most 30 point games by a player off the bench in one season nba history

Ricky Pierce has the most games by a player off the bench with 30+ points in a season, with 17 games in 1989-90.

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Data note: Games Started: player game data complete from 1981-82

	NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Ricky Pierce R. Pierce	17	573	1989-90	MIL	33.9	33.7	3.2	2.6	0.8	0.1	12.2	21.0	58.3	1.0	2.5	40.5	8.2	9.4	88.1	67.1	1.2	2.1	1.9	576	55	44	14	2	33	54
2	Lou Williams L. Williams	11	378	2017-18	LAC	35.5	34.4	3.0	6.0	1.5	0.2	10.8	20.5	52.9	4.4	8.9	49.0	8.4	9.4	89.3	69.9	0.5	2.5	2.5	390	33	66	16	2	28	18	+61
3	Tyler Herro T. Herro	8	252	2021-22	MIA	34.9	31.5	6.4	2.8	1.0	0.1	10.9	20.5	53.0	4.9	8.8	55.7	4.9	5.1	95.1	69.2	0.5	5.9	3.3	279	51	22	8	1	26	12	+92
4	Lou Williams L. Williams	8	286	2018-19	LAC	30.3	35.8	4.5	6.5	0.8	0.3	11.9	21.4	55.6	2.9	5.3	54.8	9.1	10.0	91.3	69.4	0.4	4.1	2.5	243	36	52	6	2	20	10	+102
5	Nate Robinson N. Robinson	8	260	2008-09	NYK	35.2	32.5	4.6	4.3	1.1	0.0	10.5	20.0	52.5	2.9	6.9	41.8	8.6	10.4	83.1	66.2	1.5	3.1	2.6	282	37	34	9	0	21	29	-5
6	Thurl Bailey T. Bailey	8	273	1987-88	UTA	39.6	34.1	7.6	1.4	0.8	1.8	14.1	21.9	64.6	0.0	0.0		5.9	7.1	82.5	68.2	2.0	5.6	1.4	317	61	11	6	14	11	14
7	JR Smith	7	234	2012-13	NYK	35.4	33.4	5.3	1.9	1.6	0.4	12.0	21.1	56.8	3.3	6.7	48.9	6.1	7.3	84.3	68.6	1.3	4.0	2.0	248	37	13	11	3	14	18	+68
8	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	7	236	2007-08	CHI	36.8	33.7	3.0	3.0	1.1	0.1	11.4	20.7	55.2	3.1	5.9	53.7	7.7	8.3	93.1	69.2	0.6	2.4	2.7	258	21	21	8	1	19	15	-3
9	Ricky Pierce R. Pierce	7	226	1990-91	MIL	31.4	32.3	2.3	3.3	1.0	0.4	10.0	16.7	59.8	1.9	3.4	54.2	10.4	11.6	90.1	74.0	0.7	1.6	2.1	220	16	23	7	3	15	20
10	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	7	229	1988-89	PHX	34.1	32.7	5.9	2.9	0.9	0.3	12.7	21.4	59.3	1.9	3.7	50.0	5.4	6.0	90.5	68.0	1.6	4.3	1.0	239	41	20	6	2	7	19
11	Lou Williams L. Williams	6	205	2016-17	TOT	32.0	34.2	3.8	4.3	1.7	0.2	11.0	19.7	55.9	5.7	9.7	58.6	6.5	7.0	92.9	75.1	0.0	3.8	2.3	192	23	26	10	1	14	8	+78
12	Al Harrington A. Harrington	6	212	2009-10	NYK	38.0	35.3	6.8	2.0	1.2	0.3	12.3	21.5	57.4	4.3	8.8	49.1	6.3	8.7	73.1	69.8	1.8	5.0	2.0	228	41	12	7	2	12	25	+19
13	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	6	217	1983-84	DEN	33.8	36.2	4.3	2.3	1.0	0.5	13.8	22.8	60.6	0.2	0.8	20.0	8.3	10.2	82.0	66.2	1.0	3.3	1.3	203	26	14	6	3	8	17
