most points in an nba game in less than 20 minutes

Sandro Mamukelashvili has posted the most points in a game with fewer than 20 minutes played, with 34 points against the Knicks on March 19.

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most points by a player in an NBA regular-season game in less than 20 minutes

	NAME	PTS	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Sandro Mamukelashvili S. Mamukelashvili	34	19	3/19/2025	SAS	vs	NYK	9	3	1	0	13	14	92.9	7	7	100.0	1	1	100.0	117.7	5	4	0	1	+22
2	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	33	19	1/24/2021	BOS	vs	CLE	3	1	2	0	13	20	65.0	3	4	75.0	4	4	100.0	75.8	0	3	1	3	+31
3	Kevin Love K. Love	32	15	4/10/2022	CLE	vs	MIL	10	2	1	0	10	16	62.5	8	11	72.7	4	6	66.7	85.8	2	8	0	1	+15
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30	19	12/18/2014	OKC	@	GSW	2	2	0	1	10	13	76.9	5	6	83.3	5	7	71.4	93.3	0	2	2	1	+5
5	Anthony Davis A. Davis	29	0	3/12/2016	NOP	@	MIL	11	2	2	0	8	22	36.4	2	3	66.7	11	12	91.7	53.2	2	9	1	1	-24
6	John Drew J. Drew	29	19	11/18/1981	ATL	vs	PHX	13	0	0	0	8	16	50.0	0	0		13	13	100.0	66.8	6	7	2	1
7	Sam Jones S. Jones	28	18	1/27/1961	BOS	vs	DET		3			13	18	72.2				2	3	66.7	72.5				2
8	Buddy Hield B. Hield	27	20	10/25/2024	GSW	@	UTA	4	6	1	0	10	14	71.4	7	9	77.8	0	0		96.4	0	4	0	0	+24
9	De'Andre Hunter D. Hunter	27	19	2/5/2024	ATL	vs	LAC	7	3	0	0	10	12	83.3	3	5	60.0	4	5	80.0	95.1	2	5	0	2	+3
10	JR Smith	27	19	1/8/2016	CLE	@	MIN	0	0	2	0	10	12	83.3	5	6	83.3	2	2	100.0	104.8	0	0	0	4	+14
11	Anthony Davis A. Davis	27	20	12/20/2015	NOP	@	DEN	6	1	0	4	9	12	75.0	0	0		9	9	100.0	84.6	0	6	1	1	+11
12	Marcus Williams M. Williams	27	19	11/24/2006	NJN	@	PHX	3	4	0	0	11	17	64.7	0	2	0.0	5	6	83.3	68.7	0	3	2	1	+16
13	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	27	19	12/2/1988	SEA	vs	LAC	3	3	4	0	12	15	80.0	0	0		3	3	100.0	82.7	3	0	1	2
14	Terry Tyler T. Tyler	27	19	1/11/1985	DET	vs	IND	2	0	0	1	11	13	84.6	0	0		5	7	71.4	84.0	1	1	1	1
15	Jack Twyman J. Twyman	27	19	3/3/1963	CIN	@	SFW	5	3			9	17	52.9				9	10	90.0	63.1				3
16	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	26	20	1/12/2024	SAS	vs	CHA	11	1	0	2	9	14	64.3	2	3	66.7	6	6	100.0	78.1	3	8	3	2	+22
17	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	26	20	11/30/2019	MIL	vs	CHA	9	4	1	0	11	19	57.9	1	5	20.0	3	7	42.9	58.9	3	6	1	1	+23
18	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	26	18	12/5/2018	TOR	vs	PHI	8	2	0	0	9	13	69.2	0	1	0.0	8	9	88.9	76.7	1	7	0	3	+14
19	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	26	16	12/14/2012	SAC	@	OKC	1	0	1	0	10	13	76.9	4	7	57.1	2	2	100.0	93.7	0	1	0	4	+4
20	Tiago Splitter T. Splitter	26	20	4/25/2012	SAS	@	PHX	5	1	0	1	10	13	76.9	0	0		6	7	85.7	80.8	3	2	2	1	+6
21	CJ Miles	26	19	3/9/2010	UTA	@	CHI	1	0	2	1	9	12	75.0	6	7	85.7	2	4	50.0	94.5	0	1	1	4	+16
22	Wayman Tisdale W. Tisdale	26	19	12/29/1995	PHX	vs	DEN	4	0	0	1	11	16	68.8	0	0		4	6	66.7	69.7	0	4	0	3
23	Paul Neumann P. Neumann	26	18	2/14/1966	SFW		NYK	3	1			6	15	40.0				14	16	87.5	59.0				2
24	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	25	19	10/30/2024	CLE	vs	LAL	5	0	0	0	12	16	75.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	76.0	1	4	3	5	+13
25	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	25	20	4/14/2024	GSW	vs	UTA	3	3	0	1	7	13	53.8	6	12	50.0	5	5	100.0	82.2	0	3	0	0	0