worst shooting performance in a game with minimum 40 points

James Harden has the worst field-goal percentage in a game with 40+ points, at 26.5 percent against the Hawks on January 8, 2020.

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worst shooting by a player performance in a regular-season game with minimum 40 points

	NAME	FG%	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	James Harden J. Harden	26.5	41	1/8/2020	HOU	@	ATL	40	10	10	2	3	9	34	4	20	20.0	19	23	82.6	46.5	2	8	8	2	-3
2	James Harden J. Harden	29.7	50	12/3/2019	HOU	@	SAS	49	9	6	4	0	11	37	4	20	20.0	24	24	100.0	52.6	3	6	5	4	-3
3	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	31.1	46	11/10/2025	DET	vs	WAS	45	12	11	5	2	14	45	2	11	18.2	16	18	88.9	43.5	5	7	2	4	+10
4	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	32.4	40	11/5/1960	LAL	vs	SYR		25				12	37				16	16	100.0	45.4				4
5	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	33.3	45	3/2/2017	OKC	@	POR	37	7	4	1	1	12	36	6	16	37.5	15	15	100.0	52.8	2	5	4	0	-7
6	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	33.3	40	2/11/1961	NYK	@	BOS	45		8			9	27				22	23	95.7	53.9				5
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	33.3	41	11/27/1960	PHI	@	LAL	48	27	4			16	48				9	17	52.9	37.0				3
8	Rick Barry R. Barry	34.0	48	2/5/1967	SFW	@	CHI	53	9	3			17	50				14	16	87.5	42.1				4
9	John Williamson J. Williamson	35.0	40	3/4/1978	NJN	@	BUF						14	40				12	12	100.0	44.2
10	James Harden J. Harden	35.1	41	1/14/2020	HOU	@	MEM	39	6	6	0	1	13	37	5	19	26.3	10	11	90.9	49.0	3	3	1	3	+3
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	35.1	45	12/28/2005	LAL	vs	MEM	47	7	4	2	1	13	37	4	8	50.0	15	19	78.9	49.6	2	5	2	5	-6
12	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	35.7	41	11/1/1961	LAL	vs	CIN		19				15	42				11	14	78.6	42.6				2
13	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	36.1	41	3/8/2002	PHI	vs	IND	45	3	8	2	1	13	36	1	4	25.0	14	16	87.5	47.6	0	3	4	5	+6
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	36.2	41	11/7/2002	LAL	@	BOS	46	9	4	4	0	17	47	0	8	0.0	7	7	100.0	40.9	2	7	5	3	-3
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	36.4	40	3/8/2006	LAL	@	NOK	44	6	1	3	1	12	33	2	6	33.3	14	16	87.5	50.0	4	2	2	2	+9
16	Trae Young T. Young	36.7	42	1/8/2020	ATL	vs	HOU	39	13	10	0	1	11	30	4	11	36.4	16	18	88.9	55.4	4	9	3	1	+4
17	Grayson Allen G. Allen	36.7	40	4/10/2019	UTA	@	LAC	41	7	4	1	1	11	30	5	13	38.5	13	14	92.9	55.3	2	5	3	1	-3
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36.7	40	11/29/1986	CHI	@	GSW	42	5	6	4	0	11	30	0	1	0.0	18	19	94.7	52.1	3	2	2	3
19	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	36.7	49	1/26/1964	SFW	@	LAL	48	19	2			18	49				13	24	54.2	41.1				4
20	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	37.3	45	12/30/1959	PHI	vs	MIN	46	32	3			19	51				7	11	63.6	40.3				3
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	37.5	42	10/30/2013	OKC	@	UTA	39	6	1	3	0	9	24	2	8	25.0	22	24	91.7	60.8	0	6	5	1	+3
22	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	37.8	48	12/21/1962	LAL	vs	STL	45	15				14	37				20	21	95.2	51.9				4
23	James Harden J. Harden	37.9	45	11/18/2015	HOU	vs	POR	47	8	11	5	1	11	29	4	15	26.7	19	20	95.0	59.5	1	7	5	2	+10
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	37.9	42	3/3/2006	LAL	@	GSW	42	4	5	3	0	11	29	4	8	50.0	16	18	88.9	56.9	0	4	6	3	+23
25	James Harden J. Harden	38.1	40	10/28/2019	HOU	vs	OKC	37	3	7	1	1	8	21	3	14	21.4	21	22	95.5	65.2	0	3	4	5	-2

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