Klay Thompson has put up the most points in a game with fewer than 28 minutes played, with 52 points against the Bulls on October 29, 2018.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game under 28 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	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	52	27	10/29/2018	GSW	@	CHI	4	0	2	0	18	29	62.1	14	24	58.3	2	2	100.0	87.0	0	4	2	2	+28
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	50	27	1/19/2022	PHI	vs	ORL	12	2	1	3	17	23	73.9	1	4	25.0	15	17	88.2	82.0	1	11	2	3	+24
3	Kemba Walker K. Walker	46	28	3/22/2018	CHA	vs	MEM	3	4	1	0	13	18	72.2	10	14	71.4	10	10	100.0	102.7	0	3	2	1	+47
4	Devin Booker D. Booker	44	28	3/8/2023	PHX	vs	OKC	3	4	0	1	17	23	73.9	6	10	60.0	4	5	80.0	87.3	0	3	3	4	+33
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	44	28	10/22/2022	MIL	vs	HOU	12	3	0	0	17	21	81.0	2	3	66.7	8	13	61.5	82.3	2	10	4	2	+23
6	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	44	27	1/21/2019	GSW	@	LAL	3	2	0	1	17	20	85.0	10	11	90.9	0	0		110.0	0	3	2	2	+29
7	Grayson Allen G. Allen	42	28	11/10/2025	PHX	vs	NOP	2	4	3	0	12	17	70.6	10	15	66.7	8	10	80.0	98.1	1	1	1	0	+22
8	George Gervin G. Gervin	42	27	11/10/1984	SAS	vs	CLE	2	1	0	1	18	23	78.3	0	0		6	6	100.0	81.9	1	1	0	0
9	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	41	26	4/13/1988	NYK	vs	IND	11	2	2	1	18	24	75.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	77.0	6	5	1	2
10	David Thompson D. Thompson	41	27	1/2/1982	DEN	@	SAS	2	0	0	2	13	21	61.9	0	0		15	19	78.9	69.8	2	0	3	5
11	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	40	28	2/8/2025	NOP	@	SAC	4	4	2	0	16	21	76.2	0	0		8	11	72.7	77.4	1	3	3	4	+4
12	Rik Smits R. Smits	40	27	4/22/1994	IND	vs	PHI	11	4	2	1	17	24	70.8	0	0		6	7	85.7	73.9	3	8	2	1
13	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	40	24	2/26/1991	HOU	@	DEN	2	3	2	0	16	25	64.0	1	3	33.3	7	7	100.0	71.2	1	1	1	2
14	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	39	28	3/7/2023	PHI	@	MIN	7	4	1	3	13	22	59.1	4	4	100.0	9	9	100.0	75.1	1	6	3	2	+18
15	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	39	28	3/8/2022	MIL	@	OKC	7	7	3	1	13	19	68.4	4	4	100.0	9	13	69.2	78.9	1	6	1	3	+18
16	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	39	28	3/28/2019	PHI	vs	BKN	13	6	3	1	12	20	60.0	3	4	75.0	12	16	75.0	72.1	3	10	2	3	+14
17	Kevin Martin K. Martin	39	28	1/14/2008	SAC	vs	DAL	3	1	1	0	14	16	87.5	2	2	100.0	9	11	81.8	93.6	1	2	2	4	+2
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39	26	4/7/1987	CHI	vs	DET	5	4	4	1	13	21	61.9	0	0		13	16	81.3	69.5	2	3	3	0
19	Jose Alvarado J. Alvarado	38	27	12/4/2022	NOP	vs	DEN	3	2	1	0	12	19	63.2	8	11	72.7	6	7	85.7	86.1	0	3	0	3	+21
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	38	26	12/30/2017	GSW	vs	MEM	4	3	0	0	13	17	76.5	10	13	76.9	2	2	100.0	106.3	0	4	0	2	+24
21	Kevin Love K. Love	38	25	11/28/2017	CLE	vs	MIA	9	2	2	0	10	16	62.5	4	8	50.0	14	17	82.4	80.9	2	7	3	0	+25
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	25	12/14/1989	CHI	vs	ORL	7	5	2	0	14	20	70.0	3	3	100.0	7	9	77.8	79.3	2	5	1	2
23	Quintin Dailey Q. Dailey	38	21	1/28/1986	CHI	@	NYK	2	2	2	0	12	19	63.2	0	0		14	18	77.8	70.6	2	0	0	2
24	Andrew Toney A. Toney	38	26	3/21/1982	PHI	vs	BOS	1	2		0	13	27	48.1	4	7	57.1	8	9	88.9	61.4				4
25	George Gervin G. Gervin	38	27	1/2/1982	SAS	vs	DEN	6	2	0	0	16	27	59.3	0	0		6	8	75.0	62.3	4	2	1	3