most points in an nba game in less than 22 minutes

Quintin Dailey has posted the most points in a game with fewer than 22 minutes played, with 38 points against the Knicks on January 28, 1986.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in an NBA regular-season game in less than 22 minutes

	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	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31	21	1/11/2024	OKC	vs	POR	5	4	0	1	11	15	73.3	1	3	33.3	8	8	100.0	83.7	1	4	2	2	+41
12	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	31	21	2/26/2017	NOP	@	OKC	10	3	0	0	8	15	53.3	0	3	0.0	15	15	100.0	71.8	2	8	1	6	+2
13	David Robinson D. Robinson	31	21	11/8/1995	SAS	vs	VAN	8	0	3	3	13	19	68.4	0	0		5	6	83.3	71.6	3	5	1	3
14	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	30	21	10/31/2018	IND	@	NYK	9	3	0	2	12	12	100.0	0	0		6	7	85.7	99.5	3	6	6	6	+6
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30	19	12/18/2014	OKC	@	GSW	2	2	0	1	10	13	76.9	5	6	83.3	5	7	71.4	93.3	0	2	2	1	+5
16	Len Chappell L. Chappell	30	20	12/18/1967	DET		SEA	15	1			13	15	86.7				4	5	80.0	87.2				1
17	Cedi Osman C. Osman	29	22	1/29/2023	CLE	vs	LAC	2	2	2	1	11	13	84.6	7	7	100.0	0	0		111.5	0	2	0	0	-8
18	Trey Burke T. Burke	29	21	1/9/2021	DAL	vs	ORL	0	4	0	1	11	13	84.6	7	8	87.5	0	0		111.5	0	0	1	3	+25
19	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	29	22	12/2/2019	MIL	vs	NYK	15	3	0	0	10	14	71.4	3	4	75.0	6	11	54.5	77.0	1	14	2	3	+25
20	Anthony Davis A. Davis	29	0	3/12/2016	NOP	@	MIL	11	2	2	0	8	22	36.4	2	3	66.7	11	12	91.7	53.2	2	9	1	1	-24
21	JR Smith	29	22	11/17/2009	DEN	vs	TOR	1	1	1	0	11	17	64.7	5	9	55.6	2	2	100.0	81.1	0	1	2	5	+12
22	Michael Redd M. Redd	29	20	2/20/2002	MIL	vs	HOU	0	0	0	0	10	14	71.4	9	13	69.2	0	0		103.6	0	0	0	0	+20
23	Andrew Toney A. Toney	29	20	2/27/1982	PHI	@	DEN	1	1	1	0	11	18	61.1	3	6	50.0	4	5	80.0	71.8	1	0	2	6
24	John Drew J. Drew	29	19	11/18/1981	ATL	vs	PHX	13	0	0	0	8	16	50.0	0	0		13	13	100.0	66.8	6	7	2	1
25	John Block J. Block	29	21	10/22/1970	SDR	vs	CLE	7	0			7	13	53.8				15	16	93.8	72.4				1