most points in a game against the cavs current player

James Harden has the most points by an active player in a game versus the Cavaliers, with 55 points on December 11, 2019.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game against the cavs current player

	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	55	12/11/2019	HOU	@	CLE	41	3	8	2	2	20	34	58.8	10	18	55.6	5	5	100.0	76.0	0	3	6	3	+10
2	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	50	1/12/2023	POR	vs	CLE	40	2	3	1	0	16	28	57.1	5	13	38.5	13	15	86.7	72.3	0	2	1	1	-2
3	Jamal Murray J. Murray	50	2/19/2021	DEN	@	CLE	38	6	2	2	0	21	25	84.0	8	10	80.0	0	0		100.0	0	6	1	4	+24
4	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	48	3/31/2023	NYK	@	CLE	38	4	9	0	0	18	32	56.3	7	12	58.3	5	8	62.5	67.6	2	2	2	1	+3
5	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	46	3/7/2025	CHA	vs	CLE	39	8	2	2	0	15	32	46.9	4	10	40.0	12	13	92.3	61.0	1	7	1	4	+5
6	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	46	2/28/2025	BOS	vs	CLE	41	16	9	0	3	19	37	51.4	4	12	33.3	4	5	80.0	58.7	5	11	3	4	+5
7	LeBron James L. James	46	1/25/2021	LAL	@	CLE	38	8	6	2	2	19	26	73.1	7	11	63.6	1	2	50.0	85.6	0	8	3	1	+11
8	Jordan Poole J. Poole	45	2/7/2025	WAS	vs	CLE	37	4	5	1	0	16	32	50.0	4	17	23.5	9	11	81.8	61.1	2	2	3	3	-2
9	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	45	2/27/2024	DAL	@	CLE	41	9	14	3	0	17	29	58.6	6	11	54.5	5	5	100.0	72.1	0	9	1	1	+13
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	45	12/21/2022	MIL	@	CLE	40	14	4	1	2	17	27	63.0	0	1	0.0	11	16	68.8	66.1	4	10	5	4	+3
11	Ja Morant J. Morant	44	3/14/2025	MEM	vs	CLE	35	8	7	1	0	17	22	77.3	1	4	25.0	9	10	90.0	83.3	0	8	2	3	-6
12	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	44	2/10/2025	MIN	@	CLE	37	6	1	1	0	13	28	46.4	8	15	53.3	10	13	76.9	65.2	0	6	7	0	-12
13	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	44	1/2/2023	CHI	@	CLE	46	3	4	4	1	16	32	50.0	2	6	33.3	10	12	83.3	59.0	1	2	1	4	-9
14	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	44	4/3/2022	PHI	@	CLE	38	17	3	1	5	12	26	46.2	3	6	50.0	17	20	85.0	63.2	4	13	3	1	+16
15	Gary Trent Jr. G. Trent Jr.	44	4/10/2021	TOR	@	CLE	33	7	4	1	0	17	19	89.5	7	9	77.8	3	3	100.0	108.3	0	7	1	2	+31
16	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	44	1/25/2020	CHI	@	CLE	39	10	8	1	0	16	30	53.3	5	12	41.7	7	8	87.5	65.6	2	8	4	1	+20
17	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	44	12/14/2018	MIL	@	CLE	38	14	8	0	2	14	19	73.7	0	0		16	21	76.2	77.9	4	10	4	5	+25
18	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	43	11/8/2023	OKC	vs	CLE	38	7	6	2	1	15	22	68.2	1	2	50.0	12	13	92.3	77.6	2	5	3	3	+10
19	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	43	1/14/2020	LAC	vs	CLE	29	3	4	2	1	14	22	63.6	6	10	60.0	9	10	90.0	81.4	0	3	1	0	+39
20	James Harden J. Harden	43	1/11/2019	HOU	vs	CLE	30	10	12	2	2	12	24	50.0	8	16	50.0	11	11	100.0	74.5	0	10	4	2	+28
21	Paul George P. George	43	4/2/2017	IND	@	CLE	48	9	9	3	1	16	33	48.5	6	16	37.5	5	7	71.4	59.6	0	9	3	5	+17
22	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	43	2/26/2016	TOR	vs	CLE	43	5	9	4	0	15	20	75.0	2	5	40.0	11	15	73.3	80.8	0	5	2	4	+11
23	LeBron James L. James	43	3/18/2014	MIA	@	CLE	42	6	4	2	3	14	19	73.7	6	8	75.0	9	13	69.2	87.0	0	6	0	1	+11
24	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	42	11/30/2025	BOS	@	CLE	31	3	3	0	0	15	22	68.2	6	11	54.5	6	6	100.0	85.2	0	3	2	3	+10
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	42	3/21/2025	PHX	vs	CLE	39	6	8	0	1	17	29	58.6	4	9	44.4	4	4	100.0	68.3	0	6	3	1	+7