most points in a game with less than 45 field goal percentage

Elgin Baylor has put up the most points in a game with a field-goal percentage below 45.0, with 63 points against the Philadelphia Warriors on December 8, 1961.

Interpreted as:
most points by a player in a regular-season game with less than 45 field goal percentage
NAME PTS FG% DATE TM OPP MIN REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
63
41.8
12/8/1961
LAL LAL
@
PHI PHI
31
7
23
55
17
24
70.8
48.0
4
2 James Harden
J. Harden
61
44.7
1/23/2019
HOU HOU
@
NYK NYK
40
15
4
5
0
17
38
5
20
25.0
22
25
88.0
62.2
6
9
5
3
+19
3 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
60
44.0
4/13/2016
LAL LAL
vs
UTA UTA
42
4
4
1
1
22
50
6
21
28.6
10
12
83.3
54.3
0
4
2
1
+7
4 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
55
41.1
1/24/1962
PHI PHI
CHI CHI
48
32
5
23
56
9
11
81.8
45.2
1
5 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
54
44.4
11/13/1968
SDR SDR
vs
DET DET
48
22
20
45
14
17
82.4
51.4
2
6 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
54
44.0
1/18/1962
PHI PHI
vs
CIN CIN
48
31
3
22
50
10
16
62.5
47.3
0
7 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
53
43.2
3/30/2007
LAL LAL
vs
HOU HOU
48
2
2
0
0
19
44
3
9
33.3
12
14
85.7
52.8
1
1
3
2
+1
8 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
53
44.7
12/15/2006
LAL LAL
vs
HOU HOU
54
10
8
2
1
17
38
5
8
62.5
14
16
87.5
58.8
0
10
5
1
+20
9 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
53
38.3
10/28/1962
SFW SFW
@
CIN CIN
53
27
2
23
60
7
17
41.2
39.3
2
10 Kevin Durant
K. Durant
52
41.9
1/18/2013
OKC OKC
@
DAL DAL
50
9
1
2
0
13
31
5
9
55.6
21
21
100.0
64.6
0
9
4
2
-1
11 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
52
43.9
12/13/1961
LAL LAL
vs
STL STL
52
25
10
18
41
16
17
94.1
53.6
3
12 Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
51
38.6
10/28/2016
OKC OKC
vs
PHX PHX
45
13
10
2
0
17
44
2
10
20.0
15
20
75.0
48.3
3
10
5
3
+7
13 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
51
39.6
12/26/1961
PHI PHI
SYR SYR
48
29
1
21
53
9
14
64.3
43.1
2
14 LaMelo Ball
L. Ball
50
44.7
11/23/2024
CHA CHA
@
MIL MIL
40
5
10
1
0
17
38
6
17
35.3
10
13
76.9
57.2
0
5
4
3
+7
15 James Harden
J. Harden
50
29.7
12/3/2019
HOU HOU
@
SAS SAS
49
9
6
4
0
11
37
4
20
20.0
24
24
100.0
52.6
3
6
5
4
-3
16 James Harden
J. Harden
50
41.9
3/30/2019
HOU HOU
vs
SAC SAC
38
11
10
0
0
13
31
7
23
30.4
17
18
94.4
64.2
1
10
3
1
+17
17 James Harden
J. Harden
50
44.4
3/19/2015
HOU HOU
vs
DEN DEN
40
10
4
1
0
12
27
4
12
33.3
22
25
88.0
65.8
1
9
4
2
+22
18 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
50
41.5
1/7/2006
LAL LAL
@
LAC LAC
45
8
8
1
0
17
41
7
15
46.7
9
10
90.0
55.1
3
5
3
2
+9
19 Rick Barry
R. Barry
50
41.3
12/8/1966
SFW SFW
STL STL
48
13
5
19
46
12
14
85.7
47.9
3
20 James Harden
J. Harden
49
39.0
11/16/2019
HOU HOU
@
MIN MIN
39
6
6
0
0
16
41
8
22
36.4
9
11
81.8
53.4
1
5
5
4
+16
21 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
49
44.7
11/21/1987
CHI CHI
vs
DET DET
44
6
8
6
2
17
38
0
2
0.0
15
17
88.2
53.9
2
4
4
6
22 Rick Barry
R. Barry
49
42.1
2/12/1967
SFW SFW
@
DET DET
44
10
1
16
38
17
21
81.0
51.9
4
23 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
49
36.7
1/26/1964
SFW SFW
@
LAL LAL
48
19
2
18
49
13
24
54.2
41.1
4
24 Trae Young
T. Young
48
43.3
2/9/2020
ATL ATL
vs
NYK NYK
48
1
13
2
0
13
30
6
13
46.2
16
16
100.0
64.8
0
1
7
1
+10
25 Kevin Durant
K. Durant
48
41.2
1/7/2014
OKC OKC
@
UTA UTA
45
7
5
4
2
14
34
3
13
23.1
17
19
89.5
56.7
0
7
0
2
-12
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal percentage going back to the 1982-83 season.

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14
.829
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50
32
.610
18.0
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