least minutes played for a 50 point game in history

Klay Thompson has played the fewest minutes in a game with 50+ points, with 27 minutes on the court versus the Bulls on October 29, 2018.

Interpreted as:

least minutes played by a player for a 50 or more point regular-season game in history

	NAME	MIN	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	27	52	10/29/2018	GSW	@	CHI	4	0	2	0	18	29	62.1	14	24	58.3	2	2	100.0	87.0	0	4	2	2	+28
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	27	50	1/19/2022	PHI	vs	ORL	12	2	1	3	17	23	73.9	1	4	25.0	15	17	88.2	82.0	1	11	2	3	+24
3	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	29	60	12/5/2016	GSW	vs	IND	2	1	0	0	21	33	63.6	8	14	57.1	10	11	90.9	79.3	0	2	0	0	+37
4	CJ McCollum	29	50	1/31/2018	POR	vs	CHI	5	2	1	0	18	25	72.0	6	9	66.7	8	8	100.0	87.7	1	4	3	1	+29
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	29	50	2/9/2018	POR	@	SAC	1	6	3	0	16	26	61.5	8	13	61.5	10	10	100.0	82.2	0	1	2	2	+18
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	30	50	1/29/2023	MIL	vs	NOP	13	4	0	0	20	26	76.9	3	4	75.0	7	12	58.3	79.9	3	10	3	5	+16
7	CJ McCollum	31	50	1/3/2025	NOP	vs	WAS	3	2	0	0	18	27	66.7	10	16	62.5	4	4	100.0	86.9	1	2	1	2	+21
8	Devin Booker D. Booker	31	51	11/30/2022	PHX	vs	CHI	4	6	1	0	20	25	80.0	6	7	85.7	5	6	83.3	92.3	0	4	2	3	+23
9	James Harden J. Harden	31	60	11/30/2019	HOU	vs	ATL	3	8	3	1	16	24	66.7	8	14	57.1	20	23	87.0	87.9	0	3	5	3	+50
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	31	51	2/12/2003	LAL	@	DEN	3	2	2	0	15	28	53.6	3	8	37.5	18	20	90.0	69.3	0	3	0	1	+37
11	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	31	51	2/19/2016	POR	vs	GSW	0	7	6	0	18	28	64.3	9	12	75.0	6	7	85.7	82.0	0	0	0	3	+26
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	32	51	10/24/2018	GSW	vs	WAS	4	3	0	1	15	24	62.5	11	16	68.8	10	10	100.0	89.8	0	4	2	1	+19
13	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	32	54	1/31/2020	BKN	vs	CHI	5	5	1	0	19	23	82.6	7	9	77.8	9	10	90.0	98.5	0	5	4	3	+20
14	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	32	50	11/13/2024	SAS	vs	WAS	6	2	1	3	18	29	62.1	8	16	50.0	6	9	66.7	75.8	1	5	1	3	+13
15	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	32	51	3/29/2023	MIL	@	IND	8	8	1	1	20	30	66.7	3	6	50.0	8	10	80.0	74.1	5	3	6	3	+26
16	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	33	52	1/23/2015	GSW	vs	SAC	2	5	4	2	16	25	64.0	11	15	73.3	9	10	90.0	88.4	0	2	4	3	+38
17	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	33	51	1/23/2022	BOS	@	WAS	10	7	0	0	18	28	64.3	9	14	64.3	6	6	100.0	83.2	2	8	1	1	+31
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33	62	12/20/2005	LAL	vs	DAL	8	0	3	0	18	31	58.1	4	10	40.0	22	25	88.0	73.8	3	5	2	3	+35
19	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	33	52	2/21/2003	ORL	vs	CHI	5	3	3	1	15	32	46.9	6	13	46.2	16	20	80.0	63.7	1	4	1	5	+20
20	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	33	50	4/23/1993	ORL	@	NJN	3	2	2	0	17	25	68.0	4	7	57.1	12	12	100.0	82.6	2	1	1	1
21	Karl Malone K. Malone	33	61	1/27/1990	UTA	vs	MIL	18	2	3	0	21	26	80.8	0	0		19	23	82.6	84.4	9	9	2	2
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	33	53	3/30/1983	BOS	vs	IND	8	3	1	2	21	30	70.0	0	1	0.0	11	11	100.0	76.1	3	5	6	2
23	John Drew J. Drew	33	50	12/30/1978	ATL	vs	DEN	5	1	2	1	19	32	59.4				12	16	75.0	64.0	2	3	3	2
24	George Gervin G. Gervin	33	63	4/9/1978	SAS	@	NOJ	2	1	2	1	23	49	46.9				17	20	85.0	54.5				3
25	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	34	56	1/14/2002	LAL	vs	MEM	5	4	1	0	21	34	61.8	3	6	50.0	11	12	91.7	71.3	3	2	0	1	+40