most points in a game against the knicks current player

James Harden has dropped the most points by an active player in a game versus the Knicks, with 61 points on January 23, 2019.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game against the knicks 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	61	1/23/2019	HOU	@	NYK	40	15	4	5	0	17	38	44.7	5	20	25.0	22	25	88.0	62.2	6	9	5	3	+19
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	60	12/27/2022	DAL	vs	NYK	47	21	10	2	1	21	31	67.7	2	6	33.3	16	22	72.7	73.7	5	16	4	5	+7
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	54	2/27/2013	GSW	@	NYK	48	6	7	3	0	18	28	64.3	11	13	84.6	7	7	100.0	86.9	0	6	4	3	-4
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	53	3/13/2022	BKN	vs	NYK	43	6	9	2	0	19	37	51.4	4	13	30.8	11	12	91.7	62.7	1	5	5	3	+11
5	James Harden J. Harden	53	12/31/2016	HOU	vs	NYK	42	16	17	0	0	14	26	53.8	9	16	56.3	16	18	88.9	78.1	3	13	8	2	+13
6	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	52	12/21/2022	TOR	@	NYK	41	9	7	1	0	17	25	68.0	2	6	33.3	16	18	88.9	79.0	3	6	1	2	+8
7	LeBron James L. James	52	2/4/2009	CLE	@	NYK	44	9	11	0	2	17	33	51.5	2	7	28.6	16	19	84.2	62.9	0	9	3	1	+7
8	LeBron James L. James	50	3/5/2008	CLE	@	NYK	44	8	10	4	0	16	30	53.3	7	13	53.8	11	16	68.8	67.5	1	7	2	3	+11
9	Trae Young T. Young	48	2/9/2020	ATL	vs	NYK	48	1	13	2	0	13	30	43.3	6	13	46.2	16	16	100.0	64.8	0	1	7	1	+10
10	Anthony Davis A. Davis	48	1/14/2018	NOP	@	NYK	50	17	0	4	3	17	30	56.7	2	6	33.3	12	15	80.0	65.6	6	11	4	2	0
11	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	47	11/30/2016	MIN	vs	NYK	42	18	2	1	3	15	22	68.2	0	3	0.0	17	20	85.0	76.3	3	15	4	2	+7
12	LeBron James L. James	47	2/6/2010	CLE	vs	NYK	44	8	8	5	0	17	31	54.8	6	12	50.0	7	7	100.0	69.0	1	7	5	2	+4
13	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	46	10/20/2021	BOS	@	NYK	46	9	6	3	1	16	30	53.3	8	14	57.1	6	8	75.0	68.6	0	9	4	5	+16
14	Trae Young T. Young	45	3/22/2022	ATL	@	NYK	40	1	8	1	0	13	25	52.0	7	15	46.7	12	14	85.7	72.2	0	1	4	0	+11
15	LeBron James L. James	45	11/2/2007	CLE	vs	NYK	44	7	7	3	1	13	28	46.4	3	5	60.0	16	22	72.7	59.7	3	4	3	1	+4
16	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	44	1/11/2024	DAL	vs	NYK	40	4	10	2	0	15	26	57.7	6	10	60.0	8	9	88.9	73.4	0	4	5	3	+9
17	Jerami Grant J. Grant	44	11/25/2022	POR	@	NYK	40	1	2	0	1	10	20	50.0	3	7	42.9	21	28	75.0	68.1	0	1	2	4	-1
18	Kevin Durant K. Durant	44	1/26/2016	OKC	@	NYK	43	14	5	1	0	12	26	46.2	4	7	57.1	16	18	88.9	64.9	2	12	4	3	+12
19	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	43	11/15/2024	BKN	@	NYK	39	2	3	1	1	16	22	72.7	7	10	70.0	4	6	66.7	87.3	0	2	4	2	-1
20	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	43	1/8/2019	GSW	vs	NYK	34	2	0	2	2	18	29	62.1	7	16	43.8	0	0		74.1	1	1	1	1	+31
21	Anthony Davis A. Davis	43	11/16/2018	NOP	vs	NYK	40	17	5	1	1	16	25	64.0	1	4	25.0	10	15	66.7	68.0	4	13	2	2	+10
22	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	42	12/2/2025	BOS	vs	NYK	40	4	4	1	0	16	24	66.7	2	6	33.3	8	9	88.9	75.1	0	4	4	3	+15
23	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	42	12/25/2024	SAS	@	NYK	40	18	4	1	4	16	31	51.6	6	16	37.5	4	4	100.0	64.1	2	16	4	1	+7
24	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	42	3/31/2023	CLE	vs	NYK	40	4	5	0	1	16	23	69.6	6	9	66.7	4	5	80.0	83.3	0	4	4	5	-8
25	Trae Young T. Young	42	3/11/2020	ATL	vs	NYK	38	2	11	0	0	12	25	48.0	6	12	50.0	12	15	80.0	66.5	2	0	6	3	-4