most points by a nba player who took 8 shots or less in a single game

Bill Cartwright has posted the most points in a game with 8 or fewer field-goal attempts, with 31 points versus the Kansas City Kings on November 17, 1981.

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most points by a NBA player who took 8 shots or less in a single regular-season game

	NAME	PTS	FGA	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	31	7	11/17/1981	NYK	vs	KCK	36	8	0	0	1	6	85.7	0	0		19	19	100.0	100.9				2
2	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	29	7	11/25/2006	DET	@	WAS	37	5	7	2	0	4	57.1	3	5	60.0	18	19	94.7	94.4	1	4	1	2	-6
3	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	29	6	1/14/1979	BOS	vs	NJN	40	10	3	1	2	5	83.3				19	20	95.0	98.0	1	9	3	6
4	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	28	8	4/9/2025	GSW	vs	SAS	38	4	7	2	0	5	62.5	2	2	100.0	16	17	94.1	90.4	2	2	1	1	-9
5	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	28	8	2/25/2023	MIA	@	CHA	33	3	6	1	0	6	75.0	0	0		16	20	80.0	83.3	1	2	3	1	+11
6	Gordon Hayward G. Hayward	28	7	2/23/2016	UTA	vs	HOU	40	7	5	1	0	6	85.7	3	4	75.0	13	15	86.7	102.9	3	4	2	3	-3
7	Dwight Howard D. Howard	28	8	4/12/2013	LAL	vs	GSW	38	7	1	0	1	7	87.5	0	0		14	22	63.6	79.2	1	6	2	5	-8
8	Brad Miller B. Miller	28	8	11/5/2002	IND	@	MIA	40	8	2	3	1	6	75.0	0	0		16	18	88.9	87.9	1	7	4	3	+10
9	Dave Twardzik D. Twardzik	28	7	3/5/1977	POR	vs	SEA	36	3	3	5	3	6	85.7				16	17	94.1	96.7	1	2		4
10	Danilo Gallinari D. Gallinari	27	8	11/17/2010	NYK	@	SAC	41	4	0	0	0	4	50.0	3	5	60.0	16	17	94.1	87.2	0	4	0	1	+13
11	Mehmet Okur M. Okur	27	8	3/22/2005	UTA	vs	LAL	39	16	5	0	0	7	87.5	2	2	100.0	11	12	91.7	101.7	2	14	3	1	+10
12	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	27	8	4/13/2001	CHI	vs	UTA	34	3	2	5	1	5	62.5	2	4	50.0	15	16	93.8	89.8	1	2	1	3	-6
13	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	27	8	3/27/1996	LAL	@	MIA	39	9	9	1	0	6	75.0	0	0		15	15	100.0	92.5	1	8	4	1
14	Reggie Miller R. Miller	27	8	1/24/1996	IND	@	MIL	36	1	4	0	0	6	75.0	4	6	66.7	11	13	84.6	98.4	0	1	0	2
15	John Stockton J. Stockton	27	7	12/26/1991	UTA	vs	LAC	40	4	17	2	0	5	71.4	2	3	66.7	15	16	93.8	96.2	0	4	4	1
16	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	27	8	11/4/1989	PHI	vs	MIL	45	14	2	1	4	6	75.0	0	0		15	23	65.2	74.5	9	5	6	1
17	Moses Malone M. Malone	27	8	2/20/1988	WAS	@	HOU	29	15	0	1	1	6	75.0	0	0		15	21	71.4	78.3	8	7	5	1
18	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	27	8	3/11/1987	UTA	@	DEN	45	2	9	1	0	8	100.0	0	0		11	11	100.0	105.1	1	1	5	4
19	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	27	8	12/23/1983	UTA	vs	DEN	38	8	3	1	0	4	50.0	0	0		19	25	76.0	71.1	2	6	6	4
20	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	27	6	11/3/1983	UTA	vs	GSW	26	8	5	1	0	4	66.7	0	0		19	20	95.0	91.2	1	7	3	3
21	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	27	7	11/9/1979	BOS	vs	KCK	33	10	4	0	2	5	71.4	0	0		17	22	77.3	80.9	3	7	2	3
22	Moses Malone M. Malone	27	8	1/3/1979	HOU	vs	NJN	44	17	2		2	7	87.5				13	17	76.5	87.2			11	3
23	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	27	7	12/15/1978	BOS	vs	KCK	44	9	1	0		6	85.7				15	17	88.2	93.2	1	8	4	4
24	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	27	8	11/28/1976	BUF	@	NOJ	40	12	2			6	75.0				15	18	83.3	84.8				4
25	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	26	8	11/24/2019	SAC	@	WAS	35	4	1	0	0	7	87.5	3	3	100.0	9	11	81.8	101.2	0	4	3	1	+16