fewest shots to score 40 points in a game with under 20 free throw attempts

Gail Goodrich and Kenny Sears are tied for the fewest shot attempts in a game with 40+ points and fewer than 20 free-throw attempts, with 14 attempts.

Interpreted as:
fewest shots by a player to score 40 or more points in a regular-season game with under 20 free throw attempts
NAME FGA PTS FTA DATE TM OPP MIN REB AST STL BLK FGM FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Gail Goodrich
G. Goodrich
14
40
18
11/25/1973
LAL LAL
vs
POR POR
29
4
9
2
0
12
85.7
16
88.9
91.2
0
4
3
2 Kenny Sears
K. Sears
14
41
18
11/7/1958
NYK NYK
@
DET DET
17
12
85.7
17
94.4
93.5
3
3 Myles Turner
M. Turner
15
40
7
2/23/2023
IND IND
vs
BOS BOS
37
10
2
0
1
13
86.7
8
10
80.0
6
85.7
110.6
3
7
5
5
+9
4 Allen Crabbe
A. Crabbe
15
41
9
4/9/2018
BKN BKN
vs
CHI CHI
34
5
4
1
1
12
80.0
8
11
72.7
9
100.0
108.1
0
5
1
2
+14
5 Reggie Miller
R. Miller
15
40
12
3/15/1995
IND IND
vs
MIL MIL
36
6
1
1
0
12
80.0
6
8
75.0
10
83.3
98.6
1
5
1
1
6 Cedric Ceballos
C. Ceballos
15
40
12
3/9/1993
PHX PHX
@
SAC SAC
42
12
2
1
3
14
93.3
0
0
12
100.0
98.6
5
7
3
4
7 George Gervin
G. Gervin
15
41
14
1/23/1977
SAS SAS
vs
POR POR
34
4
2
1
2
14
93.3
13
92.9
96.9
0
4
6
8 Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
16
42
19
3/6/2023
PHI PHI
@
IND IND
37
5
3
2
1
11
68.8
1
2
50.0
19
100.0
86.2
1
4
4
4
-4
9 Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
16
44
19
2/10/2023
OKC OKC
@
POR POR
39
3
7
2
1
13
81.3
0
1
0.0
18
94.7
90.3
0
3
4
1
+22
10 Kevin Durant
K. Durant
16
40
10
1/18/2017
GSW GSW
vs
OKC OKC
34
12
4
0
3
13
81.3
5
7
71.4
9
90.0
98.0
2
10
2
2
+31
11 Kyle Lowry
K. Lowry
16
41
11
1/1/2017
TOR TOR
@
LAL LAL
39
9
7
0
0
12
75.0
6
7
85.7
11
100.0
98.4
1
8
4
3
+12
12 Isaiah Thomas
I. Thomas
16
44
17
12/20/2016
BOS BOS
@
MEM MEM
38
3
6
2
1
10
62.5
7
10
70.0
17
100.0
93.7
0
3
1
1
+9
13 Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
16
40
8
12/19/2012
BOS BOS
vs
CLE CLE
34
8
5
3
1
13
81.3
6
7
85.7
8
100.0
102.5
0
8
1
2
+29
14 Amar'e Stoudemire
A. Stoudemire
16
44
18
3/19/2010
PHX PHX
vs
UTA UTA
35
7
0
1
2
14
87.5
0
0
16
88.9
92.0
2
5
5
4
+15
15 Chris Bosh
C. Bosh
16
40
11
2/20/2008
TOR TOR
vs
ORL ORL
39
5
5
1
1
14
87.5
1
1
100.0
11
100.0
96.0
3
2
1
3
+28
16 Gilbert Arenas
G. Arenas
16
46
14
2/25/2006
WAS WAS
vs
NYK NYK
30
1
2
4
0
13
81.3
7
10
70.0
13
92.9
103.8
0
1
1
2
+20
17 Yao Ming
Y. Ming
16
40
18
12/20/2004
HOU HOU
vs
TOR TOR
33
10
1
0
1
13
81.3
0
0
14
77.8
83.6
4
6
2
4
+13
18 Reggie Miller
R. Miller
16
40
12
1/23/1996
IND IND
vs
PHX PHX
33
4
1
0
0
12
75.0
6
8
75.0
10
83.3
94.0
1
3
2
2
19 Artis Gilmore
A. Gilmore
16
40
16
1/25/1983
SAS SAS
@
UTA UTA
41
18
4
0
3
13
81.3
0
0
14
87.5
86.8
7
11
3
3
20 Larry Foust
L. Foust
16
40
16
1/12/1962
STL STL
NYK NYK
13
81.3
14
87.5
86.8
5
21 James Harden
J. Harden
17
41
14
12/16/2024
LAC LAC
vs
UTA UTA
31
1
6
1
1
11
64.7
7
11
63.6
12
85.7
88.5
0
1
4
2
+27
22 LeBron James
L. James
17
40
6
3/31/2024
LAL LAL
@
BKN BKN
37
7
5
0
0
13
76.5
9
10
90.0
5
83.3
101.8
1
6
4
0
+22
23 Anthony Davis
A. Davis
17
41
14
1/9/2024
LAL LAL
vs
TOR TOR
40
11
6
0
1
13
76.5
2
2
100.0
13
92.9
88.5
1
10
3
4
0
24 Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
17
40
16
1/15/2023
POR POR
vs
DAL DAL
37
3
6
1
0
10
58.8
4
9
44.4
16
100.0
83.2
0
3
1
1
+25
25 Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
17
41
15
4/9/2022
PHI PHI
vs
IND IND
37
20
4
2
1
14
82.4
2
2
100.0
11
73.3
86.9
5
15
5
4
+11
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal attempts going back to the 1982-83 season.

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1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
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50
32
.610
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5
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50
32
.610
18.0
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Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
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Clippers Clippers
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33
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64
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21
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3/27
GSW GSW
@
NOP NOP
111-95
Thu
3/27
PHX PHX
@
MIN MIN
109-124
Thu
3/27
UTA UTA
@
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SAC SAC
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ORL ORL
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BKN BKN
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Thu
5/15
OKC OKC
@
DEN DEN
8:30 PM
Fri
5/16
BOS BOS
@
NYK NYK
8:00 PM
Sun
5/18
DEN DEN
@
OKC OKC
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BOS BOS
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