lowest fg percent while having 40 or more points in a game all-time

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

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NAMEFG%PTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGA3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1James Harden
J. Harden
26.5
41
1/8/2020
@
40
10
10
2
3
9
34
4
20
20.0
19
23
82.6
46.5
2
8
8
2
-3
2James Harden
J. Harden
29.7
50
12/3/2019
@
49
9
6
4
0
11
37
4
20
20.0
24
24
100.0
52.6
3
6
5
4
-3
3Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
31.1
46
11/10/2025
vs
45
12
11
5
2
14
45
2
11
18.2
16
18
88.9
43.5
5
7
2
4
+10
4Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
32.4
40
11/5/1960
vs
25
12
37
16
16
100.0
45.4
4
5Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
33.3
45
3/2/2017
@
37
7
4
1
1
12
36
6
16
37.5
15
15
100.0
52.8
2
5
4
0
-7
6Richie Guerin
R. Guerin
33.3
40
2/11/1961
@
45
8
9
27
22
23
95.7
53.9
5
7Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
33.3
41
11/27/1960
@
48
27
4
16
48
9
17
52.9
37.0
3
8Rick Barry
R. Barry
34.0
48
2/5/1967
@
53
9
3
17
50
14
16
87.5
42.1
4
9John Williamson
J. Williamson
35.0
40
3/4/1978
@
14
40
12
12
100.0
44.2
10James Harden
J. Harden
35.1
41
1/14/2020
@
39
6
6
0
1
13
37
5
19
26.3
10
11
90.9
49.0
3
3
1
3
+3
11Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
35.1
45
12/28/2005
vs
47
7
4
2
1
13
37
4
8
50.0
15
19
78.9
49.6
2
5
2
5
-6
12Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
35.7
41
11/1/1961
vs
19
15
42
11
14
78.6
42.6
2
13Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
36.1
41
3/8/2002
vs
45
3
8
2
1
13
36
1
4
25.0
14
16
87.5
47.6
0
3
4
5
+6
14Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
36.2
41
11/7/2002
@
46
9
4
4
0
17
47
0
8
0.0
7
7
100.0
40.9
2
7
5
3
-3
15Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
36.4
40
3/8/2006
@
44
6
1
3
1
12
33
2
6
33.3
14
16
87.5
50.0
4
2
2
2
+9
16Trae Young
T. Young
36.7
42
1/8/2020
vs
39
13
10
0
1
11
30
4
11
36.4
16
18
88.9
55.4
4
9
3
1
+4
17Grayson Allen
G. Allen
36.7
40
4/10/2019
@
41
7
4
1
1
11
30
5
13
38.5
13
14
92.9
55.3
2
5
3
1
-3
18Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
36.7
40
11/29/1986
@
42
5
6
4
0
11
30
0
1
0.0
18
19
94.7
52.1
3
2
2
3
19Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
36.7
49
1/26/1964
@
48
19
2
18
49
13
24
54.2
41.1
4
20Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
37.3
45
12/30/1959
vs
46
32
3
19
51
7
11
63.6
40.3
3
21Kevin Durant
K. Durant
37.5
42
10/30/2013
@
39
6
1
3
0
9
24
2
8
25.0
22
24
91.7
60.8
0
6
5
1
+3
22Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
37.8
48
12/21/1962
vs
45
15
14
37
20
21
95.2
51.9
4
23James Harden
J. Harden
37.9
45
11/18/2015
vs
47
8
11
5
1
11
29
4
15
26.7
19
20
95.0
59.5
1
7
5
2
+10
24Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
37.9
42
3/3/2006
@
42
4
5
3
0
11
29
4
8
50.0
16
18
88.9
56.9
0
4
6
3
+23
25James Harden
J. Harden
38.1
40
10/28/2019
vs
37
3
7
1
1
8
21
3
14
21.4
21
22
95.5
65.2
0
3
4
5
-2
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal percentage going back to the 1982-83 season.

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