which current hornets player has scored the most points in a game

LaMelo Ball has the most points by an active Hornets player in a game, with 50 points versus the Bucks on November 23, 2024.

Interpreted as:

Which current hornets player has scored the most points in a regular-season game?

	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	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	50	11/23/2024	CHA	@	MIL	40	5	10	1	0	17	38	44.7	6	17	35.3	10	13	76.9	57.2	0	5	4	3	+7
2	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	46	3/7/2025	CHA	vs	CLE	39	8	2	2	0	15	32	46.9	4	10	40.0	12	13	92.3	61.0	1	7	1	4	+5
3	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	45	2/7/2024	CHA	vs	TOR	38	8	7	0	0	17	27	63.0	6	11	54.5	5	7	71.4	74.8	5	3	1	4	-6
4	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	44	11/25/2024	CHA	vs	ORL	40	9	7	1	1	17	30	56.7	4	11	36.4	6	8	75.0	65.6	0	9	7	4	-2
5	Pat Connaughton P. Connaughton	43	4/13/2025	MIL	vs	DET	44	11	5	2	0	16	29	55.2	5	12	41.7	6	9	66.7	65.2	1	10	2	2	+7
6	Collin Sexton C. Sexton	42	1/20/2021	CLE	vs	BKN	38	5	5	2	1	16	29	55.2	5	11	45.5	5	9	55.6	63.7	3	2	1	5	+14
7	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	41	2/5/2024	CHA	vs	LAL	40	0	4	0	0	16	26	61.5	5	10	50.0	4	4	100.0	73.8	0	0	1	1	-4
8	Collin Sexton C. Sexton	41	3/4/2020	CLE	vs	BOS	45	3	6	1	0	17	30	56.7	3	9	33.3	4	4	100.0	64.5	0	3	4	5	-7
9	Collin Sexton C. Sexton	39	3/1/2021	CLE	@	HOU	42	3	8	2	0	12	20	60.0	4	8	50.0	11	15	73.3	73.3	0	3	6	2	+9
10	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	38	10/26/2025	CHA	@	WAS	35	13	13	3	0	13	25	52.0	5	12	41.7	7	7	100.0	67.7	4	9	4	3	+32
11	Brandon Miller B. Miller	38	11/21/2024	CHA	vs	DET	42	7	4	4	1	15	26	57.7	8	12	66.7	0	0		73.1	1	6	7	4	+9
12	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	38	11/10/2024	CHA	@	PHI	41	4	8	2	0	13	30	43.3	6	18	33.3	6	7	85.7	57.4	1	3	6	3	+3
13	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	38	2/2/2022	CHA	@	BOS	39	6	9	2	0	12	24	50.0	4	10	40.0	10	13	76.9	63.9	2	4	3	2	-13
14	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	38	1/17/2022	CHA	@	NYK	39	12	5	1	1	14	20	70.0	5	9	55.6	5	5	100.0	85.6	1	11	1	3	+26
15	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	37	11/17/2023	CHA	vs	MIL	35	5	5	1	0	12	28	42.9	2	9	22.2	11	12	91.7	55.6	0	5	6	2	-18
16	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	36	2/20/2025	CHA	@	DEN	34	13	7	3	1	12	23	52.2	5	10	50.0	7	7	100.0	69.0	4	9	0	1	+1
17	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	36	11/2/2024	CHA	vs	BOS	37	4	6	3	0	15	26	57.7	6	12	50.0	0	0		69.2	2	2	6	6	-1
18	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	36	11/20/2023	CHA	vs	BOS	41	9	8	2	1	15	27	55.6	5	11	45.5	1	1	100.0	65.6	2	7	5	5	+3
19	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	36	12/1/2021	CHA	@	MIL	41	5	9	3	1	12	22	54.5	8	15	53.3	4	4	100.0	75.8	1	4	7	4	+2
20	Collin Sexton C. Sexton	36	3/21/2021	CLE	vs	TOR	39	3	4	2	0	13	24	54.2	6	9	66.7	4	6	66.7	67.6	1	2	6	1	+5
21	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	35	11/29/2025	CHA	vs	TOR	41	3	0	1	0	13	23	56.5	2	8	25.0	7	9	77.8	64.9	1	2	0	3	+7
22	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	35	3/10/2025	CHA	@	MIA	37	5	5	0	2	12	19	63.2	5	11	45.5	6	6	100.0	80.9	0	5	2	2	+7
23	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	35	3/3/2025	CHA	vs	GSW	34	9	3	0	2	11	20	55.0	4	9	44.4	9	9	100.0	73.0	1	8	3	2	-20
24	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	35	11/21/2024	CHA	vs	DET	33	6	9	1	0	12	27	44.4	4	14	28.6	7	8	87.5	57.3	1	5	2	6	+12
25	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	35	11/12/2024	CHA	@	ORL	35	6	7	0	0	13	27	48.1	6	14	42.9	3	3	100.0	61.8	1	5	3	3	-12