who had the fewest field goal attempts in a 51 point game

Willie Burton has the fewest attempted shots in a game with 51+ points, with 19 attempts against the Heat on December 13, 1994.

Interpreted as:

Who had the fewest field goal attempts in a 51 or more point regular-season game?

	NAME	FGA	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Willie Burton W. Burton	19	53	12/13/1994	PHI	vs	MIA	43	8	3	1	2	12	63.2	5	8	62.5	24	28	85.7	84.6	4	4	1	2
2	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	23	51	1/16/2023	BOS	@	CHA	40	9	5	0	0	15	65.2	7	12	58.3	14	14	100.0	87.4	1	8	4	3	+15
3	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	23	54	2/2/2021	TOR	@	ORL	37	3	2	3	3	17	73.9	11	14	78.6	9	9	100.0	100.1	0	3	1	2	+20
4	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	23	54	1/31/2020	BKN	vs	CHI	32	5	5	1	0	19	82.6	7	9	77.8	9	10	90.0	98.5	0	5	4	3	+20
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	23	53	12/20/1967	PHI	@	SEA	45	38	6			20	87.0				13	26	50.0	76.9				2
6	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	24	53	1/30/2023	DAL	vs	DET	36	8	5	2	0	17	70.8	5	11	45.5	14	18	77.8	83.0	0	8	4	2	+8
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	24	53	4/12/2021	GSW	vs	DEN	36	6	4	0	0	14	58.3	10	18	55.6	15	16	93.8	85.4	0	6	5	3	+16
8	James Harden J. Harden	24	60	11/30/2019	HOU	vs	ATL	31	3	8	3	1	16	66.7	8	14	57.1	20	23	87.0	87.9	0	3	5	3	+50
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	24	51	10/24/2018	GSW	vs	WAS	32	4	3	0	1	15	62.5	11	16	68.8	10	10	100.0	89.8	0	4	2	1	+19
10	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	24	52	1/2/2017	CHI	vs	CHA	38	12	6	3	1	15	62.5	1	4	25.0	21	22	95.5	77.2	3	9	2	0	+15
11	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	24	51	3/23/2006	DAL	vs	GSW	41	9	5	2	1	16	66.7	3	4	75.0	16	17	94.1	81.0	3	6	5	3	+3
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	25	56	2/27/2025	GSW	@	ORL	34	4	3	2	0	16	64.0	12	19	63.2	12	12	100.0	92.5	0	4	4	0	+15
13	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	25	51	12/20/2023	PHI	vs	MIN	36	12	3	2	1	17	68.0	0	1	0.0	17	18	94.4	77.5	2	10	2	5	+4
14	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	25	54	11/9/2023	MIL	@	IND	36	12	3	0	0	19	76.0	0	1	0.0	16	18	88.9	82.0	2	10	8	4	+6
15	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	25	52	4/4/2023	PHI	vs	BOS	39	13	6	0	2	20	80.0	0	1	0.0	12	13	92.3	84.6	2	11	3	3	+17
16	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	25	52	12/21/2022	TOR	@	NYK	41	9	7	1	0	17	68.0	2	6	33.3	16	18	88.9	79.0	3	6	1	2	+8
17	Devin Booker D. Booker	25	51	11/30/2022	PHX	vs	CHI	31	4	6	1	0	20	80.0	6	7	85.7	5	6	83.3	92.3	0	4	2	3	+23
18	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	25	53	4/9/2021	BOS	vs	MIN	41	10	4	0	1	16	64.0	6	10	60.0	15	16	93.8	82.7	1	9	5	3	+5
19	James Harden J. Harden	25	56	11/5/2017	HOU	vs	UTA	35	2	13	2	0	19	76.0	7	8	87.5	11	12	91.7	92.5	0	2	7	3	+25
20	James Harden J. Harden	25	51	4/1/2015	HOU	vs	SAC	38	8	6	3	0	16	64.0	8	9	88.9	11	13	84.6	83.0	2	6	7	1	+10
21	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	25	52	1/23/2015	GSW	vs	SAC	33	2	5	4	2	16	64.0	11	15	73.3	9	10	90.0	88.4	0	2	4	3	+38
22	LeBron James L. James	25	51	2/3/2011	MIA	@	ORL	43	11	8	1	1	17	68.0	3	5	60.0	14	17	82.4	78.5	2	9	3	2	+2
23	Vince Carter V. Carter	25	51	12/23/2005	NJN	@	MIA	44	8	4	0	0	13	52.0	2	5	40.0	23	24	95.8	71.7	2	6	2	3	+16
24	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	25	51	1/26/1991	HOU	vs	CLE	46	5	1	2	0	14	56.0	4	10	40.0	19	22	86.4	73.5	0	5	5	0
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	25	58	2/26/1987	CHI	vs	NJN	37	8	3	3	2	16	64.0	0	0		26	27	96.3	78.6	1	7	3	4