nba most points in 23 minutes or less in a game

Quintin Dailey has dropped the most points in a game with 23 or fewer minutes played, with 38 points against the Knicks on January 28, 1986.

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NBA most points by a player in 23 minutes or less in a regular-season game

	NAME	PTS	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Quintin Dailey Q. Dailey	38	21	1/28/1986	CHI	@	NYK	2	2	2	0	12	19	63.2	0	0		14	18	77.8	70.6	2	0	0	2
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	37	21	1/14/2020	MIL	vs	NYK	9	4	0	1	12	17	70.6	3	5	60.0	10	12	83.3	83.0	3	6	1	1	+32
3	Paul George P. George	37	20	11/16/2019	LAC	vs	ATL	4	3	2	1	10	17	58.8	6	11	54.5	11	11	100.0	84.7	2	2	3	0	+28
4	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	36	20	4/15/1988	POR	vs	GSW	2	3	1	0	10	14	71.4	1	2	50.0	15	15	100.0	87.4	1	1	0	1
5	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	36	23	1/29/1987	DAL	@	DEN	3	1	1	1	14	20	70.0	2	2	100.0	6	6	100.0	79.5	2	1	0	0
6	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	35	23	3/30/2005	CHI	@	CHA	3	5	2	0	11	17	64.7	6	8	75.0	7	8	87.5	85.3	1	2	3	2	+10
7	Sandro Mamukelashvili S. Mamukelashvili	34	19	3/19/2025	SAS	vs	NYK	9	3	1	0	13	14	92.9	7	7	100.0	1	1	100.0	117.7	5	4	0	1	+22
8	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	34	22	2/3/2025	OKC	vs	MIL	3	6	0	0	15	19	78.9	2	3	66.7	2	3	66.7	83.7	0	3	3	1	+34
9	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	33	19	1/24/2021	BOS	vs	CLE	3	1	2	0	13	20	65.0	3	4	75.0	4	4	100.0	75.8	0	3	1	3	+31
10	John Drew J. Drew	33	23	2/4/1983	UTA	vs	MIL	7	0	1	0	9	15	60.0	0	0		15	18	83.3	72.0			2	2
11	Johnny Green J. Green	33	22	12/30/1964	NYK		SFW	9	0			15	20	75.0				3	4	75.0	75.8				5
12	Kevin Love K. Love	32	15	4/10/2022	CLE	vs	MIL	10	2	1	0	10	16	62.5	8	11	72.7	4	6	66.7	85.8	2	8	0	1	+15
13	Nick Young N. Young	32	23	4/8/2014	LAL	vs	HOU	1	3	0	0	11	19	57.9	6	10	60.0	4	6	66.7	73.9	0	1	0	4	-3
14	Cedric Ceballos C. Ceballos	32	23	11/10/1990	PHX	vs	DEN	4	2	0	1	12	15	80.0	0	0		8	12	66.7	78.9	2	2	3	2
15	Freeman Williams F. Williams	32	21	12/5/1981	SDC	@	GSW	1	2	0	0	11	16	68.8	0	1	0.0	10	10	100.0	78.4	1	0	3	3
16	Alvan Adams A. Adams	32	23	11/20/1977	PHX	vs	SAS	8	1	4	0	13	20	65.0				6	7	85.7	69.3	2	6	2	2
17	Joe Ellis J. Ellis	32	20	11/23/1968	SFW	vs	SEA	13	2			15	19	78.9				2	2	100.0	80.5				2
18	Myles Turner M. Turner	31	22	4/14/2024	IND	vs	ATL	12	0	0	4	13	17	76.5	3	4	75.0	2	2	100.0	86.7	3	9	1	2	+26
19	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31	21	1/11/2024	OKC	vs	POR	5	4	0	1	11	15	73.3	1	3	33.3	8	8	100.0	83.7	1	4	2	2	+41
20	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	31	23	2/2/2023	DAL	vs	NOP	8	4	2	0	12	19	63.2	2	7	28.6	5	8	62.5	68.8	0	8	4	2	+17
21	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	31	23	4/3/2022	DET	@	IND	4	2	2	0	11	18	61.1	7	9	77.8	2	2	100.0	82.1	1	3	2	1	0
22	Patty Mills P. Mills	31	22	11/1/2019	SAS	@	GSW	3	2	1	0	10	16	62.5	6	9	66.7	5	5	100.0	85.2	1	2	2	3	+23
23	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	31	21	2/26/2017	NOP	@	OKC	10	3	0	0	8	15	53.3	0	3	0.0	15	15	100.0	71.8	2	8	1	6	+2
24	David Robinson D. Robinson	31	21	11/8/1995	SAS	vs	VAN	8	0	3	3	13	19	68.4	0	0		5	6	83.3	71.6	3	5	1	3
25	Mitchell Wiggins M. Wiggins	31	23	11/4/1989	HOU	@	GSW	6	1	3	0	12	18	66.7	0	0		7	9	77.8	70.6	4	2	3	4

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