most points per minute in a game with 60 points since 1970

Since 1969-70, Klay Thompson has the most points per minute played in a game with 60+ points, with 2.07 versus the Pacers on December 5, 2016.

Interpreted as:

most points per minute by a player in a regular-season game with 60 or more points since 1970

	NAME	PTS/MIN	PTS	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	2.07	60	29	12/5/2016	GSW	vs	IND	2	1	0	0	21	33	63.6	8	14	57.1	10	11	90.9	79.3	0	2	0	0	+37
2	James Harden J. Harden	1.96	60	31	11/30/2019	HOU	vs	ATL	3	8	3	1	16	24	66.7	8	14	57.1	20	23	87.0	87.9	0	3	5	3	+50
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1.93	81	42	1/22/2006	LAL	vs	TOR	6	2	3	1	28	46	60.9	7	13	53.8	18	20	90.0	73.9	2	4	3	1	+25
4	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1.91	70	37	1/22/2024	PHI	vs	SAS	18	5	1	1	24	41	58.5	1	2	50.0	21	23	91.3	68.5	9	9	1	2	+11
5	George Gervin G. Gervin	1.91	63	33	4/9/1978	SAS	@	NOJ	2	1	2	1	23	49	46.9				17	20	85.0	54.5				3
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1.89	62	33	12/20/2005	LAL	vs	DAL	8	0	3	0	18	31	58.1	4	10	40.0	22	25	88.0	73.8	3	5	2	3	+35
7	Karl Malone K. Malone	1.85	61	33	1/27/1990	UTA	vs	MIL	18	2	3	0	21	26	80.8	0	0		19	23	82.6	84.4	9	9	2	2
8	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	1.81	71	39	2/26/2023	POR	vs	HOU	6	6	0	0	22	38	57.9	13	22	59.1	14	14	100.0	80.4	1	5	2	0	+21
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1.72	64	37	12/13/2023	MIL	vs	IND	14	3	4	1	20	28	71.4	0	3	0.0	24	32	75.0	76.0	3	11	4	1	+29
10	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	1.72	60	35	3/15/2022	BKN	@	ORL	6	4	4	1	20	31	64.5	8	12	66.7	12	13	92.3	81.7	2	4	1	3	+36
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1.7	62	36	1/3/2021	GSW	vs	POR	5	4	0	0	18	31	58.1	8	16	50.0	18	19	94.7	78.8	1	4	5	0	+20
12	David Thompson D. Thompson	1.7	73	43	4/9/1978	DEN	@	DET	7	2	0	1	28	38	73.7				17	20	85.0	78.0	3	4	4	2
13	James Harden J. Harden	1.66	61	37	3/22/2019	HOU	vs	SAS	7	1	3	0	19	34	55.9	9	13	69.2	14	17	82.4	73.5	2	5	3	3	+18
14	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	1.66	60	36	3/14/2022	MIN	@	SAS	17	3	1	0	19	31	61.3	7	11	63.6	15	16	93.8	78.9	2	15	6	5	+16
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1.66	61	37	2/2/2009	LAL	@	NYK	0	3	0	1	19	31	61.3	3	6	50.0	20	20	100.0	76.6	0	0	2	1	+19
16	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	1.64	62	38	1/22/2024	MIN	vs	CHA	8	2	0	0	21	35	60.0	10	15	66.7	10	14	71.4	75.3	3	5	7	2	0
17	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	1.63	73	45	1/26/2024	DAL	@	ATL	10	7	1	0	25	33	75.8	8	13	61.5	15	16	93.8	91.2	0	10	4	1	+13
18	Devin Booker D. Booker	1.62	62	38	1/26/2024	PHX	@	IND	5	4	1	2	22	37	59.5	6	12	50.0	12	13	92.3	72.6	0	5	4	2	+1
19	David Robinson D. Robinson	1.61	71	44	4/24/1994	SAS	@	LAC	14	5	0	2	26	41	63.4	1	2	50.0	18	25	72.0	68.3	4	10	8	2
20	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	1.6	62	39	1/24/2014	NYK	vs	CHA	13	0	0	0	23	35	65.7	6	11	54.5	10	10	100.0	78.7	1	12	0	1	+34
21	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	1.58	68	43	2/25/1977	NOJ	vs	NYK	6	6	3	2	26	43	60.5				16	19	84.2	66.2	1	5		6
22	Bradley Beal B. Beal	1.57	60	38	1/6/2021	WAS	@	PHI	7	5	1	0	20	35	57.1	7	10	70.0	13	15	86.7	72.1	4	3	4	3	-9
23	Devin Booker D. Booker	1.56	70	45	3/24/2017	PHX	@	BOS	8	6	3	1	21	40	52.5	4	11	36.4	24	26	92.3	68.0	2	6	5	3	-6
24	James Harden J. Harden	1.53	61	40	1/23/2019	HOU	@	NYK	15	4	5	0	17	38	44.7	5	20	25.0	22	25	88.0	62.2	6	9	5	3	+19
25	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	1.52	60	40	1/25/2023	POR	vs	UTA	7	8	3	0	21	29	72.4	9	15	60.0	9	10	90.0	89.8	0	7	4	1	+11