most points in a playoff game since 2020 by james harden

Since 2019-20, James Harden has dropped 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	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	James Harden J. Harden	31	8/29/2020	HOU	vs	OKC	28	2	5	1	1	11	15	73.3	4	8	50.0	5	6	83.3	87.9	0	2	3	3	+28
15	James Harden J. Harden	30	9/12/2020	HOU	@	LAL	42	6	5	1	1	12	20	60.0	2	8	25.0	4	4	100.0	68.9	4	2	6	5	-29
16	James Harden J. Harden	28	5/1/2025	LAC	vs	DEN	47	6	8	2	1	10	20	50.0	3	8	37.5	5	5	100.0	63.1	1	5	4	3	+2
17	James Harden J. Harden	28	4/21/2024	LAC	vs	DAL	39	2	8	0	2	8	17	47.1	6	11	54.5	6	6	100.0	71.3	0	2	1	1	+7
18	James Harden J. Harden	27	9/6/2020	HOU	@	LAL	39	2	7	2	0	6	12	50.0	4	8	50.0	11	13	84.6	76.2	0	2	5	2	+8
19	James Harden J. Harden	23	4/15/2023	PHI	vs	BKN	36	4	13	1	0	8	21	38.1	7	13	53.8	0	0		54.8	1	3	4	3	+20
20	James Harden J. Harden	23	5/30/2021	BKN	@	BOS	40	5	18	2	2	8	12	66.7	2	5	40.0	5	6	83.3	78.6	1	4	6	3	+8
21	James Harden J. Harden	22	4/23/2024	LAC	vs	DAL	42	6	8	1	1	6	14	42.9	2	10	20.0	8	9	88.9	61.2	0	6	1	4	-6
22	James Harden J. Harden	22	4/28/2022	PHI	@	TOR	42	6	15	0	0	7	12	58.3	2	5	40.0	6	6	100.0	75.1	0	6	3	3	+38
23	James Harden J. Harden	22	4/23/2022	PHI	@	TOR	42	5	9	1	3	5	17	29.4	2	8	25.0	10	11	90.9	50.4	1	4	4	2	-14
24	James Harden J. Harden	22	4/16/2022	PHI	vs	TOR	40	5	14	1	1	6	17	35.3	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	54.8	2	3	1	0	+14
25	James Harden J. Harden	22	6/19/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	53	9	9	1	1	5	17	29.4	2	12	16.7	10	10	100.0	51.4	1	8	4	3	-4