most points in a game against lakers in regular and playoff by active player

James Harden has the most points by an active player in a regular-season or postseason game versus the Lakers, with 51 points on December 20, 2017.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	James Harden J. Harden	51	12/20/2017	HOU	vs	LAL	43	3	9	1	1	15	27	55.6	4	6	66.7	17	21	81.0	70.4	0	3	6	5	+4
2	James Harden J. Harden	50	12/13/2018	HOU	vs	LAL	35	10	11	2	0	14	26	53.8	4	12	33.3	18	19	94.7	72.8	2	8	6	4	+14
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	48	1/31/2020	POR	@	LAL	40	9	10	2	0	17	30	56.7	7	12	58.3	7	8	87.5	71.6	1	8	1	1	+12
4	James Harden J. Harden	48	1/19/2019	HOU	vs	LAL	42	8	6	4	1	14	30	46.7	8	19	42.1	12	15	80.0	65.6	3	5	6	3	+11
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	47	11/17/2021	MIL	vs	LAL	36	9	3	1	1	18	23	78.3	3	4	75.0	8	11	72.7	84.4	2	7	4	1	+1
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	47	6/3/2021	PHX	@	LAL	46	11	3	0	1	15	22	68.2	8	10	80.0	9	9	100.0	90.5	0	11	3	2	+10
7	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	47	11/13/2016	MIN	vs	LAL	41	4	3	0	1	14	21	66.7	2	5	40.0	17	22	77.3	76.6	1	3	2	2	+34
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	47	4/12/2013	GSW	@	LAL	44	6	9	3	0	17	31	54.8	9	15	60.0	4	4	100.0	71.7	3	3	1	3	+3
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	46	1/27/2024	GSW	vs	LAL	43	3	7	1	0	17	35	48.6	9	21	42.9	3	3	100.0	63.3	0	3	4	4	-2
10	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	46	11/15/2017	PHI	@	LAL	34	15	7	0	7	14	20	70.0	2	3	66.7	16	19	84.2	81.1	2	13	2	4	+19
11	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	46	3/19/2017	CLE	@	LAL	38	2	3	0	0	15	21	71.4	6	10	60.0	10	10	100.0	90.6	0	2	3	2	+9
12	Ja Morant J. Morant	45	4/22/2023	MEM	@	LAL	42	9	13	0	0	13	26	50.0	6	10	60.0	13	14	92.9	70.0	3	6	3	2	+3
13	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	44	3/6/2024	SAC	@	LAL	39	4	4	2	0	19	32	59.4	2	6	33.3	4	5	80.0	64.3	0	4	3	3	+5
14	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	44	12/13/2022	BOS	@	LAL	44	9	6	0	1	15	29	51.7	5	10	50.0	9	10	90.0	65.9	1	8	4	1	+12
15	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	44	2/8/2022	MIL	@	LAL	35	14	8	1	2	17	20	85.0	2	2	100.0	8	13	61.5	85.5	4	10	0	5	+23
16	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	44	1/21/2019	GSW	@	LAL	27	3	2	0	1	17	20	85.0	10	11	90.9	0	0		110.0	0	3	2	2	+29
17	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	43	4/27/2025	MIN	vs	LAL	44	9	6	0	1	12	23	52.2	5	10	50.0	14	17	82.4	70.5	4	5	1	2	+3
18	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	43	1/28/2025	PHI	vs	LAL	36	3	2	2	0	15	26	57.7	4	11	36.4	9	9	100.0	71.8	0	3	1	4	+20
19	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	43	12/6/2022	CLE	vs	LAL	40	6	5	4	0	17	27	63.0	4	8	50.0	5	5	100.0	73.6	2	4	2	1	+21
20	Kevin Durant K. Durant	43	2/13/2014	OKC	@	LAL	42	12	7	3	0	14	33	42.4	3	13	23.1	12	12	100.0	56.2	0	12	6	2	+3
21	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	42	4/8/2025	OKC	vs	LAL	37	6	6	0	1	14	26	53.8	5	9	55.6	9	11	81.8	68.1	1	5	1	5	+7
22	Anthony Davis A. Davis	42	2/14/2018	NOP	vs	LAL	33	15	3	3	2	15	18	83.3	2	2	100.0	10	11	90.9	91.9	3	12	1	2	+22
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	42	1/11/2013	OKC	@	LAL	39	8	5	0	1	16	25	64.0	4	11	36.4	6	8	75.0	73.6	0	8	3	4	+35
24	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	41	2/5/2024	CHA	vs	LAL	40	0	4	0	0	16	26	61.5	5	10	50.0	4	4	100.0	73.8	0	0	1	1	-4
25	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	41	10/23/2022	POR	@	LAL	34	5	2	0	1	15	25	60.0	6	13	46.2	5	7	71.4	73.0	1	4	6	3	+2

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Tue 12/23	HOU	@	LAC	10:30 PM
Thu 12/25	HOU	@	LAL	8:00 PM
Sat 12/27	CLE	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Mon 12/29	IND	@	HOU	8:00 PM
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1	Pistons	23	6	.793
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Thu 11/20	NOP	@	DAL	115-118
Thu 11/20	MIN	@	PHX	113-114
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Tue 12/23	MIL	@	IND	7:30 PM
Tue 12/23	CHI	@	ATL	7:30 PM
Tue 12/23	NOP	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Tue 12/23	TOR	@	MIA	7:30 PM
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