most points in nba game with less than 25 fga

James Harden dropped the most points in a game with fewer than 25 field-goal attempts this season, with 50 points against the Pistons on March 5.

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most points by a player in NBA regular-season game with less than 25 fga this season

	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	James Harden J. Harden	50	24	3/5/2025	LAC	vs	DET	38	4	5	1	1	14	58.3	6	13	46.2	16	20	80.0	76.2	0	4	5	2	+13
2	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	45	22	12/26/2024	OKC	@	IND	38	7	8	1	2	15	68.2	4	5	80.0	11	11	100.0	83.8	0	7	1	2	+10
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	45	23	12/15/2024	DAL	@	GSW	38	11	13	3	2	16	69.6	6	11	54.5	7	9	77.8	83.5	2	9	3	1	+18
4	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	45	21	11/11/2024	OKC	vs	LAC	39	3	9	5	2	13	61.9	4	8	50.0	15	16	93.8	80.2	0	3	1	3	+8
5	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	44	19	4/10/2025	MIN	@	MEM	38	5	3	1	1	13	68.4	7	11	63.6	11	13	84.6	89.0	1	4	5	3	+15
6	Ja Morant J. Morant	44	22	3/14/2025	MEM	vs	CLE	35	8	7	1	0	17	77.3	1	4	25.0	9	10	90.0	83.3	0	8	2	3	-6
7	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	44	22	3/2/2025	MIN	@	PHX	36	5	7	2	0	12	54.5	6	14	42.9	14	14	100.0	78.1	0	5	1	0	+22
8	Quentin Grimes Q. Grimes	44	24	3/1/2025	PHI	vs	GSW	37	6	1	3	1	18	75.0	6	9	66.7	2	8	25.0	79.9	1	5	2	3	-5
9	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	44	24	12/27/2024	BOS	vs	IND	37	5	3	4	0	16	66.7	6	11	54.5	6	6	100.0	82.6	3	2	1	0	+30
10	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	43	20	3/5/2025	BOS	vs	POR	43	10	5	0	0	14	70.0	10	16	62.5	5	5	100.0	96.8	4	6	0	2	+12
11	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	43	24	12/21/2024	BOS	@	CHI	36	15	10	0	0	16	66.7	9	15	60.0	2	2	100.0	86.4	1	14	4	2	+13
12	James Harden J. Harden	43	22	11/27/2024	LAC	@	WAS	32	4	7	3	0	13	59.1	7	11	63.6	10	11	90.9	80.1	1	3	4	0	+25
13	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	43	22	11/15/2024	BKN	@	NYK	39	2	3	1	1	16	72.7	7	10	70.0	4	6	66.7	87.3	0	2	4	2	-1
14	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	43	22	11/10/2024	DAL	@	DEN	35	5	5	1	1	17	77.3	6	8	75.0	3	3	100.0	92.2	0	5	1	1	-6
15	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	42	21	3/23/2025	MIA	vs	CHA	35	3	5	2	1	16	76.2	6	8	75.0	4	7	57.1	87.2	0	3	2	2	+22
16	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	42	19	2/24/2025	SAC	vs	CHA	31	3	2	1	0	16	84.2	8	9	88.9	2	3	66.7	103.3	0	3	3	0	+36
17	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	42	22	2/10/2025	SAC	@	DAL	39	7	3	0	0	15	68.2	4	6	66.7	8	8	100.0	82.3	0	7	1	2	+21
18	Jalen Green J. Green	42	18	1/13/2025	HOU	vs	MEM	40	3	4	1	0	13	72.2	5	6	83.3	11	11	100.0	91.9	0	3	3	1	+8
19	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	42	24	12/19/2024	SAS	vs	ATL	37	6	5	2	4	13	54.2	7	15	46.7	9	12	75.0	71.7	0	6	5	0	+17
20	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	42	24	11/30/2024	MIL	vs	WAS	38	12	11	0	1	15	62.5	0	0		12	17	70.6	66.7	2	10	4	0	+9
21	Jordan Poole J. Poole	42	22	11/13/2024	WAS	@	SAS	33	2	6	2	0	15	68.2	6	9	66.7	6	6	100.0	85.2	0	2	3	5	-6
22	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	41	20	3/4/2025	ORL	vs	TOR	40	8	8	4	1	14	70.0	4	5	80.0	9	10	90.0	84.0	0	8	3	2	-6
23	Jalen Williams J. Williams	41	24	3/2/2025	OKC	@	SAS	33	6	6	1	1	15	62.5	4	8	50.0	7	7	100.0	75.7	0	6	0	2	+12
24	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	41	21	2/3/2025	NOP	@	DEN	38	3	3	2	1	13	61.9	8	12	66.7	7	7	100.0	85.1	1	2	0	1	-9
25	James Harden J. Harden	41	17	12/16/2024	LAC	vs	UTA	31	1	6	1	1	11	64.7	7	11	63.6	12	14	85.7	88.5	0	1	4	2	+27