James Harden had his most points in a game in 2020-21 on March 26, 2021 and on December 26, 2020, with 44 points.

Interpreted as:

James Harden highest scoring regular-season games 2021

	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	James Harden J. Harden	44	3/26/2021	BKN	@	DET	42	14	8	1	0	14	30	46.7	4	11	36.4	12	14	85.7	60.8	2	12	3	6	-3
2	James Harden J. Harden	44	12/26/2020	HOU	@	POR	43	4	17	1	0	12	21	57.1	6	13	46.2	14	16	87.5	78.5	1	3	5	1	-6
3	James Harden J. Harden	40	3/17/2021	BKN	@	IND	42	10	15	2	0	13	27	48.1	2	9	22.2	12	14	85.7	60.3	2	8	2	4	+25
4	James Harden J. Harden	38	3/29/2021	BKN	vs	MIN	40	11	13	1	1	11	25	44.0	4	8	50.0	12	13	92.3	61.8	0	11	6	0	+8
5	James Harden J. Harden	38	2/16/2021	BKN	@	PHX	37	7	11	1	0	14	22	63.6	5	11	45.5	5	5	100.0	78.5	0	7	2	2	0
6	James Harden J. Harden	37	2/21/2021	BKN	@	LAC	41	11	7	2	0	13	25	52.0	4	9	44.4	7	11	63.6	62.0	1	10	3	2	+6
7	James Harden J. Harden	34	1/18/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	41	6	12	0	1	13	25	52.0	3	10	30.0	5	6	83.3	61.5	1	5	6	3	+5
8	James Harden J. Harden	34	12/28/2020	HOU	@	DEN	31	6	8	1	0	10	16	62.5	5	9	55.6	9	9	100.0	85.2	0	6	5	2	-12
9	James Harden J. Harden	33	12/31/2020	HOU	vs	SAC	38	6	8	1	1	10	24	41.7	4	11	36.4	9	11	81.8	57.2	2	4	6	2	+8
10	James Harden J. Harden	32	1/16/2021	BKN	vs	ORL	40	12	14	4	1	8	18	44.4	3	10	30.0	13	15	86.7	65.0	1	11	9	3	+7
11	James Harden J. Harden	31	1/27/2021	BKN	@	ATL	46	8	15	2	1	9	20	45.0	5	9	55.6	8	8	100.0	65.9	3	5	3	1	+2
12	James Harden J. Harden	30	3/1/2021	BKN	@	SAS	44	14	15	2	0	12	23	52.2	3	7	42.9	3	4	75.0	60.6	4	10	0	3	+16
13	James Harden J. Harden	29	3/3/2021	BKN	@	HOU	41	10	14	3	1	10	15	66.7	4	8	50.0	5	7	71.4	80.2	0	10	8	0	+17
14	James Harden J. Harden	29	2/27/2021	BKN	vs	DAL	33	7	6	0	1	9	21	42.9	4	11	36.4	7	8	87.5	59.1	1	6	6	1	-27
15	James Harden J. Harden	29	2/23/2021	BKN	vs	SAC	41	11	14	1	0	9	22	40.9	5	10	50.0	6	9	66.7	55.9	1	10	4	2	+11
16	James Harden J. Harden	29	2/15/2021	BKN	@	SAC	35	13	14	0	1	10	18	55.6	6	10	60.0	3	3	100.0	75.1	2	11	7	2	+33
17	James Harden J. Harden	26	3/21/2021	BKN	vs	WAS	39	5	8	3	1	10	23	43.5	3	9	33.3	3	4	75.0	52.5	1	4	3	2	+7
18	James Harden J. Harden	26	2/6/2021	BKN	@	PHI	29	8	10	0	0	10	20	50.0	3	8	37.5	3	4	75.0	59.7	3	5	2	3	-18
19	James Harden J. Harden	25	3/23/2021	BKN	@	POR	40	7	17	2	0	7	24	29.2	0	7	0.0	11	13	84.6	42.1	0	7	4	2	-5
20	James Harden J. Harden	25	1/29/2021	BKN	@	OKC	32	10	11	0	1	9	14	64.3	3	6	50.0	4	4	100.0	79.3	0	10	1	5	+15
21	James Harden J. Harden	24	3/13/2021	BKN	vs	DET	38	10	10	2	3	8	19	42.1	0	6	0.0	8	8	100.0	53.3	1	9	4	2	-4
22	James Harden J. Harden	24	2/9/2021	BKN	@	DET	39	6	12	2	5	8	14	57.1	1	4	25.0	7	7	100.0	70.3	1	5	7	3	-11
23	James Harden J. Harden	23	2/18/2021	BKN	@	LAL	38	5	11	2	1	7	15	46.7	3	7	42.9	6	7	85.7	63.6	0	5	1	1	+11
24	James Harden J. Harden	23	2/2/2021	BKN	vs	LAC	43	12	14	1	0	7	15	46.7	1	6	16.7	8	8	100.0	62.1	1	11	3	5	+8
25	James Harden J. Harden	22	3/11/2021	BKN	vs	BOS	38	10	8	1	2	6	16	37.5	1	8	12.5	9	9	100.0	55.1	2	8	7	4	+3