most points in an nba game in less than 27 minutes

Klay Thompson has put up the most points in a game with fewer than 27 minutes played, with 52 points versus the Bulls on October 29, 2018.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in an NBA regular-season game in less than 27 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	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	52	27	10/29/2018	GSW	@	CHI	4	0	2	0	18	29	62.1	14	24	58.3	2	2	100.0	87.0	0	4	2	2	+28
2	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	44	27	1/21/2019	GSW	@	LAL	3	2	0	1	17	20	85.0	10	11	90.9	0	0		110.0	0	3	2	2	+29
3	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	41	26	4/13/1988	NYK	vs	IND	11	2	2	1	18	24	75.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	77.0	6	5	1	2
4	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	40	24	2/26/1991	HOU	@	DEN	2	3	2	0	16	25	64.0	1	3	33.3	7	7	100.0	71.2	1	1	1	2
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39	26	4/7/1987	CHI	vs	DET	5	4	4	1	13	21	61.9	0	0		13	16	81.3	69.5	2	3	3	0
6	Jose Alvarado J. Alvarado	38	27	12/4/2022	NOP	vs	DEN	3	2	1	0	12	19	63.2	8	11	72.7	6	7	85.7	86.1	0	3	0	3	+21
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	38	26	12/30/2017	GSW	vs	MEM	4	3	0	0	13	17	76.5	10	13	76.9	2	2	100.0	106.3	0	4	0	2	+24
8	Kevin Love K. Love	38	25	11/28/2017	CLE	vs	MIA	9	2	2	0	10	16	62.5	4	8	50.0	14	17	82.4	80.9	2	7	3	0	+25
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	25	12/14/1989	CHI	vs	ORL	7	5	2	0	14	20	70.0	3	3	100.0	7	9	77.8	79.3	2	5	1	2
10	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
11	Andrew Toney A. Toney	38	26	3/21/1982	PHI	vs	BOS	1	2		0	13	27	48.1	4	7	57.1	8	9	88.9	61.4				4
12	George Gervin G. Gervin	38	26	11/8/1978	SAS	vs	SDC	3	4	1	2	17	20	85.0				4	4	100.0	87.3			1	2
13	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	37	26	3/4/2025	NOP	@	LAL	4	6	1	1	17	23	73.9	0	0		3	6	50.0	72.2	1	3	0	3	+13
14	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	37	27	1/29/2021	PHI	@	MIN	11	3	1	0	10	19	52.6	1	2	50.0	16	18	88.9	68.7	3	8	0	3	+21
15	Trae Young T. Young	37	26	12/23/2020	ATL	@	CHI	6	7	0	0	10	12	83.3	5	6	83.3	12	14	85.7	101.9	2	4	4	1	+30
16	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
17	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	37	27	12/13/2019	MIL	@	MEM	11	2	1	0	12	23	52.2	3	7	42.9	10	13	76.9	64.4	2	9	4	4	+26
18	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
19	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	36	25	10/25/2023	BKN	vs	CLE	3	2	1	0	13	21	61.9	2	5	40.0	8	11	72.7	69.7	0	3	1	0	+5
20	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	36	24	1/10/2023	PHI	vs	DET	11	1	0	2	12	20	60.0	1	3	33.3	11	11	100.0	72.5	2	9	3	3	+36
21	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	36	26	4/12/2021	PHI	@	DAL	7	2	1	0	10	17	58.8	2	3	66.7	14	15	93.3	76.3	1	6	1	1	+8
22	Larry Hughes L. Hughes	36	26	12/11/2007	CLE	vs	IND	4	3	3	2	13	17	76.5	5	8	62.5	5	5	100.0	93.8	0	4	3	2	+24
23	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	36	25	1/26/2004	ORL	@	CLE	1	2	0	0	11	19	57.9	8	10	80.0	6	8	75.0	79.9	0	1	1	2	+11
24	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
25	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	36	23	1/29/1987	DAL	@	DEN	3	1	1	1	14	20	70.0	2	2	100.0	6	6	100.0	79.5	2	1	0	0