most points in a game playing exactly 31 minutes

Kobe Bryant has put up the most points in a game with exactly 31 minutes played, with 51 points versus the Nuggets on February 12, 2003.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game playing exactly 31 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	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
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	47	31	3/20/1993	CHI	@	WAS	8	4	2	0	16	27	59.3	2	2	100.0	13	15	86.7	69.9	0	8	1	2
3	Rick Barry R. Barry	45	31	11/13/1966	SFW	vs	DET	6	5			19	26	73.1				7	8	87.5	76.2				4
4	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	43	31	3/9/2003	ORL	vs	DEN	2	3	2	0	13	24	54.2	6	12	50.0	11	14	78.6	71.3	0	2	0	0	+29
5	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	43	31	2/23/1991	CHI	vs	CHA	4	6	6	0	16	17	94.1	0	0		11	15	73.3	91.1	2	2	2	2
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	42	31	2/11/2003	LAL	vs	DEN	2	5	4	0	12	20	60.0	1	3	33.3	17	21	81.0	71.8	0	2	1	0	+37
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	42	31	11/5/1993	ORL	@	MIA	12	1	1	1	17	24	70.8	0	0		8	13	61.5	70.7	4	8	1	4
8	Reggie Theus R. Theus	42	31	11/19/1982	CHI	vs	UTA	7	5	1	1	17	24	70.8	0	0		8	11	72.7	72.8	4	3	5	2
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	41	31	1/19/2001	LAL	vs	HOU	11	2	0	1	17	23	73.9	0	0		7	18	38.9	66.3	4	7	0	2	+17
10	Dan Issel D. Issel	40	31	2/25/1977	DEN	@	KCK	9	3	1	0	14	17	82.4				12	14	85.7	86.4	2	7		5
11	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	39	31	11/3/1983	DEN	@	KCK	5	3	2	1	16	22	72.7	0	0		7	8	87.5	76.4	1	4	2	3
12	Julius Erving J. Erving	39	31	3/2/1980	PHI	vs	GSW	7	4	3	1	14	16	87.5	0	0		11	11	100.0	93.6	2	5	5	3
13	Juwan Howard J. Howard	38	31	4/12/2004	ORL	@	CHI	2	2	1	0	13	19	68.4	0	0		12	14	85.7	75.5	0	2	2	4	+8
14	Dennis Scott D. Scott	38	31	4/23/1995	ORL	@	NYK	4	1	0	0	14	22	63.6	5	8	62.5	5	5	100.0	78.5	1	3	3	3
15	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	38	31	1/26/1986	SAC	@	POR	4	3	0	0	15	20	75.0	0	0		8	8	100.0	80.8	2	2	7	4
16	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	38	31	4/12/1985	POR	vs	DAL	0	1	1	0	15	18	83.3	0	0		8	8	100.0	88.3	0	0	0	2
17	George Gervin G. Gervin	38	31	2/10/1983	SAS	vs	GSW	4	5	1	3	13	19	68.4	0	0		12	12	100.0	78.3	1	3	5	2
18	Ricky Pierce R. Pierce	37	31	11/27/1990	MIL	vs	IND	2	3	3	2	12	19	63.2	1	3	33.3	12	15	80.0	72.3	0	2	0	0
19	World B. Free W. B. Free	37	31	11/12/1987	HOU	@	SAC	1	2	1	0	15	21	71.4	1	3	33.3	6	8	75.0	75.4	0	1	0	5
20	Dan Issel D. Issel	37	31	2/10/1982	DEN	vs	UTA	10	1	2	1	14	18	77.8	1	1	100.0	8	8	100.0	86.0	2	8	1	1
21	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	36	31	3/2/2001	ORL	vs	CLE	6	5	2	1	13	22	59.1	4	6	66.7	6	7	85.7	71.8	5	1	1	2	+24
22	Glen Rice G. Rice	36	31	11/15/1997	CHA	vs	LAC	5	3	3	0	13	19	68.4	3	4	75.0	7	7	100.0	81.5	1	4	3	3	+26
23	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	36	31	12/13/1978	SAS	vs	NYK	17	3	5	0	12	19	63.2				12	15	80.0	70.3				1
24	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	36	31	1/11/1977	POR	vs	NYK	16	2	0	0	14	25	56.0				8	8	100.0	63.1	5	11		1
25	Bill Walton B. Walton	36	31	1/11/1976	POR	@	ATL	22	6	2	3	17	22	77.3				2	3	66.7	77.2	6	16		4