shortest player to score 40 points in a game

Jalen Brunson scored 40 points against the Magic yesterday.

Interpreted as:

shortest player to score 40 or more points in a regular-season game

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	12/13/2025	40	NYK	@	ORL	39	4	8	1	0	16	27	59.3	2	5	40.0	6	9	66.7	64.6	1	3	2	5	+3
2	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	12/12/2025	48	CLE	@	WAS	35	4	4	2	0	17	31	54.8	8	15	53.3	6	6	100.0	71.3	0	4	3	1	+9
3	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	12/8/2025	40	MIN	vs	PHX	38	9	2	1	0	15	21	71.4	3	7	42.9	7	9	77.8	80.1	0	9	1	2	+4
4	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	12/6/2025	42	SAC	@	MIA	39	5	1	1	0	12	24	50.0	8	13	61.5	10	11	90.9	72.8	0	5	0	3	+15
5	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	12/5/2025	40	DEN	@	ATL	36	9	8	1	1	13	26	50.0	1	8	12.5	13	15	86.7	61.3	3	6	2	1	-15
6	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	12/4/2025	44	LAL	@	TOR	41	5	10	0	0	13	21	61.9	5	11	45.5	13	15	86.7	79.7	0	5	5	3	+6
7	Jamal Murray J. Murray	12/3/2025	52	DEN	@	IND	36	6	4	1	0	19	25	76.0	10	11	90.9	4	5	80.0	95.6	0	6	1	0	+23
8	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	12/2/2025	44	MIN	@	NOP	47	5	4	0	1	16	30	53.3	6	13	46.2	6	8	75.0	65.6	0	5	3	4	+14
9	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	12/2/2025	42	BOS	vs	NYK	40	4	4	1	0	16	24	66.7	2	6	33.3	8	9	88.9	75.1	0	4	4	3	+15
10	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	12/1/2025	43	CLE	@	IND	34	9	6	0	0	16	27	59.3	4	10	40.0	7	9	77.8	69.4	3	6	3	2	+22
11	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	11/30/2025	42	BOS	@	CLE	31	3	3	0	0	15	22	68.2	6	11	54.5	6	6	100.0	85.2	0	3	2	3	+10
12	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	11/30/2025	44	PHI	vs	ATL	52	7	9	0	1	14	31	45.2	2	13	15.4	14	17	82.4	57.2	0	7	6	2	-8
13	Jalen Johnson J. Johnson	11/30/2025	41	ATL	@	PHI	45	14	7	1	1	10	21	47.6	4	8	50.0	17	22	77.3	66.8	0	14	6	1	-3
14	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	11/29/2025	41	BOS	@	MIN	39	6	7	5	1	17	32	53.1	5	11	45.5	2	4	50.0	60.7	2	4	4	3	+1
15	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	11/28/2025	42	CLE	@	ATL	35	3	3	1	0	15	28	53.6	7	15	46.7	5	5	100.0	69.5	0	3	4	3	0
16	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	11/26/2025	42	DET	@	BOS	36	8	5	1	1	12	26	46.2	4	9	44.4	14	16	87.5	63.6	3	5	4	3	0
17	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	11/26/2025	40	OKC	vs	MIN	37	6	6	3	0	12	19	63.2	1	2	50.0	15	17	88.2	75.5	0	6	1	3	+12
18	CJ McCollum	11/25/2025	46	WAS	vs	ATL	37	5	4	1	0	17	25	68.0	10	13	76.9	2	4	50.0	85.9	0	5	2	1	+19
19	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	11/25/2025	43	LAL	vs	LAC	38	9	13	1	1	14	28	50.0	7	12	58.3	8	11	72.7	65.5	2	7	3	4	+9
20	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	11/24/2025	43	MIN	@	SAC	40	7	4	3	1	16	29	55.2	5	11	45.5	6	8	75.0	66.1	1	6	3	1	-12
21	James Harden J. Harden	11/22/2025	55	LAC	@	CHA	35	3	7	1	0	17	26	65.4	10	16	62.5	11	14	78.6	85.5	1	2	2	1	+22
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	11/22/2025	44	DEN	vs	SAC	37	13	7	0	0	16	28	57.1	3	6	50.0	9	10	90.0	67.9	7	6	2	4	+2
23	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	11/21/2025	41	MIN	@	PHX	40	5	4	4	1	14	24	58.3	5	11	45.5	8	12	66.7	70.0	0	5	5	4	-3
24	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	11/20/2025	54	PHI	@	MIL	47	5	9	3	3	18	30	60.0	6	15	40.0	12	14	85.7	74.7	0	5	5	3	+18
25	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	11/16/2025	47	UTA	vs	CHI	46	7	2	2	2	15	33	45.5	6	17	35.3	11	13	84.6	60.7	2	5	1	3	+4