most points in a game by a player in 2020-21 with <41 points including playoffs

16 players were tied for the most points with fewer than 41 points in a 2021 regular-season or postseason game, with 40 points. The first three are Devin Booker on July 17, 2021 and on June 20, 2021, Khris Middleton on July 14, 2021 and Giannis Antetokounmpo on June 19, 2021 and on May 13, 2021.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Devin Booker D. Booker	40	7/17/2021	PHX	vs	MIL	42	4	3	2	1	17	33	51.5	2	4	50.0	4	5	80.0	56.8	1	3	2	5	+12
2	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	40	7/14/2021	MIL	vs	PHX	43	6	4	2	0	15	33	45.5	3	8	37.5	7	8	87.5	54.8	0	6	1	1	+10
3	Devin Booker D. Booker	40	6/20/2021	PHX	vs	LAC	44	13	11	0	0	15	29	51.7	3	7	42.9	7	7	100.0	62.3	1	12	2	3	+6
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	40	6/19/2021	MIL	@	BKN	50	13	5	0	1	15	24	62.5	2	6	33.3	8	14	57.1	66.3	2	11	3	3	+6
5	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	40	6/8/2021	PHI	vs	ATL	35	13	2	2	1	13	25	52.0	2	5	40.0	12	16	75.0	62.4	1	12	3	5	+14
6	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	40	5/30/2021	BOS	vs	BKN	40	7	5	1	2	10	22	45.5	3	7	42.9	17	17	100.0	67.8	1	6	2	3	-9
7	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	40	5/13/2021	MIL	@	IND	35	15	6	1	0	14	18	77.8	1	1	100.0	11	16	68.8	79.9	3	12	1	1	+1
8	Julius Randle J. Randle	40	4/21/2021	NYK	vs	ATL	41	11	6	1	0	11	21	52.4	6	8	75.0	12	13	92.3	74.9	1	10	4	4	0
9	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	40	4/15/2021	BOS	@	LAL	32	9	3	1	0	17	20	85.0	3	5	60.0	3	3	100.0	93.8	0	9	6	2	+36
10	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	40	4/5/2021	BKN	vs	NYK	37	2	7	1	0	15	28	53.6	5	12	41.7	5	5	100.0	66.2	0	2	2	4	-5
11	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	40	3/19/2021	GSW	@	MEM	34	8	4	4	0	14	24	58.3	6	11	54.5	6	9	66.7	71.5	2	6	2	0	+24
12	James Harden J. Harden	40	3/17/2021	BKN	@	IND	42	10	15	2	0	13	27	48.1	2	9	22.2	12	14	85.7	60.3	2	8	2	4	+25
13	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	40	3/16/2021	CHI	vs	OKC	31	3	2	1	0	15	20	75.0	7	12	58.3	3	3	100.0	93.8	1	2	1	2	+36
14	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	40	3/11/2021	BKN	vs	BOS	34	8	3	1	1	15	23	65.2	5	8	62.5	5	5	100.0	79.4	2	6	3	2	+1
15	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	40	3/3/2021	PHI	vs	UTA	40	19	3	1	2	14	27	51.9	2	5	40.0	10	13	76.9	61.1	4	15	2	3	+10
16	Trae Young T. Young	40	2/17/2021	ATL	@	BOS	35	3	8	2	0	14	20	70.0	4	9	44.4	8	8	100.0	85.0	0	3	8	1	+2
17	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	40	2/15/2021	UTA	vs	PHI	29	0	1	2	0	13	20	65.0	8	13	61.5	6	7	85.7	86.7	0	0	2	0	+9
18	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	40	2/15/2021	BKN	@	SAC	31	4	3	2	0	15	22	68.2	9	11	81.8	1	4	25.0	84.2	1	3	3	3	+5
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	40	2/11/2021	GSW	vs	ORL	37	8	5	4	0	14	26	53.8	10	19	52.6	2	2	100.0	74.4	0	8	6	1	+16
20	Kelly Oubre Jr. K. Oubre Jr.	40	2/4/2021	GSW	@	DAL	36	8	2	1	1	14	21	66.7	7	10	70.0	5	6	83.3	84.6	1	7	2	3	+18
21	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	40	1/13/2021	POR	@	SAC	42	1	13	3	0	11	23	47.8	6	15	40.0	12	12	100.0	70.7	0	1	0	2	+9
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	40	1/4/2021	BOS	@	TOR	32	6	2	0	2	11	19	57.9	5	8	62.5	13	13	100.0	80.9	0	6	1	5	+24
23	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	39	6/18/2021	UTA	@	LAC	40	9	9	1	0	12	27	44.4	9	15	60.0	6	9	66.7	63.0	1	8	2	3	-9
24	Terance Mann T. Mann	39	6/18/2021	LAC	vs	UTA	36	2	1	2	0	15	21	71.4	7	10	70.0	2	2	100.0	89.1	1	1	0	4	+8
25	Trae Young T. Young	39	6/16/2021	ATL	@	PHI	40	1	7	3	0	10	23	43.5	2	6	33.3	17	19	89.5	62.2	1	0	2	4	-6