most 53 point games in the nba current player

James Harden has the most games by an active player with 53+ points, with 14 games.

Interpreted as:

most 53 or more point regular-season games by a player in the NBA current player

	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	14	803	40.1	57.4	7.5	8.4	2.4	0.9	17.5	31.7	55.2	7.4	15.4	48.1	14.9	16.3	91.7	73.8	1.6	5.9	5.2	562	105	117	34	12	73	44	+214
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	7	395	38.4	56.4	4.7	5.1	1.4	0.1	17.7	29.1	60.8	10.0	17.4	57.4	11.0	11.3	97.5	82.7	0.3	4.4	3.6	269	33	36	10	1	25	13	+69
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	6	372	41.2	62.0	6.3	6.5	1.0	0.2	19.0	33.8	56.2	9.7	17.3	55.8	14.3	14.8	96.6	76.8	0.5	5.8	2.2	247	38	39	6	1	13	5	+76
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	5	286	38.1	57.2	13.8	4.4	1.6	0.8	20.2	31.8	63.5	0.6	3.4	17.6	16.2	19.6	82.7	70.8	2.8	11.0	4.6	190	69	22	8	4	23	11	+77
5	LeBron James L. James	5	285	42.1	57.0	8.6	5.6	1.0	0.6	19.6	32.6	60.1	6.0	9.6	62.5	11.8	14.2	83.1	73.4	2.6	6.0	3.8	211	43	28	5	3	19	7	+41
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	4	249	41.7	62.3	5.8	4.8	1.3	0.8	20.8	36.5	56.8	5.3	10.8	48.8	15.5	17.8	87.3	70.2	1.0	4.8	4.3	167	23	19	5	3	17	13	-7
7	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	4	226	38.0	56.5	4.5	4.8	2.8	0.3	19.0	30.5	62.3	8.3	11.8	70.2	10.3	10.8	95.3	80.2	1.3	3.3	2.5	152	18	19	11	1	10	9	+74
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	3	186	42.7	62.0	13.0	7.3	1.7	0.3	21.0	29.3	71.6	5.0	10.0	50.0	15.0	18.7	80.4	82.6	1.7	11.3	4.0	128	39	22	5	1	12	8	+28
9	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	3	182	35.9	60.7	13.7	5.3	0.7	3.0	21.0	33.7	62.4	1.3	3.3	40.0	17.3	19.3	89.7	71.9	4.3	9.3	2.7	108	41	16	2	9	8	7	+47
10	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	3	167	42.5	55.7	7.7	4.0	0.0	0.7	17.3	30.7	56.5	6.3	10.7	59.4	14.7	16.7	88.0	73.2	1.7	6.0	2.3	128	23	12	0	2	7	9	+23
11	Bradley Beal B. Beal	3	168	39.5	56.0	4.7	4.0	1.0	0.3	18.0	31.7	56.8	6.7	11.3	58.8	13.3	15.0	88.9	73.2	2.3	2.3	6.7	119	14	12	3	1	20	12	-17
12	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
13	Anthony Davis A. Davis	3	167	39.9	55.7	18.3	2.7	0.3	3.0	20.7	31.0	66.7	1.3	2.0	66.7	13.0	15.0	86.7	74.0	5.7	12.7	1.7	120	55	8	1	9	5	5	+43
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	3	169	39.4	56.3	8.3	9.3	2.3	0.3	21.0	40.7	51.6	4.7	13.0	35.9	9.7	12.7	76.3	60.9	1.7	6.7	4.3	118	25	28	7	1	13	12	+11
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	3	162	42.9	54.0	5.7	6.0	1.7	0.3	19.0	31.0	61.3	5.7	10.7	53.1	10.3	12.0	86.1	74.4	0.7	5.0	4.7	129	17	18	5	1	14	5	+19
16	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	2	117	45.6	58.5	13.0	9.0	1.5	0.0	20.0	34.0	58.8	4.5	8.5	52.9	14.0	18.5	75.7	69.4	4.5	8.5	4.5	91	26	18	3	0	9	10	+1
17	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	2	116	43.7	58.0	3.5	7.5	0.5	0.0	21.5	39.0	55.1	4.0	12.0	33.3	11.0	11.5	95.7	65.8	0.5	3.0	2.0	87	7	15	1	0	4	3	+21
18	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	2	114	37.5	57.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.5	21.0	36.0	58.3	9.0	17.5	51.4	6.0	6.5	92.3	73.3	1.0	4.0	1.5	75	10	4	0	1	3	4	+50
19	Jamal Murray J. Murray	1	55	42.2	55.0	4.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	20.0	36.0	55.6	7.0	15.0	46.7	8.0	9.0	88.9	68.8	2.0	2.0	2.0	42	4	5	2	0	2	3	+26
20	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	1	54	37.5	54.0	8.0	5.0	3.0	2.0	17.0	35.0	48.6	3.0	10.0	30.0	17.0	18.0	94.4	62.9	3.0	5.0	3.0	37	8	5	3	2	3	3	+9
21	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	1	53	44.5	53.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	16.0	31.0	51.6	10.0	15.0	66.7	11.0	12.0	91.7	73.0	1.0	5.0	6.0	44	6	2	0	0	6	4	-3
22	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	1	60	44.5	60.0	3.0	7.0	3.0	1.0	22.0	35.0	62.9	6.0	10.0	60.0	10.0	11.0	90.9	75.3	2.0	1.0	6.0	44	3	7	3	1	6	3	+1
23	Julius Randle J. Randle	1	57	36.9	57.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	19.0	29.0	65.5	8.0	14.0	57.1	11.0	13.0	84.6	82.1	0.0	4.0	4.0	37	4	1	0	0	4	4	-6
24	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	1	71	49.8	71.0	8.0	11.0	0.0	1.0	22.0	34.0	64.7	7.0	15.0	46.7	20.0	25.0	80.0	78.9	3.0	5.0	4.0	50	8	11	0	1	4	3	+19
25	Trae Young T. Young	1	56	37.4	56.0	4.0	14.0	0.0	0.0	17.0	26.0	65.4	7.0	12.0	58.3	15.0	15.0	100.0	85.9	1.0	3.0	4.0	37	4	14	0	0	4	1	+10