nba player with the most points in a game with less than 25 fga

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

Interpreted as:
NBA player with the most points in a regular-season game with less than 25 fga
NAMEPTSFGADATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1James Harden
J. Harden
60
24
11/30/2019
HOU HOU
vs
ATL ATL
31
3
8
3
1
16
66.7
8
14
57.1
20
23
87.0
87.9
0
3
5
3
+50
2Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
55
23
11/12/2025
DEN DEN
@
LAC LAC
34
12
6
1
1
18
78.3
5
6
83.3
14
16
87.5
91.5
2
10
2
1
+28
3Fred VanVleet
F. VanVleet
54
23
2/2/2021
TOR TOR
@
ORL ORL
37
3
2
3
3
17
73.9
11
14
78.6
9
9
100.0
100.1
0
3
1
2
+20
4Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
54
23
1/31/2020
BKN BKN
vs
CHI CHI
32
5
5
1
0
19
82.6
7
9
77.8
9
10
90.0
98.5
0
5
4
3
+20
5Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
53
24
1/30/2023
DAL DAL
vs
DET DET
36
8
5
2
0
17
70.8
5
11
45.5
14
18
77.8
83.0
0
8
4
2
+8
6Stephen Curry
S. Curry
53
24
4/12/2021
GSW GSW
vs
DEN DEN
36
6
4
0
0
14
58.3
10
18
55.6
15
16
93.8
85.4
0
6
5
3
+16
7Willie Burton
W. Burton
53
19
12/13/1994
PHI PHI
vs
MIA MIA
43
8
3
1
2
12
63.2
5
8
62.5
24
28
85.7
84.6
4
4
1
2
8Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
53
23
12/20/1967
PHI PHI
@
SEA SEA
45
38
6
20
87.0
13
26
50.0
76.9
2
9Jimmy Butler III
J. Butler III
52
24
1/2/2017
CHI CHI
vs
CHA CHA
38
12
6
3
1
15
62.5
1
4
25.0
21
22
95.5
77.2
3
9
2
0
+15
10Austin Reaves
A. Reaves
51
22
10/26/2025
LAL LAL
@
SAC SAC
39
11
9
2
0
12
54.5
6
10
60.0
21
22
95.5
80.5
1
10
2
1
+22
11Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
51
23
1/16/2023
BOS BOS
@
CHA CHA
40
9
5
0
0
15
65.2
7
12
58.3
14
14
100.0
87.4
1
8
4
3
+15
12Stephen Curry
S. Curry
51
24
10/24/2018
GSW GSW
vs
WAS WAS
32
4
3
0
1
15
62.5
11
16
68.8
10
10
100.0
89.8
0
4
2
1
+19
13Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
51
24
3/23/2006
DAL DAL
vs
GSW GSW
41
9
5
2
1
16
66.7
3
4
75.0
16
17
94.1
81.0
3
6
5
3
+3
14Aaron Gordon
A. Gordon
50
21
10/23/2025
DEN DEN
@
GSW GSW
39
8
2
0
1
17
81.0
10
11
90.9
6
6
100.0
105.8
0
8
2
1
-1
15James Harden
J. Harden
50
24
3/5/2025
LAC LAC
vs
DET DET
38
4
5
1
1
14
58.3
6
13
46.2
16
20
80.0
76.2
0
4
5
2
+13
16Jalen Brunson
J. Brunson
50
23
12/15/2023
NYK NYK
@
PHX PHX
35
6
9
5
0
17
73.9
9
9
100.0
7
9
77.8
92.7
1
5
2
0
+7
17Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
50
19
3/8/2022
BKN BKN
@
CHA CHA
37
3
6
1
1
15
78.9
9
12
75.0
11
13
84.6
101.1
0
3
3
4
+14
18Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
50
21
2/15/2022
MIL MIL
vs
IND IND
36
14
4
0
0
17
81.0
2
3
66.7
14
18
77.8
86.4
4
10
3
3
+7
19Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
50
23
1/19/2022
PHI PHI
vs
ORL ORL
27
12
2
1
3
17
73.9
1
4
25.0
15
17
88.2
82.0
1
11
2
3
+24
20Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
50
20
3/16/2021
POR POR
vs
NOP NOP
41
6
10
0
0
13
65.0
6
13
46.2
18
18
100.0
89.5
1
5
4
3
+9
21Eric Gordon
E. Gordon
50
22
1/27/2020
HOU HOU
@
UTA UTA
38
6
3
2
1
14
63.6
6
11
54.5
16
20
80.0
81.2
0
6
2
0
+12
22Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
50
23
1/26/2020
POR POR
vs
IND IND
38
6
13
1
0
14
60.9
8
12
66.7
14
16
87.5
83.2
0
6
1
0
+19
23Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
50
24
2/7/2011
DEN DEN
vs
HOU HOU
39
11
0
1
3
16
66.7
2
3
66.7
16
18
88.9
78.3
1
10
4
2
-3
24Kevin Martin
K. Martin
50
22
4/1/2009
SAC SAC
@
GSW GSW
46
3
3
2
0
11
50.0
5
11
45.5
23
26
88.5
74.8
1
2
5
3
-4
25Alonzo Mourning
A. Mourning
50
24
3/29/1996
MIA MIA
vs
WAS WAS
39
12
1
0
2
17
70.8
0
0
16
17
94.1
79.4
6
6
4
3
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Thunder Thunder
24
2
.923
2
Nuggets Nuggets
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6
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Rockets Rockets
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6
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4
Spurs Spurs
18
7
.720
5.5
5
Lakers Lakers
17
7
.708
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Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/15
HOU HOU
@
DEN DEN
9:30 PM
Thu
12/18
HOU HOU
@
NOP NOP
8:00 PM
Sat
12/20
HOU HOU
@
DEN DEN
5:00 PM
Sun
12/21
HOU HOU
@
SAC SAC
10:00 PM
Tue
12/23
HOU HOU
@
LAC LAC
10:30 PM
Last Game
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6 - 19

113

Final

115

HOU Rockets

16 - 6

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WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
24
2
.923
2
Nuggets Nuggets
18
6
.750
5.0
3
Rockets Rockets
16
6
.727
6.0
4
Spurs Spurs
18
7
.720
5.5
5
Lakers Lakers
17
7
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9
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Raptors Raptors
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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
11/12
TOR TOR
@
CLE CLE
126-113
Wed
11/12
IND IND
@
PHX PHX
98-133
Wed
11/12
ATL ATL
@
UTA UTA
132-122
Thu
11/13
BKN BKN
@
ORL ORL
98-105
Thu
11/13
MIA MIA
@
NYK NYK
132-140

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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
IND IND
3:00 PM
Sun
12/14
CHA CHA
@
CLE CLE
3:30 PM
Sun
12/14
PHI PHI
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ATL ATL
6:00 PM
Sun
12/14
MIL MIL
@
BKN BKN
6:00 PM
Sun
12/14
SAC SAC
@
MIN MIN
7:00 PM