which active player has the most 49 point game

James Harden has the most games by an active player with 49+ points, with 27 games.

Regular season

	NAME	GP	PTS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	James Harden J. Harden	27	1,460	40.1	54.1	7.6	8.1	2.0	0.7	16.0	30.1	53.2	6.7	14.6	45.6	15.4	17.2	89.7	71.8	1.4	6.2	5.1	1,081	204	218	55	18	139	85	+354
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	19	997	36.4	52.5	5.2	5.1	1.6	0.3	16.9	27.8	60.8	9.8	16.6	58.9	8.9	9.4	94.9	82.2	0.3	4.9	3.3	692	99	97	30	6	62	34	+199
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	16	875	39.2	54.7	4.2	7.3	1.3	0.3	16.8	28.9	58.2	7.8	14.3	54.6	13.3	14.0	94.6	78.0	0.4	3.8	2.4	627	67	116	21	4	39	23	+179
4	LeBron James L. James	14	744	42.5	53.1	7.9	7.1	1.5	0.9	18.4	30.6	59.9	5.2	9.3	56.2	11.2	13.9	80.5	72.3	1.4	6.4	3.2	595	110	99	21	12	45	31	+135
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	12	646	39.5	53.8	10.1	8.1	2.1	0.7	17.7	28.5	62.0	6.8	12.8	52.9	11.8	14.8	79.2	76.8	0.9	9.2	3.4	474	121	97	25	8	41	32	+130
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	10	537	36.7	53.7	13.4	4.7	1.3	0.8	19.1	29.9	63.9	1.8	4.8	37.5	13.7	17.4	78.7	71.5	2.9	10.5	3.1	367	134	47	13	8	31	23	+131
7	Devin Booker D. Booker	10	552	39.1	55.2	5.6	6.3	1.1	0.6	19.1	31.4	60.8	4.8	10.0	48.0	12.2	13.6	89.7	73.8	0.9	4.7	3.1	391	56	63	11	6	31	28	+56
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	10	517	43.8	51.7	7.7	5.9	1.5	0.8	17.1	30.6	55.9	5.3	10.0	53.0	12.2	13.6	89.7	70.7	0.8	6.9	4.2	438	77	59	15	8	42	25	+68
9	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	9	484	35.5	53.8	13.6	4.7	1.2	2.3	18.9	28.1	67.2	0.9	2.6	34.8	15.1	16.8	90.1	75.8	3.8	9.8	3.0	319	122	42	11	21	27	26	+141
10	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	7	375	38.5	53.6	4.4	5.1	2.0	0.6	17.6	28.9	60.9	8.1	12.4	65.5	10.3	11.0	93.5	79.5	1.0	3.4	1.9	269	31	36	14	4	13	21	+118
11	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	6	318	40.0	53.0	8.8	4.5	0.3	0.3	16.7	28.0	59.5	7.2	11.7	61.4	12.5	13.7	91.5	77.9	1.5	7.3	2.2	240	53	27	2	2	13	16	+98
12	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	6	327	41.7	54.5	12.7	10.2	1.3	1.2	18.2	28.3	64.1	4.0	6.7	60.0	14.2	16.5	85.9	76.6	4.0	8.7	3.7	250	76	61	8	7	22	19	+61
13	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	5	262	38.4	52.4	6.4	5.2	1.8	1.0	16.8	30.8	54.5	3.0	7.8	38.5	15.8	17.4	90.8	68.1	1.4	5.0	2.2	192	32	26	9	5	11	15	+67
14	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	5	257	39.6	51.4	6.2	4.6	0.4	0.2	16.2	29.8	54.4	7.4	14.4	51.4	11.6	13.0	89.2	72.4	1.4	4.8	3.4	198	31	23	2	1	17	12	+46
15	Bradley Beal B. Beal	5	269	40.2	53.8	4.4	3.0	0.8	0.6	18.8	32.6	57.7	5.6	10.6	52.8	10.6	12.2	86.9	70.8	2.4	2.0	4.6	201	22	15	4	3	23	15	+3
16	Anthony Davis A. Davis	5	267	40.0	53.4	15.4	3.8	2.0	2.8	19.8	31.2	63.5	0.8	2.0	40.0	13.0	14.4	90.3	71.1	4.2	11.2	1.8	200	77	19	10	14	9	10	+59
17	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	4	207	45.2	51.8	4.8	5.5	1.3	1.8	18.5	32.5	56.9	5.5	11.3	48.9	9.3	10.0	92.5	70.1	0.8	4.0	2.0	181	19	22	5	7	8	11	+47
18	Jamal Murray J. Murray	4	210	39.5	52.5	5.5	3.8	1.3	0.0	19.8	28.5	69.3	8.5	12.5	68.0	4.5	5.0	90.0	85.5	1.0	4.5	2.0	158	22	15	5	0	8	9	+83
19	Trae Young T. Young	4	204	43.9	51.0	3.8	11.0	1.3	0.5	15.5	28.0	55.4	7.3	13.8	52.7	12.8	13.5	94.4	75.1	0.5	3.3	7.3	175	15	44	5	2	29	8	+12
20	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	4	218	33.6	54.5	4.0	2.3	1.5	0.8	19.0	31.5	60.3	10.8	18.5	58.1	5.8	6.3	92.0	79.6	0.5	3.5	2.3	134	16	9	6	3	9	9	+116
21	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	3	166	40.9	55.3	4.3	8.0	2.0	0.0	20.0	33.7	59.4	5.7	11.0	51.5	9.7	10.7	90.6	72.1	0.7	3.7	2.0	123	13	24	6	0	6	3	+28
22	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	3	150	37.0	50.0	5.7	1.7	1.0	0.0	18.0	30.7	58.7	9.0	14.0	64.3	5.0	6.0	83.3	75.1	1.0	4.7	3.7	111	17	5	3	0	11	8	+4
23	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	3	178	38.5	59.3	13.3	3.0	0.3	0.3	19.7	32.7	60.2	7.7	11.3	67.6	12.3	15.0	82.2	75.6	3.0	10.3	5.0	115	40	9	1	1	15	11	+23
24	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	3	151	46.3	50.3	8.0	6.0	1.7	0.3	16.3	26.7	61.3	3.0	5.0	60.0	14.7	15.3	95.7	75.3	1.0	7.0	1.7	139	24	18	5	1	5	11	+39
25	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	2	100	35.8	50.0	8.0	3.0	1.5	1.0	19.5	29.5	66.1	4.5	7.0	64.3	6.5	6.5	100.0	77.3	2.0	6.0	1.5	72	16	6	3	2	3	5	0

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Team Leaders

PPG

26.0

Durant

RPG

8.9

Şengün

APG

6.2

Şengün

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.6

8th

DRTG

113.2

6th

NETRTG

5.4

6th

3P%

36.4

10th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns	45	37	.549	19.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	DAL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Fri 10/23	HOU	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Sat 10/24	HOU	@	ATL	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	ATL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Wed 10/28	HOU	@	MIL	8:00 PM

Last Game

Lakers

4 - 2

Final

Rockets

2 - 4

Fri 1 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

James Harden has the most games by an active player with 49+ points, with 27 games.

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8.9

6.2

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

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31.1

28.8

12.9

11.9

11.6

10.7

9.9

8.3

2.0

2.0

1.9

3.1

1.9

1.9

4.0

3.8

3.4

68.8

67.6

67.4

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

4,039.7

3,694

3,474

4,298.5

3,909.3

3,685.5

38.0

36.1

33.4

38.0

37.4

36.4

1.78

1.61

1.52

1.90

1.71

1.52

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

Schedule