nba record for most missed field goals in a game by a player after 1971

Since 1971-72, Cade Cunningham has missed the most field goals in a game, with 31 misses versus the Wizards on November 10.

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NBA record for most missed field goals in a regular-season game by a player after 1971

	NAME	FG MISS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	31	11/10/2025	DET	vs	WAS	45	46	12	11	5	2	14	45	31.1	2	11	18.2	16	18	88.9	43.5	5	7	2	4	+10
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	30	11/7/2002	LAL	@	BOS	46	41	9	4	4	0	17	47	36.2	0	8	0.0	7	7	100.0	40.9	2	7	5	3	-3
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	28	4/13/2016	LAL	vs	UTA	42	60	4	4	1	1	22	50	44.0	6	21	28.6	10	12	83.3	54.3	0	4	2	1	+7
4	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	27	10/28/2016	OKC	vs	PHX	45	51	13	10	2	0	17	44	38.6	2	10	20.0	15	20	75.0	48.3	3	10	5	3	+7
5	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	27	2/3/2001	DET	@	CLE	44	21	1	5	1	0	7	34	20.6	1	7	14.3	6	7	85.7	28.3	0	1	0	1	+8
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	27	11/3/1997	CHI	vs	SAS	48	29	13	4	5	2	12	39	30.8	1	4	25.0	4	6	66.7	34.8	4	9	3	0	-6
7	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	27	11/3/1980	CLE	@	SEA	43	10	9	0		0	5	32	15.6	0	0		0	0		15.6	4	5	2	1
8	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	27	3/27/1977	NOJ	@	IND	55	29	9	7			12	39	30.8				5	8	62.5	34.1				2
9	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	27	12/6/1972	KCO	@	PHI	48	34	4	10			12	39	30.8				10	12	83.3	38.4				5
10	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	26	3/28/2024	ATL	vs	BOS	47	44	7	7	2	1	18	44	40.9	6	19	31.6	2	2	100.0	49.0	0	7	3	2	+3
11	James Harden J. Harden	26	12/3/2019	HOU	@	SAS	49	50	9	6	4	0	11	37	29.7	4	20	20.0	24	24	100.0	52.6	3	6	5	4	-3
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	26	2/26/2015	OKC	@	PHX	43	39	14	11	3	0	12	38	31.6	1	10	10.0	14	16	87.5	43.3	3	11	4	3	+4
13	Rudy Gay R. Gay	26	11/11/2013	TOR	@	HOU	49	29	10	2	4	1	11	37	29.7	3	8	37.5	4	4	100.0	37.4	1	9	2	6	0
14	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	26	12/11/1996	TOR	@	BOS	54	31	5	12	1	1	11	37	29.7	2	9	22.2	7	9	77.8	37.8	1	4	3	0	-1
15	John Starks J. Starks	26	2/14/1993	NYK	@	ORL	56	26	4	8	0	0	10	36	27.8	2	9	22.2	4	5	80.0	34.0	2	2	4	3
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	26	1/15/1987	CHI	vs	HOU	43	43	3	3	2	1	17	43	39.5	1	4	25.0	8	9	88.9	45.8	1	2	2	2
17	George Gervin G. Gervin	26	4/9/1978	SAS	@	NOJ	33	63	2	1	2	1	23	49	46.9				17	20	85.0	54.5				3
18	John Williamson J. Williamson	26	3/4/1978	NJN	@	BUF		40					14	40	35.0				12	12	100.0	44.2
19	Rick Barry R. Barry	26	1/23/1975	GSW	vs	PHI	46	55	5	5	7	1	23	49	46.9				9	10	90.0	51.5	2	3		0
20	James Harden J. Harden	25	1/8/2020	HOU	@	ATL	40	41	10	10	2	3	9	34	26.5	4	20	20.0	19	23	82.6	46.5	2	8	8	2	-3
21	Bradley Beal B. Beal	25	12/23/2019	WAS	@	NYK	37	30	4	3	2	2	13	38	34.2	2	11	18.2	2	4	50.0	37.7	3	1	3	2	-7
22	James Harden J. Harden	25	11/16/2019	HOU	@	MIN	39	49	6	6	0	0	16	41	39.0	8	22	36.4	9	11	81.8	53.4	1	5	5	4	+16
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	25	12/22/2012	LAL	@	GSW	44	34	10	5	1	0	16	41	39.0	2	8	25.0	0	1	0.0	41.0	3	7	3	5	0
24	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	25	1/18/2010	GSW	vs	CHI	48	36	5	8	4	2	14	39	35.9	3	9	33.3	5	9	55.6	41.9	0	5	2	2	+17
25	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	25	3/30/2007	LAL	vs	HOU	48	53	2	2	0	0	19	44	43.2	3	9	33.3	12	14	85.7	52.8	1	1	3	2	+1

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Thu 12/18	DET	@	DAL	8:30 PM
Sat 12/20	CHA	@	DET	7:30 PM
Mon 12/22	DET	@	POR	10:00 PM
Tue 12/23	DET	@	SAC	10:00 PM
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1	Pistons	21	5	.808
2	Knicks	18	7	.720	2.5
3	Raptors	16	11	.593	5.5
4	Celtics	15	11	.577	6.0
5	Magic	15	11	.577	6.0
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8	Warriors	13	14	.481	11.5
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DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Fri 11/14	LAL	@	MIL	119-95
Sat 11/15	LAC	@	BOS	118-121
Sat 11/15	SAC	@	SAS	110-123
Sat 11/15	BKN	@	WAS	129-106
Sat 11/15	GSW	@	NOP	124-106

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Thu 12/18	ATL	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Thu 12/18	NYK	@	IND	7:00 PM
Thu 12/18	MIA	@	BKN	7:30 PM
Thu 12/18	LAC	@	OKC	8:00 PM
Thu 12/18	WAS	@	SAS	8:00 PM

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