most points per minute in a single nba game with 20 points at least

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.

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most points per minute by a player in a single NBA regular-season game with 20 points at least

	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	Henry James H. James	2.4	24	10	4/15/1997	ATL	vs	NJN	2	1	0	0	7	10	70.0	7	9	77.8	3	3	100.0	106.0	0	2	0	2	+25
2	James Robinson J. Robinson	2.3	23	10	12/30/1996	MIN	@	CLE	1	1	1	0	7	9	77.8	6	7	85.7	3	3	100.0	111.4	0	1	0	3	+20
3	Kevin Love K. Love	2.17	32	15	4/10/2022	CLE	vs	MIL	10	2	1	0	10	16	62.5	8	11	72.7	4	6	66.7	85.8	2	8	0	1	+15
4	Jon McGlocklin J. McGlocklin	2.09	23	11	1/8/1969	MIL	vs	NYK	8	2			10	24	41.7				3	3	100.0	45.4				1
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	2.08	100	48	3/2/1962	PHI		NYK	25	2			36	63	57.1				28	32	87.5	64.9				2
6	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
7	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	1.98	83	42	3/10/2026	MIA	vs	WAS	9	3	2	2	20	43	46.5	7	22	31.8	36	43	83.7	67.0	1	8	5	3	+20
8	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	1.96	52	27	10/29/2018	GSW	@	CHI	4	0	2	0	18	29	62.1	14	24	58.3	2	2	100.0	87.0	0	4	2	2	+28
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1.85	50	27	1/19/2022	PHI	vs	ORL	12	2	1	3	17	23	73.9	1	4	25.0	15	17	88.2	82.0	1	11	2	3	+24
15	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
16	Paul George P. George	1.83	37	20	11/16/2019	LAC	vs	ATL	4	3	2	1	10	17	58.8	6	11	54.5	11	11	100.0	84.7	2	2	3	0	+28
17	Kyle Kuzma K. Kuzma	1.83	22	12	4/13/2025	MIL	vs	DET	2	2	0	0	8	10	80.0	5	7	71.4	1	1	100.0	105.4	0	2	1	0	+18
18	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
19	Quintin Dailey Q. Dailey	1.81	38	21	1/28/1986	CHI	@	NYK	2	2	2	0	12	19	63.2	0	0		14	18	77.8	70.6	2	0	0	2
20	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	1.8	36	20	4/15/1988	POR	vs	GSW	2	3	1	0	10	14	71.4	1	2	50.0	15	15	100.0	87.4	1	1	0	1
21	Sandro Mamukelashvili S. Mamukelashvili	1.75	34	19	3/19/2025	SAS	vs	NYK	9	3	1	0	13	14	92.9	7	7	100.0	1	1	100.0	117.7	5	4	0	1	+22
22	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1.73	37	21	1/14/2020	MIL	vs	NYK	9	4	0	1	12	17	70.6	3	5	60.0	10	12	83.3	83.0	3	6	1	1	+32
23	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
24	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
25	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	1.72	33	19	1/24/2021	BOS	vs	CLE	3	1	2	0	13	20	65.0	3	4	75.0	4	4	100.0	75.8	0	3	1	3	+31

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