Victor Wembanyama now has the 2nd most games EVER with 40+ PTS in under 30 MIN. Only steph curry has more
40 PTS - 13 REB - 5 AST - 1 STL - 2 BLK
14⁄23 FG - (2⁄7 3PT) - 10⁄11 FT
60.9% FG | 71.8% TS%
in 26 minutes
Spurs win 139-120
Are you serious?
Do you think this is a fucking game?
https://youtu.be/-lbMDuEqyRU
https://youtu.be/IkcEo48VhEo
https://youtu.be/BX86iNTjCzg
Love that fucking movie
https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ
At 22 years old, he’s a gameshark cheat code
Yes, in the past it was rare for a star player to play under 30 minutes in a game, so it makes sense all the guys that have done it are recent players
Would need to see when players reach 40 before the 30min mark even if they continue to play after. I’m sure there will be a lot more, but we can’t track that before the play-by-play era.
Misleading stat. It’s about players who played 30 minutes or less in a game and scored 40. I’m assuming Wilt for instance has a 100+ games where he scored 40 in under 30 min and kept on playing, esp given he averaged 50 that one season.
Luka alone probably has more of these games and kept on playing past 30 min than wemby and Steph combined
A lot of stars scored 40 under 30mins, they just kept playing.
Steph - 5
Wemby - 4
K. Thompson - 4
J. Embiid - 2
J. Brown - 2
J. Harden - 2
https://www.statmuse.com/nba/ask/most-40-point-games-under-30-mins-played
Thanks
jaylen brown prolly the one im suprised the most here, would’ve expected kobe or dame
I was curious about Kobe’s 62 in three quarters vs Dallas game but he played 32:53 in that one
Kind of begs the question if this stat took all the times people scored 40 or more before playing 30 mins in that game, regardless of total tome played in the game.
Different stat I suppose.
You’d think Kobe but he played a ton of minutes and also his era was much slower in basically every regard - way less spacing and scoring, less possessions and so on. Also a lot of his scoring came in the second half or 4th quarter at which point he probably over 30 mins.
In general most (super)stars in that era played a lot of minutes, and Kobe was probably the guy known for playing a shit ton of minutes when he could.
shocked embiid doesn’t have more
He’s the points per minute king, not necessarily big volume in a short time.
Same
Honestly felt like he had one of these every other night in 2024
Lol of course Klay is there tied for 2nd
The list is somewhat flawed because it only counts the final statline.
Bam had 40 points in 17 mins in his 83 point game, for example
Hmm I wonder if Wemby has enough left in the tank for whatever remains of his career to break this record.
He’s very obviously going to be the best player in the league by next year
Is he not right now
I think it’s still Jokić but that could flip as soon as these playoffs. Stage is set
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“while averaging 30 PPG”
30 points is not 30 points. Ill explain later
shoo-in
Jokic
Jokic has him on a leash, so no.
lol
Leave it to a thunder fan. lol
How is it a hot take to say that Jokic is currently better than Wemby
Jokic wasn’t considered the best player in the world after back to back MVPs because he hadn’t won a ring yet I’m not giving Wemby the nod before winning a playoff game
Surely you don’t think it’s disrespectful to claim Jokic is still ahead?
“Jokic has him on a leash” != “Jokic is currently better than Wemby”
I want you to think through this logic now, the first poster said he’d be the best next year
what happens to Jokic next year?
People say dumb shit like that not taking into account that Jokic was putting up 18.5⁄10.7⁄6.1 in 32.6mpg at the same point in his career as Wemby and wasn’t the Jokic we know today until year 6.
Wemby is putting up 25.0/11.5⁄3.1 with 3.1 bpg in 29.2 and is going to finish second in MVP voting in his year 3. Adjusting for the minutes difference, Wemby would be at over 9ppg more in the same minutes Jokic played.
Like yeah, of course one of the greatest players ever is playing better during his prime than a 22yo third year player who isn’t even going to hit his prime for another THREE years.
Wemby is way ahead of where Jokic or SGA were at the same point in their career. SGA wasn’t an mvp candidate till year 5.
