fewest minutes played while scoring exactly 23 points in a game

James Robinson has played the fewest minutes in a game with exactly 23 points, with 10 minutes on the court versus the Cavaliers on December 30, 1996.

Interpreted as:
fewest minutes played by a player while scoring exactly 23 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 James Robinson
J. Robinson
10
23
12/30/1996
MIN MIN
@
CLE CLE
1
1
1
0
7
9
77.8
6
7
85.7
3
3
100.0
111.4
0
1
0
3
+20
2 Jon McGlocklin
J. McGlocklin
11
23
1/8/1969
MIL MIL
vs
NYK NYK
8
2
10
24
41.7
3
3
100.0
45.4
1
3 Jim Eakins
J. Eakins
15
23
11/3/1976
KCK KCK
vs
SEA SEA
9
1
0
0
7
7
100.0
9
9
100.0
104.9
2
4 Jeremy Lamb
J. Lamb
16
23
11/19/2021
IND IND
@
CHA CHA
3
5
3
1
6
9
66.7
4
7
57.1
7
7
100.0
95.2
0
3
0
1
+21
5 Terry Cummings
T. Cummings
17
23
4/5/1998
NYK NYK
@
BOS BOS
11
1
1
0
11
18
61.1
0
0
1
2
50.0
60.9
4
7
1
1
-3
6 Cedric Ceballos
C. Ceballos
17
23
4/15/1997
PHX PHX
vs
UTA UTA
6
0
1
0
10
11
90.9
1
1
100.0
2
3
66.7
93.3
4
2
1
4
+9
7 Charles Davis
C. Davis
17
23
3/22/1985
MIL MIL
@
PHI PHI
0
2
2
0
9
11
81.8
0
0
5
5
100.0
87.1
0
0
2
3
8 Jonas Valančiūnas
J. Valančiūnas
17
23
10/30/2018
TOR TOR
vs
PHI PHI
4
1
0
2
8
14
57.1
1
3
33.3
6
6
100.0
69.1
1
3
3
4
+1
9 Marreese Speights
M. Speights
17
23
1/26/2011
PHI PHI
@
TOR TOR
9
1
0
0
10
12
83.3
0
1
0.0
3
3
100.0
86.3
6
3
3
3
+15
10 Abdel Nader
A. Nader
17
23
11/27/2019
OKC OKC
@
POR POR
2
1
0
0
7
9
77.8
3
4
75.0
6
6
100.0
98.8
1
1
0
0
+16
11 Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
17
23
1/21/2022
LAL LAL
@
ORL ORL
3
0
0
1
8
13
61.5
4
5
80.0
3
3
100.0
80.3
1
2
0
2
+5
12 Zion Williamson
Z. Williamson
18
23
3/12/2021
NOP NOP
vs
CLE CLE
6
0
0
1
9
16
56.3
0
0
5
6
83.3
61.7
4
2
0
2
+11
13 Jahlil Okafor
J. Okafor
18
23
1/2/2016
PHI PHI
@
LAC LAC
4
1
0
0
10
14
71.4
0
0
3
6
50.0
69.1
2
2
1
0
-9
14 Michael Smith
M. Smith
18
23
1/30/1991
BOS BOS
vs
ORL ORL
6
3
1
0
11
16
68.8
1
1
100.0
0
0
71.9
4
2
2
0
15 Rod Foster
R. Foster
18
23
12/18/1984
PHX PHX
@
KCK KCK
2
2
1
0
9
11
81.8
2
4
50.0
3
4
75.0
90.1
1
1
2
2
16 Dwight Jones
D. Jones
18
23
11/14/1979
HOU HOU
vs
GSW GSW
7
0
0
0
8
8
100.0
0
0
7
10
70.0
92.7
2
5
0
3
17 Billy Cunningham
B. Cunningham
18
23
3/12/1966
PHI PHI
vs
NYK NYK
5
1
8
12
66.7
7
9
77.8
72.1
3
18 Keith Van Horn
K. Van Horn
19
23
1/14/2006
DAL DAL
vs
NJN NJN
3
0
0
1
8
9
88.9
5
6
83.3
2
2
100.0
116.4
1
2
2
4
+15
19 Kevin Love
K. Love
19
23
4/6/2016
CLE CLE
@
IND IND
5
0
0
0
5
13
38.5
3
5
60.0
10
10
100.0
66.1
0
5
1
3
0
20 Luis Scola
L. Scola
19
23
4/5/2015
IND IND
vs
MIA MIA
12
1
0
0
10
15
66.7
0
0
3
3
100.0
70.5
7
5
1
3
+7
21 Jordan Nwora
J. Nwora
19
23
1/1/2022
MIL MIL
vs
NOP NOP
4
0
0
0
9
11
81.8
5
7
71.4
0
0
104.5
0
4
0
3
+7
22 Calbert Cheaney
C. Cheaney
19
23
1/16/1995
WAS WAS
vs
CHI CHI
2
2
1
0
9
10
90.0
2
2
100.0
3
3
100.0
101.6
0
2
0
4
23 Lamond Murray
L. Murray
19
23
12/3/1994
LAC LAC
vs
MIN MIN
5
2
1
1
7
11
63.6
4
6
66.7
5
6
83.3
84.3
2
3
1
2
24 Duane Ferrell
D. Ferrell
19
23
1/19/1994
ATL ATL
vs
GSW GSW
3
1
2
0
11
14
78.6
0
0
1
1
100.0
79.6
2
1
0
5
25 Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
19
23
4/15/1988
POR POR
vs
GSW GSW
0
4
1
0
10
13
76.9
0
0
3
3
100.0
80.3
0
0
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1982-83 season.

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