most points scored in a nba game when the player took less than 10 fg

Bill Cartwright has dropped the most points in a game with fewer than 10 field-goal attempts, with 31 points against the Kansas City Kings on November 17, 1981.

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most points scored in a NBA regular-season game when the player took less than 10 fg

	NAME	PTS	FGA	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	31	7	11/17/1981	NYK	vs	KCK	36	8	0	0	1	6	85.7	0	0		19	19	100.0	100.9				2
2	Andres Nocioni A. Nocioni	30	9	12/3/2007	CHI	vs	DAL	31	5	0	3	0	6	66.7	3	4	75.0	15	16	93.8	93.5	1	4	3	5	+6
3	Tyler Herro T. Herro	29	9	10/29/2019	MIA	vs	ATL	29	7	2	0	0	7	77.8	3	4	75.0	12	16	75.0	90.4	0	7	2	0	+9
4	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	29	9	3/7/2017	WAS	@	PHX	29	9	0	0	0	5	55.6	3	6	50.0	16	16	100.0	90.4	2	7	0	0	+20
5	James Harden J. Harden	29	9	1/21/2017	HOU	@	MEM	34	6	10	3	2	7	77.8	4	6	66.7	11	12	91.7	101.5	1	5	6	3	+21
6	Mo Williams M. Williams	29	9	11/10/2015	CLE	vs	UTA	36	6	6	2	0	8	88.9	4	4	100.0	9	10	90.0	108.2	0	6	5	1	+12
7	Corey Maggette C. Maggette	29	9	3/24/2007	LAC	vs	WAS	33	4	5	0	1	7	77.8	0	0		15	17	88.2	88.0	0	4	3	5	+2
8	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	29	7	11/25/2006	DET	@	WAS	37	5	7	2	0	4	57.1	3	5	60.0	18	19	94.7	94.4	1	4	1	2	-6
9	Tim Perry T. Perry	29	9	12/20/1993	PHI	vs	DET	35	7	0	0	3	9	100.0	5	5	100.0	6	7	85.7	120.0	1	6	0	1
10	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	29	9	3/26/1980	BOS	vs	NYK	47	3	17	1	0	7	77.8	0	0		15	17	88.2	88.0	0	3	1	3
11	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	29	6	1/14/1979	BOS	vs	NJN	40	10	3	1	2	5	83.3				19	20	95.0	98.0	1	9	3	6
12	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	28	8	4/9/2025	GSW	vs	SAS	38	4	7	2	0	5	62.5	2	2	100.0	16	17	94.1	90.4	2	2	1	1	-9
13	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	28	8	2/25/2023	MIA	@	CHA	33	3	6	1	0	6	75.0	0	0		16	20	80.0	83.3	1	2	3	1	+11
14	Garrison Mathews G. Mathews	28	9	12/30/2019	WAS	vs	MIA	29	4	0	0	0	6	66.7	4	7	57.1	12	13	92.3	95.1	1	3	1	5	+22
15	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	28	9	11/23/2019	CLE	vs	POR	31	3	3	1	1	6	66.7	6	6	100.0	10	12	83.3	98.0	0	3	0	1	+7
16	Gordon Hayward G. Hayward	28	7	2/23/2016	UTA	vs	HOU	40	7	5	1	0	6	85.7	3	4	75.0	13	15	86.7	102.9	3	4	2	3	-3
17	Paul Millsap P. Millsap	28	9	1/28/2015	ATL	vs	BKN	35	15	1	1	2	5	55.6	3	5	60.0	15	16	93.8	87.3	5	10	3	3	+7
18	Dwight Howard D. Howard	28	8	4/12/2013	LAL	vs	GSW	38	7	1	0	1	7	87.5	0	0		14	22	63.6	79.2	1	6	2	5	-8
19	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	28	9	11/15/2008	BOS	@	MIL	41	7	6	1	1	5	55.6	4	4	100.0	14	15	93.3	89.7	1	6	3	3	+6
20	Brad Miller B. Miller	28	8	11/5/2002	IND	@	MIA	40	8	2	3	1	6	75.0	0	0		16	18	88.9	87.9	1	7	4	3	+10
21	Steve Smith S. Smith	28	9	2/6/1999	ATL	vs	NJN	36	2	4	0	0	4	44.4	2	3	66.7	18	21	85.7	76.8	0	2	2	3	+10
22	Jeff Hornacek J. Hornacek	28	9	3/10/1996	UTA	@	MIN	35	2	2	1	0	8	88.9	3	3	100.0	9	11	81.8	101.2	0	2	3	3
23	Scott Skiles S. Skiles	28	9	1/20/1995	WAS	vs	PHI	41	1	10	0	0	8	88.9	3	3	100.0	9	9	100.0	108.0	0	1	5	3
24	Moses Malone M. Malone	28	9	12/9/1984	PHI	vs	NYK	33	8	0	1	3	6	66.7	0	0		16	20	80.0	78.7	3	5	5	2
25	Dave Twardzik D. Twardzik	28	7	3/5/1977	POR	vs	SEA	36	3	3	5	3	6	85.7				16	17	94.1	96.7	1	2		4

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