the highest scoring average in a calendar month by an nba player 2010s onwards

Between the 2009-10 and 2018-19 seasons, James Harden put up the most points per game in a month, with 43.6 per game in January 2019.

NAMEPPGMONTHGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1James Harden
J. Harden
43.6
January 2019
14
38.8
8.7
7.6
2.1
1.2
12.8
29.7
43.0
5.6
16.6
33.5
12.4
13.7
90.6
60.9
1.6
7.1
5.5
543
610
122
106
29
17
77
46
+54
2Kevin Durant
K. Durant
42.0
October 2013
1
39.2
6.0
1.0
3.0
0.0
9.0
24.0
37.5
2.0
8.0
25.0
22.0
24.0
91.7
60.8
0.0
6.0
5.0
39
42
6
1
3
0
5
1
+3
3Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
40.5
October 2015
2
42.3
6.5
9.0
1.5
0.5
14.5
29.5
49.2
2.0
5.5
36.4
9.5
11.5
82.6
58.6
3.0
3.5
5.5
85
81
13
18
3
1
11
6
+9
4Stephen Curry
S. Curry
39.3
October 2015
3
32.9
5.7
7.3
2.3
0.0
13.3
22.7
58.8
5.7
11.7
48.6
7.0
7.3
95.5
76.0
1.0
4.7
1.7
99
118
17
22
7
0
5
8
+40
5Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
38.7
October 2016
3
38.4
12.0
11.7
1.0
0.3
13.0
28.7
45.3
2.7
6.0
44.4
10.0
12.3
81.1
56.7
2.7
9.3
4.7
115
116
36
35
3
1
14
8
+27
6Kevin Martin
K. Martin
38.5
November 2009
2
46.2
8.0
3.0
2.5
0.5
12.5
24.5
51.0
4.5
7.5
60.0
9.0
12.0
75.0
64.6
1.5
6.5
1.5
92
77
16
6
5
1
3
3
-1
7Anthony Davis
A. Davis
37.7
October 2016
3
37.6
12.3
2.7
2.3
3.0
13.3
26.7
50.0
0.3
1.3
25.0
10.7
13.0
82.1
58.2
2.3
10.0
1.7
113
113
37
8
7
9
5
7
-23
8James Harden
J. Harden
37.6
February 2019
11
37.4
6.2
5.6
2.5
0.9
11.6
26.0
44.8
5.0
14.2
35.3
9.4
10.3
91.2
61.7
0.8
5.4
4.5
411
414
68
62
27
10
50
28
+20
9James Harden
J. Harden
37.0
October 2012
1
44.1
6.0
12.0
4.0
1.0
14.0
25.0
56.0
4.0
10.0
40.0
5.0
6.0
83.3
66.9
1.0
5.0
4.0
44
37
6
12
4
1
4
2
+18
10Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
36.9
April 2013
8
36.3
9.9
2.1
0.5
0.5
14.3
26.5
53.8
2.6
5.6
46.7
5.8
6.9
83.6
62.4
3.8
6.1
1.5
291
295
79
17
4
4
12
21
+74
11Stephen Curry
S. Curry
36.7
February 2016
10
34.6
5.6
7.3
1.9
0.3
12.9
23.5
54.9
6.7
12.5
53.6
4.2
4.8
87.5
71.6
1.4
4.2
3.6
346
367
56
73
19
3
36
18
+61
12James Harden
J. Harden
36.4
December 2018
15
36.9
5.9
7.9
1.8
0.5
10.2
22.9
44.6
5.2
12.6
41.3
10.8
12.4
87.1
64.3
0.8
5.1
5.3
554
546
89
118
27
7
79
51
+19
13Kevin Durant
K. Durant
35.9
January 2014
16
38.3
6.1
6.1
1.6
0.9
11.8
21.5
54.9
2.8
6.3
43.6
9.6
10.8
89.0
68.5
0.5
5.6
3.8
612
575
97
97
26
14
60
35
+129
14James Harden
J. Harden
35.6
March 2019
15
36.0
6.3
7.0
1.9
0.8
11.2
26.0
43.1
4.5
12.9
35.2
8.7
9.7
89.7
58.8
0.5
5.8
3.8
540
534
95
105
28
12
57
44
+127
15Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
35.5
October 2009
2
40.3
7.0
4.0
1.0
0.5
11.0
21.5
51.2
1.0
2.0
50.0
12.5
14.5
86.2
63.7
1.5
5.5
2.5
81
71
14
8
2
1
5
8
-3
16Paul George
P. George
35.0
February 2019
10
39.7
8.4
5.4
2.1
0.2
10.7
24.3
44.0
5.4
14.0
38.6
8.2
9.1
90.1
61.8
0.7
7.7
2.6
397
350
84
54
21
2
26
30
+68
17Anthony Davis
A. Davis
35.0
February 2018
11
37.8
13.0
1.5
2.5
2.2
13.1
25.8
50.7
1.2
3.5
34.2
7.6
9.2
83.2
58.6
3.4
9.6
2.5
416
385
143
17
27
24
28
25
+34
18DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
35.0
October 2016
3
37.2
5.3
1.3
1.3
0.0
14.0
26.0
53.8
0.0
1.3
0.0
7.0
7.7
91.3
59.6
1.7
3.7
3.3
112
105
16
4
4
0
10
5
+21
19Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
35.0
October 2016
3
37.7
8.0
5.3
0.7
0.3
13.0
24.0
54.2
2.7
6.3
42.1
6.3
7.0
90.5
64.6
1.0
7.0
4.3
113
105
24
16
2
1
13
11
+16
20James Harden
J. Harden
34.9
November 2017
13
35.7
5.5
10.1
1.6
0.5
10.2
21.7
46.8
5.2
11.9
43.2
9.5
10.6
89.1
66.2
0.5
4.9
4.4
464
454
71
131
21
6
57
33
+213
21James Harden
J. Harden
34.8
April 2016
6
38.9
3.3
7.2
1.7
0.5
11.5
23.3
49.3
5.0
9.7
51.7
6.8
8.5
80.4
64.3
0.7
2.7
3.7
233
209
20
43
10
3
22
14
+77
22Kevin Durant
K. Durant
34.6
April 2010
8
40.6
7.9
3.8
2.0
1.6
10.6
22.3
47.8
2.5
5.9
42.6
10.9
11.5
94.6
63.4
1.9
6.0
2.8
325
277
63
30
16
13
22
21
+15
23Kevin Durant
K. Durant
34.5
March 2014
14
38.1
6.7
5.9
0.7
0.7
10.8
20.9
51.7
3.3
7.5
43.8
9.6
11.3
85.4
66.8
0.6
6.1
3.1
533
483
94
83
10
10
43
30
+131
24Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
34.3
April 2019
3
29.8
11.0
3.7
0.7
3.0
10.7
20.0
53.3
2.0
5.0
40.0
11.0
14.7
75.0
64.9
2.7
8.3
1.7
90
103
33
11
2
9
5
6
+31
25Kemba Walker
K. Walker
34.2
April 2019
6
36.0
4.5
6.2
0.5
0.3
11.8
22.5
52.6
3.5
8.5
41.2
7.0
7.8
89.4
65.8
0.2
4.3
2.0
216
205
27
37
3
2
12
7
+13

