nba most points in a game taking 25 or fewer shots

James Harden has the most points in a game with 25 or fewer field-goal attempts, with 60 points versus the Hawks on November 30, 2019.

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NBA most points by a player in a regular-season game taking 25 or fewer shots

	NAME	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 Harden J. Harden	60	24	11/30/2019	HOU	vs	ATL	31	3	8	3	1	16	66.7	8	14	57.1	20	23	87.0	87.9	0	3	5	3	+50
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	58	25	2/26/1987	CHI	vs	NJN	37	8	3	3	2	16	64.0	0	0		26	27	96.3	78.6	1	7	3	4
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	56	25	2/27/2025	GSW	@	ORL	34	4	3	2	0	16	64.0	12	19	63.2	12	12	100.0	92.5	0	4	4	0	+15
4	James Harden J. Harden	56	25	11/5/2017	HOU	vs	UTA	35	2	13	2	0	19	76.0	7	8	87.5	11	12	91.7	92.5	0	2	7	3	+25
5	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	55	23	11/12/2025	DEN	@	LAC	34	12	6	1	1	18	78.3	5	6	83.3	14	16	87.5	91.5	2	10	2	1	+28
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	54	25	11/9/2023	MIL	@	IND	36	12	3	0	0	19	76.0	0	1	0.0	16	18	88.9	82.0	2	10	8	4	+6
7	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	54	23	2/2/2021	TOR	@	ORL	37	3	2	3	3	17	73.9	11	14	78.6	9	9	100.0	100.1	0	3	1	2	+20
8	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	54	23	1/31/2020	BKN	vs	CHI	32	5	5	1	0	19	82.6	7	9	77.8	9	10	90.0	98.5	0	5	4	3	+20
9	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	53	24	1/30/2023	DAL	vs	DET	36	8	5	2	0	17	70.8	5	11	45.5	14	18	77.8	83.0	0	8	4	2	+8
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	53	24	4/12/2021	GSW	vs	DEN	36	6	4	0	0	14	58.3	10	18	55.6	15	16	93.8	85.4	0	6	5	3	+16
11	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	53	25	4/9/2021	BOS	vs	MIN	41	10	4	0	1	16	64.0	6	10	60.0	15	16	93.8	82.7	1	9	5	3	+5
12	Willie Burton W. Burton	53	19	12/13/1994	PHI	vs	MIA	43	8	3	1	2	12	63.2	5	8	62.5	24	28	85.7	84.6	4	4	1	2
13	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	53	25	1/12/1987	ATL	vs	LAC	37	6	2	2	3	19	76.0	1	1	100.0	14	19	73.7	79.4	3	3	1	3
14	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	53	23	12/20/1967	PHI	@	SEA	45	38	6			20	87.0				13	26	50.0	76.9				2
15	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	53	25	10/23/1965	PHI	vs	DET	45	21	2			21	84.0				11	15	73.3	83.9				1
16	Jamal Murray J. Murray	52	25	12/3/2025	DEN	@	IND	36	6	4	1	0	19	76.0	10	11	90.9	4	5	80.0	95.6	0	6	1	0	+23
17	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	52	25	4/4/2023	PHI	vs	BOS	39	13	6	0	2	20	80.0	0	1	0.0	12	13	92.3	84.6	2	11	3	3	+17
18	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	52	25	12/21/2022	TOR	@	NYK	41	9	7	1	0	17	68.0	2	6	33.3	16	18	88.9	79.0	3	6	1	2	+8
19	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	52	24	1/2/2017	CHI	vs	CHA	38	12	6	3	1	15	62.5	1	4	25.0	21	22	95.5	77.2	3	9	2	0	+15
20	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	52	25	1/23/2015	GSW	vs	SAC	33	2	5	4	2	16	64.0	11	15	73.3	9	10	90.0	88.4	0	2	4	3	+38
21	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	51	22	10/26/2025	LAL	@	SAC	39	11	9	2	0	12	54.5	6	10	60.0	21	22	95.5	80.5	1	10	2	1	+22
22	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	51	25	12/20/2023	PHI	vs	MIN	36	12	3	2	1	17	68.0	0	1	0.0	17	18	94.4	77.5	2	10	2	5	+4
23	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	51	23	1/16/2023	BOS	@	CHA	40	9	5	0	0	15	65.2	7	12	58.3	14	14	100.0	87.4	1	8	4	3	+15
24	Devin Booker D. Booker	51	25	11/30/2022	PHX	vs	CHI	31	4	6	1	0	20	80.0	6	7	85.7	5	6	83.3	92.3	0	4	2	3	+23
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	51	24	10/24/2018	GSW	vs	WAS	32	4	3	0	1	15	62.5	11	16	68.8	10	10	100.0	89.8	0	4	2	1	+19