most 30 point games in less than 40 minutes

LeBron James has the most games with 30+ points and fewer than 40 minutes played, with 297 games.

Interpreted as:

most 30 or more point regular-season games by a player in less than 40 minutes

	NAME	GP	PTS	MIN	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	297	10,144	10,834	36.5	34.2	7.5	6.9	1.4	0.7	12.7	21.9	57.9	2.6	5.8	44.2	6.3	8.1	77.2	67.1	1.1	6.4	3.5	2,229	2,064	427	207	1,032	523	+2152
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	271	9,561	9,402	34.7	35.3	12.3	5.7	1.2	1.2	13.0	21.5	60.4	0.9	3.0	31.1	8.3	11.9	70.0	65.9	2.4	9.9	3.3	3,333	1,555	328	331	904	815	+1934
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	260	9,466	9,047	34.8	36.4	5.2	5.9	1.4	0.3	12.1	22.2	54.5	6.5	12.9	50.9	5.6	6.2	91.6	73.0	0.7	4.6	3.2	1,357	1,544	376	71	844	519	+2691
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	244	8,260	8,951	36.7	33.9	7.6	4.5	0.9	1.2	11.6	20.9	55.5	2.7	5.9	45.6	8.0	8.9	89.1	68.2	0.6	7.0	3.6	1,861	1,104	228	293	870	556	+1407
5	James Harden J. Harden	228	8,353	8,254	36.2	36.6	6.4	7.7	1.6	0.7	10.9	21.9	49.8	4.5	10.6	43.0	10.3	11.8	87.7	67.7	0.9	5.5	4.4	1,467	1,759	376	158	1,010	606	+1895
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	215	7,731	7,788	36.2	36.0	6.0	4.9	2.5	0.9	13.6	24.5	55.5	0.9	2.1	43.4	7.9	9.2	86.2	63.1	1.5	4.5	2.5	1,285	1,043	535	187	528	540	+482
7	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	211	7,440	7,681	36.4	35.3	4.5	6.9	0.9	0.3	11.1	21.6	51.3	4.8	10.5	45.7	8.3	9.0	91.8	68.9	0.6	3.8	2.9	939	1,448	199	58	603	400	+1165
8	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	178	6,464	6,013	33.8	36.3	11.7	4.1	1.1	1.6	12.0	21.4	56.2	1.5	3.6	40.7	10.8	12.7	84.9	67.3	2.6	9.2	3.4	2,090	723	201	289	612	519	+1468
9	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	171	5,890	6,250	36.5	34.4	7.2	2.7	1.4	0.6	12.6	23.9	52.9	1.0	2.2	43.0	8.2	9.7	84.7	61.2	3.2	4.1	2.4	1,239	456	238	96	415	346	-16
10	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	168	5,815	5,906	35.2	34.6	5.2	6.1	1.8	1.0	11.9	21.6	55.2	1.7	4.2	41.5	9.0	10.2	88.4	66.3	0.8	4.5	2.5	878	1,023	303	166	421	437	+1310
11	Devin Booker D. Booker	167	5,884	6,005	36.0	35.2	4.4	5.2	0.8	0.4	12.5	23.0	54.2	3.5	7.6	45.7	6.8	7.7	88.2	66.7	0.7	3.8	2.9	738	872	139	59	480	504	+767
12	Karl Malone K. Malone	164	5,524	5,917	36.1	33.7	10.5	3.5	1.3	0.7	12.4	20.6	60.1	0.1	0.2	37.5	8.9	11.4	78.4	65.9	2.8	7.8	2.9	1,730	576	218	121	474	505	+674
13	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	163	5,798	5,785	35.5	35.6	9.1	8.4	1.3	0.5	12.1	23.1	52.2	4.1	9.9	42.0	7.3	9.5	76.8	65.1	1.0	8.0	3.9	1,477	1,373	209	81	641	387	+866
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	162	5,723	5,868	36.2	35.3	8.2	8.4	1.8	0.4	12.7	24.6	51.6	2.0	5.1	38.5	8.0	9.7	82.1	61.2	1.6	6.6	4.4	1,331	1,368	291	57	709	407	+725
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	162	5,679	5,819	35.9	35.1	5.5	4.2	1.6	0.3	12.1	23.4	51.6	2.2	5.4	41.8	8.7	10.1	86.1	63.0	1.3	4.2	3.0	883	680	262	44	489	392	+1498
16	Anthony Davis A. Davis	152	5,363	5,530	36.4	35.3	12.3	2.6	1.4	2.2	13.0	22.3	58.2	1.0	2.6	39.2	8.3	10.0	83.0	66.1	3.1	9.3	2.1	1,872	397	212	334	319	358	+889
17	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	144	4,888	5,258	36.5	33.9	5.0	4.2	1.0	0.3	12.1	21.5	56.2	1.0	2.4	42.2	8.8	10.1	86.8	65.4	0.8	4.2	2.0	715	609	143	45	294	333	+558
18	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	143	4,851	5,246	36.7	33.9	6.9	2.8	1.3	0.6	12.1	22.7	53.3	1.9	4.2	45.6	7.8	9.2	85.2	63.4	2.0	4.9	2.7	982	403	189	82	390	444	+804
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	143	4,865	5,105	35.7	34.0	11.3	2.6	0.6	2.2	13.5	20.9	64.5	0.0	0.0	20.0	7.0	11.9	58.7	65.0	3.8	7.6	2.8	1,620	374	86	315	400	435	+1055
20	Trae Young T. Young	136	4,816	4,844	35.6	35.4	3.8	9.8	1.0	0.2	11.2	22.1	50.4	4.0	9.3	43.0	9.1	10.2	88.9	66.5	0.7	3.1	4.3	515	1,336	140	22	591	244	+754
21	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	136	4,682	4,803	35.3	34.4	4.7	5.0	1.4	0.3	12.1	23.1	52.1	4.2	9.8	43.0	6.1	7.2	85.0	65.5	1.0	3.7	2.9	635	680	185	47	398	347	+815
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	130	4,518	4,629	35.6	34.8	12.5	8.3	1.6	0.8	13.4	21.6	62.0	1.8	4.1	43.6	6.2	7.5	82.6	69.8	3.2	9.3	3.0	1,624	1,077	206	110	388	340	+1260
23	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	130	4,597	4,711	36.2	35.4	4.5	5.8	1.3	0.5	12.8	22.7	56.4	4.1	8.3	49.3	5.7	6.2	91.6	69.6	0.9	3.6	2.6	590	754	175	70	337	306	+490
24	Alex English A. English	124	4,222	4,485	36.2	34.0	5.7	4.5			14.0	25.0	55.9	0.0			6.1	7.1	85.7	60.5			2.8	703	563			342	371
25	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	122	4,204	4,361	35.7	34.5	8.0	4.6	1.2	0.7	12.0	22.0	54.7	4.4	9.6	45.6	6.0	7.1	84.2	68.5	0.7	7.3	2.4	978	556	144	84	296	264	+1478