most points scored for a celtics player in a single game with 42 points or less

13 players are tied for the most points for the Celtics in a game with 42 or fewer points, with 42 points. The first three are Jayson Tatum on December 13, 2021, Jaylen Brown on January 22, 2021 and on December 30, 2020 and Paul Pierce 4 times.

Interpreted as:

most points scored for a celtics player in a single regular-season game with 42 points or less

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	42	12/13/2021	BOS	vs	MIL	38	5	4	3	0	16	25	64.0	7	13	53.8	3	5	60.0	77.2	1	4	3	1	+21
2	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	42	1/22/2021	BOS	@	PHI	36	9	3	1	1	16	28	57.1	5	8	62.5	5	7	71.4	67.6	4	5	3	1	-9
3	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	42	12/30/2020	BOS	vs	MEM	29	5	4	1	0	15	21	71.4	7	10	70.0	5	6	83.3	88.8	1	4	4	1	+22
4	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	42	12/20/2002	BOS	vs	MIN	45	14	4	4	1	11	25	44.0	4	8	50.0	16	18	88.9	63.8	1	13	6	1	+9
5	Antoine Walker A. Walker	42	12/11/2001	BOS	@	NYK	44	9	9	3	0	14	33	42.4	6	17	35.3	8	9	88.9	56.8	2	7	2	3	+16
6	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	42	3/15/2001	BOS	@	PHX	36	2	1	2	3	13	25	52.0	3	8	37.5	13	13	100.0	68.4	1	1	3	3	+21
7	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	42	3/13/2001	BOS	@	LAL	38	6	2	4	1	13	19	68.4	3	7	42.9	13	21	61.9	74.4	1	5	3	4	-19
8	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	42	1/15/2001	BOS	@	MIN	42	5	3	2	0	15	22	68.2	1	2	50.0	11	12	91.7	77.0	1	4	3	4	+12
9	Reggie Lewis R. Lewis	42	4/12/1991	BOS	vs	MIA	39	5	3	1	0	16	24	66.7	0	0		10	12	83.3	71.7	2	3	1	2
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	42	11/11/1987	BOS	vs	IND	42	20	5	3	2	15	24	62.5	2	2	100.0	10	10	100.0	73.9	4	16	2	3
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	42	3/20/1987	BOS	vs	SEA	46	12	5	3	3	15	28	53.6	2	5	40.0	10	10	100.0	64.8	4	8	1	1
12	Kevin McHale K. McHale	42	3/5/1985	BOS	@	NYK	44	9	2	0	1	15	21	71.4	0	0		12	16	75.0	74.9	2	7	4	5
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	42	11/9/1984	BOS	vs	PHI	30	7	3	1	2	17	23	73.9	1	1	100.0	7	7	100.0	80.5	0	7	3	3
14	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	42	3/27/1979	BOS	@	CLE	46	12	5	1	1	18	22	81.8				6	7	85.7	83.7	4	8	9	5
15	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	42	2/6/1972	BOS	vs	SEA	48	5	6			18	24	75.0				6	6	100.0	78.8				3
16	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	42	12/26/1969	BOS	@	SEA	41	8	4			17	24	70.8				8	12	66.7	71.7				0
17	Sam Jones S. Jones	42	2/22/1967	BOS	@	BAL			9			18	36	50.0				6	7	85.7	53.7
18	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	42	2/11/1962	BOS	vs	CHI	30	9	3			15	25	60.0				12	13	92.3	68.4				6
19	Bob Cousy B. Cousy	42	2/22/1954	BOS		BAL						17	32	53.1				8	9	88.9	58.4				4
20	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	42	12/11/1952	BOS		BAL	41	4	4			17	25	68.0				8	9	88.9	72.5				3
21	Derrick White D. White	41	3/5/2025	BOS	vs	POR	39	3	2	3	1	14	26	53.8	9	17	52.9	4	4	100.0	73.8	0	3	1	0	+8
22	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	41	3/7/2024	BOS	@	DEN	41	14	4	2	0	16	29	55.2	2	7	28.6	7	14	50.0	58.3	6	8	2	4	+5
23	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	41	2/13/2024	BOS	@	BKN	39	14	5	2	1	14	26	53.8	5	11	45.5	8	8	100.0	69.4	0	14	2	3	+21
24	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	41	3/26/2023	BOS	vs	SAS	36	13	3	1	0	18	29	62.1	2	10	20.0	3	5	60.0	65.7	1	12	5	1	+28
25	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	41	3/1/2023	BOS	vs	CLE	36	11	8	0	0	13	21	61.9	4	6	66.7	11	14	78.6	75.5	2	9	3	1	+4