James Harden dropped the most points by a player in a game in his 17th season, with 55 points versus the Hornets on Saturday.

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most points by a player in a regular-season game in 17th 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	James Harden J. Harden	55	11/22/2025	LAC	@	CHA	35	3	7	1	0	17	26	65.4	10	16	62.5	11	14	78.6	85.5	1	2	2	1	+22
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	49	11/14/2025	GSW	@	SAS	36	4	2	2	0	16	26	61.5	9	17	52.9	8	8	100.0	83.0	0	4	3	2	+9
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	47	4/10/2013	LAL	@	POR	48	8	5	3	4	14	27	51.9	1	5	20.0	18	18	100.0	67.3	0	8	1	4	+7
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	46	11/12/2025	GSW	@	SAS	34	5	5	2	0	13	25	52.0	5	16	31.3	15	16	93.8	71.8	0	5	1	2	+5
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	46	2/6/1986	LAL	@	HOU	37	11	4	0	0	21	30	70.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	72.4	2	9	6	3
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	45	2/27/2009	PHX	vs	TOR	35	11	2	3	1	20	25	80.0	0	0		5	8	62.5	78.9	3	8	3	4	+17
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	43	12/21/2024	PHX	vs	DET	39	5	6	2	0	14	26	53.8	4	9	44.4	11	11	100.0	69.7	1	4	8	4	-9
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	43	3/16/1986	LAL	vs	HOU	40	7	3	2	1	16	24	66.7	0	0		11	16	68.8	69.3	3	4	4	4
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	42	10/23/2025	GSW	vs	DEN	37	6	7	3	1	14	25	56.0	6	12	50.0	8	8	100.0	73.6	0	6	2	1	+15
10	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
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	42	3/6/2013	LAL	@	NOH	42	7	12	0	1	14	21	66.7	3	7	42.9	11	14	78.6	77.3	0	7	6	0	+16
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	42	12/11/2012	LAL	@	CLE	41	5	2	1	1	16	28	57.1	3	9	33.3	7	10	70.0	64.8	1	4	5	1	-7
13	James Harden J. Harden	41	11/14/2025	LAC	@	DAL	51	14	11	1	2	13	25	52.0	6	12	50.0	9	11	81.8	68.7	2	12	3	3	+8
14	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	41	3/8/2013	LAL	vs	TOR	44	6	12	2	0	11	22	50.0	5	10	50.0	14	16	87.5	70.6	1	5	9	0	0
15	LeBron James L. James	40	2/25/2020	LAL	vs	NOP	34	8	6	0	1	17	27	63.0	5	11	45.5	1	2	50.0	71.7	2	6	7	1	+12
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40	2/22/2013	LAL	vs	POR	36	7	4	2	0	15	23	65.2	1	3	33.3	9	9	100.0	74.2	2	5	5	1	+2
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40	12/26/2012	LAL	@	DEN	44	4	6	0	2	13	24	54.2	5	9	55.6	9	11	81.8	69.3	0	4	2	2	-7
18	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40	11/27/2012	LAL	vs	IND	44	10	3	3	0	12	28	42.9	5	11	45.5	11	13	84.6	59.3	0	10	10	2	-4
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40	11/2/2012	LAL	vs	LAC	43	6	1	2	0	14	23	60.9	2	3	66.7	10	10	100.0	73.0	2	4	6	1	-7
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40	2/2/1986	LAL	vs	NYK	40	3	4	1	6	15	22	68.2	0	0		10	10	100.0	75.8	1	2	1	3
21	LeBron James L. James	39	11/1/2019	LAL	@	DAL	43	12	16	4	1	13	23	56.5	4	9	44.4	9	11	81.8	70.0	0	12	4	5	+15
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	39	12/4/2012	LAL	@	HOU	35	6	2	2	0	14	31	45.2	2	9	22.2	9	12	75.0	53.7	1	5	3	4	-4
23	Karl Malone K. Malone	39	12/8/2001	UTA	vs	GSW	40	7	5	1	4	14	27	51.9	0	0		11	12	91.7	60.4	3	4	1	5	+16
24	Stephen Curry S. Curry	38	11/21/2025	GSW	vs	POR	34	2	4	0	0	14	23	60.9	9	17	52.9	1	1	100.0	81.1	0	2	3	2	-3
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	38	3/24/2025	PHX	vs	MIL	37	8	5	0	3	11	21	52.4	7	9	77.8	9	10	90.0	74.8	0	8	5	3	+4