James Harden and Chris Paul are tied for the most points in a game with 3 or fewer field goals, with 27 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game with only 3 fgm

	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	27	2	12/26/2013	HOU	vs	MEM	44	6	5	0	1	9	22.2	1	5	20.0	22	25	88.0	67.5	1	5	2	2	+13
2	Chris Paul C. Paul	27	3	11/3/2012	LAC	vs	GSW	33	2	10	1	0	9	33.3	2	2	100.0	19	20	95.0	75.8	0	2	5	3	+2
3	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	26	2	12/20/1995	PHX	vs	WAS	47	14	5	3	1	16	12.5	0	3	0.0	22	27	81.5	46.6	5	9	5	5
4	Corey Maggette C. Maggette	25	3	2/26/2007	LAC	vs	CHA	37	6	1	1	0	9	33.3	0	0		19	20	95.0	70.2	0	6	3	0	-3
5	Harry Gallatin H. Gallatin	25	3	11/7/1954	NYK	@	MIN						8	37.5				19	21	90.5	72.5				2
6	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	24	3	2/5/2019	TOR	@	PHI	35	7	3	3	0	11	27.3	2	7	28.6	16	17	94.1	64.9	2	5	3	1	+2
7	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	24	3	11/8/2008	PHX	@	MIL	42	5	2	0	1	8	37.5	0	0		18	20	90.0	71.4	0	5	4	5	+14
8	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	24	3	11/7/1986	DET	vs	CHI	39	8	0	0	0	8	37.5	0	0		18	20	90.0	71.4	2	6	2	1
9	Larry McNeill L. McNeill	24	3	3/29/1978	BUF	@	PHI	37	8	5		0	13	23.1				18	19	94.7	56.2				4
10	Dick Schnittker D. Schnittker	24	3	11/27/1957	MIN		CIN											18	19	94.7					2
11	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	23	3	12/8/2019	MIA	vs	CHI	44	6	7	1	1	14	21.4	0	5	0.0	17	21	81.0	49.5	1	5	3	4	0
12	Sean Kilpatrick S. Kilpatrick	23	3	3/6/2017	BKN	@	MEM	28	5	3	1	1	6	50.0	1	1	100.0	16	17	94.1	85.3	0	5	0	2	+21
13	Corey Maggette C. Maggette	23	3	3/31/2008	LAC	vs	DAL	45	9	4	0	0	15	20.0	3	7	42.9	14	18	77.8	50.2	1	8	7	3	-1
14	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	23	3	1/21/2005	WAS	vs	TOR	44	2	8	0	0	14	21.4	0	6	0.0	17	20	85.0	50.4	0	2	4	3	+1
15	Derek Anderson D. Anderson	23	3	12/21/1997	CLE	vs	UTA	31	5	5	1	0	6	50.0	1	3	33.3	16	16	100.0	88.2	2	3	0	4	+5
16	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	23	3	11/4/1997	PHX	vs	UTA	33	2	2	1	0	9	33.3	1	2	50.0	16	16	100.0	71.7	0	2	3	3	+7
17	A.C. Green	23	3	2/16/1989	LAL	@	POR	39	9	3	4	0	13	23.1	0	0		17	21	81.0	51.7	5	4	0	1
18	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	23	3	3/6/1987	DET	vs	DAL	36	9	1	0	0	10	30.0	0	0		17	19	89.5	62.6	4	5	2	4
19	Paul Silas P. Silas	23	3	1/10/1971	PHX	@	ATL	36	13	3			11	27.3				17	17	100.0	62.2				4
20	George Yardley G. Yardley	23	3	11/3/1957	DET	@	CIN											17	24	70.8					4
21	Kenny Sears K. Sears	23	3	11/3/1956	NYK	@	BOS	41		3			8	37.5				17	18	94.4	72.2				2
22	Damion Lee D. Lee	22	3	1/10/2023	PHX	@	GSW	31	7	4	0	0	8	37.5	2	5	40.0	14	14	100.0	77.7	0	7	2	1	-3
23	Kevin Martin K. Martin	22	3	3/3/2014	MIN	@	DEN	31	2	2	0	0	11	27.3	0	4	0.0	16	17	94.1	59.5	1	1	2	1	-1
24	Steve Francis S. Francis	22	3	11/24/2006	NYK	@	BOS	31	4	2	0	1	8	37.5	1	2	50.0	15	15	100.0	75.3	1	3	2	1	+27
25	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	22	2	4/4/2006	BOS	@	TOR	31	8	2	1	0	10	20.0	0	3	0.0	18	24	75.0	53.5	2	6	5	2	+1