most 48 point games in the nba by active players

James Harden has the most games by an active player with 48+ points, with 29 games.

Interpreted as:

most 48 or more point regular-season games in the NBA by active players

	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	29	1,549	40.0	53.4	7.6	7.8	2.2	0.7	15.8	29.9	52.7	6.5	14.3	45.2	15.4	17.1	89.9	71.3	1.4	6.2	5.2	1,160	219	227	63	20	150	92	+367
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	19	996	36.5	52.4	5.3	5.3	1.5	0.4	16.9	28.1	60.3	9.9	16.7	59.1	8.6	9.1	94.8	81.6	0.5	4.8	3.1	693	101	100	29	8	59	37	+199
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	17	923	39.2	54.3	4.5	7.4	1.4	0.2	16.8	28.9	58.1	7.8	14.2	54.8	12.9	13.6	94.4	77.7	0.5	4.0	2.4	667	76	126	23	4	40	24	+191
4	LeBron James L. James	16	840	42.1	52.5	8.0	7.1	1.4	0.9	18.0	29.9	60.3	5.1	9.1	56.2	11.4	13.9	81.6	72.9	1.5	6.5	3.0	674	128	114	23	14	48	35	+161
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	13	681	37.0	52.4	13.2	4.8	1.5	0.8	18.8	29.5	64.0	1.7	4.7	36.1	13.0	17.0	76.5	70.9	2.8	10.3	2.8	481	171	63	19	11	37	33	+144
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	12	648	39.1	54.0	5.3	6.7	1.2	0.5	19.0	31.3	60.6	4.7	9.9	47.1	11.3	12.7	89.5	73.2	0.8	4.5	3.1	469	64	80	14	6	37	33	+60
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	12	613	43.8	51.1	7.6	5.9	1.8	0.9	16.8	31.0	54.0	5.0	10.2	49.2	12.6	14.0	89.9	68.7	0.7	6.9	3.8	526	91	71	21	11	45	29	+56
8	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	11	580	35.0	52.7	13.0	4.5	1.4	2.3	18.5	28.2	65.8	0.8	2.7	30.0	14.8	16.3	91.1	74.6	3.6	9.4	2.8	385	143	49	15	25	31	33	+164
9	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	10	535	40.0	53.5	10.4	8.5	1.7	0.7	17.7	28.1	63.0	6.3	12.2	51.6	11.8	15.0	78.7	77.1	1.0	9.4	3.8	400	104	85	17	7	38	28	+108
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	10	512	40.6	51.2	11.4	9.1	2.3	0.3	17.5	35.9	48.7	3.7	10.2	36.3	12.5	14.9	83.9	60.3	2.3	9.1	4.2	406	114	91	23	3	42	32	+34
11	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	9	471	39.2	52.3	5.4	4.9	2.1	0.4	17.3	28.4	60.9	7.6	12.2	61.8	10.1	11.1	91.0	78.5	1.1	4.3	1.8	353	49	44	19	4	16	25	+162
12	Anthony Davis A. Davis	7	363	41.8	51.9	15.9	3.3	2.3	2.7	19.4	31.1	62.4	0.9	2.6	33.3	12.1	14.0	86.7	69.5	4.9	11.0	2.0	293	111	23	16	19	14	15	+61
13	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	6	310	38.3	51.7	6.0	5.3	2.0	1.0	16.8	30.0	56.1	3.2	7.5	42.2	14.8	16.2	91.8	69.6	1.2	4.8	2.2	230	36	32	12	6	13	16	+85
14	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	6	318	40.0	53.0	8.8	4.5	0.3	0.3	16.7	28.0	59.5	7.2	11.7	61.4	12.5	13.7	91.5	77.9	1.5	7.3	2.2	240	53	27	2	2	13	16	+98
15	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	5	250	40.0	50.0	6.6	5.0	0.8	0.2	15.6	28.6	54.5	7.0	13.8	50.7	11.8	13.4	88.1	72.5	1.8	4.8	4.2	200	33	25	4	1	21	9	+35
16	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	5	264	41.8	52.8	12.4	9.6	2.0	0.8	18.6	31.0	60.0	3.6	6.8	52.9	12.0	14.6	82.2	70.5	4.0	8.4	3.6	209	62	48	10	4	18	18	+43
17	Trae Young T. Young	5	252	44.6	50.4	3.2	11.4	1.4	0.4	15.0	28.4	52.8	7.0	13.6	51.5	13.4	14.0	95.7	72.9	0.4	2.8	7.2	223	16	57	7	2	36	9	+22
18	Bradley Beal B. Beal	5	269	40.2	53.8	4.4	3.0	0.8	0.6	18.8	32.6	57.7	5.6	10.6	52.8	10.6	12.2	86.9	70.8	2.4	2.0	4.6	201	22	15	4	3	23	15	+3
19	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	4	214	40.0	53.5	4.3	8.3	1.5	0.0	19.5	33.3	58.6	6.0	11.3	53.3	8.5	10.0	85.0	71.0	1.0	3.3	2.0	160	17	33	6	0	8	4	+31
20	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	4	218	33.6	54.5	4.0	2.3	1.5	0.8	19.0	31.5	60.3	10.8	18.5	58.1	5.8	6.3	92.0	79.6	0.5	3.5	2.3	134	16	9	6	3	9	9	+116
21	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	3	153	44.8	51.0	4.7	4.3	0.7	1.3	18.7	33.3	56.0	5.3	10.0	53.3	8.3	8.7	96.2	68.6	1.0	3.7	1.0	134	14	13	2	4	3	8	+29
22	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	3	150	37.0	50.0	5.7	1.7	1.0	0.0	18.0	30.7	58.7	9.0	14.0	64.3	5.0	6.0	83.3	75.1	1.0	4.7	3.7	111	17	5	3	0	11	8	+4
23	Jamal Murray J. Murray	3	153	39.6	51.0	5.0	3.7	1.3	0.0	20.0	30.3	65.9	6.7	12.0	55.6	4.3	4.7	92.9	78.7	1.0	4.0	2.7	119	15	11	4	0	8	8	+46
24	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	3	178	38.5	59.3	13.3	3.0	0.3	0.3	19.7	32.7	60.2	7.7	11.3	67.6	12.3	15.0	82.2	75.6	3.0	10.3	5.0	115	40	9	1	1	15	11	+23
25	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	3	151	46.3	50.3	8.0	6.0	1.7	0.3	16.3	26.7	61.3	3.0	5.0	60.0	14.7	15.3	95.7	75.3	1.0	7.0	1.7	139	24	18	5	1	5	11	+39