most points in a game taking less than 30 shots

Giannis Antetokounmpo has posted the most points in a game with fewer than 30 field-goal attempts, with 64 points against the Pacers on December 13, 2023.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game taking less than 30 shots

	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	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Rick Barry R. Barry	57	29	12/14/1965	SFW	@	NYK	44	15	3			18	62.1				21	22	95.5	73.7				5
16	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	56	21	12/25/2025	DEN	vs	MIN	43	16	15	0	2	15	71.4	4	6	66.7	22	23	95.7	90.0	5	11	5	2	+15
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	56	25	2/27/2025	GSW	@	ORL	34	4	3	2	0	16	64.0	12	19	63.2	12	12	100.0	92.5	0	4	4	0	+15
18	Trae Young T. Young	56	26	1/3/2022	ATL	@	POR	37	4	14	0	0	17	65.4	7	12	58.3	15	15	100.0	85.9	1	3	4	1	+10
19	James Harden J. Harden	56	25	11/5/2017	HOU	vs	UTA	35	2	13	2	0	19	76.0	7	8	87.5	11	12	91.7	92.5	0	2	7	3	+25
20	Karl Malone K. Malone	56	29	4/7/1998	UTA	@	GSW	42	9	2	1	4	18	62.1	1	1	100.0	19	23	82.6	71.6	2	7	3	2	+1
21	Glen Rice G. Rice	56	27	4/15/1995	MIA	vs	ORL	45	4	0	0	0	20	74.1	7	8	87.5	9	10	90.0	89.2	1	3	2	4
22	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	56	29	2/18/1990	PHX	@	GSW	43	8	2	1	0	19	65.5	2	2	100.0	16	19	84.2	74.9	3	5	2	4
23	Kevin McHale K. McHale	56	28	3/3/1985	BOS	vs	DET	41	16	4	1	3	22	78.6	0	0		12	13	92.3	83.0	10	6	4	3
24	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	56	26	1/29/1983	DET	vs	CHI	37	6	4			18	69.2	0	0		20	22	90.9	78.5				4
25	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	55	26	12/28/2025	LAC	vs	DET	39	11	2	5	3	17	65.4	5	10	50.0	16	17	94.1	82.1	1	10	3	2	+20

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