most points per minute in nba history by a player in a nba game minimum 40 points

Jermaine O'Neal has the most career points per minute played when scoring 40+ points, with 1.53.

	NAME	PTS/MIN	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	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	1.53	55	36	1	36.0	55.0	11.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	18.0	28.0	64.3	0.0	0.0		19.0	25.0	76.0	70.5	3.0	8.0	3.0	11	3	0	2	3	3	+22
2	Mike Woodson M. Woodson	1.5	48	32	1	32.0	48.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	22.0	24.0	91.7	1.0	1.0	100.0	3.0	6.0	50.0	90.1			0.0	3	2	1	1	0	2
3	Malachi Flynn M. Flynn	1.47	50	34	1	34.1	50.0	6.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	18.0	25.0	72.0	5.0	9.0	55.6	9.0	12.0	75.0	82.6	0.0	6.0	4.0	6	5	3	0	4	2	+14
4	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	1.35	55	41	1	40.7	55.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	21.0	34.0	61.8	7.0	8.0	87.5	6.0	8.0	75.0	73.3	1.0	4.0	4.0	5	5	0	0	4	1	+11
5	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	1.34	83	62	2	30.9	41.5	3.5	4.5	1.5	0.5	15.0	21.0	71.4	0.5	0.5	100.0	11.0	15.0	73.3	75.2	0.5	3.0	3.5	7	9	3	1	7	7	+7
6	Rodrigue Beaubois R. Beaubois	1.34	40	30	1	29.9	40.0	8.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	15.0	22.0	68.2	9.0	11.0	81.8	1.0	1.0	100.0	89.1	0.0	8.0	1.0	8	3	0	3	1	2	+21
7	Walt Williams W. Williams	1.33	40	30	1	30.0	40.0	6.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	12.0	21.0	57.1	4.0	8.0	50.0	12.0	14.0	85.7	73.6	1.0	5.0	3.0	6	3	4	4	3	3
8	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	1.33	803	603	18	33.5	44.6	3.8	1.8	0.9	0.7	15.6	24.9	62.6	8.8	14.3	61.2	4.6	5.0	92.2	82.2	0.4	3.4	1.9	69	33	16	12	34	23	+421
9	Immanuel Quickley I. Quickley	1.32	40	30	1	30.3	40.0	2.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	14.0	18.0	77.8	5.0	7.0	71.4	7.0	9.0	77.8	91.1	0.0	2.0	1.0	2	9	1	1	1	3	+18
10	JR Smith	1.32	169	128	4	32.0	42.3	4.0	2.0	1.5	0.3	14.5	23.8	61.1	8.0	14.3	56.1	5.3	7.5	70.0	78.1	0.5	3.5	1.8	16	8	6	1	7	4	+48
11	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	1.32	51	39	1	38.7	51.0	9.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	17.0	27.0	63.0	10.0	14.0	71.4	7.0	10.0	70.0	81.2	0.0	9.0	1.0	9	4	3	0	1	1	+11
12	Keegan Murray K. Murray	1.3	47	36	1	36.1	47.0	8.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	16.0	23.0	69.6	12.0	15.0	80.0	3.0	4.0	75.0	94.9	1.0	7.0	0.0	8	2	2	0	0	1	+33
13	Mike McGee M. McGee	1.28	41	32	1	32.0	41.0	9.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	18.0	25.0	72.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	5.0	8.0	62.5	71.9	6.0	3.0	5.0	9	4	2	0	5	4
14	CJ Miles	1.26	40	32	1	31.7	40.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	14.0	18.0	77.8	6.0	7.0	85.7	6.0	7.0	85.7	94.9	1.0	3.0	1.0	4	2	0	0	1	4	+17
15	Anthony Morrow A. Morrow	1.26	42	33	1	33.4	42.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	13.0	20.0	65.0	8.0	11.0	72.7	8.0	8.0	100.0	89.3	3.0	1.0	3.0	4	2	0	0	3	5	+7
16	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	1.26	54	43	1	43.0	54.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	20.0	32.0	62.5	8.0	16.0	50.0	6.0	6.0	100.0	77.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0	1	1	0	0	3	-7
17	Ja Morant J. Morant	1.25	401	321	9	35.6	44.6	5.3	6.7	1.3	0.7	15.7	25.4	61.6	3.2	5.0	64.4	10.0	12.3	81.1	72.2	1.2	4.1	3.3	48	60	12	6	30	19	+84
18	Ricky Pierce R. Pierce	1.25	45	36	1	36.0	45.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	17.0	26.0	65.4	3.0	4.0	75.0	8.0	9.0	88.9	75.1	3.0	0.0	3.0	3	2	1	0	3	2
19	Jalen Williams J. Williams	1.24	41	33	1	32.9	41.0	6.0	6.0	1.0	1.0	15.0	24.0	62.5	4.0	8.0	50.0	7.0	7.0	100.0	75.7	0.0	6.0	0.0	6	6	1	1	0	2	+12
20	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	1.24	51	41	1	41.0	51.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	17.0	27.0	63.0	9.0	14.0	64.3	8.0	8.0	100.0	83.6	0.0	2.0	2.0	2	2	2	0	2	2
21	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	1.24	96	77	2	38.6	48.0	5.0	4.5	2.5	2.0	14.5	26.5	54.7	10.0	13.5	74.1	9.0	9.5	94.7	78.2	1.5	3.5	1.5	10	9	5	4	3	5	+32
22	Gordon Hayward G. Hayward	1.24	85	68	2	34.2	42.5	6.0	2.5	0.5	0.5	15.0	22.0	68.2	4.5	7.5	60.0	8.0	9.0	88.9	81.9	1.0	5.0	1.0	12	5	1	1	2	4	+45
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1.24	3,215	2,587	71	36.4	45.3	5.4	5.7	1.4	0.3	14.9	25.4	58.6	8.6	15.2	56.6	6.9	7.5	92.6	78.9	0.7	4.7	3.4	380	402	96	22	242	145	+841
24	Sherman Douglas S. Douglas	1.24	42	34	1	34.0	42.0	5.0	8.0	2.0	0.0	14.0	24.0	58.3	1.0	2.0	50.0	13.0	17.0	76.5	66.7	3.0	2.0	2.0	5	8	2	0	2	3
25	Willie Burton W. Burton	1.23	53	43	1	43.0	53.0	8.0	3.0	1.0	2.0	12.0	19.0	63.2	5.0	8.0	62.5	24.0	28.0	85.7	84.6	4.0	4.0	1.0	8	3	1	2	1	2