most points on less than 18 fga in nba game

James Harden put up the most points in a game with fewer than 18 field-goal attempts this season, with 41 points versus the Jazz on December 16.

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most points by a player on less than 18 fga in NBA regular-season game 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	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
2	Coby White C. White	37	16	4/6/2025	CHI	@	CHA	35	2	5	2	0	12	75.0	6	8	75.0	7	7	100.0	97.0	0	2	1	2	+14
3	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	37	17	3/21/2025	HOU	@	MIA	36	0	3	3	0	13	76.5	9	11	81.8	2	4	50.0	98.6	0	0	1	3	+2
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	37	17	12/28/2024	DEN	vs	DET	37	9	8	0	0	11	64.7	4	5	80.0	11	14	78.6	79.9	1	8	2	4	+25
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	37	17	11/26/2024	MIL	@	MIA	38	3	12	1	1	10	58.8	8	13	61.5	9	9	100.0	88.3	0	3	4	2	0
6	Dalton Knecht D. Knecht	37	16	11/19/2024	LAL	vs	UTA	38	5	0	1	0	12	75.0	9	12	75.0	4	5	80.0	101.6	0	5	0	2	+18
7	Tyler Herro T. Herro	36	17	3/27/2025	MIA	vs	ATL	38	3	4	2	0	13	76.5	4	6	66.7	6	7	85.7	89.6	1	2	4	1	+4
8	Coby White C. White	36	17	3/22/2025	CHI	@	LAL	34	3	2	2	0	12	70.6	6	9	66.7	6	8	75.0	87.7	0	3	3	1	+28
9	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	36	16	3/21/2025	POR	vs	DEN	38	8	7	3	1	12	75.0	4	6	66.7	8	9	88.9	90.2	2	6	5	2	+27
10	Anthony Davis A. Davis	36	16	12/28/2024	LAL	vs	SAC	39	15	8	0	0	12	75.0	1	1	100.0	11	13	84.6	82.9	2	13	2	2	+21
11	Rudy Gobert R. Gobert	35	17	4/11/2025	MIN	vs	BKN	33	11	1	0	1	13	76.5	0	0		9	14	64.3	75.6	3	8	0	3	+16
12	Jordan Poole J. Poole	35	17	3/31/2025	WAS	vs	MIA	29	3	4	2	0	10	58.8	7	13	53.8	8	9	88.9	83.5	0	3	2	2	-18
13	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	35	16	1/1/2025	SAC	vs	PHI	38	3	4	0	1	13	81.3	2	4	50.0	7	8	87.5	89.7	0	3	3	3	+12
14	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	35	15	10/23/2024	UTA	vs	MEM	35	9	2	0	0	9	60.0	4	7	57.1	13	14	92.9	82.7	1	8	2	2	+16
15	Sandro Mamukelashvili S. Mamukelashvili	34	14	3/19/2025	SAS	vs	NYK	19	9	3	1	0	13	92.9	7	7	100.0	1	1	100.0	117.7	5	4	0	1	+22
16	Deni Avdija D. Avdija	34	15	3/10/2025	POR	@	GSW	41	16	6	2	0	11	73.3	5	7	71.4	7	7	100.0	94.0	1	15	6	2	-3
17	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	34	15	3/5/2025	MIL	vs	DAL	27	3	5	2	0	11	73.3	5	8	62.5	7	7	100.0	94.0	0	3	2	0	+28
18	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	34	17	2/26/2025	NYK	vs	PHI	36	3	7	1	0	8	47.1	3	5	60.0	15	16	93.8	70.7	0	3	2	1	+3
19	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	34	14	2/21/2025	SAC	vs	GSW	34	4	6	1	0	10	71.4	4	7	57.1	10	10	100.0	92.4	0	4	1	1	-8
20	Trae Young T. Young	34	16	2/3/2025	ATL	@	DET	35	0	9	0	0	9	56.3	4	8	50.0	12	14	85.7	76.7	0	0	5	5	-11
21	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	34	17	1/19/2025	MIL	vs	PHI	36	15	6	0	0	13	76.5	0	0		8	14	57.1	73.4	3	12	0	2	+25
22	Jalen Green J. Green	34	16	1/15/2025	HOU	@	DEN	30	1	5	0	1	10	62.5	6	10	60.0	8	8	100.0	87.1	1	0	1	2	+13
23	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	34	17	12/1/2024	SAS	@	SAC	37	14	11	1	3	11	64.7	5	9	55.6	7	9	77.8	81.1	2	12	5	5	+19
24	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	34	15	11/23/2024	UTA	vs	NYK	33	9	2	0	0	11	73.3	5	8	62.5	7	8	87.5	91.8	0	9	0	4	+30
25	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	33	17	4/4/2025	DEN	@	GSW	37	12	9	2	0	13	76.5	4	7	57.1	3	3	100.0	90.1	2	10	6	2	-4