lowest fg% in a game with 40 points since 1980

Since 1979-80, James Harden has the worst field-goal percentage in a game with 40+ points, at 26.5 percent versus the Hawks on January 8, 2020.

Interpreted as:

lowest fg% by a player in a regular-season game with 40 or more points since 1980

	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	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	38.2	41	2/23/2003	LAL	vs	SEA	42	5	3	3	0	13	34	1	6	16.7	14	16	87.5	50.0	1	4	3	2	+6
18	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	38.2	48	12/1/2001	BOS	@	NJN	49	12	1	3	2	13	34	5	8	62.5	17	18	94.4	57.3	2	10	4	2	+14
19	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	38.6	51	10/28/2016	OKC	vs	PHX	45	13	10	2	0	17	44	2	10	20.0	15	20	75.0	48.3	3	10	5	3	+7
20	Trae Young T. Young	38.7	43	11/22/2023	ATL	vs	BKN	40	4	9	2	0	12	31	8	16	50.0	11	13	84.6	58.6	2	2	4	0	-11
21	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	38.7	42	4/10/2021	UTA	vs	SAC	35	3	4	1	1	12	31	3	12	25.0	15	17	88.2	54.6	1	2	0	0	+9
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	38.9	46	11/27/2005	LAL	vs	NJN	50	3	3	2	0	14	36	4	12	33.3	14	16	87.5	53.4	0	3	5	5	-10
23	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	38.9	46	2/20/2002	PHI	vs	GSW	45	8	6	5	0	14	36	2	7	28.6	16	20	80.0	51.3	3	5	2	2	+7
24	James Harden J. Harden	39.0	49	11/16/2019	HOU	@	MIN	39	6	6	0	0	16	41	8	22	36.4	9	11	81.8	53.4	1	5	5	4	+16
25	James Harden J. Harden	39.3	42	2/9/2019	HOU	vs	OKC	37	2	1	1	0	11	28	6	16	37.5	14	15	93.3	60.7	0	2	5	2	-9