who has the most points for a game in 36 or less minutes

James Harden and Nikola Jokić are tied for the most points in a game with 36 or fewer minutes played this season, with 55 points.

Interpreted as:

Who has the most points for a regular-season game in 36 or less minutes this season?

	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	James Harden J. Harden	55	35	11/22/2025	LAC	@	CHA	3	7	1	0	17	26	65.4	10	16	62.5	11	14	78.6	85.5	1	2	2	1	+22
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	55	34	11/12/2025	DEN	@	LAC	12	6	1	1	18	23	78.3	5	6	83.3	14	16	87.5	91.5	2	10	2	1	+28
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	49	35	10/24/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	11	8	0	0	14	23	60.9	5	12	41.7	16	19	84.2	78.1	1	10	3	4	+18
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	46	34	11/12/2025	GSW	@	SAS	5	5	2	0	13	25	52.0	5	16	31.3	15	16	93.8	71.8	0	5	1	2	+5
5	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	46	35	11/5/2025	CLE	vs	PHI	4	8	1	0	15	21	71.4	6	11	54.5	10	10	100.0	90.6	0	4	2	0	+17
6	Grayson Allen G. Allen	42	28	11/10/2025	PHX	vs	NOP	2	4	3	0	12	17	70.6	10	15	66.7	8	10	80.0	98.1	1	1	1	0	+22
7	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	41	32	10/26/2025	BKN	@	SAS	2	0	0	0	11	25	44.0	5	12	41.7	14	14	100.0	65.8	0	2	3	0	-7
8	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	41	35	10/26/2025	BOS	@	DET	6	4	0	0	12	25	48.0	5	9	55.6	12	15	80.0	64.9	2	4	4	3	-1
9	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	40	36	11/13/2025	UTA	vs	ATL	7	2	1	0	15	25	60.0	6	12	50.0	4	4	100.0	74.7	4	3	4	3	+4
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	40	33	10/26/2025	MIL	@	CLE	14	9	2	2	14	20	70.0	1	1	100.0	11	16	68.8	74.0	5	9	2	1	-5
11	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	40	30	10/22/2025	SAS	@	DAL	15	1	1	3	15	21	71.4	1	2	50.0	9	11	81.8	77.4	1	14	0	4	+31
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	38	34	11/21/2025	GSW	vs	POR	2	4	0	0	14	23	60.9	9	17	52.9	1	1	100.0	81.1	0	2	3	2	-3
13	Nickeil Alexander-Walker N. Alexander-Walker	38	34	11/20/2025	ATL	@	SAS	4	5	0	3	13	17	76.5	8	10	80.0	4	4	100.0	101.3	1	3	2	3	-7
14	Norman Powell N. Powell	38	33	11/14/2025	MIA	@	NYK	5	0	1	0	12	22	54.5	8	15	53.3	6	7	85.7	75.8	0	5	1	2	+4
15	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	38	36	11/10/2025	SAS	@	CHI	12	5	1	5	11	19	57.9	6	9	66.7	10	10	100.0	81.2	1	11	3	4	+13
16	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	38	35	10/26/2025	CHA	@	WAS	13	13	3	0	13	25	52.0	5	12	41.7	7	7	100.0	67.7	4	9	4	3	+32
17	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	37	34	11/22/2025	ORL	vs	NYK	6	7	0	0	13	19	68.4	4	6	66.7	7	7	100.0	83.8	0	6	1	2	+10
18	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	37	34	11/18/2025	LAL	vs	UTA	5	10	4	0	11	22	50.0	2	10	20.0	13	16	81.3	63.7	0	5	8	4	+10
19	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	37	36	11/17/2025	CLE	vs	MIL	5	7	1	0	14	22	63.6	4	8	50.0	5	7	71.4	73.8	0	5	2	4	+7
20	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	37	36	11/9/2025	MIL	vs	HOU	8	3	0	1	14	25	56.0	0	1	0.0	9	14	64.3	59.4	4	4	3	0	0
21	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	37	26	11/7/2025	MIN	vs	UTA	5	1	1	1	12	21	57.1	7	12	58.3	6	7	85.7	76.8	2	3	4	2	+32
22	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	37	36	11/2/2025	CLE	vs	ATL	2	5	2	1	12	21	57.1	8	15	53.3	5	5	100.0	79.7	0	2	3	5	+9
23	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	37	33	10/28/2025	MIL	vs	NYK	8	7	1	2	16	22	72.7	0	1	0.0	5	7	71.4	73.8	2	6	4	3	+18
24	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	37	35	10/26/2025	NYK	@	MIA	5	7	3	0	14	26	53.8	5	11	45.5	4	4	100.0	66.6	2	3	3	3	+6
25	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	37	27	10/22/2025	MIL	vs	WAS	14	5	0	0	16	26	61.5	1	3	33.3	4	7	57.1	63.6	2	12	2	4	+10