most 45 point games in the nba by active players including playoffs

James Harden has the most games by an active player in the regular-season and playoffs with 45+ points, with 44 games.

	NAME	GP	PTS	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	44	2,243	40.1	51.0	7.0	7.3	2.2	0.6	15.0	28.1	53.4	6.4	13.7	46.8	14.5	16.3	89.5	72.2	1.3	5.8	5.0	1,765	310	323	96	27	218	130	+513
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	39	1,928	37.0	49.4	5.3	5.3	1.6	0.3	16.2	27.6	58.7	9.3	16.4	56.4	7.8	8.3	93.5	79.0	0.6	4.7	3.1	1,443	206	208	63	11	120	76	+388
3	LeBron James L. James	38	1,865	42.7	49.1	8.3	6.7	1.8	0.8	17.1	28.2	60.5	4.3	7.9	54.2	10.6	13.3	80.0	72.0	1.7	6.6	3.1	1,624	314	256	67	29	117	83	+289
4	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	27	1,341	39.4	49.7	10.0	9.0	2.0	0.5	16.4	28.3	58.1	6.4	12.4	51.2	10.4	13.2	78.9	72.8	0.8	9.1	3.7	1,063	269	244	55	14	101	71	+241
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	26	1,262	43.8	48.5	8.3	5.2	1.5	1.0	16.0	28.5	56.1	4.5	9.1	49.8	12.0	13.2	91.0	70.7	0.8	7.5	3.4	1,138	216	134	39	26	88	69	+95
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	22	1,099	37.2	50.0	13.4	4.6	1.2	1.3	17.9	27.9	64.3	1.5	4.1	36.3	12.6	16.5	76.8	71.2	2.9	10.5	3.1	818	294	102	26	28	69	56	+192
7	Devin Booker D. Booker	22	1,113	40.1	50.6	5.8	6.0	1.4	0.6	18.2	29.1	62.5	4.5	8.9	50.0	9.8	10.9	89.6	74.6	0.9	5.0	3.0	881	128	131	31	13	65	64	+144
8	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	22	1,165	40.2	53.0	4.8	7.9	1.5	0.4	16.4	28.2	58.2	8.1	14.5	55.6	12.0	12.9	93.6	78.2	0.5	4.3	2.5	884	105	173	32	8	55	31	+224
9	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	17	859	36.1	50.5	13.1	4.6	1.5	2.2	17.4	26.8	64.9	1.4	3.4	39.7	14.4	16.1	89.1	74.5	3.2	9.9	3.1	614	222	79	25	38	52	47	+250
10	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	15	735	38.7	49.0	5.6	6.1	1.7	0.4	16.3	29.4	55.3	5.3	11.9	44.9	11.1	12.8	87.0	69.9	1.4	4.2	3.5	581	84	91	25	6	53	30	+136
11	Anthony Davis A. Davis	15	728	41.2	48.5	15.4	2.8	2.1	2.3	17.8	30.2	58.9	1.4	3.5	40.4	11.5	13.2	87.4	67.4	4.5	10.9	1.9	618	231	42	32	35	28	34	+149
12	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	15	745	39.4	49.7	4.6	5.0	1.8	0.5	16.7	27.7	60.3	6.9	11.7	59.1	9.3	10.0	92.7	77.3	0.8	3.8	2.1	591	69	75	27	7	31	44	+193
13	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	13	661	40.7	50.8	11.5	9.2	1.5	1.3	18.0	28.3	63.6	3.5	6.2	55.6	11.4	13.5	84.6	74.3	3.8	7.8	3.7	530	150	119	20	17	48	37	+134
14	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	12	601	41.0	50.1	9.5	5.0	0.6	0.8	16.4	29.1	56.4	6.5	12.0	54.2	10.8	12.3	87.8	72.6	1.2	8.3	2.1	492	114	60	7	9	25	30	+156
15	Trae Young T. Young	12	575	41.4	47.9	4.3	10.6	1.3	0.2	14.6	27.9	52.2	5.8	12.7	45.4	13.0	14.3	90.7	70.0	0.6	3.7	5.4	497	51	127	16	2	65	20	+81
16	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	11	540	38.6	49.1	5.5	5.6	2.0	1.1	15.6	26.9	58.1	2.8	6.6	42.5	15.0	16.4	91.7	72.0	0.9	4.6	1.8	424	61	62	22	12	20	28	+124
17	Bradley Beal B. Beal	11	546	40.2	49.6	4.4	4.1	1.3	0.5	17.3	31.1	55.6	4.7	9.8	48.1	10.4	11.4	91.2	68.8	1.9	2.5	3.6	442	48	45	14	6	40	31	-23
18	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	10	488	40.5	48.8	3.6	7.0	1.1	0.2	16.9	30.4	55.6	4.7	10.3	45.6	10.3	11.7	88.0	68.6	0.8	2.8	2.2	405	36	70	11	2	22	15	+89
19	Jamal Murray J. Murray	10	494	39.6	49.4	5.3	5.4	0.9	0.2	18.0	26.8	67.2	7.9	12.1	65.3	5.5	6.1	90.2	83.8	1.0	4.3	3.5	396	53	54	9	2	35	22	+116
20	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	8	397	39.2	49.6	6.4	4.4	1.0	0.5	16.5	29.9	55.2	7.3	14.6	49.6	9.4	11.0	85.2	71.5	1.3	5.1	3.9	314	51	35	8	4	31	17	+79
21	Paul George P. George	8	368	41.7	46.0	9.5	5.3	1.8	0.1	15.0	27.3	55.0	6.3	12.8	49.0	9.8	11.5	84.8	71.2	1.4	8.1	2.5	334	76	42	14	1	20	29	+27
22	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	7	333	42.8	47.6	7.1	5.1	1.7	0.6	15.4	25.4	60.7	2.3	5.0	45.7	14.4	15.9	91.0	73.4	1.0	6.1	2.0	299	50	36	12	4	14	21	+76
23	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	6	298	46.8	49.7	4.7	5.8	1.0	1.5	17.5	32.0	54.7	5.7	12.3	45.9	9.0	10.5	85.7	67.8	0.5	4.2	2.7	281	28	35	6	9	16	19	+56
24	Ja Morant J. Morant	6	286	37.8	47.7	6.0	6.8	0.8	0.3	16.2	27.8	58.1	4.2	7.2	58.1	11.2	13.7	81.7	70.4	2.0	4.0	3.5	227	36	41	5	2	21	12	+67
25	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	6	288	41.0	48.0	6.7	4.2	0.8	0.2	17.2	29.7	57.9	8.7	14.3	60.5	5.0	6.2	81.1	74.1	1.0	5.7	4.8	246	40	25	5	1	29	15	+26

