James Harden scored the most points in a game 1, with 45 points against the Celtics on May 1, 2023.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player scored in game 1 2023

	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	Anthony Davis A. Davis	40	5/16/2023	LAL	@	DEN	42	10	3	3	2	14	23	60.9	1	1	100.0	11	11	100.0	71.8	1	9	0	3	-8
3	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	39	5/1/2023	BOS	vs	PHI	44	11	5	1	1	14	25	56.0	4	5	80.0	7	8	87.5	68.4	2	9	1	2	-6
4	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	38	4/16/2023	LAC	@	PHX	42	5	5	1	1	13	24	54.2	3	5	60.0	9	10	90.0	66.9	0	5	3	4	+3
5	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	38	4/15/2023	CLE	vs	NYK	44	5	8	3	1	14	30	46.7	6	16	37.5	4	6	66.7	58.2	1	4	2	1	+2
6	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	38	4/15/2023	SAC	vs	GSW	40	1	5	3	0	13	27	48.1	4	8	50.0	8	12	66.7	58.9	1	0	3	3	+4
7	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	35	5/17/2023	MIA	@	BOS	43	5	7	6	0	12	25	48.0	2	4	50.0	9	10	90.0	59.5	3	2	3	4	+5
8	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	35	4/16/2023	MIA	@	MIL	43	5	11	3	0	15	27	55.6	0	1	0.0	5	8	62.5	57.3	0	5	3	4	+17
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	34	5/16/2023	DEN	vs	LAL	42	21	14	0	2	12	17	70.6	3	3	100.0	7	8	87.5	82.8	6	15	5	4	+11
10	Jamal Murray J. Murray	34	4/29/2023	DEN	vs	PHX	37	5	9	2	0	13	24	54.2	6	10	60.0	2	2	100.0	68.3	1	4	3	2	+13
11	Khris Middleton K. Middleton	33	4/16/2023	MIL	vs	MIA	33	9	4	0	0	12	20	60.0	2	7	28.6	7	10	70.0	67.6	2	7	5	1	+1
12	Malik Monk M. Monk	32	4/15/2023	SAC	vs	GSW	29	3	2	0	0	8	13	61.5	2	4	50.0	14	14	100.0	83.5	1	2	2	4	+10
13	Jamal Murray J. Murray	31	5/16/2023	DEN	vs	LAL	37	5	5	3	1	12	20	60.0	4	8	50.0	3	3	100.0	72.7	1	4	1	5	+3
14	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	31	4/16/2023	MEM	vs	LAL	37	5	4	1	2	13	21	61.9	2	4	50.0	3	3	100.0	69.4	2	3	1	3	-15
15	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	30	5/17/2023	BOS	vs	MIA	41	7	1	0	1	9	17	52.9	1	3	33.3	11	11	100.0	68.7	0	7	4	4	-10
16	Anthony Davis A. Davis	30	5/2/2023	LAL	@	GSW	44	23	5	0	4	11	19	57.9	0	2	0.0	8	8	100.0	66.6	4	19	1	2	+1
17	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	30	4/15/2023	BKN	@	PHI	34	5	1	0	1	12	18	66.7	2	4	50.0	4	4	100.0	75.9	0	5	3	0	-14
18	Stephen Curry S. Curry	30	4/15/2023	GSW	@	SAC	37	6	2	0	0	11	20	55.0	6	14	42.9	2	2	100.0	71.8	1	5	5	3	+11
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	29	4/29/2023	PHX	@	DEN	36	14	1	1	3	12	19	63.2	1	3	33.3	4	4	100.0	69.8	1	13	7	1	-20
20	Rui Hachimura R. Hachimura	29	4/16/2023	LAL	@	MEM	30	6	1	0	0	11	14	78.6	5	6	83.3	2	2	100.0	97.4	1	5	1	2	+12
21	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	29	4/15/2023	BOS	vs	ATL	37	12	3	1	0	12	23	52.2	2	6	33.3	3	3	100.0	59.6	4	8	6	3	+11
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	27	6/1/2023	DEN	vs	MIA	40	10	14	1	1	8	12	66.7	1	2	50.0	10	12	83.3	78.1	0	10	2	1	+14
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	27	5/2/2023	GSW	vs	LAL	38	6	3	1	0	10	24	41.7	6	13	46.2	1	1	100.0	55.2	0	6	5	3	-1
24	Devin Booker D. Booker	27	4/29/2023	PHX	@	DEN	40	4	8	1	2	10	19	52.6	0	1	0.0	7	8	87.5	59.9	2	2	3	1	-18
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	27	4/16/2023	PHX	vs	LAC	45	9	11	1	2	7	15	46.7	3	7	42.9	10	10	100.0	69.6	1	8	1	4	+4