most points in a game by a player in his twelfth season

Stephen Curry dropped the most points by a player in a game in his 12th season, with 62 points against the Trail Blazers on January 3, 2021.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game by a player in his twelfth season

	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	Stephen Curry S. Curry	62	1/3/2021	GSW	vs	POR	36	5	4	0	0	18	31	58.1	8	16	50.0	18	19	94.7	78.8	1	4	5	0	+20
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	59	11/13/2024	MIL	vs	DET	44	14	7	2	3	21	34	61.8	1	2	50.0	16	17	94.1	71.1	3	11	3	1	+7
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	57	2/6/2021	GSW	@	DAL	37	2	5	1	0	19	31	61.3	11	19	57.9	8	8	100.0	82.6	0	2	3	3	+7
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	53	4/12/2021	GSW	vs	DEN	36	6	4	0	0	14	24	58.3	10	18	55.6	15	16	93.8	85.4	0	6	5	3	+16
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	53	3/28/2008	LAL	vs	MEM	42	10	1	3	0	19	37	51.4	9	17	52.9	6	7	85.7	66.1	2	8	1	4	+1
6	Mo Williams M. Williams	52	1/13/2015	MIN	@	IND	44	4	7	0	0	19	33	57.6	6	11	54.5	8	9	88.9	70.3	0	4	3	2	+14
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	52	3/2/2008	LAL	vs	DAL	51	11	4	1	2	15	27	55.6	2	3	66.7	20	27	74.1	66.9	1	10	5	2	+4
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	51	11/29/2018	GSW	@	TOR	43	11	6	0	0	18	31	58.1	4	7	57.1	11	12	91.7	70.3	3	8	1	4	-5
9	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	51	12/5/2007	DEN	vs	LAL	48	2	8	1	0	18	27	66.7	0	1	0.0	15	18	83.3	73.0	0	2	5	4	-4
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	51	1/21/1997	CHI	vs	NYK	43	4	4	2	0	18	30	60.0	5	8	62.5	10	11	90.9	73.2	1	3	2	1	+7
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	51	1/18/1996	HOU	vs	BOS	45	14	3	3	2	20	37	54.1	0	0		11	14	78.6	59.1	5	9	2	3
12	CJ McCollum	50	1/3/2025	NOP	vs	WAS	31	3	2	0	0	18	27	66.7	10	16	62.5	4	4	100.0	86.9	1	2	1	2	+21
13	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	50	1/27/2020	HOU	@	UTA	38	6	3	2	1	14	22	63.6	6	11	54.5	16	20	80.0	81.2	0	6	2	0	+12
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	50	11/6/1996	CHI	@	MIA	40	6	0	1	1	18	33	54.5	1	2	50.0	13	14	92.9	63.8	1	5	0	1	+9
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	49	5/8/2021	GSW	vs	OKC	29	5	2	1	0	14	26	53.8	11	21	52.4	10	10	100.0	80.6	0	5	1	2	+31
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	49	4/19/2021	GSW	@	PHI	37	3	5	0	0	14	28	50.0	10	17	58.8	11	12	91.7	73.6	0	3	6	2	+11
17	Kevin Durant K. Durant	49	11/26/2018	GSW	vs	ORL	40	6	9	2	2	16	33	48.5	4	10	40.0	13	13	100.0	63.3	0	6	4	4	+13
18	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	48	1/20/2023	BKN	@	UTA	39	11	6	4	0	18	29	62.1	8	15	53.3	4	6	66.7	75.9	3	8	1	3	+23
19	Vince Carter V. Carter	48	2/8/2010	ORL	vs	NOH	38	7	2	0	0	19	27	70.4	6	10	60.0	4	4	100.0	83.4	0	7	2	5	+19
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	48	1/14/2008	LAL	@	SEA	42	2	2	1	0	21	44	47.7	2	8	25.0	4	7	57.1	51.0	0	2	1	1	-3
21	Stephen Curry S. Curry	47	4/17/2021	GSW	@	BOS	37	7	3	0	0	15	27	55.6	11	19	57.9	6	8	75.0	77.0	0	7	5	2	-7
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	46	5/16/2021	GSW	vs	MEM	40	7	9	1	1	16	36	44.4	9	22	40.9	5	6	83.3	59.5	1	6	7	2	+14
23	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	46	11/14/2014	NYK	vs	UTA	39	7	1	1	0	16	26	61.5	1	1	100.0	13	16	81.3	69.6	2	5	2	4	-10
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	46	2/1/2008	LAL	@	TOR	44	7	5	1	0	19	28	67.9	4	8	50.0	4	4	100.0	77.3	0	7	1	2	+19
25	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	46	3/23/1996	HOU	vs	MIN	44	19	8	3	3	16	23	69.6	0	0		14	18	77.8	74.4	7	12	6	3