most 49 point games in the nba by active players

James Harden has the most games by an active player with 49+ points, with 26 games.

Interpreted as:

most 49 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	26	1,405	40.2	54.0	7.7	8.1	2.1	0.7	16.0	30.2	52.8	6.5	14.6	44.9	15.6	17.3	90.0	71.4	1.4	6.3	5.3	1,046	201	211	54	18	137	84	+332
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	18	948	36.4	52.7	5.3	5.3	1.6	0.3	16.9	27.9	60.8	9.8	16.6	59.2	8.9	9.4	94.7	82.2	0.3	4.9	3.3	656	95	95	28	6	59	32	+190
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	16	875	39.2	54.7	4.2	7.3	1.3	0.3	16.8	28.9	58.2	7.8	14.3	54.6	13.3	14.0	94.6	78.0	0.4	3.8	2.4	627	67	116	21	4	39	23	+179
4	LeBron James L. James	14	744	42.5	53.1	7.9	7.1	1.5	0.9	18.4	30.6	59.9	5.2	9.3	56.2	11.2	13.9	80.5	72.3	1.4	6.4	3.2	595	110	99	21	12	45	31	+135
5	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
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	10	537	36.7	53.7	13.4	4.7	1.3	0.8	19.1	29.9	63.9	1.8	4.8	37.5	13.7	17.4	78.7	71.5	2.9	10.5	3.1	367	134	47	13	8	31	23	+131
7	Devin Booker D. Booker	10	552	39.1	55.2	5.6	6.3	1.1	0.6	19.1	31.4	60.8	4.8	10.0	48.0	12.2	13.6	89.7	73.8	0.9	4.7	3.1	391	56	63	11	6	31	28	+56
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	10	517	43.8	51.7	7.7	5.9	1.5	0.8	17.1	30.6	55.9	5.3	10.0	53.0	12.2	13.6	89.7	70.7	0.8	6.9	4.2	438	77	59	15	8	42	25	+68
9	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	9	484	35.5	53.8	13.6	4.7	1.2	2.3	18.9	28.1	67.2	0.9	2.6	34.8	15.1	16.8	90.1	75.8	3.8	9.8	3.0	319	122	42	11	21	27	26	+141
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	7	368	40.0	52.6	11.0	9.0	2.1	0.3	18.4	37.9	48.7	4.3	11.4	37.5	11.4	14.3	80.0	59.5	2.0	9.0	4.1	280	77	63	15	2	29	21	+17
11	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	7	375	38.5	53.6	4.4	5.1	2.0	0.6	17.6	28.9	60.9	8.1	12.4	65.5	10.3	11.0	93.5	79.5	1.0	3.4	1.9	269	31	36	14	4	13	21	+118
12	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
13	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	5	262	38.4	52.4	6.4	5.2	1.8	1.0	16.8	30.8	54.5	3.0	7.8	38.5	15.8	17.4	90.8	68.1	1.4	5.0	2.2	192	32	26	9	5	11	15	+67
14	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
15	Anthony Davis A. Davis	5	267	40.0	53.4	15.4	3.8	2.0	2.8	19.8	31.2	63.5	0.8	2.0	40.0	13.0	14.4	90.3	71.1	4.2	11.2	1.8	200	77	19	10	14	9	10	+59
16	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	4	202	39.5	50.5	6.8	5.0	0.5	0.3	15.5	29.0	53.4	7.0	14.0	50.0	12.5	13.8	90.9	72.0	1.8	5.0	3.8	158	27	20	2	1	15	8	+38
17	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4	216	43.5	54.0	12.0	10.0	1.8	1.0	19.0	31.5	60.3	3.8	7.0	53.6	12.3	15.0	81.7	70.9	4.3	7.8	3.8	174	48	40	7	4	15	16	+18
18	Trae Young T. Young	4	204	43.9	51.0	3.8	11.0	1.3	0.5	15.5	28.0	55.4	7.3	13.8	52.7	12.8	13.5	94.4	75.1	0.5	3.3	7.3	175	15	44	5	2	29	8	+12
19	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
20	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	3	166	40.9	55.3	4.3	8.0	2.0	0.0	20.0	33.7	59.4	5.7	11.0	51.5	9.7	10.7	90.6	72.1	0.7	3.7	2.0	123	13	24	6	0	6	3	+28
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	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
24	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
25	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	2	109	40.1	54.5	3.0	8.0	2.5	0.5	19.0	32.5	58.5	4.5	7.0	64.3	12.0	15.0	80.0	69.7	1.0	2.0	5.0	80	6	16	5	1	10	6	+2