highest points per minute in a game with over 20 minutes

Wilt Chamberlain has the most points per minute played in a game with more than 20 minutes played, with 2.08 versus the Knicks on March 2, 1962.

Interpreted as:
highest points per minute by a player in a regular-season game with over 20 minutes
NAMEPTS/MINMINPTSDATETMOPPREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
2.08
48
100
3/2/1962
25
2
36
63
57.1
28
32
87.5
64.9
2
2Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
2.07
29
60
12/5/2016
vs
2
1
0
0
21
33
63.6
8
14
57.1
10
11
90.9
79.3
0
2
0
0
+37
3Bam Adebayo
B. Adebayo
1.98
42
83
3/10/2026
vs
9
3
2
2
20
43
46.5
7
22
31.8
36
43
83.7
67.0
1
8
5
3
+20
4Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
1.96
27
52
10/29/2018
@
4
0
2
0
18
29
62.1
14
24
58.3
2
2
100.0
87.0
0
4
2
2
+28
5James Harden
J. Harden
1.96
31
60
11/30/2019
vs
3
8
3
1
16
24
66.7
8
14
57.1
20
23
87.0
87.9
0
3
5
3
+50
6Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
1.93
42
81
1/22/2006
vs
6
2
3
1
28
46
60.9
7
13
53.8
18
20
90.0
73.9
2
4
3
1
+25
7Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
1.91
37
70
1/22/2024
vs
18
5
1
1
24
41
58.5
1
2
50.0
21
23
91.3
68.5
9
9
1
2
+11
8George Gervin
G. Gervin
1.91
33
63
4/9/1978
@
2
1
2
1
23
49
46.9
17
20
85.0
54.5
3
9Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
1.89
33
62
12/20/2005
vs
8
0
3
0
18
31
58.1
4
10
40.0
22
25
88.0
73.8
3
5
2
3
+35
10Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
1.85
27
50
1/19/2022
vs
12
2
1
3
17
23
73.9
1
4
25.0
15
17
88.2
82.0
1
11
2
3
+24
11Karl Malone
K. Malone
1.85
33
61
1/27/1990
vs
18
2
3
0
21
26
80.8
0
0
19
23
82.6
84.4
9
9
2
2
12Paul George
P. George
1.83
20
37
11/16/2019
vs
4
3
2
1
10
17
58.8
6
11
54.5
11
11
100.0
84.7
2
2
3
0
+28
13Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
1.81
39
71
2/26/2023
vs
6
6
0
0
22
38
57.9
13
22
59.1
14
14
100.0
80.4
1
5
2
0
+21
14Quintin Dailey
Q. Dailey
1.81
21
38
1/28/1986
@
2
2
2
0
12
19
63.2
0
0
14
18
77.8
70.6
2
0
0
2
15Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
1.73
21
37
1/14/2020
vs
9
4
0
1
12
17
70.6
3
5
60.0
10
12
83.3
83.0
3
6
1
1
+32
16Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
1.72
37
64
12/13/2023
vs
14
3
4
1
20
28
71.4
0
3
0.0
24
32
75.0
76.0
3
11
4
1
+29
17Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
1.72
35
60
3/15/2022
@
6
4
4
1
20
31
64.5
8
12
66.7
12
13
92.3
81.7
2
4
1
3
+36
18CJ McCollum
CJ McCollum
1.71
29
50
1/31/2018
vs
5
2
1
0
18
25
72.0
6
9
66.7
8
8
100.0
87.7
1
4
3
1
+29
19Stephen Curry
S. Curry
1.7
36
62
1/3/2021
vs
5
4
0
0
18
31
58.1
8
16
50.0
18
19
94.7
78.8
1
4
5
0
+20
20David Thompson
D. Thompson
1.7
43
73
4/9/1978
@
7
2
0
1
28
38
73.7
17
20
85.0
78.0
3
4
4
2
21Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
1.7
29
50
2/9/2018
@
1
6
3
0
16
26
61.5
8
13
61.5
10
10
100.0
82.2
0
1
2
2
+18
22Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
1.69
32
54
1/31/2020
vs
5
5
1
0
19
23
82.6
7
9
77.8
9
10
90.0
98.5
0
5
4
3
+20
23James Harden
J. Harden
1.67
34
57
1/14/2019
vs
9
2
2
1
17
33
51.5
6
15
40.0
17
18
94.4
69.6
2
7
5
4
+25
24Stephen Curry
S. Curry
1.67
29
49
5/8/2021
vs
5
2
1
0
14
26
53.8
11
21
52.4
10
10
100.0
80.6
0
5
1
2
+31
25Sleepy Floyd
S. Floyd
1.67
24
40
2/26/1991
@
2
3
2
0
16
25
64.0
1
3
33.3
7
7
100.0
71.2
1
1
1
2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1982-83 season.

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