most points in under 40 mins in the nba all-time

Mark Sears and Dexter Dennis are tied for the most career points when playing <40 minutes, with 22 points.

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most points by a player in under 40 mins in the NBA all-time

	NAME	PTS	MIN	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Mark Sears M. Sears	22	26	7	3.7	3.1	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.9	1.9	46.2	0.6	1.1	50.0	0.9	1.1	75.0	66.6	0.1	0.1	0.6	2	2	0	0	4	4	+12
2	Dexter Dennis D. Dennis	22	30	4	7.5	5.5	2.3	1.0	0.0	0.3	2.5	4.8	52.6	0.3	2.0	12.5	0.3	0.8	33.3	54.1	0.3	2.0	0.8	9	4	0	1	3	1	-9
3	Dwight Anderson D. Anderson	21	33	5	6.6	4.2	0.4	0.6	0.2	0.0	1.4	2.8	50.0	0.0	0.0		1.4	2.0	70.0	57.1	0.0	0.4	1.0	2	3	1	0	5	7
4	John McCullough J. McCullough	21	23	8	2.9	2.6	0.5	0.4	0.3	0.0	1.1	1.6	69.2	0.0	0.0		0.4	0.6	60.0	69.1	0.1	0.4	0.4	4	3	2	0	3	3
5	Dusty Hannahs D. Hannahs	20	39	4	9.8	5.0	0.5	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.8	5.3	33.3	0.5	2.0	25.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	43.9	0.0	0.5	0.3	2	5	1	0	1	2	-5
6	Alex Antetokounmpo A. Antetokounmpo	19	21	6	3.5	3.2	1.0	0.2	0.0	0.2	0.5	1.3	37.5	0.3	1.2	28.6	1.8	2.5	73.3	65.1	0.3	0.7	0.2	6	1	0	1	1	1	+5
7	Carrick Felix C. Felix	19	38	7	5.4	2.7	0.9	0.6	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	0.3	0.7	40.0	0.4	0.6	75.0	60.3	0.1	0.7	0.6	6	4	0	0	4	4	+4
8	John Greig J. Greig	19	26	9	2.9	2.1	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.8	1.4	53.8	0.0	0.0		0.6	0.7	83.3	60.7	0.2	0.4	0.2	6	0	0	1	2	4
9	Ken Boyd K. Boyd	19	25	6	4.2	3.2	0.8	0.3	0.5	0.0	1.2	2.2	53.8				0.8	1.8	45.5	53.3	0.5	0.3		5	2	3	0		2
10	Grant Riller G. Riller	18	27	7	3.9	2.6	0.1	0.4	0.1	0.0	1.1	1.7	66.7	0.3	0.6	50.0	0.0	0.0		75.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	1	3	1	0	1	0	-4
11	Thomas Welsh T. Welsh	18	36	11	3.3	1.6	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.2	53.8	0.3	0.6	42.9	0.1	0.2	50.0	64.8	0.0	0.4	0.1	4	5	0	0	1	3	+2
12	Matt Wenstrom M. Wenstrom	18	37	11	3.4	1.6	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.9	60.0	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.9	60.0	62.5	0.5	0.5	0.4	12	0	0	2	4	7
13	Norchad Omier N. Omier	17	24	6	4.0	2.8	1.2	0.3	0.2	0.0	1.2	1.7	70.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.5	0.5	100.0	75.1	0.7	0.5	0.0	7	2	1	0	0	4	-23
14	Grant Nelson G. Nelson	17	35	4	8.8	4.3	1.5	1.3	0.3	1.3	1.3	2.3	55.6	0.0	0.0		1.8	2.5	70.0	63.4	0.3	1.3	1.0	6	5	1	5	4	6	-7
15	Jameel Warney J. Warney	17	27	3	9.0	5.7	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.3	4.0	58.3	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.7	60.0	59.9	1.3	1.7	0.3	9	0	0	0	1	2	-5
16	Anthony Pullard A. Pullard	17	37	8	4.6	2.1	1.0	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.0	2.3	44.4	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.4	33.3	44.0	0.3	0.8	0.6	8	2	2	2	5	5
17	Tony Dawson T. Dawson	17	30	6	5.0	2.8	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	1.2	2.5	46.7	0.3	0.7	50.0	0.2	0.2	100.0	55.1	0.3	0.5	0.5	5	1	0	0	3	4
18	Elijah Bryant E. Bryant	16	32	1	32.0	16.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	6.0	13.0	46.2	1.0	5.0	20.0	3.0	3.0	100.0	55.9	2.0	4.0	4.0	6	3	0	1	4	4	+11
19	Jerome Henderson J. Henderson	16	39	7	5.6	2.3	1.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.9	2.3	37.5	0.0	0.0		0.6	0.6	100.0	45.0	0.3	0.9	0.9	8	0	1	1	6	13
20	Joe Reaves J. Reaves	16	38	7	5.4	2.3	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.3	0.9	1.6	54.5				0.6	1.6	36.4	50.5	0.3	0.9		8	1	0	2		6
21	Bob Hogsett B. Hogsett	16	22	7	3.1	2.3	0.4	0.1			0.7	2.3	31.3				0.9	0.9	100.0	42.9				3	1				5
22	Danny Doyle D. Doyle	16	25	4	6.3	4.0	2.0	0.8			1.5	3.0	50.0				1.0	1.3	80.0	56.3				8	3				4
23	Tristen Newton T. Newton	15	28	9	3.1	1.7	0.8	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.9	29.4	0.2	0.9	25.0	0.3	0.4	75.0	40.0	0.4	0.3	0.2	7	2	2	0	2	4	-3
24	Trentyn Flowers T. Flowers	15	33	8	4.1	1.9	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.8	42.9	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.4	0.4	100.0	49.0	0.3	0.4	0.3	5	1	0	0	2	5	-8
25	Darius Days D. Days	15	25	4	6.3	3.8	1.5	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.3	3.0	41.7	0.8	2.5	30.0	0.5	0.5	100.0	58.2	0.3	1.3	0.0	6	1	0	1	0	2	+1

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Team Leaders

PPG

17.3

Rollins

RPG

6.4

Portis

APG

5.6

Rollins

Team Rankings

ORTG

112.9

24th

DRTG

119.3

27th

NETRTG

-6.3

25th

3P%

38.7

2nd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets	20	62	.244	40.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	CHI	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MIL	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Mon 10/26	IND	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	HOU	@	MIL	8:00 PM

Last Game

Bucks

32 - 50

106

Final

126

76ers

45 - 37

Sun 12 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0