most 45 point games in an nba season for a player since 2010

Since 2009-10, James Harden and Russell Westbrook are tied for the most games with 45+ points in a season, with 12 games.

Regular season

	NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	James Harden J. Harden	12	646	2018-19	HOU	40.6	53.8	8.3	6.8	2.6	0.6	15.5	32.2	48.2	6.8	16.8	40.3	16.1	17.8	90.6	67.3	1.8	6.6	5.1	487	100	82	31	7	61	37	+126
2	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	12	586	2016-17	OKC	37.7	48.8	10.6	8.1	2.0	0.2	15.9	32.8	48.6	4.7	11.4	40.9	12.3	14.3	86.0	62.5	1.5	9.1	5.1	453	127	97	24	2	61	31	+54
3	James Harden J. Harden	10	515	2019-20	HOU	39.0	51.5	6.7	7.5	2.1	1.0	15.4	29.3	52.6	7.2	15.8	45.6	13.5	14.8	91.2	71.9	0.9	5.8	4.5	390	67	75	21	10	45	34	+131
4	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	9	474	2019-20	POR	40.5	52.7	5.4	9.1	1.3	0.0	16.2	29.0	55.9	8.2	15.2	54.0	12.0	12.7	94.7	76.2	0.3	5.1	2.7	364	49	82	12	0	24	10	+83
5	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	7	345	2024-25	OKC	37.4	49.3	5.4	6.3	2.3	1.3	16.3	27.4	59.4	3.6	7.3	49.0	13.1	14.0	93.9	73.4	1.0	4.4	1.9	262	38	44	16	9	13	17	+94
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	7	363	2020-21	GSW	36.1	51.9	5.0	4.6	0.4	0.1	15.7	29.0	54.2	10.0	18.9	53.0	10.4	11.3	92.4	76.3	0.3	4.7	4.6	253	35	32	3	1	32	14	+92
7	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	6	309	2023-24	DAL	40.6	51.5	9.3	10.8	2.0	0.5	17.2	27.5	62.4	7.2	13.0	55.1	10.0	11.5	87.0	79.1	0.3	9.0	2.8	244	56	65	12	3	17	10	+66
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	6	295	2022-23	MIL	36.5	49.2	15.0	4.7	0.8	0.3	19.0	32.0	59.4	1.2	3.5	33.3	10.0	13.8	72.3	64.5	3.5	11.5	4.3	219	90	28	5	2	26	21	+59
9	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	6	305	2022-23	PHI	36.8	50.8	12.2	5.2	1.5	2.7	17.8	28.5	62.6	1.5	4.3	34.6	13.7	15.7	87.2	71.8	2.8	9.3	3.7	221	73	31	9	16	22	17	+88
10	James Harden J. Harden	6	314	2017-18	HOU	39.7	52.3	4.8	8.5	2.5	0.5	16.0	26.8	59.6	5.3	10.0	53.3	15.0	16.5	90.9	76.8	0.5	4.3	5.5	238	29	51	15	3	33	21	+51
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	6	293	2015-16	GSW	35.1	48.8	5.0	5.8	2.2	0.2	16.7	25.8	64.5	9.8	15.3	64.1	5.7	6.2	91.9	85.5	0.3	4.7	3.7	211	30	35	13	1	22	13	+93
12	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	5	251	2025-26	LAL	37.4	50.2	9.2	9.2	2.6	0.2	15.6	27.4	56.9	7.0	13.8	50.7	12.0	15.0	80.0	73.8	0.8	8.4	2.0	187	46	46	13	1	10	12	+41
13	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	5	260	2023-24	MIL	38.0	52.0	13.0	4.8	2.0	0.8	18.2	25.6	71.1	1.0	2.8	35.7	14.6	19.4	75.3	76.2	2.8	10.2	3.2	190	65	24	10	4	16	15	+55
14	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	5	246	2023-24	NYK	40.1	49.2	3.8	6.2	1.8	0.2	17.2	30.8	55.8	5.0	10.4	48.1	9.8	11.0	89.1	69.0	1.0	2.8	2.6	201	19	31	9	1	13	5	+55
15	Bradley Beal B. Beal	5	248	2020-21	WAS	39.8	49.6	5.2	3.0	1.6	0.6	18.4	33.8	54.4	3.8	8.2	46.3	9.0	10.0	90.0	64.9	2.8	2.4	2.6	199	26	15	8	3	13	10	-17
