most 50 point games in less than 40 minutes

Stephen Curry has the most games with 50+ points and fewer than 40 minutes played, with 13 games.

Interpreted as:

most 50 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	13	687	464	35.7	52.8	5.5	5.5	1.7	0.4	17.0	27.5	61.7	9.8	16.3	59.9	9.1	9.6	94.4	83.2	0.4	5.1	3.5	71	72	22	5	45	22	+147
2	James Harden J. Harden	11	599	399	36.3	54.5	6.8	7.7	1.9	0.6	16.5	28.5	57.8	7.0	13.4	52.4	14.5	16.2	89.9	76.5	1.2	5.6	4.8	75	85	21	7	53	33	+212
3	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	8	435	283	35.3	54.4	13.5	4.9	1.0	2.5	19.1	28.6	66.8	0.9	2.5	35.0	15.3	17.0	89.7	75.3	3.8	9.8	2.9	108	39	8	20	23	22	+122
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	8	429	288	36.0	53.6	14.0	4.5	1.3	0.3	18.6	28.6	65.1	1.6	4.8	34.2	14.8	18.9	78.1	72.6	3.1	10.9	3.4	112	36	10	2	27	20	+119
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	7	383	254	36.2	54.7	3.6	8.1	2.0	0.0	17.7	28.7	61.7	8.9	14.6	60.8	10.4	11.1	93.6	81.4	0.4	3.1	2.1	25	57	14	0	15	10	+113
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	5	267	182	36.5	53.4	5.2	5.6	0.6	0.8	19.6	29.8	65.8	5.8	11.0	52.7	8.4	9.2	91.3	78.9	0.8	4.4	3.0	26	28	3	4	15	11	+52
7	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	5	269	181	36.2	53.8	5.2	5.4	1.6	0.6	17.6	28.4	62.0	8.4	13.2	63.6	10.2	11.2	91.1	80.7	1.2	4.0	2.2	26	27	8	3	11	14	+100
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	5	282	169	33.8	56.4	4.0	2.4	1.2	0.4	18.4	30.0	61.3	3.0	6.6	45.5	16.6	18.4	90.2	74.0	1.2	2.8	1.0	20	12	6	2	5	11	+153
9	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	4	207	146	36.6	51.8	6.0	5.3	1.8	1.0	17.3	30.8	56.1	3.3	8.0	40.6	14.0	15.3	91.8	69.1	1.8	4.3	2.3	24	21	7	4	9	11	+58
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4	217	152	38.0	54.3	7.5	2.8	3.3	0.5	19.8	32.0	61.7	1.3	2.5	50.0	13.5	14.5	93.1	70.7	1.3	6.3	3.3	30	11	13	2	13	13	+24
11	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	3	155	113	37.7	51.7	7.7	6.7	2.3	0.7	17.3	26.3	65.8	6.0	11.7	51.4	11.0	15.7	70.2	77.7	0.3	7.3	3.7	23	20	7	2	11	9	+24
12	Bradley Beal B. Beal	3	163	117	39.0	54.3	5.7	3.3	1.3	1.0	18.0	31.0	58.1	5.0	9.3	53.6	13.3	15.3	87.0	72.0	3.3	2.3	4.0	17	10	4	3	12	9	-5
13	LeBron James L. James	3	157	113	37.6	52.3	8.3	4.0	0.7	1.0	18.7	29.0	64.4	6.0	9.3	64.3	9.0	10.3	87.1	78.0	1.0	7.3	3.0	25	12	2	3	9	6	+55
14	Anthony Davis A. Davis	3	158	116	38.5	52.7	14.0	3.3	1.7	3.0	19.3	29.3	65.9	0.7	2.0	33.3	13.3	15.0	88.9	73.3	4.7	9.3	1.3	42	10	5	9	4	5	+45
15	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	3	164	88	29.5	54.7	2.7	2.0	2.0	0.7	18.3	29.0	63.2	11.0	17.7	62.3	7.0	7.7	91.3	84.4	0.0	2.7	2.0	8	6	6	2	6	5	+103
16	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	3	161	113	37.7	53.7	5.7	1.7	3.0	1.7	20.0	31.0	64.5	1.0	1.7	60.0	12.7	16.3	77.6	70.3	2.7	3.0	3.0	17	5	9	5	9	7
17	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	2	122	74	37.0	61.0	12.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	20.0	33.0	60.6	8.5	13.0	65.4	12.5	15.0	83.3	77.0	2.5	10.0	6.5	25	5	1	0	13	7	+16
18	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	2	101	76	38.1	50.5	6.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	18.5	32.0	57.8	7.0	12.5	56.0	6.5	8.0	81.3	71.1	1.5	5.0	3.5	13	5	1	0	7	3	-11
19	Trae Young T. Young	2	106	77	38.5	53.0	3.0	11.0	1.0	0.5	14.5	25.5	56.9	7.5	13.5	55.6	16.5	17.0	97.1	80.4	0.5	2.5	5.5	6	22	2	1	11	5	+20
20	CJ McCollum	2	100	60	30.0	50.0	4.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	18.0	26.0	69.2	8.0	12.5	64.0	6.0	6.0	100.0	87.3	1.0	3.0	2.0	8	4	1	0	4	3	+50
21	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	2	108	73	36.4	54.0	9.5	9.5	2.0	0.5	19.0	35.5	53.5	4.0	10.5	38.1	12.0	13.5	88.9	65.2	1.5	8.0	3.0	19	19	4	1	6	5	+17
22	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	2	112	78	39.1	56.0	12.0	0.0	0.5	1.5	19.5	29.5	66.1	4.0	7.0	57.1	13.0	14.0	92.9	78.5	1.0	11.0	2.0	24	0	1	3	4	3	+31
23	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	2	105	77	38.3	52.5	7.0	4.5	0.5	1.0	18.0	30.0	60.0	4.0	9.5	42.1	12.5	14.0	89.3	72.6	1.0	6.0	2.0	14	9	1	2	4	6	+8
24	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	2	103	78	38.8	51.5	4.0	3.0	1.5	0.5	19.0	30.0	63.3	7.5	11.5	65.2	6.0	6.5	92.3	78.4	1.0	3.0	3.5	8	6	3	1	7	6	+22
25	Bernard King B. King	2	104	75	37.5	52.0	7.5	6.5	0.5	0.0	19.5	33.0	59.1	0.0	0.0		13.0	15.5	83.9	65.3	2.5	5.0	3.0	15	13	1	0	6	7