most points scored in a single game by a player in their 18th season

LeBron James posted the most points by a player in a game in his 18th season, with 46 points versus the Cavaliers on January 25, 2021.

Interpreted as:

most points scored in a single regular-season game by a player in their 18th season

	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	LeBron James L. James	46	1/25/2021	LAL	@	CLE	38	8	6	2	2	19	26	73.1	7	11	63.6	1	2	50.0	85.6	0	8	3	1	+11
2	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	40	3/20/2016	DAL	vs	POR	39	8	4	2	0	16	26	61.5	3	5	60.0	5	5	100.0	70.9	0	8	2	5	+7
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	40	3/12/2003	UTA	@	ORL	42	9	7	4	0	12	19	63.2	0	0		16	22	72.7	69.7	0	9	1	2	+2
4	Reggie Miller R. Miller	39	3/18/2005	IND	vs	LAL	36	3	2	0	0	13	18	72.2	3	5	60.0	10	10	100.0	87.1	0	3	2	1	+16
5	LeBron James L. James	38	3/2/2021	LAL	vs	PHX	38	5	6	2	1	16	24	66.7	3	8	37.5	3	5	60.0	72.5	0	5	3	1	+2
6	LeBron James L. James	37	3/18/2021	LAL	vs	CHA	37	8	6	1	1	14	23	60.9	4	9	44.4	5	6	83.3	72.2	1	7	3	2	+7
7	Reggie Miller R. Miller	36	2/16/2005	IND	vs	POR	32	0	1	0	0	10	17	58.8	4	10	40.0	12	12	100.0	80.8	0	0	2	1	+13
8	LeBron James L. James	34	1/27/2021	LAL	@	PHI	39	6	7	0	0	12	22	54.5	2	5	40.0	8	11	72.7	63.3	0	6	3	3	+3
9	LeBron James L. James	34	1/21/2021	LAL	@	MIL	38	6	8	1	1	13	25	52.0	6	10	60.0	2	2	100.0	65.7	1	5	3	2	+15
10	Reggie Miller R. Miller	34	4/10/2005	IND	vs	NYK	38	4	3	0	0	11	21	52.4	3	9	33.3	9	9	100.0	68.1	0	4	0	3	+6
11	Karl Malone K. Malone	34	3/19/2003	UTA	@	PHX	41	8	4	4	0	11	24	45.8	0	0		12	13	92.3	57.2	0	8	6	4	+16
12	Karl Malone K. Malone	34	1/16/2003	UTA	vs	SEA	43	9	2	5	0	14	23	60.9	1	1	100.0	5	8	62.5	64.1	4	5	6	2	+6
13	LeBron James L. James	33	2/6/2021	LAL	vs	DET	46	5	11	4	0	13	26	50.0	3	7	42.9	4	6	66.7	57.6	0	5	7	3	+8
14	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	33	2/24/2016	DAL	vs	OKC	34	6	0	2	0	10	16	62.5	2	4	50.0	11	12	91.7	77.5	1	5	2	4	-3
15	Karl Malone K. Malone	33	2/11/2003	UTA	@	HOU	45	5	9	3	0	13	23	56.5	0	0		7	8	87.5	62.2	1	4	2	3	+1
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	33	1/4/2003	UTA	@	MIN	38	9	4	2	0	11	20	55.0	0	0		11	11	100.0	66.4	1	8	1	1	+8
17	LeBron James L. James	32	2/18/2021	LAL	vs	BKN	33	8	7	0	0	14	23	60.9	1	6	16.7	3	6	50.0	62.4	0	8	3	1	-7
18	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	32	12/19/2014	SAS	vs	POR	43	10	3	2	4	12	24	50.0	0	0		8	9	88.9	57.2	2	8	1	3	+3
19	Reggie Miller R. Miller	32	12/7/2004	IND	vs	MIL	39	4	2	2	0	11	18	61.1	4	7	57.1	6	6	100.0	77.5	0	4	1	2	+2
20	Chris Paul C. Paul	31	1/28/2023	PHX	@	SAS	39	7	11	1	2	12	20	60.0	1	4	25.0	6	6	100.0	68.5	0	7	1	1	+14
21	LeBron James L. James	31	2/22/2021	LAL	vs	WAS	43	9	13	1	0	14	29	48.3	2	10	20.0	1	3	33.3	51.1	0	9	8	2	+3
22	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31	1/18/2016	DAL	vs	BOS	35	11	0	2	0	8	21	38.1	3	5	60.0	12	13	92.3	58.0	0	11	4	4	+13
23	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31	11/11/2015	DAL	vs	LAC	33	11	1	0	0	11	14	78.6	5	6	83.3	4	5	80.0	95.7	2	9	2	5	+19
24	Reggie Miller R. Miller	31	3/31/2005	IND	vs	MIA	36	3	4	0	0	11	18	61.1	1	3	33.3	8	8	100.0	72.0	0	3	3	2	+10
25	Karl Malone K. Malone	31	2/5/2003	UTA	vs	MEM	39	6	8	4	2	14	21	66.7	0	0		3	4	75.0	68.1	3	3	2	4	+23