most points in 40 minutes or less in a game ever

Damian Lillard has scored the most points in a game with 40 or fewer minutes played, with 71 points versus the Rockets on February 26, 2023.

Interpreted as:
most points by a player in 40 minutes or less in a regular-season game ever
NAMEPTSMINDATETMOPPREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
71
39
2/26/2023
vs
6
6
0
0
22
38
57.9
13
22
59.1
14
14
100.0
80.4
1
5
2
0
+21
2Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
70
37
1/22/2024
vs
18
5
1
1
24
41
58.5
1
2
50.0
21
23
91.3
68.5
9
9
1
2
+11
3Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
64
37
12/13/2023
vs
14
3
4
1
20
28
71.4
0
3
0.0
24
32
75.0
76.0
3
11
4
1
+29
4George Gervin
G. Gervin
63
33
4/9/1978
@
2
1
2
1
23
49
46.9
17
20
85.0
54.5
3
5Jerry West
J. West
63
39
1/17/1962
vs
3
3
22
36
61.1
19
22
86.4
69.0
5
6Devin Booker
D. Booker
62
38
1/26/2024
@
5
4
1
2
22
37
59.5
6
12
50.0
12
13
92.3
72.6
0
5
4
2
+1
7Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
62
38
1/22/2024
vs
8
2
0
0
21
35
60.0
10
15
66.7
10
14
71.4
75.3
3
5
7
2
0
8Stephen Curry
S. Curry
62
36
1/3/2021
vs
5
4
0
0
18
31
58.1
8
16
50.0
18
19
94.7
78.8
1
4
5
0
+20
9Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
62
39
1/24/2014
vs
13
0
0
0
23
35
65.7
6
11
54.5
10
10
100.0
78.7
1
12
0
1
+34
10Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
62
33
12/20/2005
vs
8
0
3
0
18
31
58.1
4
10
40.0
22
25
88.0
73.8
3
5
2
3
+35
11James Harden
J. Harden
61
37
3/22/2019
vs
7
1
3
0
19
34
55.9
9
13
69.2
14
17
82.4
73.5
2
5
3
3
+18
12James Harden
J. Harden
61
40
1/23/2019
@
15
4
5
0
17
38
44.7
5
20
25.0
22
25
88.0
62.2
6
9
5
3
+19
13Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
61
37
2/2/2009
@
0
3
0
1
19
31
61.3
3
6
50.0
20
20
100.0
76.6
0
0
2
1
+19
14Karl Malone
K. Malone
61
33
1/27/1990
vs
18
2
3
0
21
26
80.8
0
0
19
23
82.6
84.4
9
9
2
2
15Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
60
40
1/25/2023
vs
7
8
3
0
21
29
72.4
9
15
60.0
9
10
90.0
89.8
0
7
4
1
+11
16Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
60
35
3/15/2022
@
6
4
4
1
20
31
64.5
8
12
66.7
12
13
92.3
81.7
2
4
1
3
+36
17Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
60
36
3/14/2022
@
17
3
1
0
19
31
61.3
7
11
63.6
15
16
93.8
78.9
2
15
6
5
+16
18Bradley Beal
B. Beal
60
38
1/6/2021
@
7
5
1
0
20
35
57.1
7
10
70.0
13
15
86.7
72.1
4
3
4
3
-9
19James Harden
J. Harden
60
31
11/30/2019
vs
3
8
3
1
16
24
66.7
8
14
57.1
20
23
87.0
87.9
0
3
5
3
+50
20Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
60
29
12/5/2016
vs
2
1
0
0
21
33
63.6
8
14
57.1
10
11
90.9
79.3
0
2
0
0
+37
21Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
59
37
11/13/2022
vs
11
8
1
7
19
28
67.9
1
5
20.0
20
24
83.3
76.5
1
10
5
3
+25
22James Harden
J. Harden
59
38
10/30/2019
@
3
9
1
0
18
32
56.3
6
14
42.9
17
18
94.4
73.9
1
2
4
3
+6
23Purvis Short
P. Short
59
40
11/17/1984
vs
5
0
1
0
20
28
71.4
4
6
66.7
15
16
93.8
84.2
2
3
3
2
24Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
58
36
3/7/2017
vs
3
9
3
1
21
39
53.8
3
9
33.3
13
16
81.3
63.0
1
2
4
4
+7
25Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
58
37
2/26/1987
vs
8
3
3
2
16
25
64.0
0
0
26
27
96.3
78.6
1
7
3
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1982-83 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

24.4

Avdija

Deni Avdija

RPG

11.5

Clingan

Donovan Clingan

APG

6.6

Avdija

Deni Avdija
Team Rankings

ORTG

114.0

21st

DRTG

116.6

20th

NETRTG

-2.5

21st

3P%

34.0

29th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
7
33
25
.569
11.0
8
30
27
.526
13.5
9
Trail Blazers Trail Blazers
28
30
.483
16.0
10
27
30
.474
16.5
11
21
35
.375
22.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
2/24
@
10:00 PM
Thu
2/26
@
8:00 PM
Sat
2/28
@
1:00 PM
Sun
3/1
@
6:00 PM
Wed
3/4
@
8:00 PM
Last Game

92

Final

77

PHX Suns

33 - 25

Sun 22 Feb 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
42
14
.750
2
37
19
.661
5.0
3
37
21
.638
6.0
4
36
22
.621
7.0
5
34
23
.596
8.5
6
31
26
.544
11.5
7
30
26
.536
12.0
8
31
27
.534
12.0
9
28
31
.475
15.5
10
27
31
.466
16.0
11
24
31
.436
17.5
12
24
34
.414
19.0
13
16
40
.286
26.0
14
15
41
.268
27.0
15
15
43
.259
28.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
44
14
.759
2
41
16
.719
2.5
3
35
21
.625
8.0
4
36
22
.621
8.0
5
34
22
.607
9.0
6
35
23
.603
9.0
7
33
25
.569
11.0
8
30
27
.526
13.5
9
28
30
.483
16.0
10
27
30
.474
16.5
11
21
35
.375
22.0
12
20
36
.357
23.0
13
18
40
.310
26.0
14
16
42
.276
28.0
15
13
46
.220
31.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
1/21
@
115-123
Wed
1/21
@
120-115
Wed
1/21
@
126-109
Wed
1/21
@
110-127
Wed
1/21
@
104-112

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
2/24
@
7:00 PM
Tue
2/24
@
7:30 PM
Tue
2/24
@
7:30 PM
Tue
2/24
@
7:30 PM
Tue
2/24
@
7:30 PM