nba highest player points per shot attempt in a game

James Donaldson has the most points per field-goal attempt in a game, with 15 versus the Bucks on November 23, 1985.

Interpreted as:
NBA highest player points per shot attempt in a regular-season game
NAME PTS/FGA PTS FGA DATE TM OPP MIN REB AST STL BLK FGM FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 James Donaldson
J. Donaldson
15
15
1
11/23/1985
LAC LAC
vs
MIL MIL
33
12
0
0
2
1
100.0
0
0
13
17
76.5
88.4
3
9
3
1
2 D.J. Augustin
D.J. Augustin
13
13
1
3/7/2009
CHA CHA
@
NYK NYK
14
1
0
0
0
1
100.0
0
0
11
11
100.0
111.3
0
1
0
2
+3
3 Tony Allen
T. Allen
13
13
1
12/27/2006
BOS BOS
@
LAC LAC
27
7
5
2
0
1
100.0
0
0
11
13
84.6
96.7
2
5
3
4
-11
4 Robert Traylor
R. Traylor
13
13
1
2/1/2003
NOH NOH
@
WAS WAS
15
9
0
1
0
1
100.0
0
0
11
12
91.7
103.5
5
4
1
2
+4
5 Donald Royal
D. Royal
13
13
1
11/29/1989
MIN MIN
@
MIA MIA
9
1
0
0
0
1
100.0
0
0
11
13
84.6
96.7
0
1
2
3
6 Rich Kelley
R. Kelley
12
12
1
3/27/1984
UTA UTA
vs
KCK KCK
21
9
1
4
0
1
100.0
0
0
10
12
83.3
95.5
4
5
0
4
7 Kris Humphries
K. Humphries
11
11
1
12/12/2012
BKN BKN
@
TOR TOR
18
2
0
0
0
1
100.0
0
0
9
10
90.0
101.9
0
2
1
2
+7
8 Tyson Chandler
T. Chandler
11
11
1
4/10/2010
CHA CHA
vs
DET DET
21
4
1
0
0
1
100.0
0
0
9
10
90.0
101.9
1
3
2
5
+4
9 Alan Henderson
A. Henderson
11
11
1
3/27/1997
ATL ATL
vs
LAC LAC
19
5
0
0
0
1
100.0
0
0
9
9
100.0
110.9
0
5
2
3
-2
10 Mike Gminski
M. Gminski
11
11
1
11/7/1986
NJN NJN
vs
MIL MIL
23
9
0
1
1
1
100.0
0
0
9
12
75.0
87.6
3
6
0
1
11 Danny Schayes
D. Schayes
11
11
1
12/13/1983
DEN DEN
vs
DET DET
24
7
2
1
2
0
0.0
0
0
11
12
91.7
87.6
2
5
1
4
12 Dewayne Dedmon
D. Dedmon
10
10
1
4/18/2021
MIA MIA
vs
BKN BKN
15
10
0
0
0
1
100.0
0
0
8
8
100.0
110.6
5
5
2
2
-7
13 Dwight Howard
D. Howard
10
10
1
12/11/2009
ORL ORL
@
PHX PHX
41
18
2
2
0
1
100.0
0
0
8
17
47.1
59.0
5
13
5
3
-4
14 Fred Jones
F. Jones
10
10
1
3/5/2004
IND IND
@
UTA UTA
13
0
1
0
1
1
100.0
1
1
100.0
7
8
87.5
110.6
0
0
1
2
+2
15 Kevin Ollie
K. Ollie
10
10
1
2/25/2002
IND IND
@
GSW GSW
18
2
0
0
0
1
100.0
0
0
8
10
80.0
92.6
1
1
0
1
+1
16 Willie Burton
W. Burton
10
10
1
1/10/1993
MIA MIA
@
LAL LAL
10
4
1
0
1
1
100.0
0
0
8
10
80.0
92.6
0
4
2
1
17 Tony Massenburg
T. Massenburg
10
10
1
4/16/1991
SAS SAS
vs
LAC LAC
12
1
1
1
3
0
0.0
0
0
10
11
90.9
85.6
0
1
2
1
18 Alvan Adams
A. Adams
10
10
1
4/9/1987
PHX PHX
vs
POR POR
19
4
3
0
0
1
100.0
0
0
8
8
100.0
110.6
0
4
1
3
19 Mark Olberding
M. Olberding
10
10
1
1/18/1986
SAC SAC
vs
SEA SEA
29
6
3
0
0
1
100.0
0
0
8
8
100.0
110.6
0
6
3
3
20 Fred Roberts
F. Roberts
10
10
1
1/13/1984
SAS SAS
vs
HOU HOU
15
5
0
0
2
1
100.0
0
0
8
8
100.0
110.6
2
3
1
4
21 Nathaniel Clifton
N. Clifton
10
10
1
1/17/1954
NYK NYK
@
BOS BOS
36
5
3
1
100.0
8
13
61.5
74.4
2
22 Herbert Jones
H. Jones
9
9
1
1/4/2023
NOP NOP
vs
HOU HOU
31
5
0
2
1
1
100.0
1
1
100.0
6
6
100.0
123.6
1
4
1
3
+5
23 Dewayne Dedmon
D. Dedmon
9
9
1
11/24/2021
MIA MIA
@
MIN MIN
8
3
0
0
0
1
100.0
0
0
7
7
100.0
110.3
1
2
2
2
-2
24 Dwight Howard
D. Howard
9
9
1
3/27/2021
PHI PHI
@
LAC LAC
19
11
1
1
0
0
0.0
0
0
9
14
64.3
62.8
4
7
2
4
-6
25 James Michael McAdoo
J. Michael McAdoo
9
9
1
3/21/2017
GSW GSW
@
DAL DAL
5
2
0
0
1
1
100.0
0
0
7
8
87.5
99.6
0
2
1
1
+2
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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115-112
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Wed
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Thu
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MIN MIN
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IND IND
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