most points in a game this season by a player

James Harden, Nikola Jokić and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are tied for the most points in a game this season, with 55 points.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game this season by a 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	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	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	55	11/12/2025	DEN	@	LAC	34	12	6	1	1	18	23	78.3	5	6	83.3	14	16	87.5	91.5	2	10	2	1	+28
3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	55	10/23/2025	OKC	@	IND	45	8	5	2	1	15	31	48.4	2	7	28.6	23	26	88.5	64.8	0	8	2	4	+9
4	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	54	11/20/2025	PHI	@	MIL	47	5	9	3	3	18	30	60.0	6	15	40.0	12	14	85.7	74.7	0	5	5	3	+18
5	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	51	10/27/2025	UTA	vs	PHX	45	14	3	0	0	14	32	43.8	6	13	46.2	17	17	100.0	64.6	5	9	1	2	+26
6	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	51	10/26/2025	LAL	@	SAC	39	11	9	2	0	12	22	54.5	6	10	60.0	21	22	95.5	80.5	1	10	2	1	+22
7	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	50	10/23/2025	DEN	@	GSW	39	8	2	0	1	17	21	81.0	10	11	90.9	6	6	100.0	105.8	0	8	2	1	-1
8	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
9	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	49	10/24/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	35	11	8	0	0	14	23	60.9	5	12	41.7	16	19	84.2	78.1	1	10	3	4	+18
10	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	47	11/16/2025	UTA	vs	CHI	46	7	2	2	2	15	33	45.5	6	17	35.3	11	13	84.6	60.7	2	5	1	3	+4
11	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
12	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	46	11/10/2025	DET	vs	WAS	45	12	11	5	2	14	45	31.1	2	11	18.2	16	18	88.9	43.5	5	7	2	4	+10
13	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	46	11/5/2025	CLE	vs	PHI	35	4	8	1	0	15	21	71.4	6	11	54.5	10	10	100.0	90.6	0	4	2	0	+17
14	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	44	11/22/2025	DEN	vs	SAC	37	13	7	0	0	16	28	57.1	3	6	50.0	9	10	90.0	67.9	7	6	2	4	+2
15	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	44	10/31/2025	LAL	@	MEM	39	12	6	0	0	14	27	51.9	6	15	40.0	10	13	76.9	67.2	1	11	5	3	-2
16	Jamal Murray J. Murray	43	10/27/2025	DEN	@	MIN	37	6	3	0	0	16	29	55.2	5	9	55.6	6	7	85.7	67.0	0	6	2	2	+30
17	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	43	10/27/2025	PHI	vs	ORL	42	4	8	1	0	15	32	46.9	4	11	36.4	9	10	90.0	59.1	0	4	1	1	+14
18	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	43	10/21/2025	LAL	vs	GSW	41	12	9	2	1	17	27	63.0	2	10	20.0	7	10	70.0	68.5	0	12	3	1	-8
19	CJ McCollum	42	11/10/2025	WAS	@	DET	43	6	4	1	0	14	25	56.0	5	10	50.0	9	11	81.8	70.4	1	5	4	3	+9
20	Grayson Allen G. Allen	42	11/10/2025	PHX	vs	NOP	28	2	4	3	0	12	17	70.6	10	15	66.7	8	10	80.0	98.1	1	1	1	0	+22
21	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
22	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	41	11/21/2025	MIN	@	PHX	40	5	4	4	1	14	24	58.3	5	11	45.5	8	12	66.7	70.0	0	5	5	4	-3
23	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	41	11/15/2025	LAL	@	MIL	38	9	6	1	2	9	19	47.4	5	11	45.5	18	20	90.0	73.7	1	8	3	1	+25
24	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
25	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	41	11/8/2025	NOP	@	SAS	38	9	3	1	0	15	22	68.2	5	11	45.5	6	6	100.0	83.2	3	6	1	1	-14