most points in a playoff by james harden in a game

James Harden had his most points in the playoffs 2 times, with 45 points.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	SEASON	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	James Harden J. Harden	45	5/1/2023	2022-23	1	39.4	45.0	1.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	17.0	30.0	56.7	7.0	14.0	50.0	4.0	4.0	100.0	70.8	0.0	1.0	3.0	39	1	6	2	0	3	4	+8
2	James Harden J. Harden	45	5/25/2015	2014-15	1	40.3	45.0	9.0	5.0	2.0	2.0	13.0	22.0	59.1	7.0	11.0	63.6	12.0	13.0	92.3	81.2	2.0	7.0	3.0	40	9	5	2	2	3	2	+21
3	James Harden J. Harden	44	4/15/2018	2017-18	1	40.9	44.0	4.0	8.0	2.0	0.0	15.0	26.0	57.7	7.0	12.0	58.3	7.0	9.0	77.8	73.4	2.0	2.0	3.0	41	4	8	2	0	3	2	+5
4	James Harden J. Harden	44	4/21/2017	2016-17	1	38.3	44.0	6.0	6.0	0.0	1.0	11.0	21.0	52.4	4.0	12.0	33.3	18.0	18.0	100.0	76.1	1.0	5.0	7.0	38	6	6	0	1	7	5	+1
5	James Harden J. Harden	43	5/5/2017	2016-17	1	40.0	43.0	2.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	14.0	28.0	50.0	5.0	13.0	38.5	10.0	11.0	90.9	65.5	1.0	1.0	5.0	40	2	5	3	0	5	4	-14
6	James Harden J. Harden	42	5/7/2023	2022-23	1	47.4	42.0	8.0	9.0	4.0	1.0	16.0	23.0	69.6	6.0	9.0	66.7	4.0	4.0	100.0	84.8	0.0	8.0	1.0	47	8	9	4	1	1	2	-6
7	James Harden J. Harden	42	4/24/2015	2014-15	1	36.1	42.0	5.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	15.0	24.0	62.5	5.0	7.0	71.4	7.0	7.0	100.0	77.5	0.0	5.0	5.0	36	5	9	1	0	5	4	-1
8	James Harden J. Harden	41	5/28/2021	2020-21	1	39.2	41.0	7.0	10.0	1.0	0.0	11.0	18.0	61.1	7.0	12.0	58.3	12.0	13.0	92.3	86.4	1.0	6.0	2.0	39	7	10	1	0	2	1	+13
9	James Harden J. Harden	41	5/4/2019	2018-19	1	45.4	41.0	9.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	32.0	43.8	5.0	13.0	38.5	8.0	8.0	100.0	57.7	2.0	7.0	3.0	45	9	6	1	0	3	4	-4
10	James Harden J. Harden	41	5/14/2018	2017-18	1	35.1	41.0	4.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	24.0	58.3	5.0	9.0	55.6	8.0	10.0	80.0	72.2	1.0	3.0	4.0	35	4	7	1	0	4	4	-7
11	James Harden J. Harden	41	4/29/2018	2017-18	1	36.9	41.0	8.0	7.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	26.0	46.2	7.0	12.0	58.3	10.0	11.0	90.9	66.5	1.0	7.0	3.0	37	8	7	1	0	3	2	+15
12	James Harden J. Harden	38	8/22/2020	2019-20	1	37.7	38.0	7.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	27.0	44.4	3.0	13.0	23.1	11.0	15.0	73.3	56.5	0.0	7.0	1.0	38	7	8	1	0	1	6	+6
13	James Harden J. Harden	38	5/6/2019	2018-19	1	40.0	38.0	10.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	13.0	29.0	44.8	6.0	17.0	35.3	6.0	8.0	75.0	58.4	1.0	9.0	2.0	40	10	4	0	2	2	4	+7
14	James Harden J. Harden	38	5/21/2015	2014-15	1	41.0	38.0	10.0	9.0	3.0	1.0	13.0	21.0	61.9	3.0	6.0	50.0	9.0	10.0	90.0	74.8	1.0	9.0	2.0	41	10	9	3	1	2	2	+12
15	James Harden J. Harden	37	8/18/2020	2019-20	1	34.2	37.0	11.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	22.0	54.5	6.0	13.0	46.2	7.0	8.0	87.5	72.5	2.0	9.0	3.0	34	11	3	0	0	3	4	+10
16	James Harden J. Harden	37	4/16/2017	2016-17	1	34.4	37.0	7.0	9.0	3.0	0.0	13.0	28.0	46.4	3.0	11.0	27.3	8.0	11.0	72.7	56.3	1.0	6.0	2.0	34	7	9	3	0	2	1	+22
17	James Harden J. Harden	37	4/25/2014	2013-14	1	49.6	37.0	9.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	13.0	35.0	37.1	3.0	11.0	27.3	8.0	9.0	88.9	47.5	1.0	8.0	1.0	50	9	6	2	0	1	3	+11
18	James Harden J. Harden	36	9/4/2020	2019-20	1	33.9	36.0	2.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	12.0	20.0	60.0	3.0	6.0	50.0	9.0	12.0	75.0	71.2	0.0	2.0	5.0	34	2	5	2	1	5	2	0
19	James Harden J. Harden	36	4/23/2018	2017-18	1	33.3	36.0	4.0	3.0	4.0	1.0	12.0	26.0	46.2	5.0	11.0	45.5	7.0	7.0	100.0	61.9	0.0	4.0	1.0	33	4	3	4	1	1	4	+21
20	James Harden J. Harden	36	4/24/2013	2012-13	1	45.3	36.0	11.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	24.0	37.5	1.0	7.0	14.3	17.0	20.0	85.0	54.9	2.0	9.0	6.0	45	11	6	1	0	6	3	-4
21	James Harden J. Harden	35	5/10/2019	2018-19	1	38.9	35.0	8.0	5.0	4.0	0.0	11.0	25.0	44.0	6.0	15.0	40.0	7.0	12.0	58.3	57.8	1.0	7.0	6.0	39	8	5	4	0	6	3	-10
22	James Harden J. Harden	35	4/28/2019	2018-19	1	38.7	35.0	4.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	9.0	28.0	32.1	4.0	16.0	25.0	13.0	14.0	92.9	51.2	0.0	4.0	4.0	39	4	6	3	0	4	3	+3
23	James Harden J. Harden	35	4/19/2017	2016-17	1	37.5	35.0	4.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	17.0	41.2	3.0	7.0	42.9	18.0	20.0	90.0	67.8	0.0	4.0	7.0	37	4	8	1	0	7	5	+2
24	James Harden J. Harden	35	4/27/2016	2015-16	1	36.7	35.0	6.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	12.0	23.0	52.2	3.0	7.0	42.9	8.0	9.0	88.9	64.9	3.0	3.0	7.0	37	6	6	2	0	7	0	-27
25	James Harden J. Harden	35	4/21/2016	2015-16	1	43.8	35.0	8.0	9.0	2.0	0.0	11.0	26.0	42.3	4.0	14.0	28.6	9.0	11.0	81.8	56.7	2.0	6.0	4.0	44	8	9	2	0	4	3	+5

