most points in a game with less than 24 minutes played

Quintin Dailey has put up the most points in a game with fewer than 24 minutes played, with 38 points versus the Knicks on January 28, 1986.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game with less than 24 minutes played

	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	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
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	37	21	1/14/2020	MIL	vs	NYK	9	4	0	1	12	17	70.6	3	5	60.0	10	12	83.3	83.0	3	6	1	1	+32
3	Paul George P. George	37	20	11/16/2019	LAC	vs	ATL	4	3	2	1	10	17	58.8	6	11	54.5	11	11	100.0	84.7	2	2	3	0	+28
4	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	36	24	1/10/2023	PHI	vs	DET	11	1	0	2	12	20	60.0	1	3	33.3	11	11	100.0	72.5	2	9	3	3	+36
5	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	36	20	4/15/1988	POR	vs	GSW	2	3	1	0	10	14	71.4	1	2	50.0	15	15	100.0	87.4	1	1	0	1
6	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	36	23	1/29/1987	DAL	@	DEN	3	1	1	1	14	20	70.0	2	2	100.0	6	6	100.0	79.5	2	1	0	0
7	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	35	23	3/30/2005	CHI	@	CHA	3	5	2	0	11	17	64.7	6	8	75.0	7	8	87.5	85.3	1	2	3	2	+10
8	Sandro Mamukelashvili S. Mamukelashvili	34	19	3/19/2025	SAS	vs	NYK	9	3	1	0	13	14	92.9	7	7	100.0	1	1	100.0	117.7	5	4	0	1	+22
9	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	34	22	2/3/2025	OKC	vs	MIL	3	6	0	0	15	19	78.9	2	3	66.7	2	3	66.7	83.7	0	3	3	1	+34
10	Lou Williams L. Williams	34	23	3/11/2019	LAC	vs	BOS	4	5	0	0	14	20	70.0	2	6	33.3	4	4	100.0	78.1	1	3	3	2	+28
11	Austin Croshere A. Croshere	34	24	1/30/2007	DAL	vs	SEA	7	3	0	0	11	14	78.6	7	10	70.0	5	5	100.0	104.9	0	7	1	2	+10
12	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	33	19	1/24/2021	BOS	vs	CLE	3	1	2	0	13	20	65.0	3	4	75.0	4	4	100.0	75.8	0	3	1	3	+31
13	John Drew J. Drew	33	23	2/4/1983	UTA	vs	MIL	7	0	1	0	9	15	60.0	0	0		15	18	83.3	72.0			2	2
14	Johnny Green J. Green	33	22	12/30/1964	NYK		SFW	9	0			15	20	75.0				3	4	75.0	75.8				5
15	Norman Powell N. Powell	32	24	11/29/2022	LAC	@	POR	4	2	1	0	10	16	62.5	4	5	80.0	8	10	80.0	78.4	2	2	4	3	+17
16	Kevin Love K. Love	32	15	4/10/2022	CLE	vs	MIL	10	2	1	0	10	16	62.5	8	11	72.7	4	6	66.7	85.8	2	8	0	1	+15
17	Kelly Oubre Jr. K. Oubre Jr.	32	24	1/5/2022	CHA	vs	DET	6	0	0	1	10	16	62.5	9	14	64.3	3	3	100.0	92.4	0	6	0	2	+29
18	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	32	24	11/28/2014	OKC	vs	NYK	7	8	1	0	12	17	70.6	3	4	75.0	5	7	71.4	79.7	4	3	3	2	+24
19	Nick Young N. Young	32	23	4/8/2014	LAL	vs	HOU	1	3	0	0	11	19	57.9	6	10	60.0	4	6	66.7	73.9	0	1	0	4	-3
20	Cedric Ceballos C. Ceballos	32	23	11/10/1990	PHX	vs	DEN	4	2	0	1	12	15	80.0	0	0		8	12	66.7	78.9	2	2	3	2
21	Freeman Williams F. Williams	32	21	12/5/1981	SDC	@	GSW	1	2	0	0	11	16	68.8	0	1	0.0	10	10	100.0	78.4	1	0	3	3
22	Alvan Adams A. Adams	32	23	11/20/1977	PHX	vs	SAS	8	1	4	0	13	20	65.0				6	7	85.7	69.3	2	6	2	2
23	Joe Ellis J. Ellis	32	20	11/23/1968	SFW	vs	SEA	13	2			15	19	78.9				2	2	100.0	80.5				2
24	Myles Turner M. Turner	31	22	4/14/2024	IND	vs	ATL	12	0	0	4	13	17	76.5	3	4	75.0	2	2	100.0	86.7	3	9	1	2	+26
25	Jordan Poole J. Poole	31	23	3/17/2024	WAS	vs	BOS	2	4	0	0	12	19	63.2	3	6	50.0	4	5	80.0	73.1	1	1	1	2	-18