most points in a game in fewer than 37 minutes

Joel Embiid has put up the most points in a game with fewer than 37 minutes played, with 70 points versus the Spurs on January 22, 2024.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game in fewer than 37 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	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	70	37	1/22/2024	PHI	vs	SAS	18	5	1	1	24	41	58.5	1	2	50.0	21	23	91.3	68.5	9	9	1	2	+11
2	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
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	62	36	1/3/2021	GSW	vs	POR	5	4	0	0	18	31	58.1	8	16	50.0	18	19	94.7	78.8	1	4	5	0	+20
4	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
5	James Harden J. Harden	61	37	3/22/2019	HOU	vs	SAS	7	1	3	0	19	34	55.9	9	13	69.2	14	17	82.4	73.5	2	5	3	3	+18
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	61	37	2/2/2009	LAL	@	NYK	0	3	0	1	19	31	61.3	3	6	50.0	20	20	100.0	76.6	0	0	2	1	+19
7	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
8	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
9	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	60	36	3/14/2022	MIN	@	SAS	17	3	1	0	19	31	61.3	7	11	63.6	15	16	93.8	78.9	2	15	6	5	+16
10	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
11	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
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	59	37	11/13/2022	PHI	vs	UTA	11	8	1	7	19	28	67.9	1	5	20.0	20	24	83.3	76.5	1	10	5	3	+25
13	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	58	36	3/7/2017	OKC	vs	POR	3	9	3	1	21	39	53.8	3	9	33.3	13	16	81.3	63.0	1	2	4	4	+7
14	Julius Randle J. Randle	57	37	3/20/2023	NYK	vs	MIN	4	1	0	0	19	29	65.5	8	14	57.1	11	13	84.6	82.1	0	4	4	4	-6
15	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
16	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
17	James Harden J. Harden	56	35	11/5/2017	HOU	vs	UTA	2	13	2	0	19	25	76.0	7	8	87.5	11	12	91.7	92.5	0	2	7	3	+25
18	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
19	Chet Walker C. Walker	56	36	2/6/1972	CHI	vs	CIN	4	2			22	30	73.3				12	13	92.3	78.4				1
20	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	55	37	1/3/2023	MIL	vs	WAS	10	7	2	0	20	33	60.6	0	3	0.0	15	16	93.8	68.7	2	8	5	3	+25
21	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	55	36	1/4/2005	IND	vs	MIL	11	3	0	2	18	28	64.3	0	0		19	25	76.0	70.5	3	8	3	3	+22
22	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	54	36	11/9/2023	MIL	@	IND	12	3	0	0	19	25	76.0	0	1	0.0	16	18	88.9	82.0	2	10	8	4	+6
23	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	54	36	2/2/2023	MIL	vs	LAC	19	2	0	0	21	39	53.8	2	8	25.0	10	15	66.7	59.2	4	15	3	2	+10
24	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
25	James Harden J. Harden	54	36	12/13/2019	HOU	@	ORL	5	7	2	3	19	31	61.3	10	15	66.7	6	6	100.0	80.3	2	3	3	5	+21