most points in a playoff game since 2018 by james harden

Since 2017-18, James Harden has his most points in a playoff game in Game 1 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Semifinals versus the Celtics, with 45 points.

	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	45	5/1/2023	PHI	@	BOS	39	1	6	2	0	17	30	56.7	7	14	50.0	4	4	100.0	70.8	0	1	3	4	+8
2	James Harden J. Harden	44	4/15/2018	HOU	vs	MIN	41	4	8	2	0	15	26	57.7	7	12	58.3	7	9	77.8	73.4	2	2	3	2	+5
3	James Harden J. Harden	42	5/7/2023	PHI	vs	BOS	47	8	9	4	1	16	23	69.6	6	9	66.7	4	4	100.0	84.8	0	8	1	2	-6
4	James Harden J. Harden	41	5/28/2021	BKN	@	BOS	39	7	10	1	0	11	18	61.1	7	12	58.3	12	13	92.3	86.4	1	6	2	1	+13
5	James Harden J. Harden	41	5/4/2019	HOU	vs	GSW	45	9	6	1	0	14	32	43.8	5	13	38.5	8	8	100.0	57.7	2	7	3	4	-4
6	James Harden J. Harden	41	5/14/2018	HOU	vs	GSW	35	4	7	1	0	14	24	58.3	5	9	55.6	8	10	80.0	72.2	1	3	4	4	-7
7	James Harden J. Harden	41	4/29/2018	HOU	vs	UTA	37	8	7	1	0	12	26	46.2	7	12	58.3	10	11	90.9	66.5	1	7	3	2	+15
8	James Harden J. Harden	38	8/22/2020	HOU	@	OKC	38	7	8	1	0	12	27	44.4	3	13	23.1	11	15	73.3	56.5	0	7	1	6	+6
9	James Harden J. Harden	38	5/6/2019	HOU	vs	GSW	40	10	4	0	2	13	29	44.8	6	17	35.3	6	8	75.0	58.4	1	9	2	4	+7
10	James Harden J. Harden	37	8/18/2020	HOU	vs	OKC	34	11	3	0	0	12	22	54.5	6	13	46.2	7	8	87.5	72.5	2	9	3	4	+10
11	James Harden J. Harden	36	9/4/2020	HOU	@	LAL	34	2	5	2	1	12	20	60.0	3	6	50.0	9	12	75.0	71.2	0	2	5	2	0
12	James Harden J. Harden	36	4/23/2018	HOU	@	MIN	33	4	3	4	1	12	26	46.2	5	11	45.5	7	7	100.0	61.9	0	4	1	4	+21
13	James Harden J. Harden	35	5/10/2019	HOU	vs	GSW	39	8	5	4	0	11	25	44.0	6	15	40.0	7	12	58.3	57.8	1	7	6	3	-10
14	James Harden J. Harden	35	4/28/2019	HOU	@	GSW	39	4	6	3	0	9	28	32.1	4	16	25.0	13	14	92.9	51.2	0	4	4	3	+3
15	James Harden J. Harden	34	6/1/2021	BKN	vs	BOS	39	10	10	2	2	10	17	58.8	4	7	57.1	10	11	90.9	77.8	1	9	1	4	+22
16	James Harden J. Harden	33	4/28/2024	LAC	@	DAL	40	6	7	1	1	12	17	70.6	4	5	80.0	5	5	100.0	85.9	1	5	2	4	+3
17	James Harden J. Harden	33	9/8/2020	HOU	vs	LAL	38	9	9	0	0	11	23	47.8	4	9	44.4	7	7	100.0	63.3	3	6	2	2	-7
18	James Harden J. Harden	32	4/19/2025	LAC	@	DEN	43	6	11	0	1	11	22	50.0	4	9	44.4	6	6	100.0	64.9	0	6	2	5	0
19	James Harden J. Harden	32	8/31/2020	HOU	@	OKC	39	8	7	0	0	11	22	50.0	3	11	27.3	7	8	87.5	62.7	1	7	5	2	+6
20	James Harden J. Harden	32	8/24/2020	HOU	@	OKC	43	8	15	4	0	11	25	44.0	6	15	40.0	4	5	80.0	58.8	1	7	6	5	+2
21	James Harden J. Harden	32	4/17/2019	HOU	vs	UTA	33	13	10	0	1	11	24	45.8	6	13	46.2	4	5	80.0	61.1	2	11	8	2	+24
22	James Harden J. Harden	32	5/28/2018	HOU	vs	GSW	43	6	6	4	1	12	29	41.4	2	13	15.4	6	8	75.0	49.2	1	5	5	2	-13
23	James Harden J. Harden	32	5/26/2018	HOU	@	GSW	40	7	9	3	0	10	24	41.7	4	12	33.3	8	9	88.9	57.2	2	5	9	4	-19
24	James Harden J. Harden	32	5/2/2018	HOU	vs	UTA	36	6	11	2	0	9	22	40.9	2	10	20.0	12	13	92.3	57.7	2	4	2	5	0
25	James Harden J. Harden	31	5/8/2022	PHI	vs	MIA	41	7	9	1	0	8	18	44.4	6	10	60.0	9	10	90.0	69.2	1	6	6	2	+8