most points a game this nba season by a player in a game as of dec 16

James Harden has averaged the most points per game in a game on December 16 this season, with 41.0 per game versus the Jazz on December 16.

	NAME	PPG	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	James Harden J. Harden	41.0	12/16/2024	LAC	vs	UTA	31	41	1	6	1	1	11	17	64.7	7	11	63.6	12	14	85.7	88.5	0	1	4	2	+27
2	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	40.0	12/16/2024	PHI	@	CHA	40	40	5	5	4	0	12	28	42.9	6	12	50.0	10	13	76.9	59.3	1	4	4	3	+18
3	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	35.0	12/16/2024	MIA	@	DET	44	35	19	10	4	1	12	21	57.1	1	3	33.3	10	12	83.3	66.6	7	12	0	0	+11
4	Paul George P. George	33.0	12/16/2024	PHI	@	CHA	40	33	5	8	2	1	13	20	65.0	6	9	66.7	1	2	50.0	79.0	0	5	4	2	+11
5	RJ Barrett	32.0	12/16/2024	TOR	vs	CHI	37	32	5	9	1	2	11	24	45.8	2	4	50.0	8	9	88.9	57.2	1	4	6	1	+1
6	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	29.0	12/16/2024	SAC	vs	DEN	39	29	5	7	0	1	11	24	45.8	2	7	28.6	5	6	83.3	54.4	0	5	3	4	-13
7	Norman Powell N. Powell	29.0	12/16/2024	LAC	vs	UTA	28	29	4	1	1	0	12	16	75.0	5	7	71.4	0	0		90.6	0	4	1	3	+33
8	Malik Beasley M. Beasley	28.0	12/16/2024	DET	vs	MIA	41	28	3	4	0	1	9	18	50.0	7	13	53.8	3	3	100.0	72.5	0	3	2	2	+8
9	Jamal Murray J. Murray	28.0	12/16/2024	DEN	@	SAC	38	28	2	6	0	1	11	26	42.3	4	8	50.0	2	2	100.0	52.1	0	2	1	2	+10
10	Domantas Sabonis D. Sabonis	28.0	12/16/2024	SAC	vs	DEN	41	28	14	6	3	0	12	20	60.0	1	3	33.3	3	3	100.0	65.7	4	10	2	3	+1
11	Gradey Dick G. Dick	27.0	12/16/2024	TOR	vs	CHI	33	27	6	2	0	0	9	20	45.0	3	9	33.3	6	7	85.7	58.5	1	5	1	4	+15
12	Malik Monk M. Monk	25.0	12/16/2024	SAC	vs	DEN	34	25	6	10	1	3	9	19	47.4	4	10	40.0	3	3	100.0	61.5	0	6	3	4	-6
13	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	24.0	12/16/2024	CHA	vs	PHI	28	24	6	4	0	0	10	19	52.6	2	8	25.0	2	3	66.7	59.1	1	5	3	1	+2
14	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	24.0	12/16/2024	CHI	@	TOR	32	24	5	3	0	2	10	17	58.8	2	4	50.0	2	2	100.0	67.1	1	4	0	3	+2
15	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	24.0	12/16/2024	DEN	@	SAC	31	24	7	2	0	0	9	14	64.3	1	3	33.3	5	6	83.3	72.1	4	3	1	3	+6
16	Tyler Herro T. Herro	23.0	12/16/2024	MIA	@	DET	41	23	4	1	1	0	9	25	36.0	4	17	23.5	1	1	100.0	45.2	0	4	3	0	+6
17	Cameron Johnson C. Johnson	22.0	12/16/2024	BKN	vs	CLE	28	22	1	5	0	1	5	10	50.0	3	6	50.0	9	13	69.2	70.0	0	1	3	1	-20
18	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	21.0	12/16/2024	CLE	@	BKN	23	21	5	2	1	0	7	9	77.8	1	1	100.0	6	6	100.0	90.2	1	4	2	3	+14
19	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	20.0	12/16/2024	DET	vs	MIA	42	20	11	18	0	1	7	17	41.2	3	6	50.0	3	5	60.0	52.1	1	10	4	2	+9
20	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	20.0	12/16/2024	DEN	@	SAC	38	20	14	13	2	1	8	19	42.1	1	6	16.7	3	4	75.0	48.2	2	12	5	0	+4
21	Jordan Clarkson J. Clarkson	20.0	12/16/2024	UTA	@	LAC	23	20	0	2	1	0	6	13	46.2	3	6	50.0	5	6	83.3	63.9	0	0	6	0	-21
22	Ausar Thompson A. Thompson	19.0	12/16/2024	DET	vs	MIA	27	19	9	1	4	1	8	14	57.1	1	3	33.3	2	4	50.0	60.3	0	9	3	5	-13
23	Kelly Oubre Jr. K. Oubre Jr.	19.0	12/16/2024	PHI	@	CHA	40	19	9	4	2	1	7	11	63.6	1	4	25.0	4	6	66.7	69.6	3	6	4	1	+19
24	Nick Richards N. Richards	19.0	12/16/2024	CHA	vs	PHI	15	19	5	0	1	1	7	9	77.8	0	0		5	6	83.3	81.6	1	4	3	2	-5
25	Coby White C. White	19.0	12/16/2024	CHI	@	TOR	35	19	0	5	3	0	5	15	33.3	3	7	42.9	6	7	85.7	52.5	0	0	4	4	+10