most points in a game this season while scoring under 40 points

Kelsey Mitchell scored the most points in a game with fewer than 40 points in 2025, with 38 points versus the Sun on August 17.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game this season while scoring by a player under 40 points

	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	Kelsey Mitchell K. Mitchell	38	8/17/2025	IND	@	CON	40	1	6	2	0	11	22	50.0	5	8	62.5	11	12	91.7	69.6	1	0	3	1	+14
2	Rhyne Howard R. Howard	37	9/5/2025	ATL	vs	LAS	37	5	6	1	0	13	26	50.0	9	17	52.9	2	2	100.0	68.8	2	3	1	3	+11
3	Nneka Ogwumike N. Ogwumike	37	8/1/2025	SEA	vs	LAS	46	12	4	0	0	14	25	56.0	2	8	25.0	7	9	77.8	63.9	3	9	1	2	-2
4	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	37	7/16/2025	LVA	@	DAL	34	10	2	0	2	15	25	60.0	0	2	0.0	7	12	58.3	61.1	2	8	4	0	-1
5	Arike Ogunbowale A. Ogunbowale	37	5/29/2025	DAL	@	CHI	36	5	7	1	0	14	25	56.0	6	12	50.0	3	3	100.0	70.3	1	4	2	2	0
6	Kelsey Plum K. Plum	37	5/16/2025	LAS	@	GSV	40	2	6	5	0	11	19	57.9	4	6	66.7	11	11	100.0	77.6	0	2	2	2	+17
7	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	36	8/23/2025	LVA	@	WAS	33	13	1	2	2	14	22	63.6	1	2	50.0	7	8	87.5	70.5	3	10	3	4	+5
8	Sabrina Ionescu S. Ionescu	36	8/3/2025	NYL	@	CON	37	11	4	1	0	14	22	63.6	1	3	33.3	7	7	100.0	71.8	3	8	7	0	+7
9	Sami Whitcomb S. Whitcomb	36	7/7/2025	PHX	vs	DAL	27	6	1	2	0	12	19	63.2	7	11	63.6	5	8	62.5	79.9	0	6	3	3	+36
10	Rhyne Howard R. Howard	36	6/13/2025	ATL	vs	CHI	39	8	4	0	0	12	25	48.0	9	19	47.4	3	5	60.0	66.2	2	6	2	3	+21
11	Kelsey Mitchell K. Mitchell	35	7/27/2025	IND	@	CHI	30	2	6	3	0	12	19	63.2	7	10	70.0	4	4	100.0	84.3	0	2	2	2	+25
12	Breanna Stewart B. Stewart	35	6/19/2025	NYL	vs	PHX	37	3	2	3	0	11	17	64.7	3	4	75.0	10	11	90.9	80.1	0	3	6	1	-2
13	Paige Bueckers P. Bueckers	35	6/11/2025	DAL	@	PHX	37	6	4	1	1	13	19	68.4	5	7	71.4	4	5	80.0	82.5	0	6	2	2	-12
14	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	35	5/30/2025	LVA	vs	LAS	36	13	6	3	3	12	18	66.7	1	3	33.3	10	10	100.0	78.1	3	10	1	1	+23
15	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	34	8/27/2025	LVA	@	ATL	35	9	1	1	4	13	21	61.9	2	3	66.7	6	8	75.0	69.3	0	9	1	1	+13
16	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	34	8/17/2025	LVA	vs	DAL	31	8	1	2	3	11	16	68.8	1	1	100.0	11	14	78.6	76.7	1	7	1	1	+12
17	Kelsey Mitchell K. Mitchell	34	8/5/2025	IND	@	LAS	31	2	6	1	0	11	19	57.9	7	12	58.3	5	5	100.0	80.2	1	1	2	3	+3
18	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	34	7/29/2025	LVA	@	LAS	30	10	4	3	3	16	23	69.6	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	72.5	3	7	3	4	+26
19	A'ja Wilson A. Wilson	34	7/12/2025	LVA	vs	GSV	33	16	4	1	2	12	16	75.0	1	1	100.0	9	12	75.0	79.9	5	11	0	0	+4
20	Sabrina Ionescu S. Ionescu	34	6/17/2025	NYL	vs	ATL	38	7	5	3	0	12	20	60.0	4	8	50.0	6	8	75.0	72.3	2	5	3	0	+11
21	Sabrina Ionescu S. Ionescu	34	6/14/2025	NYL	@	IND	38	2	4	1	0	11	20	55.0	4	10	40.0	8	9	88.9	71.0	1	1	2	2	-10
22	Jackie Young J. Young	34	6/11/2025	LVA	vs	LAS	37	8	4	3	0	12	24	50.0	2	10	20.0	8	9	88.9	60.8	3	5	1	3	+5
23	Marina Mabrey M. Mabrey	34	6/6/2025	CON	vs	ATL	33	4	4	0	1	13	22	59.1	3	8	37.5	5	6	83.3	69.0	0	4	1	2	+8
24	Napheesa Collier N. Collier	34	5/16/2025	MIN	@	DAL	32	4	4	0	0	12	21	57.1	2	3	66.7	8	8	100.0	69.3	1	3	2	4	+28
25	Kahleah Copper K. Copper	33	7/3/2025	PHX	@	DAL	27	5	1	0	0	10	17	58.8	4	7	57.1	9	13	69.2	72.6	0	5	4	5	-8