nba fewest fgm in a 43 point game in history

James Harden has drained the fewest field goals in a game with 43+ points, with 8 made versus the Grizzlies on December 31, 2018.

Interpreted as:

NBA fewest fgm by a player in a 43 or more point regular-season game in history

	NAME	FGM	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	James Harden J. Harden	8	43	12/31/2018	HOU	vs	MEM	41	10	13	2	0	19	42.1	6	12	50.0	21	27	77.8	69.6	1	9	9	3	+21
2	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	9	43	4/5/2005	WAS	vs	BOS	48	9	4	1	1	21	42.9	4	10	40.0	21	25	84.0	67.2	2	7	3	1	-8
3	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	9	46	1/4/1984	UTA	vs	HOU	40	9	5	1	0	15	60.0	0	0		28	29	96.6	82.9	5	4	2	3
4	Jerami Grant J. Grant	10	44	11/25/2022	POR	@	NYK	40	1	2	0	1	20	50.0	3	7	42.9	21	28	75.0	68.1	0	1	2	4	-1
5	James Harden J. Harden	10	43	11/21/2018	HOU	vs	DET	36	7	9	4	0	20	50.0	4	9	44.4	19	19	100.0	75.8	1	6	6	3	+9
6	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	10	44	12/20/2016	BOS	@	MEM	38	3	6	2	1	16	62.5	7	10	70.0	17	17	100.0	93.7	0	3	1	1	+9
7	James Harden J. Harden	10	44	3/23/2015	HOU	@	IND	43	4	7	2	2	21	47.6	3	8	37.5	21	22	95.5	71.7	1	3	4	4	+5
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	10	46	1/23/2009	OKC	@	LAC	46	15	4	2	1	23	43.5	2	6	33.3	24	26	92.3	66.8	2	13	2	3	-7
9	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	10	47	11/25/1983	UTA	vs	DEN	40	8	6	0	0	16	62.5	0	0		27	31	87.1	79.3	4	4	4	2
10	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	11	43	2/7/2023	BKN	vs	PHX	39	5	3	1	1	23	47.8	3	9	33.3	18	20	90.0	67.6	0	5	3	2	-4
11	Ja Morant J. Morant	11	44	2/16/2022	MEM	vs	POR	38	5	11	0	1	20	55.0	1	6	16.7	21	25	84.0	71.0	0	5	2	3	+2
12	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	11	43	1/8/2022	MIL	@	CHA	37	12	3	1	2	20	55.0	3	6	50.0	18	20	90.0	74.7	2	10	3	5	-13
13	James Harden J. Harden	11	50	12/3/2019	HOU	@	SAS	49	9	6	4	0	37	29.7	4	20	20.0	24	24	100.0	52.6	3	6	5	4	-3
14	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	11	45	4/5/2019	DET	@	OKC	35	7	3	2	0	20	55.0	9	14	64.3	14	16	87.5	83.2	0	7	1	0	-11
15	James Harden J. Harden	11	45	12/27/2018	HOU	vs	BOS	39	2	6	0	1	26	42.3	9	18	50.0	14	17	82.4	67.2	0	2	6	2	+3
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	11	45	1/6/2018	GSW	@	LAC	30	6	3	3	0	21	52.4	8	16	50.0	15	16	93.8	80.2	2	4	2	2	+28
17	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	11	46	1/30/2017	SAC	@	PHI	32	15	5	1	1	16	68.8	4	6	66.7	20	22	90.9	89.6	4	11	8	6	-6
18	James Harden J. Harden	11	45	11/18/2015	HOU	vs	POR	47	8	11	5	1	29	37.9	4	15	26.7	19	20	95.0	59.5	1	7	5	2	+10
19	James Harden J. Harden	11	45	2/8/2015	HOU	vs	POR	40	9	8	2	0	25	44.0	4	10	40.0	19	23	82.6	64.1	4	5	4	2	-5
20	James Harden J. Harden	11	43	2/25/2014	HOU	@	SAC	31	2	8	3	0	20	55.0	6	9	66.7	15	16	93.8	79.5	0	2	5	2	+29
21	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	11	43	4/17/2012	BOS	@	NYK	43	2	3	2	0	19	57.9	4	6	66.7	17	18	94.4	79.9	0	2	3	4	+2
22	Kevin Martin K. Martin	11	50	4/1/2009	SAC	@	GSW	46	3	3	2	0	22	50.0	5	11	45.5	23	26	88.5	74.8	1	2	5	3	-4
23	Kevin Martin K. Martin	11	43	11/16/2007	SAC	vs	NYK	49	10	2	0	0	21	52.4	5	7	71.4	16	19	84.2	73.2	2	8	3	4	+12
24	Michael Redd M. Redd	11	43	4/18/2006	MIL	@	WAS	47	5	3	1	0	21	52.4	3	7	42.9	18	19	94.7	73.2	0	5	4	4	-12
25	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	11	43	4/16/2006	LAL	vs	PHX	39	8	5	3	0	28	39.3	1	5	20.0	20	23	87.0	56.4	2	6	1	2	+9