most points in a game by a player in 2020-21 with <43 points including playoffs

22 players were tied for the most points with fewer than 43 points in a 2021 regular-season or postseason game, with 42 points. The first three are Devin Booker on July 14, 2021, Giannis Antetokounmpo on July 8, 2021 and Luka Dončić on June 2, 2021, on March 17, 2021 and on February 6, 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	42	7/14/2021	PHX	@	MIL	39	1	2	0	1	17	28	60.7	0	3	0.0	8	9	88.9	65.7	1	0	4	5	0
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	42	7/8/2021	MIL	@	PHX	40	12	4	1	3	15	22	68.2	1	5	20.0	11	18	61.1	70.2	4	8	3	3	+3
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	42	6/2/2021	DAL	@	LAC	43	8	14	1	0	17	37	45.9	6	12	50.0	2	3	66.7	54.8	1	7	4	2	+15
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	42	5/30/2021	BKN	@	BOS	40	4	5	1	2	14	20	70.0	3	3	100.0	11	11	100.0	84.5	1	3	1	4	+3
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	42	5/24/2021	POR	@	DEN	42	4	10	0	1	11	24	45.8	9	16	56.3	11	13	84.6	70.7	0	4	3	1	-16
6	Anthony Davis A. Davis	42	5/9/2021	LAL	vs	PHX	41	12	5	3	3	13	27	48.1	1	5	20.0	15	17	88.2	60.9	3	9	3	1	+26
7	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	42	5/5/2021	MIN	vs	MEM	38	6	7	1	1	17	22	77.3	8	9	88.9	0	1	0.0	93.6	1	5	3	4	+11
8	Bradley Beal B. Beal	42	5/5/2021	WAS	@	MIL	39	4	3	1	0	14	24	58.3	3	6	50.0	11	14	78.6	69.6	0	4	2	2	-8
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	42	5/2/2021	BKN	@	MIL	40	10	2	1	0	16	33	48.5	7	13	53.8	3	4	75.0	60.4	2	8	5	3	-8
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	42	5/1/2021	WAS	@	DAL	40	10	9	2	0	17	30	56.7	3	6	50.0	5	7	71.4	63.5	2	8	2	4	-3
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	42	4/29/2021	BKN	@	IND	36	3	10	1	0	16	24	66.7	2	4	50.0	8	8	100.0	76.3	0	3	2	3	+14
12	Tim Hardaway Jr. T. Hardaway Jr.	42	4/29/2021	DAL	@	DET	36	1	3	1	0	13	23	56.5	6	10	60.0	10	10	100.0	76.6	0	1	2	3	+9
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	42	4/14/2021	GSW	@	OKC	29	6	8	0	0	14	20	70.0	11	16	68.8	3	3	100.0	98.5	0	6	0	3	+31
14	Luguentz Dort L. Dort	42	4/13/2021	OKC	@	UTA	37	7	3	4	0	16	31	51.6	7	11	63.6	3	7	42.9	61.6	2	5	2	3	-1
15	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	42	4/12/2021	UTA	vs	WAS	39	3	6	1	0	14	32	43.8	4	11	36.4	10	12	83.3	56.3	1	2	3	3	+8
16	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	42	4/10/2021	UTA	vs	SAC	35	3	4	1	1	12	31	38.7	3	12	25.0	15	17	88.2	54.6	1	2	0	0	+9
17	Trae Young T. Young	42	4/9/2021	ATL	vs	CHI	38	8	9	0	0	15	25	60.0	1	6	16.7	11	14	78.6	67.4	0	8	4	1	+20
18	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	42	3/18/2021	UTA	@	WAS	39	4	6	2	0	16	30	53.3	4	12	33.3	6	7	85.7	63.5	1	3	4	4	-10
19	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	42	3/18/2021	MIN	@	PHX	38	7	3	2	0	15	31	48.4	4	13	30.8	8	13	61.5	57.2	3	4	2	2	+9
20	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	42	3/17/2021	DAL	vs	LAC	43	6	9	3	2	16	28	57.1	6	11	54.5	4	5	80.0	69.5	1	5	4	2	+29
21	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	42	3/13/2021	WAS	vs	MIL	39	10	12	2	0	16	32	50.0	5	11	45.5	5	9	55.6	58.4	1	9	6	4	-18
22	P.J. Washington	42	2/28/2021	CHA	@	SAC	42	8	2	2	2	15	22	68.2	5	8	62.5	7	7	100.0	83.7	1	7	1	4	-5
23	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	42	2/27/2021	PHI	vs	CLE	40	13	6	1	2	13	22	59.1	2	3	66.7	14	16	87.5	72.3	3	10	3	4	+5
24	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	42	2/24/2021	OKC	vs	SAS	38	8	4	0	1	13	20	65.0	6	11	54.5	10	11	90.9	84.5	0	8	4	1	+15
25	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	42	2/15/2021	PHI	@	UTA	38	9	12	1	1	15	26	57.7	0	0		12	13	92.3	66.2	3	6	4	2	-5