nba most games with 40 or more points in fewer than 31 minutes played

Stephen Curry has the most games with 40+ points and fewer than 31 minutes played, with 9 games.

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NBA most regular-season games by a player with 40 or more points in fewer than 31 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	9	390	269	29.9	43.3	5.1	5.0	1.1	0.1	13.8	21.8	63.3	9.3	15.9	58.7	6.4	7.0	92.1	87.2	0.4	4.7	2.6	46	45	10	1	23	17	+223
2	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	6	282	174	29.0	47.0	3.3	1.7	0.7	0.2	17.0	25.5	66.7	9.2	14.3	64.0	3.8	4.2	92.0	86.0	0.0	3.3	1.7	20	10	4	1	10	6	+181
3	James Harden J. Harden	4	184	120	30.0	46.0	5.0	8.5	1.5	1.0	12.0	20.5	58.5	7.8	14.0	55.4	14.3	16.0	89.1	83.5	0.3	4.8	5.3	20	34	6	4	21	9	+131
4	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	3	140	87	29.1	46.7	12.7	3.7	1.0	2.0	17.3	23.7	73.2	0.3	2.3	14.3	11.7	12.3	94.6	80.2	1.0	11.7	2.3	38	11	3	6	7	7	+75
5	Anthony Davis A. Davis	3	120	90	30.0	40.0	15.7	1.7	0.0	2.3	12.0	19.7	61.0	0.3	1.0	33.3	15.7	17.0	92.2	73.7	5.3	10.3	0.0	47	5	0	7	0	4	+47
6	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	2	81	61	30.3	40.5	4.0	6.0	0.0	1.0	15.0	22.0	68.2	4.5	7.5	60.0	6.0	6.5	92.3	81.5	1.0	3.0	0.5	8	12	0	2	1	3	+49
7	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	2	82	60	29.8	41.0	3.5	7.0	2.5	1.0	15.5	24.5	63.3	0.5	3.5	14.3	9.5	10.0	95.0	70.9	0.0	3.5	1.0	7	14	5	2	2	4	+70
8	Devin Booker D. Booker	2	95	58	29.1	47.5	3.5	5.0	0.5	0.5	18.5	24.0	77.1	6.0	8.5	70.6	4.5	5.5	81.8	89.9	0.0	3.5	2.5	7	10	1	1	5	7	+56
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	2	94	58	29.0	47.0	12.5	3.5	0.0	0.0	18.5	23.5	78.7	2.5	3.5	71.4	7.5	12.5	60.0	81.0	2.5	10.0	3.5	25	7	0	0	7	7	+39
10	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	2	82	62	31.0	41.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	15.5	19.5	79.5	7.5	10.5	71.4	2.5	3.0	83.3	98.5	0.5	2.5	2.0	6	4	2	0	4	2	+72
11	Trae Young T. Young	2	84	60	30.1	42.0	3.0	6.5	0.5	0.0	13.5	23.0	58.7	6.0	12.0	50.0	9.0	9.5	94.7	77.3	0.0	3.0	5.0	6	13	1	0	10	2	+30
12	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	2	81	61	30.6	40.5	7.0	2.5	1.5	0.0	14.0	20.0	70.0	7.0	9.5	73.7	5.5	5.5	100.0	90.3	0.5	6.5	0.0	14	5	3	0	0	2	+66
13	CJ McCollum	2	100	60	30.0	50.0	4.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	18.0	26.0	69.2	8.0	12.5	64.0	6.0	6.0	100.0	87.3	1.0	3.0	2.0	8	4	1	0	4	3	+50
14	LeBron James L. James	2	86	60	30.1	43.0	8.0	3.5	1.0	1.0	16.0	23.5	68.1	5.0	8.5	58.8	6.0	8.0	75.0	79.6	1.0	7.0	2.0	16	7	2	2	4	3	+41
15	JR Smith	2	86	60	29.9	43.0	3.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	14.0	23.5	59.6	10.5	17.5	60.0	4.5	7.0	64.3	80.9	0.0	3.0	0.0	6	4	1	0	0	1	+29
16	Larry Bird L. Bird	2	85	59	29.5	42.5	7.5	3.0	2.0	1.0	17.0	23.5	72.3	3.0	3.5	85.7	5.5	5.5	100.0	82.0	0.0	7.5	2.0	15	6	4	2	4	3
17	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	1	41	31	30.6	41.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	16.0	27.0	59.3	5.0	14.0	35.7	4.0	6.0	66.7	69.2	0.0	2.0	1.0	2	2	1	0	1	1	+31
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1	40	31	30.8	40.0	7.0	8.0	3.0	1.0	15.0	22.0	68.2	2.0	7.0	28.6	8.0	8.0	100.0	78.4	1.0	6.0	5.0	7	8	3	1	5	2	+22
19	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
20	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
21	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	1	41	31	30.5	41.0	6.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	21.0	61.9	4.0	7.0	57.1	11.0	14.0	78.6	75.5	0.0	6.0	4.0	6	5	1	0	4	1	+23
22	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
23	Immanuel Quickley I. Quickley	1	40	30	30.3	40.0	2.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	14.0	18.0	77.8	5.0	7.0	71.4	7.0	9.0	77.8	91.1	0.0	2.0	1.0	2	9	1	1	1	3	+18
24	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
25	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