player most points in a game under 26 minutes

Sleepy Floyd has scored the most points in a game with fewer than 26 minutes played, with 40 points versus the Nuggets on February 26, 1991.

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player most points in a regular-season game under 26 minutes

	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	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	40	24	2/26/1991	HOU	@	DEN	2	3	2	0	16	25	64.0	1	3	33.3	7	7	100.0	71.2	1	1	1	2
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	38	26	12/30/2017	GSW	vs	MEM	4	3	0	0	13	17	76.5	10	13	76.9	2	2	100.0	106.3	0	4	0	2	+24
3	Kevin Love K. Love	38	25	11/28/2017	CLE	vs	MIA	9	2	2	0	10	16	62.5	4	8	50.0	14	17	82.4	80.9	2	7	3	0	+25
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	25	12/14/1989	CHI	vs	ORL	7	5	2	0	14	20	70.0	3	3	100.0	7	9	77.8	79.3	2	5	1	2
5	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
6	Trae Young T. Young	37	26	12/23/2020	ATL	@	CHI	6	7	0	0	10	12	83.3	5	6	83.3	12	14	85.7	101.9	2	4	4	1	+30
7	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	37	21	1/14/2020	MIL	vs	NYK	9	4	0	1	12	17	70.6	3	5	60.0	10	12	83.3	83.0	3	6	1	1	+32
8	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
9	Devin Booker D. Booker	36	26	3/30/2026	PHX	@	MEM	2	5	0	0	16	24	66.7	4	6	66.7	0	0		75.0	1	1	3	1	+5
10	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	36	25	10/25/2023	BKN	vs	CLE	3	2	1	0	13	21	61.9	2	5	40.0	8	11	72.7	69.7	0	3	1	0	+5
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	36	24	1/10/2023	PHI	vs	DET	11	1	0	2	12	20	60.0	1	3	33.3	11	11	100.0	72.5	2	9	3	3	+36
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	36	26	4/12/2021	PHI	@	DAL	7	2	1	0	10	17	58.8	2	3	66.7	14	15	93.3	76.3	1	6	1	1	+8
13	Larry Hughes L. Hughes	36	26	12/11/2007	CLE	vs	IND	4	3	3	2	13	17	76.5	5	8	62.5	5	5	100.0	93.8	0	4	3	2	+24
14	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	36	25	1/26/2004	ORL	@	CLE	1	2	0	0	11	19	57.9	8	10	80.0	6	8	75.0	79.9	0	1	1	2	+11
15	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
16	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	36	23	1/29/1987	DAL	@	DEN	3	1	1	1	14	20	70.0	2	2	100.0	6	6	100.0	79.5	2	1	0	0
17	Walter Davis W. Davis	36	24	3/13/1979	PHX	@	CLE	1	2	1	0	13	16	81.3				10	13	76.9	82.9	0	1	2	6
18	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	35	25	3/12/2026	DAL	@	MEM	2	1	2	0	10	17	58.8	8	10	80.0	7	7	100.0	87.2	2	0	0	0	+21
19	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	35	25	2/5/2026	LAL	vs	PHI	6	2	0	0	12	17	70.6	5	8	62.5	6	7	85.7	87.2	1	5	5	0	+5
20	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	35	26	11/5/2025	BOS	vs	WAS	5	5	1	0	13	21	61.9	2	4	50.0	7	9	77.8	70.1	1	4	1	2	+11
21	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	35	25	12/11/2019	CHI	vs	ATL	2	4	1	1	12	16	75.0	7	7	100.0	4	4	100.0	98.5	0	2	3	3	+10
22	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	35	26	11/20/2019	DAL	vs	GSW	10	11	4	0	11	18	61.1	6	10	60.0	7	8	87.5	81.3	1	9	5	3	+45
23	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	35	26	3/24/2019	IND	vs	DEN	6	3	1	0	13	16	81.3	5	6	83.3	4	4	100.0	98.5	0	6	0	0	+17
24	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	35	23	3/30/2005	CHI	@	CHA	3	5	2	0	11	17	64.7	6	8	75.0	7	8	87.5	85.3	1	2	3	2	+10
25	Cliff Robinson C. Robinson	35	24	11/11/1986	PHI	@	SEA	4	1	1	0	13	19	68.4	0	0		9	9	100.0	76.2	1	3	1	4

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