most points in a season while playing less than 12 games

Derek Smith has put up the most points with fewer than 12 games played in a season, with 259 points in 1985-86.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a season while playing less than 12 games

	NAME	PTS	GP	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Derek Smith D. Smith	259	11	1985-86	LAC	30.8	23.5	3.7	2.8	0.8	1.2	9.1	16.5	55.2	0.1	0.2	50.0	5.3	7.6	69.0	59.4	1.8	1.9	3.0	339	41	31	9	13	33	35
2	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	242	11	1974-75	ATL	34.5	22.0	4.3	3.6	1.2	0.2	8.8	20.5	43.1				4.4	5.2	84.2	48.4	1.3	3.0		380	47	40	13	2		33
3	Ja Morant J. Morant	226	9	2023-24	MEM	35.3	25.1	5.6	8.1	0.8	0.6	8.9	18.9	47.1	1.6	5.7	27.5	5.8	7.1	81.3	57.0	0.7	4.9	3.0	318	50	73	7	5	27	19	+11
4	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	185	9	2011-12	NOH	34.4	20.6	2.8	3.4	1.4	0.4	7.0	15.6	45.0	1.1	4.4	25.0	5.4	7.2	75.4	54.9	0.2	2.6	2.7	310	25	31	13	4	24	20	+34
5	Collin Sexton C. Sexton	176	11	2021-22	CLE	28.7	16.0	3.3	2.1	0.9	0.0	6.2	13.7	45.0	1.0	4.1	24.4	2.6	3.5	74.4	52.3	1.2	2.1	2.8	316	36	23	10	0	31	25	-30
6	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	172	7	2004-05	IND	41.6	24.6	6.4	3.1	1.7	0.9	8.4	17.0	49.6	1.0	2.4	41.2	6.7	7.3	92.2	60.8	1.1	5.3	2.4	291	45	22	12	6	17	27	+40
7	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	166	10	1986-87	LAC	30.2	16.6	3.3	2.8	1.2	0.5	6.8	15.5	43.9	0.0	0.6	0.0	3.0	4.2	71.4	47.8	0.9	2.4	1.7	302	33	28	12	5	17	24
8	Derrick Rose D. Rose	159	10	2013-14	CHI	31.1	15.9	3.2	4.3	0.5	0.1	5.8	16.4	35.4	1.6	4.7	34.0	2.7	3.2	84.4	44.6	0.9	2.3	3.4	311	32	43	5	1	34	15	-33
9	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	158	11	2020-21	MEM	23.5	14.4	5.6	1.1	1.1	1.6	4.8	11.4	42.4	1.5	5.5	28.3	3.2	3.8	83.3	55.1	1.5	4.1	1.4	258	62	12	12	18	15	42	-64
10	Cuttino Mobley C. Mobley	151	11	2008-09	LAC	33.2	13.7	2.6	1.1	1.4	0.2	5.7	13.3	43.2	1.1	3.2	34.3	1.2	1.6	72.2	49.1	0.8	1.8	1.6	365	29	12	15	2	18	21	-67
11	Gary Trent G. Trent	151	11	1999-00	DAL	27.4	13.7	4.7	2.0	0.7	0.3	6.4	12.9	49.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.0	1.9	52.4	49.9	1.8	2.9	2.3	301	52	22	8	3	25	28	-45
12	Willis Reed W. Reed	147	11	1971-72	NYK	33.0	13.4	8.7	2.0			5.5	12.5	43.8				2.5	3.5	69.2	47.7				363	96	22				30
13	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	146	9	2017-18	SAS	23.3	16.2	4.7	2.3	2.0	1.0	5.8	12.3	46.8	1.2	3.9	31.4	3.4	4.2	81.6	57.2	0.7	4.0	1.8	210	42	21	18	9	16	9	+17
14	Thomas Bryant T. Bryant	143	10	2020-21	WAS	27.1	14.3	6.1	1.5	0.4	0.8	5.9	9.1	64.8	0.9	2.1	42.9	1.6	2.4	66.7	70.4	1.8	4.3	1.1	271	61	15	4	8	11	31	-14
15	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	141	8	2019-20	POR	31.6	17.6	10.3	4.0	1.4	2.0	6.8	13.6	49.5	0.3	1.3	20.0	3.9	4.4	88.6	56.7	2.9	7.4	2.4	253	82	32	11	16	19	39	-4
16	MarShon Brooks M. Brooks	141	7	2017-18	MEM	27.6	20.1	3.0	3.6	1.6	0.4	7.3	14.6	50.0	2.7	4.6	59.4	2.9	3.3	87.0	62.9	1.1	1.9	2.3	193	21	25	11	3	16	6	+10
17	Elton Brand E. Brand	141	8	2007-08	LAC	34.3	17.6	8.0	2.0	0.4	1.9	6.5	14.3	45.6	0.0	0.0		4.6	5.9	78.7	52.3	2.6	5.4	2.1	274	64	16	3	15	17	21	-97
18	Al Horford A. Horford	136	11	2011-12	ATL	31.6	12.4	7.0	2.2	0.9	1.3	5.2	9.4	55.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	2.7	73.3	58.5	2.4	4.6	1.5	348	77	24	10	14	16	21	+52
19	Bernard King B. King	136	6	1986-87	NYK	35.7	22.7	5.3	3.2	0.3	0.0	8.7	17.5	49.5	0.0	0.0		5.3	7.2	74.4	54.9	2.2	3.2	2.5	214	32	19	2	0	15	14
20	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	134	10	2018-19	HOU	29.4	13.4	5.4	0.5	0.4	0.7	4.9	12.1	40.5	2.1	6.4	32.8	1.5	2.2	68.2	51.3	0.9	4.5	0.8	294	54	5	4	7	8	32	-63
21	Patrick Beverley P. Beverley	134	11	2017-18	LAC	30.4	12.2	4.1	2.9	1.7	0.5	4.4	10.8	40.3	2.2	5.5	40.0	1.3	1.5	82.4	53.0	1.5	2.6	2.3	334	45	32	19	5	25	34	+28
22	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	127	8	1998-99	TOT	24.9	15.9	1.9	4.5	1.1	0.0	4.9	11.6	41.9	0.3	1.3	20.0	5.9	6.3	94.0	55.2	0.6	1.3	2.5	199	15	36	9	0	20	22	+40
23	Jordan Hamilton J. Hamilton	125	11	2015-16	NOP	27.6	11.4	5.6	2.3	0.7	0.3	4.5	10.5	42.2	1.2	4.1	28.9	1.3	1.9	66.7	49.9	1.1	4.5	1.5	304	62	25	8	3	17	24	-64
24	Kelenna Azubuike K. Azubuike	125	9	2009-10	GSW	25.7	13.9	4.6	1.1	0.6	1.0	5.3	9.8	54.5	1.1	3.0	37.0	2.1	3.1	67.9	62.3	1.3	3.2	0.8	231	41	10	5	9	7	16	-41
25	Justise Winslow J. Winslow	124	11	2019-20	MIA	32.0	11.3	6.6	4.0	0.6	0.5	4.5	11.7	38.8	0.5	2.5	22.2	1.6	2.5	66.7	44.0	1.5	5.2	2.2	352	73	44	7	5	24	38	+52