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

least minutes played to score 40 points in a game
Interpreted as:
least minutes played by a player to score 40 or more points in a regular-season game
2/26/1991 Floyd 4/13/1988 Ewing 10/29/2018 Thompson 1/21/2019 Thompson 4/22/1994 Smits 11/10/1984 Gervin 1/2/1982 Thompson 1/19/2022 Embiid 3/8/2023 Booker 10/22/2022 Antetokounmpo 3/22/2018 Walker 1/14/2020 Leonard 3/3/2012 Nowitzki 12/30/2020 Brown 1/28/2017 Curry 1/9/2017 Davis 11/11/2000 Marbury 3/18/1986 Bird 11/25/1973 Goodrich 12/5/2016 Thompson 2/4/2023 Thomas 2/11/2017 Harden 1/9/2019 Kuzma 3/30/2022 Young 12/15/2021 Hayward 1/31/2018 McCollum 12/31/2021 James 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 28 30 24 26 27 27 27 27 27 27 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29
NAME MIN PTS DATE TM OPP REB AST STL BLK TOV FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% PF +/-
Sleepy Floyd Sleepy Floyd 24 40 2/26/1991
HOU HOU
@
DEN DEN
2 3 2 0 1 16 25 64.0 1 3 33.3 7 7 100.0 2
Patrick Ewing Patrick Ewing 26 41 4/13/1988
NYK NYK
vs
IND IND
11 2 2 1 1 18 24 75.0 0 0 5 6 83.3 2
Klay Thompson Klay Thompson 27 52 10/29/2018
GSW GSW
@
CHI CHI
4 0 2 0 2 18 29 62.1 14 24 58.3 2 2 100.0 2 +28
Klay Thompson Klay Thompson 27 44 1/21/2019
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
3 2 0 1 2 17 20 85.0 10 11 90.9 0 0 2 +29
Rik Smits Rik Smits 27 40 4/22/1994
IND IND
vs
PHI PHI
11 4 2 1 2 17 24 70.8 0 0 6 7 85.7 1
George Gervin George Gervin 27 42 11/10/1984
SAS SAS
vs
CLE CLE
2 1 0 1 0 18 23 78.3 0 0 6 6 100.0 0
David Thompson David Thompson 27 41 1/2/1982
DEN DEN
@
SAS SAS
2 0 0 2 3 13 21 61.9 0 0 15 19 78.9 5
Joel Embiid Joel Embiid 27 50 1/19/2022
PHI PHI
vs
ORL ORL
12 2 1 3 2 17 23 73.9 1 4 25.0 15 17 88.2 3 +24
Devin Booker Devin Booker 28 44 3/8/2023
PHX PHX
vs
OKC OKC
3 4 0 1 3 17 23 73.9 6 10 60.0 4 5 80.0 4 +33
Giannis Antetokounmpo Giannis Antetokounmpo 28 44 10/22/2022
MIL MIL
vs
HOU HOU
12 3 0 0 4 17 21 81.0 2 3 66.7 8 13 61.5 2 +23
Kemba Walker Kemba Walker 28 46 3/22/2018
CHA CHA
vs
MEM MEM
3 4 1 0 2 13 18 72.2 10 14 71.4 10 10 100.0 1 +47
Kawhi Leonard Kawhi Leonard 29 43 1/14/2020
LAC LAC
vs
CLE CLE
3 4 2 1 1 14 22 63.6 6 10 60.0 9 10 90.0 0 +39
Dirk Nowitzki Dirk Nowitzki 29 40 3/3/2012
DAL DAL
vs
UTA UTA
6 0 1 0 4 14 21 66.7 3 8 37.5 9 10 90.0 2 +8
Jaylen Brown Jaylen Brown 29 42 12/30/2020
BOS BOS
vs
MEM MEM
5 4 1 0 4 15 21 71.4 7 10 70.0 5 6 83.3 1 +22
Stephen Curry Stephen Curry 29 43 1/28/2017
GSW GSW
vs
LAC LAC
9 6 0 0 2 15 23 65.2 9 15 60.0 4 4 100.0 1 +42
Anthony Davis Anthony Davis 29 40 1/9/2017
NOP NOP
@
NYK NYK
18 2 0 3 0 14 22 63.6 1 1 100.0 11 12 91.7 2 +26
Stephon Marbury Stephon Marbury 29 41 11/11/2000
NJN NJN
vs
SEA SEA
5 9 2 0 2 17 26 65.4 2 4 50.0 5 8 62.5 3 +24
Larry Bird Larry Bird 29 43 3/18/1986
BOS BOS
vs
CLE CLE
8 3 3 0 1 17 24 70.8 5 6 83.3 4 4 100.0 0
Gail Goodrich Gail Goodrich 29 40 11/25/1973
LAL LAL
vs
POR POR
4 9 2 0 12 14 85.7 16 18 88.9 3
Klay Thompson Klay Thompson 29 60 12/5/2016
GSW GSW
vs
IND IND
2 1 0 0 0 21 33 63.6 8 14 57.1 10 11 90.9 0 +37
Cam Thomas Cam Thomas 29 44 2/4/2023
BKN BKN
vs
WAS WAS
5 5 0 0 4 16 23 69.6 4 5 80.0 8 9 88.9 2 +6
James Harden James Harden 29 40 2/11/2017
HOU HOU
vs
PHX PHX
6 8 0 0 8 9 17 52.9 8 15 53.3 14 16 87.5 2 +26
Kyle Kuzma Kyle Kuzma 29 41 1/9/2019
LAL LAL
vs
DET DET
2 0 0 0 2 16 24 66.7 5 10 50.0 4 6 66.7 2 +14
Trae Young Trae Young 29 41 3/30/2022
ATL ATL
@
OKC OKC
2 8 1 0 3 13 24 54.2 4 12 33.3 11 12 91.7 2 +16
Gordon Hayward Gordon Hayward 29 41 12/15/2021
CHA CHA
@
SAS SAS
5 3 0 0 1 15 19 78.9 5 6 83.3 6 6 100.0 1 +35
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