most points by a player in a game with fewer than 35 minutes

George Gervin has put up the most points in a game with fewer than 35 minutes played, with 63 points against the New Orleans Jazz on April 9, 1978.

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most points by a player in a regular-season game with fewer than 35 minutes

	NAME	PTS	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	George Gervin G. Gervin	63	33	4/9/1978	SAS	@	NOJ	2	1	2	1	23	49	46.9				17	20	85.0	54.5				3
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	62	33	12/20/2005	LAL	vs	DAL	8	0	3	0	18	31	58.1	4	10	40.0	22	25	88.0	73.8	3	5	2	3	+35
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	61	33	1/27/1990	UTA	vs	MIL	18	2	3	0	21	26	80.8	0	0		19	23	82.6	84.4	9	9	2	2
4	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	60	35	3/15/2022	BKN	@	ORL	6	4	4	1	20	31	64.5	8	12	66.7	12	13	92.3	81.7	2	4	1	3	+36
5	James Harden J. Harden	60	31	11/30/2019	HOU	vs	ATL	3	8	3	1	16	24	66.7	8	14	57.1	20	23	87.0	87.9	0	3	5	3	+50
6	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	60	29	12/5/2016	GSW	vs	IND	2	1	0	0	21	33	63.6	8	14	57.1	10	11	90.9	79.3	0	2	0	0	+37
7	James Harden J. Harden	57	34	1/14/2019	HOU	vs	MEM	9	2	2	1	17	33	51.5	6	15	40.0	17	18	94.4	69.6	2	7	5	4	+25
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	56	34	2/27/2025	GSW	@	ORL	4	3	2	0	16	25	64.0	12	19	63.2	12	12	100.0	92.5	0	4	4	0	+15
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	56	34	1/14/2002	LAL	vs	MEM	5	4	1	0	21	34	61.8	3	6	50.0	11	12	91.7	71.3	3	2	0	1	+40
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	55	34	11/12/2025	DEN	@	LAC	12	6	1	1	18	23	78.3	5	6	83.3	14	16	87.5	91.5	2	10	2	1	+28
11	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	54	32	1/31/2020	BKN	vs	CHI	5	5	1	0	19	23	82.6	7	9	77.8	9	10	90.0	98.5	0	5	4	3	+20
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	53	34	12/11/2022	PHI	vs	CHA	12	3	0	1	20	32	62.5	2	3	66.7	11	11	100.0	71.9	3	9	2	2	+11
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	53	33	3/30/1983	BOS	vs	IND	8	3	1	2	21	30	70.0	0	1	0.0	11	11	100.0	76.1	3	5	6	2
14	Ja Morant J. Morant	52	34	2/28/2022	MEM	vs	SAS	7	2	0	0	22	30	73.3	4	4	100.0	4	7	57.1	78.6	1	6	4	1	+23
15	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	52	27	10/29/2018	GSW	@	CHI	4	0	2	0	18	29	62.1	14	24	58.3	2	2	100.0	87.0	0	4	2	2	+28
16	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	52	33	1/23/2015	GSW	vs	SAC	2	5	4	2	16	25	64.0	11	15	73.3	9	10	90.0	88.4	0	2	4	3	+38
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	52	34	11/30/2006	LAL	vs	UTA	4	3	0	1	19	26	73.1	2	3	66.7	12	15	80.0	79.8	0	4	1	5	+22
18	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	52	33	2/21/2003	ORL	vs	CHI	5	3	3	1	15	32	46.9	6	13	46.2	16	20	80.0	63.7	1	4	1	5	+20
19	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	51	32	3/29/2023	MIL	@	IND	8	8	1	1	20	30	66.7	3	6	50.0	8	10	80.0	74.1	5	3	6	3	+26
20	Devin Booker D. Booker	51	31	11/30/2022	PHX	vs	CHI	4	6	1	0	20	25	80.0	6	7	85.7	5	6	83.3	92.3	0	4	2	3	+23
21	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	51	33	1/23/2022	BOS	@	WAS	10	7	0	0	18	28	64.3	9	14	64.3	6	6	100.0	83.2	2	8	1	1	+31
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	51	32	10/24/2018	GSW	vs	WAS	4	3	0	1	15	24	62.5	11	16	68.8	10	10	100.0	89.8	0	4	2	1	+19
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	51	34	2/25/2016	GSW	@	ORL	7	8	0	1	20	27	74.1	10	15	66.7	1	1	100.0	92.9	0	7	5	1	+11
24	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	51	31	2/19/2016	POR	vs	GSW	0	7	6	0	18	28	64.3	9	12	75.0	6	7	85.7	82.0	0	0	0	3	+26
25	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	51	31	2/12/2003	LAL	@	DEN	3	2	2	0	15	28	53.6	3	8	37.5	18	20	90.0	69.3	0	3	0	1	+37

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