most points per minute in a game with 20 points

Henry James has the most points per minute played in a game with 20+ points, with 2.4 versus the New Jersey Nets on April 15, 1997.

Interpreted as:
most points per minute by a player in a regular-season game with 20 or more points
NAMEPTS/MINPTSMINDATETMOPPREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Henry James
H. James
2.4
24
10
4/15/1997
vs
2
1
0
0
7
10
70.0
7
9
77.8
3
3
100.0
106.0
0
2
0
2
+25
2James Robinson
J. Robinson
2.3
23
10
12/30/1996
@
1
1
1
0
7
9
77.8
6
7
85.7
3
3
100.0
111.4
0
1
0
3
+20
3Kevin Love
K. Love
2.17
32
15
4/10/2022
vs
10
2
1
0
10
16
62.5
8
11
72.7
4
6
66.7
85.8
2
8
0
1
+15
4Jon McGlocklin
J. McGlocklin
2.09
23
11
1/8/1969
vs
8
2
10
24
41.7
3
3
100.0
45.4
1
5Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
2.08
100
48
3/2/1962
25
2
36
63
57.1
28
32
87.5
64.9
2
6Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
2.07
60
29
12/5/2016
vs
2
1
0
0
21
33
63.6
8
14
57.1
10
11
90.9
79.3
0
2
0
0
+37
7Klay Thompson
K. Thompson
1.96
52
27
10/29/2018
@
4
0
2
0
18
29
62.1
14
24
58.3
2
2
100.0
87.0
0
4
2
2
+28
8James Harden
J. Harden
1.96
60
31
11/30/2019
vs
3
8
3
1
16
24
66.7
8
14
57.1
20
23
87.0
87.9
0
3
5
3
+50
9Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
1.93
81
42
1/22/2006
vs
6
2
3
1
28
46
60.9
7
13
53.8
18
20
90.0
73.9
2
4
3
1
+25
10Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
1.91
70
37
1/22/2024
vs
18
5
1
1
24
41
58.5
1
2
50.0
21
23
91.3
68.5
9
9
1
2
+11
11George Gervin
G. Gervin
1.91
63
33
4/9/1978
@
2
1
2
1
23
49
46.9
17
20
85.0
54.5
3
12Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
1.89
62
33
12/20/2005
vs
8
0
3
0
18
31
58.1
4
10
40.0
22
25
88.0
73.8
3
5
2
3
+35
13Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
1.85
50
27
1/19/2022
vs
12
2
1
3
17
23
73.9
1
4
25.0
15
17
88.2
82.0
1
11
2
3
+24
14Karl Malone
K. Malone
1.85
61
33
1/27/1990
vs
18
2
3
0
21
26
80.8
0
0
19
23
82.6
84.4
9
9
2
2
15Paul George
P. George
1.83
37
20
11/16/2019
vs
4
3
2
1
10
17
58.8
6
11
54.5
11
11
100.0
84.7
2
2
3
0
+28
16Kyle Kuzma
K. Kuzma
1.83
22
12
4/13/2025
vs
2
2
0
0
8
10
80.0
5
7
71.4
1
1
100.0
105.4
0
2
1
0
+18
17Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
1.81
71
39
2/26/2023
vs
6
6
0
0
22
38
57.9
13
22
59.1
14
14
100.0
80.4
1
5
2
0
+21
18Quintin Dailey
Q. Dailey
1.81
38
21
1/28/1986
@
2
2
2
0
12
19
63.2
0
0
14
18
77.8
70.6
2
0
0
2
19Kiki VanDeWeghe
K. VanDeWeghe
1.8
36
20
4/15/1988
vs
2
3
1
0
10
14
71.4
1
2
50.0
15
15
100.0
87.4
1
1
0
1
20Sandro Mamukelashvili
S. Mamukelashvili
1.75
34
19
3/19/2025
vs
9
3
1
0
13
14
92.9
7
7
100.0
1
1
100.0
117.7
5
4
0
1
+22
21Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
1.73
37
21
1/14/2020
vs
9
4
0
1
12
17
70.6
3
5
60.0
10
12
83.3
83.0
3
6
1
1
+32
22Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
1.72
64
37
12/13/2023
vs
14
3
4
1
20
28
71.4
0
3
0.0
24
32
75.0
76.0
3
11
4
1
+29
23Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
1.72
60
35
3/15/2022
@
6
4
4
1
20
31
64.5
8
12
66.7
12
13
92.3
81.7
2
4
1
3
+36
24Jaylen Brown
J. Brown
1.72
33
19
1/24/2021
vs
3
1
2
0
13
20
65.0
3
4
75.0
4
4
100.0
75.8
0
3
1
3
+31
25Ernie Grunfeld
E. Grunfeld
1.71
24
14
1/12/1982
@
4
1
3
1
9
12
75.0
1
2
50.0
5
7
71.4
79.6
1
3
2
5
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1982-83 season.

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.444
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3
22
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.667
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4
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.667
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