14	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	5	175	2020-21	UTA	30.9	35.0	4.6	1.6	1.2	0.2	12.6	22.0	57.3	5.0	11.2	44.6	4.8	5.4	88.9	71.8	0.8	3.8	2.0	155	23	8	6	1	10	9	+31
15	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	5	161	2007-08	SAS	33.4	32.2	4.8	4.6	2.0	0.4	9.2	16.8	54.8	4.4	7.6	57.9	9.4	10.2	92.2	75.6	1.4	3.4	2.8	167	24	23	10	2	14	9	+51
16	Johnny Newman J. Newman	5	165	1997-98	DEN	33.4	33.0	1.6	1.4	2.4	0.4	9.2	16.2	56.8	1.2	1.6	75.0	13.4	14.8	90.5	72.6	0.6	1.0	3.0	167	8	7	12	2	15	13	+36
17	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	5	163	1992-93	POR	38.0	32.6	7.8	2.2	1.8	1.4	14.4	21.6	66.7	1.0	2.2	45.5	2.8	4.4	63.6	69.3	2.2	5.6	1.8	190	39	11	9	7	9	21
18	Kevin McHale K. McHale	5	164	1989-90	BOS	33.0	32.8	8.8	1.6	0.6	2.6	10.0	16.6	60.2	1.6	2.4	66.7	11.2	11.8	94.9	75.3	2.8	6.0	2.2	165	44	8	3	13	11	13
19	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	5	168	1988-89	SEA	33.0	33.6	7.0	1.0	1.6	0.8	12.6	21.8	57.8	0.2	0.6	33.3	8.2	9.8	83.7	64.3	2.6	4.4	3.4	165	35	5	8	4	17	13
20	Kevin McHale K. McHale	5	155	1983-84	BOS	36.4	31.0	10.2	1.6	0.0	2.6	11.8	18.2	64.8	0.0	0.0		7.4	9.4	78.7	69.4	4.2	6.0	2.2	182	51	8	0	13	11	18
21	John Drew J. Drew	5	170	1983-84	UTA	30.0	34.0	6.6	1.8	2.6	0.0	12.6	22.2	56.8	0.2	0.6	33.3	8.6	10.6	81.1	63.3	2.6	4.0	2.0	150	33	9	13	0	10	10
22	Andrew Toney A. Toney	5	181	1981-82	PHI	30.6	36.2	2.6	3.6		0.2	14.6	23.4	62.4	1.2	2.2	54.5	5.8	6.8	85.3	68.6				153	13	18		1		18
23	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	4	137	2023-24	UTA	35.7	34.3	7.8	5.0	0.8	0.0	11.8	23.3	50.5	4.0	8.3	48.5	6.8	7.3	93.1	64.8	1.5	6.3	2.8	143	31	20	3	0	11	4	+38
24	Montrezl Harrell M. Harrell	4	128	2019-20	LAC	32.4	32.0	8.0	1.3	1.0	2.0	11.8	21.5	54.7	0.0	0.5	0.0	8.5	12.3	69.4	59.5	3.0	5.0	2.3	129	32	5	4	8	9	9	+47
25	Dennis Schröder D. Schröder	4	123	2019-20	OKC	32.1	30.8	3.8	5.8	0.5	0.3	11.3	18.5	60.8	2.3	5.3	42.9	6.0	7.3	82.8	70.9	0.3	3.5	4.0	129	15	23	2	1	16	5	+38

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Sat 10/31	CLE	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Mon 11/2	MIL	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Wed 11/4	MIL	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Fri 11/6	TOR	@	MIL	8:00 PM
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Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
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Ricky Pierce has the most games by a player off the bench with 30+ points in a season, with 17 games in 1989-90.

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