most points scored in a loss by a player 2018

James Harden scored the most points in a loss in 2017-18, with 51 points on December 22, 2017 and on December 20, 2017.

Interpreted as:

most points scored in a regular-season loss by a player 2018

	NAME	PTS	L	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	51	1	12/22/2017	HOU	vs	LAC	41	4	8	3	0	15	28	53.6	6	14	42.9	15	16	93.8	72.8	0	4	8	6	-9
2	James Harden J. Harden	51	1	12/20/2017	HOU	vs	LAL	43	3	9	1	1	15	27	55.6	4	6	66.7	17	21	81.0	70.4	0	3	6	5	+4
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	50	1	2/14/2018	GSW	@	POR	37	7	6	0	2	17	27	63.0	6	14	42.9	10	10	100.0	79.6	0	7	4	1	-6
4	Kemba Walker K. Walker	47	1	11/17/2017	CHA	@	CHI	38	6	5	0	0	17	27	63.0	5	9	55.6	8	9	88.9	75.9	1	5	1	0	+3
5	LeBron James L. James	44	1	4/6/2018	CLE	@	PHI	40	11	11	2	1	17	29	58.6	4	8	50.0	6	11	54.5	65.0	1	10	8	0	+7
6	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	44	1	4/3/2018	OKC	vs	GSW	41	16	6	2	0	15	26	57.7	3	7	42.9	11	12	91.7	70.3	5	11	6	3	+3
7	Paul George P. George	43	1	2/1/2018	OKC	@	DEN	36	5	5	2	0	19	26	73.1	5	8	62.5	0	0		82.7	1	4	1	2	-2
8	Devin Booker D. Booker	43	1	1/16/2018	PHX	@	POR	41	6	8	2	1	14	29	48.3	5	12	41.7	10	10	100.0	64.4	0	6	4	1	-6
9	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	43	1	11/1/2017	MIL	@	CHA	40	5	7	0	0	15	28	53.6	5	11	45.5	8	10	80.0	66.4	2	3	0	4	+1
10	CJ McCollum	42	1	3/28/2018	POR	@	MEM	37	3	5	1	0	16	25	64.0	3	7	42.9	7	9	77.8	72.5	0	3	2	2	+1
11	Trey Burke T. Burke	42	1	3/26/2018	NYK	@	CHA	41	1	12	1	0	19	31	61.3	3	9	33.3	1	1	100.0	66.8	1	0	2	1	+2
12	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	42	1	1/13/2018	TOR	vs	GSW	38	5	3	0	0	17	31	54.8	0	4	0.0	8	10	80.0	59.3	2	3	2	2	-3
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	41	1	4/7/2018	GSW	vs	NOP	36	10	5	0	0	16	26	61.5	4	8	50.0	5	7	71.4	70.5	0	10	4	2	+1
14	Bradley Beal B. Beal	41	1	1/25/2018	WAS	@	OKC	46	12	7	2	0	15	26	57.7	6	11	54.5	5	7	71.4	70.5	3	9	5	2	-2
15	Kemba Walker K. Walker	41	1	1/10/2018	CHA	vs	DAL	37	3	4	3	1	16	28	57.1	3	9	33.3	6	6	100.0	66.9	0	3	1	3	0
16	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	41	1	10/20/2017	ORL	@	BKN	35	12	3	0	0	17	22	77.3	6	8	75.0	1	2	50.0	89.6	1	11	4	5	+15
17	James Harden J. Harden	40	1	3/9/2018	HOU	@	TOR	33	2	4	0	1	15	22	68.2	4	8	50.0	6	7	85.7	79.7	0	2	4	1	+1
18	Kevin Durant K. Durant	40	1	3/9/2018	GSW	@	POR	37	6	6	0	2	12	21	57.1	6	12	50.0	10	10	100.0	78.7	1	5	5	1	-11
19	Devin Booker D. Booker	40	1	2/26/2018	PHX	@	NOP	41	10	7	1	0	14	28	50.0	3	10	30.0	9	11	81.8	60.9	0	10	3	4	-3
20	Kemba Walker K. Walker	40	1	2/8/2018	CHA	@	POR	39	1	3	4	0	13	26	50.0	6	11	54.5	8	8	100.0	67.8	0	1	3	1	-3
21	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	40	1	1/21/2018	BOS	vs	ORL	40	7	5	0	1	14	23	60.9	5	7	71.4	7	8	87.5	75.4	2	5	1	1	+6
22	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	40	1	1/20/2018	TOR	@	MIN	34	5	5	0	0	14	25	56.0	6	10	60.0	6	7	85.7	71.2	1	4	0	5	+6
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	40	1	1/10/2018	GSW	vs	LAC	31	4	4	1	1	14	18	77.8	6	7	85.7	6	8	75.0	92.9	0	4	5	3	-4
24	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	40	1	12/29/2017	OKC	vs	MIL	40	14	9	1	0	16	34	47.1	2	9	22.2	6	9	66.7	52.7	3	11	5	4	0
25	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	40	1	12/4/2017	MIL	@	BOS	39	9	4	0	0	14	24	58.3	0	1	0.0	12	14	85.7	66.3	1	8	4	5	-11