highest points scored in a game with less than 10 field goals attempted

Bill Cartwright has dropped the most points in a game with fewer than 10 field-goal attempts, with 31 points against the Kansas City Kings on November 17, 1981.

Interpreted as:
highest points by a player scored in a regular-season game with less than 10 field goals attempted
NAMEPTSFGADATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Bill Cartwright
B. Cartwright
31
7
11/17/1981
vs
36
8
0
0
1
6
85.7
0
0
19
19
100.0
100.9
2
2Andres Nocioni
A. Nocioni
30
9
12/3/2007
vs
31
5
0
3
0
6
66.7
3
4
75.0
15
16
93.8
93.5
1
4
3
5
+6
3Tyler Herro
T. Herro
29
9
10/29/2019
vs
29
7
2
0
0
7
77.8
3
4
75.0
12
16
75.0
90.4
0
7
2
0
+9
4Bojan Bogdanović
B. Bogdanović
29
9
3/7/2017
@
29
9
0
0
0
5
55.6
3
6
50.0
16
16
100.0
90.4
2
7
0
0
+20
5James Harden
J. Harden
29
9
1/21/2017
@
34
6
10
3
2
7
77.8
4
6
66.7
11
12
91.7
101.5
1
5
6
3
+21
6Mo Williams
M. Williams
29
9
11/10/2015
vs
36
6
6
2
0
8
88.9
4
4
100.0
9
10
90.0
108.2
0
6
5
1
+12
7Corey Maggette
C. Maggette
29
9
3/24/2007
vs
33
4
5
0
1
7
77.8
0
0
15
17
88.2
88.0
0
4
3
5
+2
8Chauncey Billups
C. Billups
29
7
11/25/2006
@
37
5
7
2
0
4
57.1
3
5
60.0
18
19
94.7
94.4
1
4
1
2
-6
9Tim Perry
T. Perry
29
9
12/20/1993
vs
35
7
0
0
3
9
100.0
5
5
100.0
6
7
85.7
120.0
1
6
0
1
10Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
29
9
3/26/1980
vs
47
3
17
1
0
7
77.8
0
0
15
17
88.2
88.0
0
3
1
3
11Cedric Maxwell
C. Maxwell
29
6
1/14/1979
vs
40
10
3
1
2
5
83.3
19
20
95.0
98.0
1
9
3
6
12Jimmy Butler III
J. Butler III
28
8
4/9/2025
vs
38
4
7
2
0
5
62.5
2
2
100.0
16
17
94.1
90.4
2
2
1
1
-9
13Jimmy Butler III
J. Butler III
28
8
2/25/2023
@
33
3
6
1
0
6
75.0
0
0
16
20
80.0
83.3
1
2
3
1
+11
14Garrison Mathews
G. Mathews
28
9
12/30/2019
vs
29
4
0
0
0
6
66.7
4
7
57.1
12
13
92.3
95.1
1
3
1
5
+22
15Jordan Clarkson
J. Clarkson
28
9
11/23/2019
vs
31
3
3
1
1
6
66.7
6
6
100.0
10
12
83.3
98.0
0
3
0
1
+7
16Gordon Hayward
G. Hayward
28
7
2/23/2016
vs
40
7
5
1
0
6
85.7
3
4
75.0
13
15
86.7
102.9
3
4
2
3
-3
17Paul Millsap
P. Millsap
28
9
1/28/2015
vs
35
15
1
1
2
5
55.6
3
5
60.0
15
16
93.8
87.3
5
10
3
3
+7
18Dwight Howard
D. Howard
28
8
4/12/2013
vs
38
7
1
0
1
7
87.5
0
0
14
22
63.6
79.2
1
6
2
5
-8
19Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
28
9
11/15/2008
@
41
7
6
1
1
5
55.6
4
4
100.0
14
15
93.3
89.7
1
6
3
3
+6
20Brad Miller
B. Miller
28
8
11/5/2002
@
40
8
2
3
1
6
75.0
0
0
16
18
88.9
87.9
1
7
4
3
+10
21Steve Smith
S. Smith
28
9
2/6/1999
vs
36
2
4
0
0
4
44.4
2
3
66.7
18
21
85.7
76.8
0
2
2
3
+10
22Jeff Hornacek
J. Hornacek
28
9
3/10/1996
@
35
2
2
1
0
8
88.9
3
3
100.0
9
11
81.8
101.2
0
2
3
3
23Scott Skiles
S. Skiles
28
9
1/20/1995
vs
41
1
10
0
0
8
88.9
3
3
100.0
9
9
100.0
108.0
0
1
5
3
24Moses Malone
M. Malone
28
9
12/9/1984
vs
33
8
0
1
3
6
66.7
0
0
16
20
80.0
78.7
3
5
5
2
25Dave Twardzik
D. Twardzik
28
7
3/5/1977
vs
36
3
3
5
3
6
85.7
16
17
94.1
96.7
1
2
4
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