16	Trae Young T. Young	5	239	2019-20	ATL	41.8	47.8	3.6	9.4	1.6	0.2	13.6	27.4	49.6	6.2	13.2	47.0	14.4	15.8	91.1	69.6	0.4	3.2	6.6	209	18	47	8	1	33	9	+48
17	Kevin Durant K. Durant	5	247	2013-14	OKC	44.4	49.4	7.0	5.8	1.8	1.0	16.2	30.2	53.6	5.0	10.0	50.0	12.0	14.2	84.5	67.8	0.4	6.6	3.4	222	35	29	9	5	17	10	+12
18	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	4	195	2025-26	OKC	40.6	48.8	5.8	4.5	1.5	0.8	14.5	26.0	55.8	1.5	5.5	27.3	18.3	20.5	89.0	69.6	0.8	5.0	1.8	163	23	18	6	3	7	11	+30
19	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4	211	2024-25	DEN	42.4	52.8	12.3	9.0	2.0	0.5	19.0	33.0	57.6	3.8	7.8	48.4	11.0	14.0	78.6	67.4	4.0	8.3	3.5	170	49	36	8	2	14	15	+33
20	Devin Booker D. Booker	4	212	2023-24	PHX	37.4	53.0	4.8	5.3	0.8	0.8	19.0	29.5	64.4	6.5	12.3	53.1	8.5	9.5	89.5	78.7	0.8	4.0	2.5	149	19	21	3	3	10	5	+54
21	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	4	219	2023-24	PHI	35.3	54.8	13.5	5.3	1.3	1.0	19.3	30.0	64.2	0.5	1.8	28.6	15.8	17.0	92.6	73.0	4.8	8.8	2.5	141	54	21	5	4	10	11	+38
22	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	4	214	2022-23	DAL	40.7	53.5	10.8	8.5	2.8	0.5	18.3	28.5	64.0	4.8	9.8	48.7	12.3	16.8	73.1	74.6	1.5	9.3	3.8	163	43	34	11	2	15	13	+22
23	Devin Booker D. Booker	4	204	2022-23	PHX	37.7	51.0	5.3	5.5	0.8	0.0	18.8	29.8	63.0	4.3	8.8	48.6	9.3	11.0	84.1	73.7	0.5	4.8	2.0	151	21	22	3	0	8	14	+25
24	Trae Young T. Young	4	194	2021-22	ATL	37.8	48.5	3.5	9.8	1.0	0.0	14.5	25.5	56.9	6.5	12.8	51.0	13.0	13.5	96.3	77.1	0.8	2.8	3.8	151	14	39	4	0	15	5	+33
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	4	188	2021-22	GSW	36.3	47.0	6.8	5.3	2.0	0.5	14.8	25.0	59.0	8.0	15.0	53.3	9.5	9.5	100.0	80.5	0.5	6.3	3.3	145	27	21	8	2	13	4	+61

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Team Leaders

PPG

26.0

Durant

RPG

8.9

Şengün

APG

6.2

Şengün

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.6

8th

DRTG

113.2

6th

NETRTG

5.4

6th

3P%

36.4

10th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns	45	37	.549	19.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	DAL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Fri 10/23	HOU	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Sat 10/24	HOU	@	ATL	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	ATL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Wed 10/28	HOU	@	MIL	8:00 PM

Last Game

Lakers

4 - 2

Final

Rockets

2 - 4

Fri 1 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

Since 2009-10, James Harden and Russell Westbrook are tied for the most games with 45+ points in a season, with 12 games.

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8.9

6.2

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

33.5

31.1

28.8

12.9

11.9

11.6

10.7

9.9

8.3

2.0

2.0

1.9

3.1

1.9

1.9

4.0

3.8

3.4

68.8

67.6

67.4

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

4,039.7

3,694

3,474

4,298.5

3,909.3

3,685.5

38.0

36.1

33.4

38.0

37.4

36.4

1.78

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