nba most 40 points games in fewer than 30 minutes played

Stephen Curry has the most games with 40+ points and fewer than 30 minutes played, with 5 games.

Interpreted as:

NBA most 40 or more points regular-season games by a player in fewer than 30 minutes played

	NAME	GP	PTS	MIN	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Stephen Curry S. Curry	5	225	147	29.5	45.0	6.0	5.0	1.2	0.0	13.8	22.8	60.5	9.8	17.4	56.3	7.6	7.8	97.4	85.8	0.6	5.4	1.4	30	25	6	0	7	10	+151
2	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	4	198	112	28.1	49.5	3.5	1.5	0.8	0.3	17.8	25.5	69.6	10.0	14.8	67.8	4.0	4.3	94.1	90.4	0.0	3.5	1.5	14	6	3	1	6	4	+119
3	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	2	92	57	28.5	46.0	13.5	2.5	1.0	2.5	17.5	23.0	76.1	0.5	2.5	20.0	10.5	11.5	91.3	82.0	0.5	13.0	3.0	27	5	2	5	6	5	+60
4	James Harden J. Harden	2	83	59	29.4	41.5	8.0	10.0	1.0	1.0	10.5	20.5	51.2	8.0	15.5	51.6	12.5	13.5	92.6	78.5	0.5	7.5	6.0	16	20	2	2	12	4	+54
5	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	1	40	28	27.9	40.0	4.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	16.0	21.0	76.2	0.0	0.0		8.0	11.0	72.7	77.4	1.0	3.0	3.0	4	4	2	0	3	4	+4
6	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1	40	29	29.2	40.0	3.0	8.0	2.0	0.0	17.0	26.0	65.4	1.0	5.0	20.0	5.0	5.0	100.0	70.9	0.0	3.0	2.0	3	8	2	0	2	1	+32
7	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	1	44	29	28.8	44.0	5.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	16.0	26.0	61.5	5.0	10.0	50.0	7.0	8.0	87.5	74.5	1.0	4.0	1.0	5	6	1	0	1	0	+23
8	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	1	41	30	30.0	41.0	6.0	9.0	0.0	1.0	16.0	21.0	76.2	8.0	11.0	72.7	1.0	1.0	100.0	95.6	1.0	5.0	0.0	6	9	0	1	0	1	+37
9	Talen Horton-Tucker T. Horton-Tucker	1	41	30	29.9	41.0	4.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	15.0	25.0	60.0	6.0	11.0	54.5	5.0	6.0	83.3	74.2	2.0	2.0	4.0	4	5	1	0	4	2	+2
10	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	1	41	30	29.8	41.0	7.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	13.0	20.0	65.0	9.0	14.0	64.3	6.0	6.0	100.0	90.5	1.0	6.0	1.0	7	1	1	1	1	2	+44
11	Devin Booker D. Booker	1	44	28	27.5	44.0	3.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	17.0	23.0	73.9	6.0	10.0	60.0	4.0	5.0	80.0	87.3	0.0	3.0	3.0	3	4	0	1	3	4	+33
12	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	1	44	29	29.1	44.0	5.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	16.0	23.0	69.6	4.0	5.0	80.0	8.0	9.0	88.9	81.6	2.0	3.0	4.0	5	5	0	0	4	2	+6
13	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	1	44	28	27.6	44.0	12.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	17.0	21.0	81.0	2.0	3.0	66.7	8.0	13.0	61.5	82.3	2.0	10.0	4.0	12	3	0	0	4	2	+23
14	Trae Young T. Young	1	41	29	29.3	41.0	2.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	24.0	54.2	4.0	12.0	33.3	11.0	12.0	91.7	70.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	2	8	1	0	3	2	+16
15	LeBron James L. James	1	43	29	29.3	43.0	14.0	4.0	2.0	2.0	16.0	26.0	61.5	5.0	10.0	50.0	6.0	9.0	66.7	71.8	2.0	12.0	0.0	14	4	2	2	0	1	+18
16	Gordon Hayward G. Hayward	1	41	29	29.3	41.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	15.0	19.0	78.9	5.0	6.0	83.3	6.0	6.0	100.0	94.7	0.0	5.0	1.0	5	3	0	0	1	1	+35
17	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	1	40	29	29.4	40.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	13.0	20.0	65.0	8.0	13.0	61.5	6.0	7.0	85.7	86.7	0.0	0.0	2.0	0	1	2	0	2	0	+9
18	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	1	42	29	29.0	42.0	5.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	15.0	21.0	71.4	7.0	10.0	70.0	5.0	6.0	83.3	88.8	1.0	4.0	4.0	5	4	1	0	4	1	+22
19	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	1	43	29	28.7	43.0	3.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	14.0	22.0	63.6	6.0	10.0	60.0	9.0	10.0	90.0	81.4	0.0	3.0	1.0	3	4	2	1	1	0	+39
20	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	1	43	29	29.3	43.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	14.0	21.0	66.7	9.0	15.0	60.0	6.0	9.0	66.7	86.1	0.0	5.0	3.0	5	1	0	1	3	5	-5
21	Kyle Kuzma K. Kuzma	1	41	29	29.2	41.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	16.0	24.0	66.7	5.0	10.0	50.0	4.0	6.0	66.7	77.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	2	0	0	0	2	2	+14
22	Kemba Walker K. Walker	1	46	28	27.9	46.0	3.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	18.0	72.2	10.0	14.0	71.4	10.0	10.0	100.0	102.7	0.0	3.0	2.0	3	4	1	0	2	1	+47
23	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	1	50	29	29.5	50.0	1.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	16.0	26.0	61.5	8.0	13.0	61.5	10.0	10.0	100.0	82.2	0.0	1.0	2.0	1	6	3	0	2	2	+18
24	CJ McCollum	1	50	29	29.3	50.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	18.0	25.0	72.0	6.0	9.0	66.7	8.0	8.0	100.0	87.7	1.0	4.0	3.0	5	2	1	0	3	1	+29
25	Anthony Davis A. Davis	1	40	29	29.0	40.0	18.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	14.0	22.0	63.6	1.0	1.0	100.0	11.0	12.0	91.7	73.3	4.0	14.0	0.0	18	2	0	3	0	2	+26