most points in a game by an nba player with only 31 fga

Giannis Antetokounmpo has the most points in a game with 31 or fewer field-goal attempts, with 64 points versus the Pacers on December 13, 2023.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game by an NBA player with only 31 fga

	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	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	64	28	12/13/2023	MIL	vs	IND	37	14	3	4	1	20	71.4	0	3	0.0	24	32	75.0	76.0	3	11	4	1	+29
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	62	31	1/3/2021	GSW	vs	POR	36	5	4	0	0	18	58.1	8	16	50.0	18	19	94.7	78.8	1	4	5	0	+20
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	62	31	12/20/2005	LAL	vs	DAL	33	8	0	3	0	18	58.1	4	10	40.0	22	25	88.0	73.8	3	5	2	3	+35
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	61	29	4/1/2025	DEN	vs	MIN	53	10	10	2	0	18	62.1	6	11	54.5	19	24	79.2	77.1	2	8	4	5	+2
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	61	31	2/2/2009	LAL	@	NYK	37	0	3	0	1	19	61.3	3	6	50.0	20	20	100.0	76.6	0	0	2	1	+19
6	Karl Malone K. Malone	61	26	1/27/1990	UTA	vs	MIL	33	18	2	3	0	21	80.8	0	0		19	23	82.6	84.4	9	9	2	2
7	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	60	29	1/25/2023	POR	vs	UTA	40	7	8	3	0	21	72.4	9	15	60.0	9	10	90.0	89.8	0	7	4	1	+11
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	60	31	12/27/2022	DAL	vs	NYK	47	21	10	2	1	21	67.7	2	6	33.3	16	22	72.7	73.7	5	16	4	5	+7
9	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	60	31	3/15/2022	BKN	@	ORL	35	6	4	4	1	20	64.5	8	12	66.7	12	13	92.3	81.7	2	4	1	3	+36
10	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	60	31	3/14/2022	MIN	@	SAS	36	17	3	1	0	19	61.3	7	11	63.6	15	16	93.8	78.9	2	15	6	5	+16
11	James Harden J. Harden	60	24	11/30/2019	HOU	vs	ATL	31	3	8	3	1	16	66.7	8	14	57.1	20	23	87.0	87.9	0	3	5	3	+50
12	James Harden J. Harden	60	30	1/30/2018	HOU	vs	ORL	46	10	11	4	1	19	63.3	5	14	35.7	17	18	94.4	79.1	2	8	5	2	+7
13	Bernard King B. King	60	30	12/25/1984	NYK	vs	NJN	41	7	4	0	0	19	63.3	0	0		22	26	84.6	72.4	2	5	5	2
14	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	59	28	11/13/2022	PHI	vs	UTA	37	11	8	1	7	19	67.9	1	5	20.0	20	24	83.3	76.5	1	10	5	3	+25
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	59	27	4/3/1988	CHI	@	DET	42	4	6	2	2	21	77.8	0	1	0.0	17	19	89.5	83.4	2	2	1	4
16	Purvis Short P. Short	59	28	11/17/1984	GSW	vs	NJN	40	5	0	1	0	20	71.4	4	6	66.7	15	16	93.8	84.2	2	3	3	2
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	58	25	2/26/1987	CHI	vs	NJN	37	8	3	3	2	16	64.0	0	0		26	27	96.3	78.6	1	7	3	4
18	Julius Randle J. Randle	57	29	3/20/2023	NYK	vs	MIN	37	4	1	0	0	19	65.5	8	14	57.1	11	13	84.6	82.1	0	4	4	4	-6
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	57	31	2/6/2021	GSW	@	DAL	37	2	5	1	0	19	61.3	11	19	57.9	8	8	100.0	82.6	0	2	3	3	+7
20	Deron Williams D. Williams	57	29	3/4/2012	NJN	@	CHA	38	6	7	1	1	16	55.2	4	11	36.4	21	21	100.0	74.5	1	5	5	2	+11
21	Reggie Miller R. Miller	57	29	11/28/1992	IND	@	CHA	38	5	8	1	0	16	55.2	4	11	36.4	21	23	91.3	72.9	1	4	0	1
22	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	57	28	12/10/1986	ATL	vs	CHI	40	9	4	2	1	19	67.9	0	1	0.0	19	21	90.5	76.5	4	5	2	1
23	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	57	27	12/4/1982	UTA	vs	CHI	38	9	3	0	0	20	74.1	0	0		17	22	77.3	77.7	3	6	2	5
24	Rick Barry R. Barry	57	29	12/14/1965	SFW	@	NYK	44	15	3			18	62.1				21	22	95.5	73.7				5
25	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	57	31	12/11/1959	NYK	vs	SYR	38	12	8			18	58.1				21	26	80.8	67.2				1