Quintin Dailey has played the fewest minutes in a game with 38+ points, with 21 minutes on the court versus the Knicks on January 28, 1986.

Interpreted as:

least minutes by a player in a regular-season game with 38 or more points

	NAME	MIN	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Quintin Dailey Q. Dailey	21	38	1/28/1986	CHI	@	NYK	2	2	2	0	12	19	63.2	0	0		14	18	77.8	70.6	2	0	0	2
2	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	24	40	2/26/1991	HOU	@	DEN	2	3	2	0	16	25	64.0	1	3	33.3	7	7	100.0	71.2	1	1	1	2
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	25	38	12/14/1989	CHI	vs	ORL	7	5	2	0	14	20	70.0	3	3	100.0	7	9	77.8	79.3	2	5	1	2
4	Kevin Love K. Love	25	38	11/28/2017	CLE	vs	MIA	9	2	2	0	10	16	62.5	4	8	50.0	14	17	82.4	80.9	2	7	3	0	+25
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	26	38	12/30/2017	GSW	vs	MEM	4	3	0	0	13	17	76.5	10	13	76.9	2	2	100.0	106.3	0	4	0	2	+24
6	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	26	41	4/13/1988	NYK	vs	IND	11	2	2	1	18	24	75.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	77.0	6	5	1	2
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	26	39	4/7/1987	CHI	vs	DET	5	4	4	1	13	21	61.9	0	0		13	16	81.3	69.5	2	3	3	0
8	Andrew Toney A. Toney	26	38	3/21/1982	PHI	vs	BOS	1	2		0	13	27	48.1	4	7	57.1	8	9	88.9	61.4				4
9	George Gervin G. Gervin	26	38	11/8/1978	SAS	vs	SDC	3	4	1	2	17	20	85.0				4	4	100.0	87.3			1	2
10	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	27	52	10/29/2018	GSW	@	CHI	4	0	2	0	18	29	62.1	14	24	58.3	2	2	100.0	87.0	0	4	2	2	+28
11	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	27	44	1/21/2019	GSW	@	LAL	3	2	0	1	17	20	85.0	10	11	90.9	0	0		110.0	0	3	2	2	+29
12	Jose Alvarado J. Alvarado	27	38	12/4/2022	NOP	vs	DEN	3	2	1	0	12	19	63.2	8	11	72.7	6	7	85.7	86.1	0	3	0	3	+21
13	Rik Smits R. Smits	27	40	4/22/1994	IND	vs	PHI	11	4	2	1	17	24	70.8	0	0		6	7	85.7	73.9	3	8	2	1
14	George Gervin G. Gervin	27	42	11/10/1984	SAS	vs	CLE	2	1	0	1	18	23	78.3	0	0		6	6	100.0	81.9	1	1	0	0
15	George Gervin G. Gervin	27	38	1/2/1982	SAS	vs	DEN	6	2	0	0	16	27	59.3	0	0		6	8	75.0	62.3	4	2	1	3
16	David Thompson D. Thompson	27	41	1/2/1982	DEN	@	SAS	2	0	0	2	13	21	61.9	0	0		15	19	78.9	69.8	2	0	3	5
17	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	27	50	1/19/2022	PHI	vs	ORL	12	2	1	3	17	23	73.9	1	4	25.0	15	17	88.2	82.0	1	11	2	3	+24
18	Devin Booker D. Booker	28	44	3/8/2023	PHX	vs	OKC	3	4	0	1	17	23	73.9	6	10	60.0	4	5	80.0	87.3	0	3	3	4	+33
19	Kevin Martin K. Martin	28	39	1/14/2008	SAC	vs	DAL	3	1	1	0	14	16	87.5	2	2	100.0	9	11	81.8	93.6	1	2	2	4	+2
20	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	28	44	10/22/2022	MIL	vs	HOU	12	3	0	0	17	21	81.0	2	3	66.7	8	13	61.5	82.3	2	10	4	2	+23
21	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	28	39	3/8/2022	MIL	@	OKC	7	7	3	1	13	19	68.4	4	4	100.0	9	13	69.2	78.9	1	6	1	3	+18
22	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	28	39	3/28/2019	PHI	vs	BKN	13	6	3	1	12	20	60.0	3	4	75.0	12	16	75.0	72.1	3	10	2	3	+14
23	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	28	40	2/8/2025	NOP	@	SAC	4	4	2	0	16	21	76.2	0	0		8	11	72.7	77.4	1	3	3	4	+4
24	Kemba Walker K. Walker	28	46	3/22/2018	CHA	vs	MEM	3	4	1	0	13	18	72.2	10	14	71.4	10	10	100.0	102.7	0	3	2	1	+47
25	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	28	39	3/7/2023	PHI	@	MIN	7	4	1	3	13	22	59.1	4	4	100.0	9	9	100.0	75.1	1	6	3	2	+18