highest points in a game for 27 year old in nba history in regular and playoff james harden

When he was 27 years old, James Harden had his most points in a regular-season or postseason game against the Knicks on December 31, 2016, with 53 points.

	NAME	PTS	AGE	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	James Harden J. Harden	53	27-127	12/31/2016	HOU	vs	NYK	42	16	17	0	0	14	26	53.8	9	16	56.3	16	18	88.9	78.1	3	13	8	2	+13
2	James Harden J. Harden	51	27-154	1/27/2017	HOU	@	PHI	39	13	13	2	1	16	28	57.1	6	11	54.5	13	14	92.9	74.6	1	12	5	4	+13
3	James Harden J. Harden	44	27-238	4/21/2017	HOU	@	OKC	38	6	6	0	1	11	21	52.4	4	12	33.3	18	18	100.0	76.1	1	5	7	5	+1
4	James Harden J. Harden	43	27-252	5/5/2017	HOU	vs	SAS	40	2	5	3	0	14	28	50.0	5	13	38.5	10	11	90.9	65.5	1	1	5	4	-14
5	James Harden J. Harden	42	27-161	2/3/2017	HOU	vs	CHI	44	12	9	1	1	13	33	39.4	5	13	38.5	11	14	78.6	53.6	1	11	2	4	-11
6	James Harden J. Harden	41	27-203	3/17/2017	HOU	@	NOP	40	14	11	2	0	12	21	57.1	4	10	40.0	13	14	92.9	75.5	2	12	5	2	-12
7	James Harden J. Harden	41	27-160	2/2/2017	HOU	vs	ATL	39	8	8	4	0	10	23	43.5	5	12	41.7	16	21	76.2	63.6	2	6	4	3	+1
8	James Harden J. Harden	41	27-067	11/1/2016	HOU	@	CLE	38	7	15	1	0	13	20	65.0	5	9	55.6	10	14	71.4	78.4	1	6	1	3	+10
9	James Harden J. Harden	40	27-204	3/18/2017	HOU	@	DEN	37	10	10	2	0	11	23	47.8	3	8	37.5	15	17	88.2	65.6	0	10	8	3	+10
10	James Harden J. Harden	40	27-169	2/11/2017	HOU	vs	PHX	29	6	8	0	0	9	17	52.9	8	15	53.3	14	16	87.5	83.2	1	5	8	2	+26
11	James Harden J. Harden	40	27-144	1/17/2017	HOU	@	MIA	39	12	10	2	0	12	30	40.0	4	15	26.7	12	13	92.3	56.0	1	11	6	3	0
12	James Harden J. Harden	40	27-137	1/10/2017	HOU	vs	CHA	38	15	10	0	0	11	24	45.8	7	14	50.0	11	14	78.6	66.3	1	14	4	3	+2
13	James Harden J. Harden	40	27-135	1/8/2017	HOU	@	TOR	38	10	11	2	2	13	26	50.0	4	9	44.4	10	10	100.0	65.8	3	7	10	3	-3
14	James Harden J. Harden	39	27-206	3/20/2017	HOU	vs	DEN	40	7	11	4	0	13	29	44.8	4	11	36.4	9	11	81.8	57.6	1	6	6	4	+2
15	James Harden J. Harden	39	27-192	3/6/2017	HOU	@	SAS	36	3	12	0	0	13	20	65.0	6	9	66.7	7	8	87.5	82.9	1	2	7	2	-3
16	James Harden J. Harden	38	27-210	3/24/2017	HOU	vs	NOP	38	7	17	2	1	12	24	50.0	5	12	41.7	9	11	81.8	65.9	1	6	3	2	+12
17	James Harden J. Harden	38	27-198	3/12/2017	HOU	vs	CLE	40	10	11	1	1	13	28	46.4	4	14	28.6	8	12	66.7	57.1	3	7	4	2	+23
18	James Harden J. Harden	38	27-173	2/15/2017	HOU	vs	MIA	42	12	12	0	1	10	21	47.6	4	10	40.0	14	16	87.5	67.8	3	9	4	5	-6
19	James Harden J. Harden	38	27-145	1/18/2017	HOU	vs	MIL	37	6	8	0	2	14	25	56.0	4	11	36.4	6	6	100.0	68.7	0	6	2	2	+21
20	James Harden J. Harden	38	27-093	11/27/2016	HOU	@	POR	34	2	10	2	1	11	22	50.0	5	12	41.7	11	13	84.6	68.5	1	1	5	3	+8
21	James Harden J. Harden	37	27-233	4/16/2017	HOU	vs	OKC	34	7	9	3	0	13	28	46.4	3	11	27.3	8	11	72.7	56.3	1	6	2	1	+22
22	James Harden J. Harden	37	27-101	12/5/2016	HOU	vs	BOS	35	8	7	3	0	8	14	57.1	3	5	60.0	18	18	100.0	84.4	1	7	10	2	+3
23	James Harden J. Harden	36	27-108	12/12/2016	HOU	vs	BKN	39	8	11	2	0	12	27	44.4	4	11	36.4	8	12	66.7	55.8	3	5	4	3	-2
24	James Harden J. Harden	35	27-236	4/19/2017	HOU	vs	OKC	37	4	8	1	0	7	17	41.2	3	7	42.9	18	20	90.0	67.8	0	4	7	5	+2
25	James Harden J. Harden	35	27-226	4/9/2017	HOU	@	SAC	36	11	15	1	0	9	22	40.9	5	13	38.5	12	13	92.3	63.1	0	11	10	2	+7