least amount of fgm by an nba player in a game with exactly 31 fga since july 1 1956

Since July 1, 1956, Bob Cousy has drained the fewest shots in a game with exactly 31 field-goal attempts, with 5 made against the Philadelphia Warriors on December 27, 1960.

Interpreted as:

least amount of fgm by an NBA player in a regular-season game with exactly 31 fga since july 1 1956

	NAME	FGM	FGA	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	5	31	12/27/1960	BOS	@	PHI		15	8	8			16.1				5	7	71.4	22.0				2
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	7	31	2/5/2002	PHI	@	DET	47	26	4	5	6	1	22.6	1	5	20.0	11	14	78.6	35.0	1	3	3	2	-5
3	Jerry West J. West	7	31	12/15/1965	LAL	vs	PHI		27	10	4			22.6				13	15	86.7	35.9				2
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	8	31	12/12/2000	LAL	vs	MIL	41	25	6	6	2	0	25.8	3	10	30.0	6	7	85.7	36.7	2	4	3	3	+5
5	Michael Adams M. Adams	8	31	2/2/1991	DEN	vs	ATL	41	31	1	16	3	0	25.8	2	9	22.2	13	14	92.9	41.7	0	1	2	3
6	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	8	31	3/2/1976	NOJ	@	MIL	51	22	6	3	1	1	25.8				6	9	66.7	31.5				5
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	8	31	1/10/1975	MIL	vs	DET	41	22	13	4	1	3	25.8				6	6	100.0	32.7				1
8	Sam Jones S. Jones	8	31	2/3/1965	BOS	vs	BAL	41	23	6	4			25.8				7	11	63.6	32.1				3
9	Slick Leonard S. Leonard	8	31	11/10/1961	CHI	@	CIN		25	6				25.8				9	9	100.0	35.8				3
10	Joe Graboski J. Graboski	8	31	11/16/1957	PHI	@	BOS	44	23	11	0			25.8				7	8	87.5	33.3				5
11	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	8	31	1/20/1957	STL	vs	PHI		23	18	3			25.8				7	9	77.8	32.9				2
12	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	9	31	12/4/2016	SAC	@	NYK	43	36	13	4	1	3	29.0	4	10	40.0	14	16	87.5	47.3	5	8	2	0	+1
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	9	31	3/7/2012	LAL	@	WAS	40	30	5	4	4	1	29.0	3	9	33.3	9	9	100.0	42.9	1	4	1	3	+5
14	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	9	31	1/18/1993	ORL	@	PHI	41	20	6	3	1	0	29.0	0	2	0.0	2	4	50.0	30.5	3	3	2	3
15	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	9	31	1/4/1990	ATL	@	NYK	40	24	13	4	4	1	29.0	0	1	0.0	6	8	75.0	34.8	10	3	4	1
16	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	9	31	10/23/1976	DET	vs	WAS	41	23	10	6			29.0				5	5	100.0	34.6				5
17	Bob Love B. Love	9	31	3/22/1974	CHI	@	LAL	45	20	8	2	2	0	29.0				2	2	100.0	31.4	5	3		1
18	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	9	31	11/13/1970	SDR	vs	SFW	44	20	15	2			29.0				2	4	50.0	30.5				3
19	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	9	31	10/22/1969	SDR	vs	MIL	38	21	15	2			29.0				3	8	37.5	30.4				4
20	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	9	31	12/26/1964	LAL	vs	SFW	39	23	14	8			29.0				5	6	83.3	34.2				4
21	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	10	31	10/23/2024	PHI	vs	MIL	39	25	6	3	1	1	32.3	2	9	22.2	3	4	75.0	38.2	0	6	1	1	-13
22	James Harden J. Harden	10	31	11/1/2019	HOU	@	BKN	37	36	5	8	0	0	32.3	2	16	12.5	14	15	93.3	47.9	2	3	5	3	-14
23	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	10	31	1/4/2017	OKC	@	CHA	34	33	15	8	2	1	32.3	2	12	16.7	11	13	84.6	44.9	3	12	4	5	-8
24	James Harden J. Harden	10	31	11/26/2014	HOU	vs	SAC	37	26	7	8	2	3	32.3	2	9	22.2	4	6	66.7	38.6	3	4	1	3	+5
25	Thaddeus Young T. Young	10	31	3/14/2014	PHI	vs	IND	45	25	6	10	2	0	32.3	0	6	0.0	5	6	83.3	37.2	1	5	2	3	-1