highest pts/fga ever in a single game minimum 30 points

Bill Cartwright has the most points per field-goal attempt in a game with 30+ points, with 4.43 versus the Kansas City Kings on November 17, 1981.

Interpreted as:
highest pts/fga by a player ever in a single regular-season game minimum 30 points
NAMEPTS/FGAPTSFGADATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Bill Cartwright
B. Cartwright
4.43
31
7
11/17/1981
vs
36
8
0
0
1
6
85.7
0
0
19
19
100.0
100.9
2
2Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
3.6
36
10
3/16/1988
vs
43
9
5
1
1
8
80.0
0
0
20
24
83.3
87.5
4
5
7
2
3Andres Nocioni
A. Nocioni
3.33
30
9
12/3/2007
vs
31
5
0
3
0
6
66.7
3
4
75.0
15
16
93.8
93.5
1
4
3
5
+6
4Sidney Moncrief
S. Moncrief
3.3
33
10
2/1/1983
@
39
8
8
1
1
8
80.0
0
0
17
18
94.4
92.1
3
5
5
3
5Rolando Blackman
R. Blackman
3.23
42
13
2/17/1986
@
40
2
0
0
2
10
76.9
0
1
0.0
22
23
95.7
90.8
1
1
5
0
6Cameron Payne
C. Payne
3.2
32
10
3/10/2026
vs
30
3
10
3
2
9
90.0
8
8
100.0
6
6
100.0
126.6
0
3
0
3
+22
7Deron Williams
D. Williams
3.2
32
10
3/14/2008
@
42
5
8
1
1
7
70.0
1
1
100.0
17
18
94.4
89.3
1
4
3
2
+20
8Brian Grant
B. Grant
3.2
32
10
3/31/1996
vs
38
10
2
2
1
9
90.0
0
0
14
17
82.4
91.5
2
8
2
2
9Davis Bertans
D. Bertans
3.18
35
11
2/17/2021
vs
30
3
1
1
1
9
81.8
9
11
81.8
8
8
100.0
120.5
0
3
0
3
+10
10Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
3.18
35
11
10/20/2018
vs
31
11
11
4
1
11
100.0
3
3
100.0
10
11
90.9
110.5
0
11
0
3
+29
11Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
3.15
41
13
11/19/1999
vs
43
17
1
1
7
11
84.6
0
0
19
31
61.3
77.0
7
10
2
4
+14
12Eric Gordon
E. Gordon
3.1
31
10
1/12/2022
@
32
3
3
1
0
9
90.0
6
7
85.7
7
10
70.0
107.6
1
2
2
2
+11
13Paul George
P. George
3.1
31
10
12/10/2018
vs
30
3
3
4
0
8
80.0
5
6
83.3
10
12
83.3
101.4
0
3
2
3
+17
14Kendall Gill
K. Gill
3.1
31
10
12/27/1996
vs
40
8
4
1
0
7
70.0
2
4
50.0
15
16
93.8
91.0
6
2
5
2
+14
15Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
3.1
31
10
3/24/1989
vs
33
7
6
3
1
10
100.0
2
2
100.0
9
9
100.0
111.0
2
5
5
1
16Karl Malone
K. Malone
3.09
34
11
12/17/1989
@
41
12
3
1
0
7
63.6
0
0
20
24
83.3
78.8
2
10
1
4
17Trae Young
T. Young
3.08
37
12
12/23/2020
@
26
6
7
0
0
10
83.3
5
6
83.3
12
14
85.7
101.9
2
4
4
1
+30
18Immanuel Quickley
I. Quickley
3.08
40
13
1/20/2026
@
34
2
10
2
0
11
84.6
7
8
87.5
11
11
100.0
112.1
0
2
3
4
+1
19Alonzo Mourning
A. Mourning
3.07
43
14
2/23/2000
vs
33
16
0
0
5
13
92.9
0
0
17
24
70.8
87.5
7
9
2
2
+6
20Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
3.07
46
15
1/4/1984
vs
40
9
5
1
0
9
60.0
0
0
28
29
96.6
82.9
5
4
2
3
21Khris Middleton
K. Middleton
3
30
10
2/29/2016
vs
44
3
4
5
1
7
70.0
1
3
33.3
15
15
100.0
90.4
1
2
2
3
+4
22Dwight Howard
D. Howard
3
39
13
3/12/2013
@
38
16
2
1
3
7
53.8
0
0
25
39
64.1
64.7
3
13
0
3
+16
23Stephen Jackson
S. Jackson
3
30
10
2/10/2006
vs
39
6
5
2
0
8
80.0
3
3
100.0
11
13
84.6
95.4
0
6
3
5
+17
24Anfernee Hardaway
A. Hardaway
3
30
10
11/16/1995
vs
35
3
7
1
0
8
80.0
1
1
100.0
13
14
92.9
92.8
0
3
3
1
25Reggie Miller
R. Miller
3
33
11
12/10/1994
vs
27
1
2
0
0
9
81.8
5
7
71.4
10
11
90.9
104.2
0
1
4
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal attempts going back to the 1982-83 season.

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