most points in a nba game with 31 field goal attempts after 1970

Since 1970-71, Kobe Bryant has put up the most points in a game with 31+ field-goal attempts, with 81 points versus the Raptors on January 22, 2006.

Interpreted as:
most points by a player in a NBA regular-season game with 31 or more field goal attempts after 1970
NAME PTS FGA DATE TM OPP MIN REB AST STL BLK FGM FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
81
46
1/22/2006
LAL LAL
vs
TOR TOR
42
6
2
3
1
28
60.9
7
13
53.8
18
20
90.0
73.9
2
4
3
1
+25
2 Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
73
33
1/26/2024
DAL DAL
@
ATL ATL
45
10
7
1
0
25
75.8
8
13
61.5
15
16
93.8
91.2
0
10
4
1
+13
3 David Thompson
D. Thompson
73
38
4/9/1978
DEN DEN
@
DET DET
43
7
2
0
1
28
73.7
17
20
85.0
78.0
3
4
4
2
4 Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
71
38
2/26/2023
POR POR
vs
HOU HOU
39
6
6
0
0
22
57.9
13
22
59.1
14
14
100.0
80.4
1
5
2
0
+21
5 Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
71
34
1/2/2023
CLE CLE
vs
CHI CHI
50
8
11
0
1
22
64.7
7
15
46.7
20
25
80.0
78.9
3
5
4
3
+19
6 David Robinson
D. Robinson
71
41
4/24/1994
SAS SAS
@
LAC LAC
44
14
5
0
2
26
63.4
1
2
50.0
18
25
72.0
68.3
4
10
8
2
7 Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
70
41
1/22/2024
PHI PHI
vs
SAS SAS
37
18
5
1
1
24
58.5
1
2
50.0
21
23
91.3
68.5
9
9
1
2
+11
8 Devin Booker
D. Booker
70
40
3/24/2017
PHX PHX
@
BOS BOS
45
8
6
3
1
21
52.5
4
11
36.4
24
26
92.3
68.0
2
6
5
3
-6
9 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
69
37
3/28/1990
CHI CHI
@
CLE CLE
50
18
6
4
1
23
62.2
2
6
33.3
21
23
91.3
73.2
7
11
2
5
10 Pete Maravich
P. Maravich
68
43
2/25/1977
NOJ NOJ
vs
NYK NYK
43
6
6
3
2
26
60.5
16
19
84.2
66.2
1
5
6
11 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
65
39
3/16/2007
LAL LAL
vs
POR POR
50
7
3
3
0
23
59.0
8
12
66.7
11
12
91.7
73.4
1
6
2
3
+4
12 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
64
49
1/16/1993
CHI CHI
vs
ORL ORL
47
6
1
5
0
27
55.1
1
5
20.0
9
11
81.8
59.4
4
2
2
5
13 Rick Barry
R. Barry
64
45
3/26/1974
GSW GSW
vs
POR POR
43
10
9
5
0
30
66.7
4
5
80.0
67.8
0
10
4
14 George Gervin
G. Gervin
63
49
4/9/1978
SAS SAS
@
NOJ NOJ
33
2
1
2
1
23
46.9
17
20
85.0
54.5
3
15 Devin Booker
D. Booker
62
37
1/26/2024
PHX PHX
@
IND IND
38
5
4
1
2
22
59.5
6
12
50.0
12
13
92.3
72.6
0
5
4
2
+1
16 Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
62
35
1/22/2024
MIN MIN
vs
CHA CHA
38
8
2
0
0
21
60.0
10
15
66.7
10
14
71.4
75.3
3
5
7
2
0
17 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
62
31
1/3/2021
GSW GSW
vs
POR POR
36
5
4
0
0
18
58.1
8
16
50.0
18
19
94.7
78.8
1
4
5
0
+20
18 Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
62
35
1/24/2014
NYK NYK
vs
CHA CHA
39
13
0
0
0
23
65.7
6
11
54.5
10
10
100.0
78.7
1
12
0
1
+34
19 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
62
31
12/20/2005
LAL LAL
vs
DAL DAL
33
8
0
3
0
18
58.1
4
10
40.0
22
25
88.0
73.8
3
5
2
3
+35
20 Tracy McGrady
T. McGrady
62
37
3/10/2004
ORL ORL
vs
WAS WAS
46
10
5
1
0
20
54.1
5
14
35.7
17
26
65.4
64.0
3
7
6
1
+10
21 Jalen Brunson
J. Brunson
61
47
3/29/2024
NYK NYK
@
SAS SAS
43
4
6
1
0
25
53.2
5
13
38.5
6
6
100.0
61.4
1
3
1
2
+20
22 Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
61
32
8/11/2020
POR POR
@
DAL DAL
41
5
8
1
0
17
53.1
9
17
52.9
18
18
100.0
76.4
2
3
3
2
+8
23 Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
61
37
1/20/2020
POR POR
vs
GSW GSW
45
10
7
1
0
17
45.9
11
20
55.0
16
16
100.0
69.3
0
10
2
1
+13
24 James Harden
J. Harden
61
34
3/22/2019
HOU HOU
vs
SAS SAS
37
7
1
3
0
19
55.9
9
13
69.2
14
17
82.4
73.5
2
5
3
3
+18
25 James Harden
J. Harden
61
38
1/23/2019
HOU HOU
@
NYK NYK
40
15
4
5
0
17
44.7
5
20
25.0
22
25
88.0
62.2
6
9
5
3
+19
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal attempts going back to the 1982-83 season.

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2
Rockets Rockets
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Lakers Lakers
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32
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