least minutes to score 52 points in a game

Klay Thompson has played the fewest minutes in a game with 52+ points, with 27 minutes on the court against the Bulls on October 29, 2018.

Interpreted as:

least minutes by a player to score 52 or more points in a 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	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
2	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	29	60	12/5/2016	GSW	vs	IND	2	1	0	0	21	33	63.6	8	14	57.1	10	11	90.9	79.3	0	2	0	0	+37
3	James Harden J. Harden	31	60	11/30/2019	HOU	vs	ATL	3	8	3	1	16	24	66.7	8	14	57.1	20	23	87.0	87.9	0	3	5	3	+50
4	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	32	54	1/31/2020	BKN	vs	CHI	5	5	1	0	19	23	82.6	7	9	77.8	9	10	90.0	98.5	0	5	4	3	+20
5	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	33	52	1/23/2015	GSW	vs	SAC	2	5	4	2	16	25	64.0	11	15	73.3	9	10	90.0	88.4	0	2	4	3	+38
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33	62	12/20/2005	LAL	vs	DAL	8	0	3	0	18	31	58.1	4	10	40.0	22	25	88.0	73.8	3	5	2	3	+35
7	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	33	52	2/21/2003	ORL	vs	CHI	5	3	3	1	15	32	46.9	6	13	46.2	16	20	80.0	63.7	1	4	1	5	+20
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	33	61	1/27/1990	UTA	vs	MIL	18	2	3	0	21	26	80.8	0	0		19	23	82.6	84.4	9	9	2	2
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	33	53	3/30/1983	BOS	vs	IND	8	3	1	2	21	30	70.0	0	1	0.0	11	11	100.0	76.1	3	5	6	2
10	George Gervin G. Gervin	33	63	4/9/1978	SAS	@	NOJ	2	1	2	1	23	49	46.9				17	20	85.0	54.5				3
11	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	34	55	11/12/2025	DEN	@	LAC	12	6	1	1	18	23	78.3	5	6	83.3	14	16	87.5	91.5	2	10	2	1	+28
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	34	56	1/14/2002	LAL	vs	MEM	5	4	1	0	21	34	61.8	3	6	50.0	11	12	91.7	71.3	3	2	0	1	+40
13	James Harden J. Harden	34	57	1/14/2019	HOU	vs	MEM	9	2	2	1	17	33	51.5	6	15	40.0	17	18	94.4	69.6	2	7	5	4	+25
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	34	56	2/27/2025	GSW	@	ORL	4	3	2	0	16	25	64.0	12	19	63.2	12	12	100.0	92.5	0	4	4	0	+15
15	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	34	53	12/11/2022	PHI	vs	CHA	12	3	0	1	20	32	62.5	2	3	66.7	11	11	100.0	71.9	3	9	2	2	+11
16	Ja Morant J. Morant	34	52	2/28/2022	MEM	vs	SAS	7	2	0	0	22	30	73.3	4	4	100.0	4	7	57.1	78.6	1	6	4	1	+23
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	34	52	11/30/2006	LAL	vs	UTA	4	3	0	1	19	26	73.1	2	3	66.7	12	15	80.0	79.8	0	4	1	5	+22
18	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	35	60	3/15/2022	BKN	@	ORL	6	4	4	1	20	31	64.5	8	12	66.7	12	13	92.3	81.7	2	4	1	3	+36
19	James Harden J. Harden	35	55	11/22/2025	LAC	@	CHA	3	7	1	0	17	26	65.4	10	16	62.5	11	14	78.6	85.5	1	2	2	1	+22
20	James Harden J. Harden	35	56	11/5/2017	HOU	vs	UTA	2	13	2	0	19	25	76.0	7	8	87.5	11	12	91.7	92.5	0	2	7	3	+25
21	Stephen Curry S. Curry	36	53	10/31/2015	GSW	@	NOP	4	9	4	0	17	27	63.0	8	14	57.1	11	11	100.0	83.2	0	4	2	3	+16
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	36	53	4/12/2021	GSW	vs	DEN	6	4	0	0	14	24	58.3	10	18	55.6	15	16	93.8	85.4	0	6	5	3	+16
23	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	36	58	3/7/2017	OKC	vs	POR	3	9	3	1	21	39	53.8	3	9	33.3	13	16	81.3	63.0	1	2	4	4	+7
24	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	36	55	1/4/2005	IND	vs	MIL	11	3	0	2	18	28	64.3	0	0		19	25	76.0	70.5	3	8	3	3	+22
25	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	36	53	4/20/1994	ORL	vs	MIN	18	4	2	2	22	31	71.0	0	0		9	13	69.2	72.2	7	11	3	3

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