most 40 point games in less than 40 minutes

Stephen Curry has the most games with 40+ points and fewer than 40 minutes played, with 63 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 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	Stephen Curry S. Curry	63	2,836	2,228	35.4	45.0	5.4	5.5	1.3	0.3	14.7	24.8	59.3	8.7	15.2	57.5	6.9	7.5	92.2	80.2	0.6	4.8	3.4	340	347	82	17	217	125	+840
2	James Harden J. Harden	61	2,716	2,242	36.8	44.5	7.1	7.4	1.9	0.7	13.0	25.3	51.4	5.9	12.9	45.7	12.6	14.2	88.7	70.5	1.1	6.0	4.8	434	449	114	44	290	177	+683
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	49	2,200	1,769	36.1	44.9	13.1	5.2	1.0	1.1	16.5	24.7	66.9	1.4	3.5	40.1	10.4	14.6	71.7	72.2	2.7	10.3	3.2	640	255	51	55	156	138	+366
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	48	2,116	1,787	37.2	44.1	5.7	4.8	2.6	1.0	16.7	27.8	59.9	0.8	2.1	39.2	9.9	11.3	87.7	67.2	1.5	4.2	2.5	272	229	124	49	119	141	+93
5	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	43	1,924	1,529	35.6	44.7	13.5	4.3	1.2	2.0	15.2	25.0	60.8	1.5	3.8	38.4	13.0	14.9	87.2	71.0	3.1	10.4	3.2	579	186	53	87	138	137	+484
6	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	37	1,635	1,372	37.1	44.2	4.6	7.1	1.0	0.4	13.6	24.3	56.2	6.5	12.7	51.0	10.4	11.4	91.7	75.5	0.6	4.0	2.6	172	264	38	13	97	78	+280
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	33	1,448	1,223	37.1	43.9	9.5	8.5	1.5	0.3	15.2	29.1	52.0	3.3	7.8	41.9	10.3	12.3	84.0	63.6	1.8	7.7	5.1	313	280	50	9	167	87	+18
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	30	1,311	1,105	36.8	43.7	9.4	8.6	1.3	0.3	14.9	25.9	57.3	5.0	10.7	46.9	8.9	11.7	76.1	70.3	0.9	8.5	3.7	282	257	40	10	110	84	+317
9	LeBron James L. James	29	1,262	1,070	36.9	43.5	8.6	5.9	1.4	0.9	15.6	25.0	62.3	4.3	7.4	58.9	8.1	9.8	82.1	74.3	1.4	7.2	3.3	249	171	42	26	97	36	+344
10	Trae Young T. Young	28	1,210	1,025	36.6	43.2	4.1	8.9	1.2	0.1	13.5	25.0	53.9	4.9	10.5	46.8	11.4	12.9	88.3	70.6	0.9	3.3	4.5	116	250	33	3	125	50	+160
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	28	1,255	1,015	36.3	44.8	5.2	3.3	1.8	0.3	15.4	27.9	55.2	2.6	5.5	47.1	11.4	13.3	85.8	66.4	1.3	3.9	2.5	145	91	51	8	71	79	+372
12	Anthony Davis A. Davis	27	1,166	1,000	37.0	43.2	13.4	2.8	1.6	1.7	15.4	26.1	59.2	1.4	3.2	44.8	10.9	12.4	87.5	68.5	3.7	9.7	1.9	362	75	42	45	50	67	+244
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	27	1,148	1,005	37.2	42.5	7.2	4.8	0.9	1.0	14.8	24.3	61.1	4.1	7.9	51.9	8.8	9.9	88.8	74.3	0.5	6.7	4.0	195	129	25	28	108	61	+224
14	Devin Booker D. Booker	25	1,129	897	35.9	45.2	4.8	5.1	1.1	0.6	16.3	26.0	62.7	4.2	8.2	50.7	8.4	9.5	88.2	74.7	0.7	4.1	3.1	121	128	27	15	77	66	+289
15	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24	1,047	867	36.1	43.6	5.3	5.9	1.9	1.2	14.5	24.4	59.2	2.4	5.3	45.7	12.3	13.5	91.0	71.9	0.9	4.3	2.3	126	141	45	28	56	60	+355
16	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	23	1,040	859	37.3	45.2	4.9	5.1	1.8	0.5	16.3	26.3	62.1	6.0	10.3	58.6	6.6	7.3	90.4	76.8	0.9	4.0	2.7	112	118	41	12	63	59	+183
17	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	20	854	728	36.4	42.7	12.1	7.1	2.0	0.8	16.3	26.7	60.9	2.6	6.0	42.9	7.7	9.4	81.8	69.3	3.2	8.9	3.2	241	142	39	16	63	56	+220
18	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	20	840	723	36.2	42.0	13.1	2.5	0.9	2.1	16.9	24.7	68.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	8.2	13.8	59.6	68.4	4.8	8.4	2.3	262	50	17	42	46	49	+146
19	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	19	820	705	37.1	43.2	5.2	3.1	1.4	0.3	15.9	25.4	62.5	6.6	11.3	58.4	4.8	5.6	85.0	77.3	0.9	4.3	3.2	99	58	26	5	61	41	+114
20	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	18	800	663	36.8	44.4	7.4	2.6	1.7	0.8	17.1	27.8	61.6	1.4	2.3	61.9	8.8	10.2	85.9	68.9	2.9	4.5	2.2	133	46	30	14	39	33
21	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	17	718	630	37.1	42.2	4.9	4.9	1.7	0.4	14.4	26.4	54.5	5.1	11.3	45.3	8.4	9.6	87.7	69.1	0.9	3.9	2.8	83	84	29	6	48	38	+188
22	Bradley Beal B. Beal	17	759	649	38.2	44.6	3.9	4.5	1.1	0.4	15.0	25.8	58.1	4.2	8.0	52.9	10.4	11.9	87.6	71.9	1.1	2.8	2.8	66	76	19	7	48	37	+52
23	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	16	679	575	35.9	42.4	8.2	4.1	1.3	0.6	14.3	22.9	62.4	5.9	10.3	57.9	7.9	8.8	90.0	79.2	0.6	7.6	1.8	131	66	21	10	28	34	+289
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	16	709	517	32.3	44.3	3.6	1.7	0.9	0.6	15.4	24.1	63.9	8.9	14.1	62.8	4.7	5.1	91.5	84.2	0.4	3.2	1.8	57	27	15	10	29	18	+388
25	Bernard King B. King	16	701	599	37.4	43.8	6.7	3.4			16.8	26.7	62.8	0.1	0.3	40.0	10.2	12.7	80.3	67.9	2.3	4.4		107	54				50