highest points per minute in a game by a player with at least 40 minutes played nba after 1970

Since 1970-71, Kobe Bryant has the most points per minute played in a game with 40+ minutes played, with 1.93 versus the Raptors on January 22, 2006.

Interpreted as:

highest points per minute in a regular-season game by a player with at least 40 minutes played NBA after 1970

	NAME	PTS/MIN	MIN	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1.93	42	81	1/22/2006	LAL	vs	TOR	6	2	3	1	28	46	60.9	7	13	53.8	18	20	90.0	73.9	2	4	3	1	+25
2	David Thompson D. Thompson	1.7	43	73	4/9/1978	DEN	@	DET	7	2	0	1	28	38	73.7				17	20	85.0	78.0	3	4	4	2
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	1.63	45	73	1/26/2024	DAL	@	ATL	10	7	1	0	25	33	75.8	8	13	61.5	15	16	93.8	91.2	0	10	4	1	+13
4	David Robinson D. Robinson	1.61	44	71	4/24/1994	SAS	@	LAC	14	5	0	2	26	41	63.4	1	2	50.0	18	25	72.0	68.3	4	10	8	2
5	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	1.58	43	68	2/25/1977	NOJ	vs	NYK	6	6	3	2	26	43	60.5				16	19	84.2	66.2	1	5		6
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	1.56	45	70	3/24/2017	PHX	@	BOS	8	6	3	1	21	40	52.5	4	11	36.4	24	26	92.3	68.0	2	6	5	3	-6
7	James Harden J. Harden	1.53	40	61	1/23/2019	HOU	@	NYK	15	4	5	0	17	38	44.7	5	20	25.0	22	25	88.0	62.2	6	9	5	3	+19
8	Rick Barry R. Barry	1.49	43	64	3/26/1974	GSW	vs	POR	10	9	5	0	30	45	66.7				4	5	80.0	67.8	0	10		4
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.49	41	61	4/16/1987	CHI	vs	ATL	10	1	4	1	22	38	57.9	0	3	0.0	17	21	81.0	64.6	5	5	3	3
10	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	1.49	40	60	11/8/2019	POR	vs	BKN	4	5	0	0	19	33	57.6	7	16	43.8	15	15	100.0	75.8	0	4	2	1	+4
11	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	1.48	41	61	8/11/2020	POR	@	DAL	5	8	1	0	17	32	53.1	9	17	52.9	18	18	100.0	76.4	2	3	3	2	+8
12	LeBron James L. James	1.48	41	61	3/3/2014	MIA	vs	CHA	7	4	0	0	22	33	66.7	8	10	80.0	9	12	75.0	79.7	3	4	2	2	+16
13	Purvis Short P. Short	1.48	40	59	11/17/1984	GSW	vs	NJN	5	0	1	0	20	28	71.4	4	6	66.7	15	16	93.8	84.2	2	3	3	2
14	Bernard King B. King	1.46	41	60	12/25/1984	NYK	vs	NJN	7	4	0	0	19	30	63.3	0	0		22	26	84.6	72.4	2	5	5	2
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1.45	41	60	2/3/2024	GSW	@	ATL	6	4	0	1	22	38	57.9	10	23	43.5	6	6	100.0	73.8	1	5	2	1	-1
16	Devin Booker D. Booker	1.44	41	59	3/25/2019	PHX	@	UTA	4	4	1	0	19	34	55.9	5	8	62.5	16	17	94.1	71.1	1	3	6	5	-13
17	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1.43	42	60	2/12/2005	PHI	vs	ORL	4	6	5	1	17	36	47.2	2	5	40.0	24	27	88.9	62.7	1	3	3	1	+27
18	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	1.43	42	60	3/24/1990	PHX	vs	SEA	6	4	1	2	22	32	68.8	0	0		16	18	88.9	75.2	1	5	1	5
19	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	1.43	50	71	1/2/2023	CLE	vs	CHI	8	11	0	1	22	34	64.7	7	15	46.7	20	25	80.0	78.9	3	5	4	3	+19
20	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	1.43	40	57	12/10/1986	ATL	vs	CHI	9	4	2	1	19	28	67.9	0	1	0.0	19	21	90.5	76.5	4	5	2	1
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1.42	42	60	4/13/2016	LAL	vs	UTA	4	4	1	1	22	50	44.0	6	21	28.6	10	12	83.3	54.3	0	4	2	1	+7
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.42	43	61	3/4/1987	CHI	@	DET	7	3	3	3	22	39	56.4	0	0		17	18	94.4	65.0	3	4	5	0
23	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	1.41	42	59	4/8/2017	POR	vs	UTA	6	5	1	1	18	34	52.9	9	14	64.3	14	16	87.5	71.9	0	6	0	0	+19
24	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	1.41	43	61	3/29/2024	NYK	@	SAS	4	6	1	0	25	47	53.2	5	13	38.5	6	6	100.0	61.4	1	3	1	2	+20
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1.4	42	59	4/3/1988	CHI	@	DET	4	6	2	2	21	27	77.8	0	1	0.0	17	19	89.5	83.4	2	2	1	4