most points in a game under 40 minutes since 2020

Since 2019-20, Damian Lillard has posted the most points in a game with fewer than 40 minutes played, with 71 points against the Rockets on February 26, 2023.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game under 40 minutes since 2020

	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	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	71	39	2/26/2023	POR	vs	HOU	6	6	0	0	22	38	57.9	13	22	59.1	14	14	100.0	80.4	1	5	2	0	+21
2	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
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	64	37	12/13/2023	MIL	vs	IND	14	3	4	1	20	28	71.4	0	3	0.0	24	32	75.0	76.0	3	11	4	1	+29
4	Devin Booker D. Booker	62	38	1/26/2024	PHX	@	IND	5	4	1	2	22	37	59.5	6	12	50.0	12	13	92.3	72.6	0	5	4	2	+1
5	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	62	38	1/22/2024	MIN	vs	CHA	8	2	0	0	21	35	60.0	10	15	66.7	10	14	71.4	75.3	3	5	7	2	0
6	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
7	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	60	40	1/25/2023	POR	vs	UTA	7	8	3	0	21	29	72.4	9	15	60.0	9	10	90.0	89.8	0	7	4	1	+11
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	Bradley Beal B. Beal	60	38	1/6/2021	WAS	@	PHI	7	5	1	0	20	35	57.1	7	10	70.0	13	15	86.7	72.1	4	3	4	3	-9
11	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
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	James Harden J. Harden	59	38	10/30/2019	HOU	@	WAS	3	9	1	0	18	32	56.3	6	14	42.9	17	18	94.4	73.9	1	2	4	3	+6
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	Stephen Curry S. Curry	57	37	2/6/2021	GSW	@	DAL	2	5	1	0	19	31	61.3	11	19	57.9	8	8	100.0	82.6	0	2	3	3	+7
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	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	56	39	12/7/2024	DEN	@	WAS	16	8	1	0	22	39	56.4	3	6	50.0	9	13	69.2	62.6	7	9	5	5	-1
18	LeBron James L. James	56	39	3/5/2022	LAL	vs	GSW	10	3	0	1	19	31	61.3	6	11	54.5	12	13	92.3	76.3	2	8	4	0	+13
19	Trae Young T. Young	56	37	1/3/2022	ATL	@	POR	4	14	0	0	17	26	65.4	7	12	58.3	15	15	100.0	85.9	1	3	4	1	+10
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	Anthony Davis A. Davis	55	38	12/4/2022	LAL	@	WAS	17	1	0	3	22	30	73.3	2	3	66.7	9	9	100.0	81.0	3	14	2	1	+17
22	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	54	37	1/22/2025	OKC	vs	UTA	8	5	3	2	17	35	48.6	3	10	30.0	17	18	94.4	62.9	3	5	3	3	+9
23	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
24	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
25	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	54	37	2/2/2021	TOR	@	ORL	3	2	3	3	17	23	73.9	11	14	78.6	9	9	100.0	100.1	0	3	1	2	+20