Sleepy Floyd has played the fewest minutes in a game with 40+ points, with 24 minutes on the court versus the Nuggets on February 26, 1991.

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least minutes played by a player in a 40 or more point regular-season game

	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	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
2	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
3	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	26	40	2/10/2026	SAS	@	LAL	12	2	2	1	13	20	65.0	4	6	66.7	10	12	83.3	79.1	1	11	4	2	+22
4	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	26	40	4/10/2026	SAS	vs	DAL	13	5	1	2	14	23	60.9	2	7	28.6	10	11	90.9	71.8	3	10	2	0	+10
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	Grayson Allen G. Allen	28	42	11/10/2025	PHX	vs	NOP	2	4	3	0	12	17	70.6	10	15	66.7	8	10	80.0	98.1	1	1	1	0	+22
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	29	43	1/14/2020	LAC	vs	CLE	3	4	2	1	14	22	63.6	6	10	60.0	9	10	90.0	81.4	0	3	1	0	+39
17	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	29	44	1/12/2025	NYK	vs	MIL	5	6	1	0	16	26	61.5	5	10	50.0	7	8	87.5	74.5	1	4	1	0	+23
18	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	29	40	3/3/2012	DAL	vs	UTA	6	0	1	0	14	21	66.7	3	8	37.5	9	10	90.0	78.7	1	5	4	2	+8
19	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	29	41	4/1/2026	SAS	@	GSW	18	3	0	3	16	22	72.7	2	6	33.3	7	8	87.5	80.3	0	18	0	0	+16
20	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	29	42	12/30/2020	BOS	vs	MEM	5	4	1	0	15	21	71.4	7	10	70.0	5	6	83.3	88.8	1	4	4	1	+22
21	Stephen Curry S. Curry	29	43	1/28/2017	GSW	vs	LAC	9	6	0	0	15	23	65.2	9	15	60.0	4	4	100.0	86.8	0	9	2	1	+42
22	Anthony Davis A. Davis	29	40	1/9/2017	NOP	@	NYK	18	2	0	3	14	22	63.6	1	1	100.0	11	12	91.7	73.3	4	14	0	2	+26
23	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	29	41	11/11/2000	NJN	vs	SEA	5	9	2	0	17	26	65.4	2	4	50.0	5	8	62.5	69.4	2	3	2	3	+24
24	Larry Bird L. Bird	29	43	3/18/1986	BOS	vs	CLE	8	3	3	0	17	24	70.8	5	6	83.3	4	4	100.0	83.5	0	8	1	0
25	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	29	40	11/25/1973	LAL	vs	POR	4	9	2	0	12	14	85.7				16	18	88.9	91.2	0	4		3

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