most points in a game with 8 or less field goals made

James Harden has posted the most points in a game with 8 or fewer field goals, with 43 points against the Grizzlies on December 31, 2018.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game with 8 or less field goals made

	NAME	PTS	FGM	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	James Harden J. Harden	43	8	12/31/2018	HOU	vs	MEM	41	10	13	2	0	19	42.1	6	12	50.0	21	27	77.8	69.6	1	9	9	3	+21
2	Anthony Davis A. Davis	40	7	10/29/2019	LAL	vs	MEM	31	20	2	0	2	17	41.2	0	2	0.0	26	27	96.3	69.3	8	12	0	2	+19
3	James Harden J. Harden	40	8	10/28/2019	HOU	vs	OKC	37	3	7	1	1	21	38.1	3	14	21.4	21	22	95.5	65.2	0	3	4	5	-2
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40	7	1/31/2006	LAL	@	NYK	34	3	3	4	0	17	41.2	3	8	37.5	23	26	88.5	70.3	1	2	3	4	+18
5	Dwight Howard D. Howard	39	7	3/12/2013	LAL	@	ORL	38	16	2	1	3	13	53.8	0	0		25	39	64.1	64.7	3	13	0	3	+16
6	James Harden J. Harden	38	8	11/14/2017	HOU	vs	TOR	39	6	11	0	1	25	32.0	3	11	27.3	19	19	100.0	57.0	1	5	9	5	-2
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	38	8	2/3/2017	OKC	vs	MEM	38	13	12	3	0	20	40.0	5	7	71.4	17	17	100.0	69.1	2	11	5	2	+17
8	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	38	7	3/4/2016	TOR	vs	POR	37	3	2	0	0	19	36.8	0	0		24	25	96.0	63.3	1	2	4	3	+2
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	38	8	4/9/1990	LAL	vs	DAL	41	8	8	1	1	13	61.5	3	5	60.0	19	22	86.4	83.8	1	7	2	1
10	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	37	8	2/1/2025	ORL	@	UTA	34	6	1	1	1	21	38.1	3	11	27.3	18	20	90.0	62.1	1	5	1	3	-6
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	37	7	2/27/2022	PHI	@	NYK	36	9	3	1	4	18	38.9	0	4	0.0	23	27	85.2	61.9	0	9	2	3	+18
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	37	8	3/20/2019	PHI	vs	BOS	41	22	4	1	1	17	47.1	1	3	33.3	20	21	95.2	70.5	6	16	3	4	+12
13	James Harden J. Harden	37	8	12/5/2016	HOU	vs	BOS	35	8	7	3	0	14	57.1	3	5	60.0	18	18	100.0	84.4	1	7	10	2	+3
14	James Harden J. Harden	37	8	3/15/2013	HOU	vs	MIN	43	7	8	0	0	16	50.0	5	10	50.0	16	18	88.9	77.3	0	7	5	5	+7
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	37	7	1/20/2013	OKC	@	DEN	49	7	8	2	0	20	35.0	3	10	30.0	20	21	95.2	63.3	0	7	5	4	-1
16	Kevin Love K. Love	37	8	2/27/2011	MIN	vs	GSW	41	23	1	2	0	13	61.5	3	4	75.0	18	23	78.3	80.0	7	16	3	3	+18
17	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	37	8	11/17/2004	BOS	@	WAS	43	8	4	0	0	25	32.0	3	8	37.5	18	20	90.0	54.7	2	6	3	5	+3
18	Ray Allen R. Allen	37	8	11/25/2000	MIL	@	WAS	40	7	5	4	2	18	44.4	2	7	28.6	19	20	95.0	69.0	2	5	5	4	-1
19	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	37	7	4/9/1990	PHX	vs	UTA	47	3	8	0	0	16	43.8	0	0		23	24	95.8	69.7	1	2	11	4
20	Moses Malone M. Malone	37	8	2/13/1985	PHI	vs	NYK	38	10	1	2	3	14	57.1	0	0		21	23	91.3	76.7	5	5	1	4
21	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	36	8	11/4/2022	BOS	vs	CHI	40	12	6	1	1	23	34.8	3	10	30.0	17	20	85.0	56.6	2	10	1	4	+11
22	James Harden J. Harden	36	7	11/19/2021	BKN	vs	ORL	41	10	8	3	2	25	28.0	3	13	23.1	19	20	95.0	53.3	1	9	6	4	+10
23	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	36	8	8/3/2020	TOR	@	MIA	42	5	4	1	0	16	50.0	7	12	58.3	13	13	100.0	82.9	0	5	4	3	+1
24	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	36	8	3/20/2015	OKC	vs	ATL	44	10	14	1	0	24	33.3	3	6	50.0	17	17	100.0	57.2	2	8	6	3	+14
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	36	8	3/18/2015	OKC	vs	BOS	40	5	10	5	0	26	30.8	1	6	16.7	19	22	86.4	50.4	2	3	7	5	+7