most points in an nba game with 20 or fewer fga

Willie Burton has the most points in a game with 20 or fewer field-goal attempts, with 53 points against the Heat on December 13, 1994.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in an NBA regular-season game with 20 or fewer fga

	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	Willie Burton W. Burton	53	19	12/13/1994	PHI	vs	MIA	43	8	3	1	2	12	63.2	5	8	62.5	24	28	85.7	84.6	4	4	1	2
2	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	50	19	3/8/2022	BKN	@	CHA	37	3	6	1	1	15	78.9	9	12	75.0	11	13	84.6	101.1	0	3	3	4	+14
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	50	20	3/16/2021	POR	vs	NOP	41	6	10	0	0	13	65.0	6	13	46.2	18	18	100.0	89.5	1	5	4	3	+9
4	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	50	17	10/31/1980	UTA	vs	DAL	41	4	4	2	0	12	70.6	0	0		26	29	89.7	84.0			3	4
5	James Harden J. Harden	49	20	7/31/2020	HOU	@	DAL	43	9	8	3	3	14	70.0	3	9	33.3	18	21	85.7	83.8	0	9	1	5	+8
6	Trae Young T. Young	47	20	3/13/2022	ATL	vs	IND	35	3	5	2	0	13	65.0	7	10	70.0	14	14	100.0	89.8	0	3	4	3	+2
7	Josh Howard J. Howard	47	19	12/8/2007	DAL	vs	UTA	42	10	2	0	1	14	73.7	4	5	80.0	15	17	88.2	88.7	6	4	1	4	+19
8	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	47	16	11/25/1983	UTA	vs	DEN	40	8	6	0	0	10	62.5	0	0		27	31	87.1	79.3	4	4	4	2
9	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	47	20	3/13/1971	CIN	vs	ATL		3				15	75.0				17	21	81.0	80.4				4
10	Darius Garland D. Garland	46	20	12/26/2022	CLE	vs	BKN	40	3	8	1	0	14	70.0	5	7	71.4	13	15	86.7	86.5	1	2	1	1	+6
11	Bradley Beal B. Beal	46	20	10/30/2019	WAS	vs	HOU	41	6	8	3	0	14	70.0	7	12	58.3	11	12	91.7	91.0	2	4	5	4	+8
12	Kemba Walker K. Walker	46	18	3/22/2018	CHA	vs	MEM	28	3	4	1	0	13	72.2	10	14	71.4	10	10	100.0	102.7	0	3	2	1	+47
13	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	46	20	11/15/2017	PHI	@	LAL	34	15	7	0	7	14	70.0	2	3	66.7	16	19	84.2	81.1	2	13	2	4	+19
14	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	46	16	1/30/2017	SAC	@	PHI	32	15	5	1	1	11	68.8	4	6	66.7	20	22	90.9	89.6	4	11	8	6	-6
15	James Harden J. Harden	46	19	2/20/2013	HOU	vs	OKC	44	7	6	2	1	14	73.7	7	8	87.5	11	12	91.7	94.7	1	6	2	2	+8
16	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	46	20	2/13/2008	SAS	@	CLE	41	5	8	3	1	15	75.0	8	11	72.7	8	9	88.9	96.0	0	5	1	2	+12
17	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	46	16	2/25/2006	WAS	vs	NYK	30	1	2	4	0	13	81.3	7	10	70.0	13	14	92.9	103.8	0	1	1	2	+20
18	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	46	15	1/4/1984	UTA	vs	HOU	40	9	5	1	0	9	60.0	0	0		28	29	96.6	82.9	5	4	2	3
19	World B. Free W. B. Free	46	18	1/13/1979	SDC	@	ATL	44	7	3	1	0	12	66.7				22	29	75.9	74.8			5	3
20	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	45	20	4/5/2019	DET	@	OKC	35	7	3	2	0	11	55.0	9	14	64.3	14	16	87.5	83.2	0	7	1	0	-11
21	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	45	20	1/27/2016	GSW	vs	DAL	32	5	1	0	2	14	70.0	7	12	58.3	10	10	100.0	92.2	0	5	1	1	+14
22	James Harden J. Harden	45	18	1/19/2015	HOU	vs	IND	40	1	7	4	1	12	66.7	7	12	58.3	14	15	93.3	91.5	1	0	5	0	+17
23	James Harden J. Harden	45	19	11/2/2012	HOU	@	ATL	40	7	2	0	0	14	73.7	2	4	50.0	15	17	88.2	85.0	1	6	5	3	+17
24	Kevin Martin K. Martin	45	18	1/5/2011	HOU	vs	POR	39	2	4	0	0	13	72.2	6	8	75.0	13	15	86.7	91.5	0	2	4	2	+6
25	Rashard Lewis R. Lewis	45	18	1/11/2006	SEA	vs	ORL	44	5	2	2	1	12	66.7	4	5	80.0	17	20	85.0	84.0	1	4	3	2	+16