nba most points with 21 or less minutes in a game

Quintin Dailey has scored the most points in a game with 21 or fewer minutes played, with 38 points against the Knicks on January 28, 1986.

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NBA most points by a player with 21 or less minutes 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	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30	19	12/18/2014	OKC	@	GSW	2	2	0	1	10	13	76.9	5	6	83.3	5	7	71.4	93.3	0	2	2	1	+5
11	Len Chappell L. Chappell	30	20	12/18/1967	DET		SEA	15	1			13	15	86.7				4	5	80.0	87.2				1
12	Anthony Davis A. Davis	29	0	3/12/2016	NOP	@	MIL	11	2	2	0	8	22	36.4	2	3	66.7	11	12	91.7	53.2	2	9	1	1	-24
13	Michael Redd M. Redd	29	20	2/20/2002	MIL	vs	HOU	0	0	0	0	10	14	71.4	9	13	69.2	0	0		103.6	0	0	0	0	+20
14	Andrew Toney A. Toney	29	20	2/27/1982	PHI	@	DEN	1	1	1	0	11	18	61.1	3	6	50.0	4	5	80.0	71.8	1	0	2	6
15	John Drew J. Drew	29	19	11/18/1981	ATL	vs	PHX	13	0	0	0	8	16	50.0	0	0		13	13	100.0	66.8	6	7	2	1
16	John Block J. Block	29	21	10/22/1970	SDR	vs	CLE	7	0			7	13	53.8				15	16	93.8	72.4				1
17	Lou Williams L. Williams	28	21	11/2/2018	LAC	@	ORL	3	3	1	0	7	13	53.8	5	5	100.0	9	10	90.0	80.5	0	3	2	1	+15
18	Eddie House E. House	28	20	1/28/2009	BOS	vs	SAC	3	0	1	0	10	13	76.9	8	9	88.9	0	0		107.7	0	3	0	0	+29
19	Alex English A. English	28	21	1/7/1984	DEN	vs	DAL	6	3	0	1	12	19	63.2	0	0		4	4	100.0	67.4	4	2	2	2
20	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	28	21	12/12/1978	CLE	vs	DET	5	1	1	1	11	16	68.8				6	6	100.0	75.1	2	3	1	2
21	Rick Barry R. Barry	28	20	3/19/1977	GSW	vs	IND	3	7	1	0	13	20	65.0				2	2	100.0	67.0	0	3		4
22	Randy Smith R. Smith	28	21	1/14/1977	BUF	vs	NOJ	3	2			11	15	73.3				6	7	85.7	77.4				4
23	Norm Van Lier N. Van Lier	28	20	3/10/1973	CHI		BAL	4	8			13	21	61.9				2	4	50.0	61.5				1
24	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	28	20	2/8/1961	SYR	vs	BOS	19	5			9	20	45.0				10	10	100.0	57.4				5
25	Sam Jones S. Jones	28	18	1/27/1961	BOS	vs	DET		3			13	18	72.2				2	3	66.7	72.5				2