams
S. Williams
17
21
4/9/1994
CHI CHI
vs
MIL MIL
6
1
0
1
9
13
69.2
1
1
100.0
2
2
100.0
75.6
1
5
1
4
25 John Battle
J. Battle
17
21
1/16/1989
ATL ATL
@
WAS WAS
2
0
0
0
8
10
80.0
0
0
5
6
83.3
83.1
0
2
0
3
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1982-83 season.

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68
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Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
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3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
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21
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32
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