The list of guys who were at least top 3 in mvp voting by year 3 in the modern age is Durant, Bron, Tim, Shaq, prime DRose, David, Larry, MJ, and Prime Penny. You can add Hakeem and AI as guys who were Top-4 finishers by year 3.
Then you got guys like Kareem, Prime Bill Walton, Wilt, Russell as well.
You’re taking about literally the greatest players to ever play a Victor is basically playing at a level on par with nearly everyone in year 3. And a lot of those guys were way older in year 3.
What is so confusing about my statement? Jokic averaged damn near a 40 point triple double on Wemby’s head this year, which I think is very conclusive evidence suggesting that Jokic > Wemby this year? You said “is he not right now?” meaning, is he not the best player in the world right now? It’s not hard to understand
Jokic has played Wemby in 1 game this year tf is you talking about “averaged”
I meant career, mb but that doesn’t take away from the fact that he did give Wemby work
Bro. Wemby is going to dominate Jokic when they meet the playoffs. I know someone in Wembys camp and he is apparently licking his chops for revenge . No holding back
This thunder guy was lookin stupid but “wemby licking his chops for revenge against Jokic” is sooo corny dude yall are not real.
Yeah yeah yeah just like Jokic has dropped 40 on wemby in 3 straight matchups?
Wemby is averaging around 30 and 20 boards his last few matchups against Jokic and the Nuggets at just 22 not even in his prime yet. He’s also a better defender and already has more wins.
At some point, Jokic fans have to stop the bias. Jokic had an incredible run, no doubt, but it’s getting harder to argue he’s still the best center.
If not already, Wemby is very likely taking that spot by this postseason or next season (assuming he stays healthy)
And let’s be real the main thing people lean on is Jokic’s flashy passing. It’s cool, but that alone doesn’t outweigh everything else.
Wemby is basically KD at the 5 with elite defense. The denial has to stop man. He’s better than Jokic just stop it.
let’s be real. some of the joker fans like him a little too much because of what they think he represents. that white dudes can compete at the highest level.. but we already know they can. so they are just insecure about the whole thing.
You mean when Wemby dropped 34⁄12 with 2 blocks in the second to last game of his rookie season against them & fucked their playoff seeding, yeah man jokic really had him locked up then lmao
man the thunder fans have really been hiding Denver lately. they are hoping and praying that we play them in the second round and we lose. we lost in overtime by 2 at Denver and we have home court. dream on okc paper tigers
He is already at minimum top 5 in offense but far and away top 1 on defense. Next year, I dont see anyone stopping him when he inevitably develops some go to moves.
I don’t think he’ll ever average a ton of minutes consistently, Pop established the culture to just let players all contribute by distributing the minutes all around and Mitch is definitely carrying that tradition forward.
I think only Castle, Vassell, and Fox were the only Spurs this season to average 30 or more mpg and Fox was the highest of the bunch with 31 mpg haha
So Wemby will still have impressive stats, but I don’t know if he’ll ever exceed 30 pts per game since he won’t be getting those types of minutes to consistently do so, every now and then though he’ll still have these types of games where he just way over produces in such little playing time
He might be better off for it, keeps him playing and not injured long term. I do want to see a season of him playing like 38mpg just to see the stats though
My guess is that’s intentional. One look at Wemby to see he’s built for peak, not longevity. Restrict those minutes.
38 16 4.5 blocks lol
Yeah nobody in the team averages more than 30 or so minutes. That helps build depth and reduce injury incidence. If your team is successful that way it would be incredibly stupid to play anybody more than necessary.
Once it’s time to pay all these people though, things might get more competitive.
I think it will depend on the team around him. As sad as it is, this Spurs squad will not fit under the cap in its entirety long term, so whataver it morphs into might have to adjust if the team loses depth.
I don’t think he’ll ever average a ton of minutes because he’s so impactful in his minutes he’s blowing teams out lol
This is an interesting stat and insanely impressive, but this definitely excludes players who reached 40 points in under 30 minutes in a game and then kept playing past 30 minutes. Feels like those should also be included here, no?
Not sure how it was calculated but 40 points under 30mins should count the moment you score 40 points before playing more than 30mins even if you end up playing more than 30mins that game.
It should, but it’d be difficult to track. You’d have to track it as its own stat, or you’d have to track every players stats in every minute of every game.
