most points in a game by a player in 2021-22 with <41 points including playoffs

17 players were tied for the most points with fewer than 41 points in a 2022 regular-season or postseason game, with 40 points. The first three are Luka Dončić on May 22, 2022 and on February 2, 2022, Jaylen Brown on May 21, 2022 and Giannis Antetokounmpo 4 times.

	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	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	40	5/22/2022	DAL	vs	GSW	40	11	3	1	2	11	23	47.8	4	9	44.4	14	17	82.4	65.6	0	11	3	3	-19
2	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	40	5/21/2022	BOS	vs	MIA	42	9	1	1	1	14	20	70.0	3	9	33.3	9	12	75.0	79.1	2	7	7	2	-6
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	40	5/11/2022	MIL	@	BOS	40	11	3	1	1	16	27	59.3	2	5	40.0	6	10	60.0	63.7	2	9	7	4	+7
4	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	40	5/8/2022	MIA	@	PHI	42	3	6	2	2	13	20	65.0	2	6	33.3	12	13	92.3	77.8	0	3	1	1	-2
5	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	40	4/10/2022	MIA	@	ORL	36	10	7	2	0	13	22	59.1	5	11	45.5	9	11	81.8	74.5	1	9	4	2	-4
6	Talen Horton-Tucker T. Horton-Tucker	40	4/7/2022	LAL	@	GSW	37	3	3	4	0	15	28	53.6	2	6	33.3	8	9	88.9	62.6	0	3	2	2	-5
7	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	40	4/5/2022	CHI	vs	MIL	37	3	6	1	0	16	26	61.5	0	2	0.0	8	8	100.0	67.8	2	1	4	5	-17
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	40	3/29/2022	MIL	@	PHI	38	14	6	1	3	16	24	66.7	1	3	33.3	7	10	70.0	70.4	3	11	3	3	+3
9	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	40	3/28/2022	TOR	vs	BOS	47	13	1	3	2	17	29	58.6	0	4	0.0	6	8	75.0	61.5	2	11	1	6	+3
10	Jerami Grant J. Grant	40	3/19/2022	DET	@	CLE	35	2	1	1	1	13	22	59.1	7	9	77.8	7	7	100.0	79.7	1	1	2	2	+4
11	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	40	2/14/2022	CHI	vs	SAS	35	3	7	0	0	16	24	66.7	0	0		8	8	100.0	72.7	0	3	3	1	+15
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	40	2/12/2022	PHI	vs	CLE	33	14	10	3	0	11	22	50.0	4	5	80.0	14	15	93.3	69.9	1	13	4	4	+24
13	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	40	2/6/2022	PHI	@	CHI	32	10	3	0	1	14	23	60.9	2	4	50.0	10	11	90.9	71.8	1	9	4	4	+11
14	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	40	2/2/2022	DAL	vs	OKC	43	6	10	3	0	16	33	48.5	5	13	38.5	3	4	75.0	57.5	1	5	3	3	-17
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	40	1/31/2022	GSW	@	HOU	38	5	9	1	1	13	23	56.5	7	14	50.0	7	8	87.5	75.4	0	5	1	0	+18
16	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	40	1/25/2022	MIN	@	POR	39	9	0	3	3	14	27	51.9	5	13	38.5	7	11	63.6	62.8	1	8	1	4	+14
17	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	40	1/21/2022	PHI	vs	LAC	37	13	6	0	1	15	25	60.0	3	3	100.0	7	10	70.0	68.0	5	8	5	4	-6
18	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	40	1/9/2022	MIN	@	HOU	33	9	7	1	0	15	25	60.0	4	6	66.7	6	8	75.0	70.1	6	3	2	2	+27
19	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	40	12/17/2021	MIL	@	NOP	44	5	5	2	0	18	36	50.0	1	8	12.5	3	4	75.0	53.0	1	4	4	2	-2
20	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	40	12/5/2021	NOP	@	HOU	38	5	4	1	1	15	28	53.6	3	10	30.0	7	8	87.5	63.5	1	4	0	4	-3
21	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	40	12/1/2021	MIL	vs	CHA	38	12	9	1	0	15	24	62.5	1	4	25.0	9	13	69.2	67.3	3	9	6	3	+4
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	40	11/18/2021	GSW	@	CLE	35	4	6	2	0	15	27	55.6	9	16	56.3	1	1	100.0	72.9	0	4	3	4	+8
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	40	11/12/2021	GSW	vs	CHI	34	4	5	1	1	15	24	62.5	9	17	52.9	1	1	100.0	81.8	0	4	6	1	+31
24	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	40	10/27/2021	MIL	vs	MIN	35	16	7	0	3	15	23	65.2	3	6	50.0	7	9	77.8	74.2	4	12	2	1	+9
25	Ja Morant J. Morant	40	10/24/2021	MEM	@	LAL	38	3	10	3	0	13	21	61.9	5	7	71.4	9	11	81.8	77.4	2	1	6	3	+9