most points with exactly 6 attempted field goals in a game

Cedric Maxwell has put up the most points in a game with exactly 6 field-goal attempts, with 29 points against the New Jersey Nets on January 14, 1979.

Interpreted as:
most points by a player with exactly 6 attempted field goals in a regular-season game
NAMEPTSFGADATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Cedric Maxwell
C. Maxwell
29
6
1/14/1979
BOS BOS
vs
NJN NJN
40
10
3
1
2
5
83.3
19
20
95.0
98.0
1
9
3
6
2Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
27
6
11/3/1983
UTA UTA
vs
GSW GSW
26
8
5
1
0
4
66.7
0
0
19
20
95.0
91.2
1
7
3
3
3Detlef Schrempf
D. Schrempf
26
6
11/5/1994
SEA SEA
vs
UTA UTA
37
12
4
2
0
4
66.7
0
1
0.0
18
20
90.0
87.8
3
9
2
4
4Dwight Howard
D. Howard
25
6
11/16/2013
HOU HOU
vs
DEN DEN
29
7
1
0
1
4
66.7
0
0
17
24
70.8
75.5
0
7
4
5
+12
5Corey Maggette
C. Maggette
25
6
2/5/2002
LAC LAC
@
NYK NYK
38
5
2
1
1
6
100.0
1
1
100.0
12
17
70.6
92.7
1
4
4
5
+4
6Muggsy Bogues
M. Bogues
24
6
3/3/2000
TOR TOR
vs
BOS BOS
29
2
5
1
0
6
100.0
4
4
100.0
8
8
100.0
126.1
0
2
0
2
-4
7Steve Harris
S. Harris
24
6
3/10/1988
GSW GSW
vs
NJN NJN
28
1
1
1
1
4
66.7
0
0
16
17
94.1
89.0
0
1
0
0
8Cedric Maxwell
C. Maxwell
24
6
11/3/1979
BOS BOS
@
WAS WAS
28
6
3
0
0
6
100.0
0
0
12
14
85.7
98.7
3
3
1
4
9Sean Kilpatrick
S. Kilpatrick
23
6
3/6/2017
BKN BKN
@
MEM MEM
28
5
3
1
1
3
50.0
1
1
100.0
16
17
94.1
85.3
0
5
0
2
+21
10Derek Anderson
D. Anderson
23
6
12/21/1997
CLE CLE
vs
UTA UTA
31
5
5
1
0
3
50.0
1
3
33.3
16
16
100.0
88.2
2
3
0
4
+5
11Jeff Teague
J. Teague
22
6
1/18/2017
IND IND
@
SAC SAC
34
7
11
2
0
5
83.3
1
1
100.0
11
11
100.0
101.5
0
7
3
3
+4
12DeAndre Jordan
D. Jordan
22
6
12/14/2016
LAC LAC
@
ORL ORL
35
13
2
0
3
5
83.3
0
0
12
18
66.7
79.0
4
9
0
2
+1
13Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
22
6
3/28/2014
BKN BKN
vs
CLE CLE
20
2
3
1
0
5
83.3
5
6
83.3
7
7
100.0
121.1
0
2
2
4
+10
14Detlef Schrempf
D. Schrempf
22
6
11/23/1999
POR POR
@
CLE CLE
25
6
1
0
0
4
66.7
1
2
50.0
13
14
92.9
90.5
3
3
3
3
-6
15Matt Geiger
M. Geiger
22
6
12/27/1997
CHA CHA
@
ORL ORL
27
9
0
0
1
6
100.0
0
0
10
11
90.9
101.5
3
6
2
6
+4
16Jeff Ruland
J. Ruland
22
6
11/16/1984
WAS WAS
vs
NYK NYK
36
12
10
0
0
4
66.7
0
0
14
15
93.3
87.3
8
4
9
3
17Scott May
S. May
22
6
3/27/1982
MIL MIL
@
SDC SDC
15
5
1
2
0
5
83.3
0
0
12
12
100.0
97.5
0
0
18Paolo Banchero
P. Banchero
21
6
3/13/2024
ORL ORL
vs
BKN BKN
35
3
9
0
0
6
100.0
1
1
100.0
8
9
88.9
105.4
0
3
2
4
+18
19Jakob Poeltl
J. Poeltl
21
6
10/21/2022
SAS SAS
@
IND IND
29
8
5
1
1
4
66.7
0
0
13
21
61.9
68.9
2
6
2
1
+12
20Davis Bertans
D. Bertans
21
6
1/7/2017
SAS SAS
vs
CHA CHA
18
1
2
1
0
5
83.3
4
5
80.0
7
8
87.5
110.3
0
1
0
2
+19
21George Hill
G. Hill
21
6
3/3/2013
IND IND
vs
CHI CHI
36
6
5
1
2
6
100.0
3
3
100.0
6
10
60.0
101.0
0
6
3
3
+13
22Grant Hill
G. Hill
21
6
1/7/2007
ORL ORL
vs
BOS BOS
37
8
0
0
2
4
66.7
0
0
13
14
92.9
86.3
2
6
2
1
+9
23Brian Cardinal
B. Cardinal
21
6
2/21/2004
GSW GSW
vs
SEA SEA
40
9
1
1
0
4
66.7
1
1
100.0
12
14
85.7
86.3
5
4
1
4
+10
24Zeljko Rebraca
Z. Rebraca
21
6
12/15/2002
DET DET
vs
NJN NJN
20
4
0
1
0
5
83.3
0
0
11
12
91.7
93.1
1
3
0
6
+25
25Khalid Reeves
K. Reeves
21
6
3/17/1998
DAL DAL
vs
BOS BOS
37
4
6
0
0
5
83.3
1
1
100.0
10
11
90.9
96.9
2
2
3
2
+15
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal attempts going back to the 1982-83 season.

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19
5
.792
2
Knicks Knicks
17
7
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2.0
3
Celtics Celtics
15
9
.625
4.0
4
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15
10
.600
4.5
5
Raptors Raptors
15
11
.577
5.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/11
BOS BOS
@
MIL MIL
8:00 PM
Mon
12/15
DET DET
@
BOS BOS
7:00 PM
Fri
12/19
MIA MIA
@
BOS BOS
7:00 PM
Sat
12/20
BOS BOS
@
TOR TOR
7:00 PM
Mon
12/22
IND IND
@
BOS BOS
7:30 PM
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TOR Raptors

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
11/10
DEN DEN
@
SAC SAC
122-108
Tue
11/11
ORL ORL
@
NYK NYK
124-107
Tue
11/11
CHI CHI
@
DET DET
113-124
Tue
11/11
MIL MIL
@
CHA CHA
100-111
Tue
11/11
MEM MEM
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BOS BOS
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Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/11
BOS BOS
@
MIL MIL
8:00 PM
Thu
12/11
LAC LAC
@
HOU HOU
8:00 PM
Thu
12/11
POR POR
@
NOP NOP
8:00 PM
Thu
12/11
DEN DEN
@
SAC SAC
10:00 PM
Fri
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CLE CLE
@
WAS WAS
7:00 PM