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RPG

9.5

James

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DRTG

96.8

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NETRTG

6.6

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26.5

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	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Hawks	2	0	1.000
2	Pistons	2	0	1.000
3	76ers	2	0	1.000
4	Raptors	2	0	1.000
5	Wizards	1	1	.500	1.0

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Sun 10/25	DET	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	PHI	@	IND	7:00 PM
Fri 10/30	NYK	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Sat 10/31	PHI	@	CHA	6:00 PM
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Final

114

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PPG Leaders

36.5

Jerome

35.5

Antetokounmpo

33.0

Randle

RPG Leaders

18.5

Sabonis

13.0

Wembanyama

13.0

Zubac

APG Leaders

12.5

Young

9.5

Haliburton

9.0

Tatum

SPG Leaders

6.0

Daniels

4.0

Gillespie

3.5

George

BPG Leaders

4.0

Wembanyama

4.0

Kessler

4.0

Holmgren

3PM Leaders

5.5

Edwards

5.0

George

5.0

Robinson

TS% Leaders

116.0

Clowney

97.0

Carter

89.8

Sabonis

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ORtg Rankings

125.9

124.5

124.1

122.9

122.2

120.3

DRtg Rankings

90.5

95.9

96.8

97.3

98.6

101.4

NetRtg Rankings

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24.7

24.5

23.0

14.8

12.3

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FanDuel Points Leaders

107.6

Antetokounmpo

107.4

Sabonis

104.9

Maxey

DraftKings Points Leaders

118.8

Sabonis

109.5

Antetokounmpo

106.3

Jerome

USG% Leaders

40.7

Dončić

38.7

Antetokounmpo

37.0

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MPG Leaders

40.5

Maxey

38.0

Randle

37.5

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1.74

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Antetokounmpo

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1.74

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Flagg

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1	Hawks	2	0	1.000
2	Pistons	2	0	1.000
3	76ers	2	0	1.000
4	Raptors	2	0	1.000
5	Wizards	1	1	.500	1.0
6	Celtics	1	1	.500	1.0
7	Bulls	1	1	.500	1.0
8	Hornets	1	1	.500	1.0
9	Pacers	1	1	.500	1.0
10	Nets	0	1	.000	1.5
11	Cavaliers	0	1	.000	1.5
12	Magic	0	2	.000	2.0
13	Heat	0	2	.000	2.0
14	Knicks	0	2	.000	2.0
15	Bucks	0	2	.000	2.0

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1	Lakers	2	0	1.000
2	Thunder	2	0	1.000
3	Rockets	2	0	1.000
4	Trail Blazers	2	0	1.000
5	Grizzlies	2	0	1.000
6	Timberwolves	2	0	1.000
7	Clippers	1	1	.500	1.0
8	Jazz	1	1	.500	1.0
9	Mavericks	1	1	.500	1.0
10	Nuggets	0	1	.000	1.5
11	Suns	0	1	.000	1.5
12	Pelicans	0	2	.000	2.0
13	Spurs	0	2	.000	2.0
14	Warriors	0	2	.000	2.0
15	Kings	0	2	.000	2.0