They already do that. You would just need to parse the data.
I agree and this is doable, it’s just a lot more tedious to query because you have to calculate points & duration through play-by-play data instead of just using a box score total.
Hopefully someone here has the capability and is willing to do it because I’d be interested to see the results.
It definitely doesn’t
Are you sure?
Someone can enlighten me if it doesnt. I cant find anything to say otherwise.
You wouldn’t expect it to include them since you’re just taking pts and minutes. It excludes everyone that played more than 30. Did you really think the most anyone had ever scored 40 in 30 was steph at 5?
Who are the the others?
What lol
It’s not tracked, because they kept playing.
I was just asking if you had any examples
You can look up people with more than 40 in a half for an easy way to find it. There are a lot more than just these.
Ight thanks makes sense
Bam
Examples of something that’s not tracked. I guess I can try to remember to shoot you a DM next time Luka or SGA or Jokic or any high volume scorer in the league has 40 at 30 before continuing to play, if that helps.
Ok thanks
i feel like luka had more than 5 this season alone
It doesnt
Yeah there’ll be a lot more if we account for that, although we can’t have the full picture before the pbp era.
I was wondering the same thing.
My first thought was this is a “since Wilt” stat. My second thought was Wilt never played under 30 minutes.
Cool stat …. but what are the number of games for Steph and Wemby?
5 vs 4 with Klay also having 4.
Most Games With 40 Pts In Under 30 Min | StatMuse
5 and 4 with Klay also 4.
75 out of 181 for Wemby (41%) under 30 minutes
231 out of 1068 (21%) for Curry
Wemby potential is just ridiculous.
We’re only like in the 1st inning of this dude’s career and he’s already just behind steph for #1. Nuts
Fastest 40 10 and 5 game in nba history also
And bro might actually win the ring this year already.
That is actually insane, MVP
I mean this stat is obviously going to favor superstars who play fewer minutes and Wemby is the clear outlier in that regard so it’s going to be very hard for anyone else to match him
It’s 40 points when playing under 30 minutes not 40 points before playing 30 minutes so if you play more than that you’re automatically out
Yeah you’d have to take every 40 pt game and then track the play-by-play data to see if they hit it before 30 minutes.
Those peak Warriors really fucked with the league during that time.
Watching the old clips and they meet Steph below the 3 and give him drop coverage…
He does exactly what you imagine a 10 year younger Steph would do. And it’s spectacular.
Steph was the league MVP and won a ring in 2015.
Steph finished 4th in MIP voting in 2016 lmao.
In a season where he led the league in scoring…AND EFFICIENCY.
And he should have got MIP, he deserved it. The only reason he didn’t is because it was going to be his 2nd MVP in a row and unanimous. So giving another award on top of it seems like “overkill.”
le diable et l’extraterrestre
I remember when “league is fucked” was just a meme/joke comment last season. Wemby has arrived and the league is truly screwed
Talentless.
Right? If only he could have done 40/13/5 on 36 minutes instead, that would have been impressive.
I think if/when he breaks this record it’s probably not gonna get touched. How often do superstars and mvp candidates average 29 mpg?
Bro not even at his prime lol
Bro is gonna win the ring before his prime. League is seriously cooked.
Woulda thought Giannis had a lot of these
But because he played less than 30 minutes in a blowout win he’s not as impactful to winning as some MVP candidates…
Again, why can’t he be the MVP?
Because he said he should be when directly asked, duh
Imagine when he retires
League is fucked if this dude has a semi healthy run at it. Absolute cheatcode.
I would have thought Embiid had this record tbh. He’s basically the GOAT of putting up atg numbers and not playing that long
At age 22?!?!?!
He’s also (tied for) 2nd for most games with 60+ PTS in under 30 MIN. And in some very good company for that.
Lol you know its MVP season when stats like this that, while impressive, are also super misleading are being thrown around.
Wilt would probably lead this with 400 games or something but he played 48 minutes a night so would be disqualified for playing over 30. Think Luka has something like 5 just this year where he had 40 super early but he played over 30 minutes total by the end of the game so it doesnt count.
If I was a spurs fan I would downvote you