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Team Leaders

PPG

21.5

Şengün

RPG

8.8

Şengün

APG

7.8

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Team Rankings

ORTG

119.4

4th

DRTG

110.1

9th

NETRTG

9.3

4th

3P%

37.6

7th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
4	Timberwolves	8	3	.727	1.0
5	Warriors	7	3	.700	1.5
6	Rockets	7	3	.700	1.5
7	Grizzlies	6	3	.667	2.0
8	Trail Blazers	6	3	.667	2.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 11/9	DEN	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Wed 11/11	GSW	@	HOU	9:30 PM
Fri 11/13	UTA	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Sun 11/15	HOU	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Mon 11/16	HOU	@	MIA	7:30 PM

Last Game

Rockets

7 - 3

Final

102

Suns

3 - 5

Sat 7 Nov 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

40.1

Dončić

31.3

Curry

29.9

Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG Leaders

14.6

Sabonis

13.6

Towns

12.8

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

9.1

Jokić

8.9

Young

8.8

Wagner

SPG Leaders

2.9

Daniels

2.6

Dunn

2.4

Gillespie

BPG Leaders

3.9

Wembanyama

2.5

Turner

2.5

Kessler

3PM Leaders

5.8

Dončić

4.8

Curry

4.2

Robinson

TS% Leaders

78.5

Stewart

73.1

Gafford

73.0

Carter

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.5

119.6

119.4

118.5

118.0

DRtg Rankings

105.5

105.9

106.1

107.8

108.1

108.4

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

11.0

10.3

9.3

8.1

7.9

Tank Leaderboard

1-9

1-8

2-8

2-7

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

611

Wembanyama

567.5

Dončić

535.1

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

602.5

Dončić

597

Wembanyama

559

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

40.5

Dončić

36.4

Gilgeous-Alexander

36.1

Wembanyama

MPG Leaders

37.1

Acuff

36.6

Murray

36.5

Maxey

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.02

Wembanyama

1.75

Dončić

1.63

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.97

Wembanyama

1.86

Dončić

1.70

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

10-1

8-3

7-3

Worst Record ATS

1-9

2-8

2-6

3-7

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	76ers	9	2	.818
2	Celtics	8	2	.800	0.5
3	Pistons	6	3	.667	2.0
4	Hawks	7	4	.636	2.0
5	Knicks	5	4	.556	3.0
6	Raptors	5	4	.556	3.0
7	Cavaliers	5	5	.500	3.5
8	Heat	4	6	.400	4.5
9	Wizards	4	6	.400	4.5
10	Hornets	3	7	.300	5.5
11	Pacers	3	7	.300	5.5
12	Magic	2	7	.222	6.0
13	Nets	2	8	.200	6.5
14	Bulls	1	8	.111	7.0
15	Bucks	1	9	.100	7.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lakers	9	2	.818
2	Thunder	8	2	.800	0.5
3	Spurs	8	2	.800	0.5
4	Timberwolves	8	3	.727	1.0
5	Warriors	7	3	.700	1.5
6	Rockets	7	3	.700	1.5
7	Grizzlies	6	3	.667	2.0
8	Trail Blazers	6	3	.667	2.0
9	Nuggets	5	3	.625	2.5
10	Mavericks	6	4	.600	2.5
11	Pelicans	4	6	.400	4.5
12	Suns	3	5	.375	4.5
13	Clippers	2	7	.222	6.0
14	Kings	1	9	.100	7.5
15	Jazz	1	9	.100	7.5

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	132-125
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	116-128

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 11/9	WAS	@	DET	7:00 PM
Mon 11/9	CLE	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Mon 11/9	LAL	@	ATL	7:00 PM
Mon 11/9	MEM	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Mon 11/9	IND	@	DAL	8:00 PM

James Harden has the most games by an active player in the regular-season and playoffs with 45+ points, with 44 games.

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NBA 2026-27 Leaders

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2.6

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NBA 2026-27 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

611

567.5

535.1

602.5

597

559

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37.1

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