most points scored by a player in a game while playing less than 33 minutes

Kobe Bryant has dropped the most points in a game with fewer than 33 minutes played, with 62 points versus the Mavericks on December 20, 2005.

Interpreted as:

most points scored by a player in a regular-season game while playing less than 33 minutes

	NAME	PTS	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	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
2	James Harden J. Harden	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	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	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
4	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	54	32	1/31/2020	BKN	vs	CHI	5	5	1	0	19	23	82.6	7	9	77.8	9	10	90.0	98.5	0	5	4	3	+20
5	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	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
6	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	52	33	1/23/2015	GSW	vs	SAC	2	5	4	2	16	25	64.0	11	15	73.3	9	10	90.0	88.4	0	2	4	3	+38
7	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	51	32	3/29/2023	MIL	@	IND	8	8	1	1	20	30	66.7	3	6	50.0	8	10	80.0	74.1	5	3	6	3	+26
8	Devin Booker D. Booker	51	31	11/30/2022	PHX	vs	CHI	4	6	1	0	20	25	80.0	6	7	85.7	5	6	83.3	92.3	0	4	2	3	+23
9	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	51	33	1/23/2022	BOS	@	WAS	10	7	0	0	18	28	64.3	9	14	64.3	6	6	100.0	83.2	2	8	1	1	+31
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	51	32	10/24/2018	GSW	vs	WAS	4	3	0	1	15	24	62.5	11	16	68.8	10	10	100.0	89.8	0	4	2	1	+19
11	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	51	31	2/19/2016	POR	vs	GSW	0	7	6	0	18	28	64.3	9	12	75.0	6	7	85.7	82.0	0	0	0	3	+26
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	51	31	2/12/2003	LAL	@	DEN	3	2	2	0	15	28	53.6	3	8	37.5	18	20	90.0	69.3	0	3	0	1	+37
13	CJ McCollum	50	31	1/3/2025	NOP	vs	WAS	3	2	0	0	18	27	66.7	10	16	62.5	4	4	100.0	86.9	1	2	1	2	+21
14	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	50	32	11/13/2024	SAS	vs	WAS	6	2	1	3	18	29	62.1	8	16	50.0	6	9	66.7	75.8	1	5	1	3	+13
15	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	50	30	1/29/2023	MIL	vs	NOP	13	4	0	0	20	26	76.9	3	4	75.0	7	12	58.3	79.9	3	10	3	5	+16
16	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	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
17	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	50	29	2/9/2018	POR	@	SAC	1	6	3	0	16	26	61.5	8	13	61.5	10	10	100.0	82.2	0	1	2	2	+18
18	CJ McCollum	50	29	1/31/2018	POR	vs	CHI	5	2	1	0	18	25	72.0	6	9	66.7	8	8	100.0	87.7	1	4	3	1	+29
19	Ja Morant J. Morant	49	31	10/21/2022	MEM	@	HOU	4	8	1	2	17	26	65.4	5	6	83.3	10	13	76.9	77.2	3	1	3	2	+23
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	49	29	5/8/2021	GSW	vs	OKC	5	2	1	0	14	26	53.8	11	21	52.4	10	10	100.0	80.6	0	5	1	2	+31
21	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	48	31	11/6/2023	PHI	vs	WAS	11	6	1	1	17	25	68.0	0	2	0.0	14	14	100.0	77.0	2	9	1	2	+15
22	Mike Woodson M. Woodson	48	32	2/20/1983	KCK	vs	HOU	3	2	1	1	22	24	91.7	1	1	100.0	3	6	50.0	90.1			0	2
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	47	31	3/20/1993	CHI	@	WAS	8	4	2	0	16	27	59.3	2	2	100.0	13	15	86.7	69.9	0	8	1	2
24	LeBron James L. James	46	33	1/24/2023	LAL	vs	LAC	8	7	2	1	16	29	55.2	9	14	64.3	5	5	100.0	73.7	1	7	0	0	-14
25	Kemba Walker K. Walker	46	28	3/22/2018	CHA	vs	MEM	3	4	1	0	13	18	72.2	10	14	71.4	10	10	100.0	102.7	0	3	2	1	+47