More Rockets Stats

Team Rankings

ORTG

123.0

2nd

DRTG

112.6

6th

NETRTG

10.4

2nd

3P%

39.6

3rd

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
24
1
.960
2
Nuggets Nuggets
18
6
.750
5.5
3
Rockets Rockets
16
6
.727
6.5
4
Lakers Lakers
17
7
.708
6.5
5
Spurs Spurs
17
7
.708
6.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/15
HOU HOU
@
DEN DEN
9:30 PM
Thu
12/18
HOU HOU
@
NOP NOP
8:00 PM
Sat
12/20
HOU HOU
@
DEN DEN
5:00 PM
Sun
12/21
HOU HOU
@
SAC SAC
10:00 PM
Tue
12/23
HOU HOU
@
LAC LAC
11:00 PM
Last Game
LAC Clippers

6 - 19

113

Final

115

HOU Rockets

16 - 6

Thu 11 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Conference Standings

WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
24
1
.960
2
Nuggets Nuggets
18
6
.750
5.5
3
Rockets Rockets
16
6
.727
6.5
4
Lakers Lakers
17
7
.708
6.5
5
Spurs Spurs
17
7
.708
6.5
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
15
9
.625
8.5
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Pistons Pistons
19
5
.792
2
Knicks Knicks
17
7
.708
2.0
3
Celtics Celtics
15
10
.600
4.5
4
Magic Magic
15
10
.600
4.5
5
Raptors Raptors
15
11
.577
5.0
6
76ers 76ers
13
10
.565
5.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
11/11
MEM MEM
@
BOS BOS
95-131
Tue
11/11
CLE CLE
@
MIA MIA
130-116
Tue
11/11
POR POR
@
NOP NOP
125-117
Tue
11/11
WAS WAS
@
HOU HOU
112-135
Tue
11/11
GSW GSW
@
SAS SAS
125-120

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
12/12
CLE CLE
@
WAS WAS
7:00 PM
Fri
12/12
ATL ATL
@
DET DET
7:00 PM
Fri
12/12
IND IND
@
PHI PHI
7:00 PM
Fri
12/12
CHI CHI
@
CHA CHA
7:00 PM
Fri
12/12
UTA UTA
@
MEM MEM
8:00 PM