nba players to score 50 or more points in a game on 21 or less field goal attempts

Aaron Gordon put up 50 points when attempting 21 or fewer shots versus the Warriors last Thursday.

Interpreted as:
NBA players to score 50 or more points in a regular-season game on 21 or less field goal attempts
NAMEDATEPTSFGATMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Aaron Gordon
A. Gordon
10/23/2025
50
21
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
2Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
3/8/2022
50
19
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
3Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
2/15/2022
50
21
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
4Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
3/16/2021
50
20
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
5Willie Burton
W. Burton
12/13/1994
53
19
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
6Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
10/31/1980
50
17
UTA UTA
vs
DAL DAL
41
4
4
2
0
12
70.6
0
0
26
29
89.7
84.0
3
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal attempts going back to the 1982-83 season.

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Team Rankings

ORTG

126.3

2nd

DRTG

110.8

6th

NETRTG

15.5

2nd

3P%

37.4

12th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
Spurs Spurs
4
0
1.000
0.5
3
Warriors Warriors
4
1
.800
1.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
3
1
.750
1.5
5
Trail Blazers Trail Blazers
3
2
.600
2.0
6
Lakers Lakers
3
2
.600
2.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
10/31
DEN DEN
@
POR POR
10:00 PM
Mon
11/3
SAC SAC
@
DEN DEN
9:00 PM
Wed
11/5
MIA MIA
@
DEN DEN
9:00 PM
Fri
11/7
GSW GSW
@
DEN DEN
10:00 PM
Sat
11/8
IND IND
@
DEN DEN
9:00 PM
Last Game
NOP Pelicans

0 - 4

88

Final

122

DEN Nuggets

3 - 1

Wed 29 Oct 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

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NBA 2025-26 Conference Standings

WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
5
0
1.000
2
Spurs Spurs
4
0
1.000
0.5
3
Warriors Warriors
4
1
.800
1.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
3
1
.750
1.5
5
Trail Blazers Trail Blazers
3
2
.600
2.0
6
Lakers Lakers
3
2
.600
2.0
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Bulls Bulls
4
0
1.000
2
76ers 76ers
4
0
1.000
3
Heat Heat
3
1
.750
1.0
4
Bucks Bucks
3
1
.750
1.0
5
Cavaliers Cavaliers
3
2
.600
1.5
6
Pistons Pistons
3
2
.600
1.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
10/20
HOU HOU
@
OKC OKC
124-125
Mon
10/20
GSW GSW
@
LAL LAL
119-109
Tue
10/21
CLE CLE
@
NYK NYK
111-119
Tue
10/21
BKN BKN
@
CHA CHA
117-136
Tue
10/21
MIA MIA
@
ORL ORL
121-125

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
10/30
ORL ORL
@
CHA CHA
7:00 PM
Thu
10/30
GSW GSW
@
MIL MIL
8:00 PM
Thu
10/30
WAS WAS
@
OKC OKC
8:00 PM
Thu
10/30
MIA MIA
@
SAS SAS
8:30 PM
Fri
10/31
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
7:00 PM