worst efg% by a player in a game with 40 or more pts

James Harden has the worst eFG% in a game with 40+ points, at 32.4 percent versus the Hawks on January 8, 2020.

Interpreted as:
worst efg% by a player in a regular-season game with 40 or more pts
NAMEEFG%PTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1James Harden
J. Harden
32.4
41
1/8/2020
HOU HOU
@
ATL ATL
40
10
10
2
3
9
34
26.5
4
20
20.0
19
23
82.6
46.5
2
8
8
2
-3
2Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
32.4
40
11/5/1960
LAL LAL
vs
SYR SYR
25
12
37
32.4
16
16
100.0
45.4
4
3Richie Guerin
R. Guerin
33.3
40
2/11/1961
NYK NYK
@
BOS BOS
45
8
9
27
33.3
22
23
95.7
53.9
5
4Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
33.3
41
11/27/1960
PHI PHI
@
LAL LAL
48
27
4
16
48
33.3
9
17
52.9
37.0
3
5Rick Barry
R. Barry
34.0
48
2/5/1967
SFW SFW
@
CHI CHI
53
9
3
17
50
34.0
14
16
87.5
42.1
4
6John Williamson
J. Williamson
35.0
40
3/4/1978
NJN NJN
@
BUF BUF
14
40
35.0
12
12
100.0
44.2
7James Harden
J. Harden
35.1
50
12/3/2019
HOU HOU
@
SAS SAS
49
9
6
4
0
11
37
29.7
4
20
20.0
24
24
100.0
52.6
3
6
5
4
-3
8Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
35.7
41
11/1/1961
LAL LAL
vs
CIN CIN
19
15
42
35.7
11
14
78.6
42.6
2
9Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
36.2
41
11/7/2002
LAL LAL
@
BOS BOS
46
9
4
4
0
17
47
36.2
0
8
0.0
7
7
100.0
40.9
2
7
5
3
-3
10Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
36.7
40
11/29/1986
CHI CHI
@
GSW GSW
42
5
6
4
0
11
30
36.7
0
1
0.0
18
19
94.7
52.1
3
2
2
3
11Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
36.7
49
1/26/1964
SFW SFW
@
LAL LAL
48
19
2
18
49
36.7
13
24
54.2
41.1
4
12Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
37.3
45
12/30/1959
PHI PHI
vs
MIN MIN
46
32
3
19
51
37.3
7
11
63.6
40.3
3
13Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
37.5
41
3/8/2002
PHI PHI
vs
IND IND
45
3
8
2
1
13
36
36.1
1
4
25.0
14
16
87.5
47.6
0
3
4
5
+6
14Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
37.8
48
12/21/1962
LAL LAL
vs
STL STL
45
15
14
37
37.8
20
21
95.2
51.9
4
15Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
38.1
44
1/15/1960
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
43
2
16
42
38.1
12
19
63.2
43.7
2
16Pete Maravich
P. Maravich
38.2
45
4/10/1977
NOJ NOJ
vs
DEN DEN
47
11
10
1
1
13
34
38.2
19
22
86.4
51.5
2
9
3
17Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
38.3
53
10/28/1962
SFW SFW
@
CIN CIN
53
27
2
23
60
38.3
7
17
41.2
39.3
2
18Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
38.5
45
12/5/1961
LAL LAL
SYR SYR
25
8
15
39
38.5
15
18
83.3
48.0
4
19Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
38.5
48
3/7/1961
STL STL
vs
LAL LAL
54
13
15
39
38.5
18
20
90.0
50.2
2
20Rick Barry
R. Barry
38.6
41
2/7/1967
SFW SFW
PHI PHI
43
11
5
17
44
38.6
7
8
87.5
43.1
4
21Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
38.6
44
2/1/1963
SFW SFW
CIN CIN
48
15
4
17
44
38.6
10
15
66.7
43.5
1
22Rick Barry
R. Barry
38.9
43
2/10/1967
SFW SFW
@
BOS BOS
51
12
4
14
36
38.9
15
17
88.2
49.4
4
23Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
39.3
45
2/5/1972
CIN CIN
vs
DET DET
4
11
11
28
39.3
23
24
95.8
58.4
24George Mikan
G. Mikan
39.3
41
3/4/1952
MIN MIN
@
PHI PHI
36
2
11
28
39.3
19
21
90.5
55.0
5
25Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
39.4
40
3/8/2006
LAL LAL
@
NOK NOK
44
6
1
3
1
12
33
36.4
2
6
33.3
14
16
87.5
50.0
4
2
2
2
+9
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for eFG% going back to the 1982-83 season.

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@
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@
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@
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Tue
10/21
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