which current nba player has the most 42 point career games

James Harden has the most games by an active player with 42+ points, with 70 games.

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	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	70	3,358	39.7	48.0	7.3	7.6	2.2	0.7	14.1	27.3	51.7	6.1	13.4	45.4	13.7	15.5	88.6	70.4	1.1	6.2	5.0	2,777	512	535	151	48	349	207	+801
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	53	2,511	36.6	47.4	5.2	5.6	1.5	0.4	15.5	26.2	59.1	8.9	15.6	57.2	7.5	8.0	92.7	79.6	0.6	4.6	3.0	1,938	275	298	77	19	159	103	+632
3	LeBron James L. James	51	2,382	41.7	46.7	8.7	6.8	1.8	1.0	16.3	27.4	59.5	4.2	8.2	51.4	9.9	12.6	78.4	70.9	1.4	7.2	3.6	2,125	442	349	93	52	183	98	+403
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	46	2,094	42.0	45.5	7.9	5.0	1.3	1.0	15.3	27.0	56.6	4.0	8.4	47.8	11.0	12.3	89.4	70.3	0.8	7.1	3.9	1,930	363	229	59	46	181	113	+230
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	41	1,912	38.6	46.6	9.2	9.0	1.8	0.5	15.7	26.7	58.8	5.5	11.4	48.4	9.8	12.4	78.9	72.6	0.9	8.3	3.4	1,583	377	370	74	19	141	112	+338
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	39	1,826	36.6	46.8	13.1	5.1	1.1	1.1	17.0	25.6	66.3	1.5	3.6	40.8	11.4	15.5	73.4	72.2	2.7	10.3	3.3	1,428	509	199	43	44	128	112	+326
7	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	34	1,660	39.6	48.8	4.5	8.0	1.2	0.3	15.1	26.6	56.9	7.1	13.6	52.7	11.4	12.1	94.9	76.5	0.5	4.0	2.4	1,346	152	271	40	10	82	58	+299
8	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	31	1,445	36.6	46.6	13.2	4.3	1.4	2.2	15.7	25.1	62.6	1.2	3.2	38.0	14.0	15.9	87.7	72.6	2.7	10.5	3.2	1,133	409	133	43	68	98	98	+402
9	Anthony Davis A. Davis	27	1,238	40.5	45.9	14.9	2.9	2.3	2.1	16.9	28.7	58.8	1.4	3.3	43.3	10.6	12.6	84.7	67.0	4.0	10.9	2.1	1,094	402	79	61	56	57	67	+279
10	Devin Booker D. Booker	26	1,270	38.4	48.8	5.8	5.7	1.3	0.6	17.4	29.2	59.7	4.1	8.9	45.7	9.9	11.0	89.9	71.7	0.9	4.9	3.3	999	151	149	34	15	87	73	+200
11	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	25	1,174	39.5	47.0	4.6	5.7	1.8	0.5	16.2	27.1	60.0	6.2	10.8	57.6	8.2	8.9	92.4	75.7	0.6	3.9	2.5	987	114	143	45	13	62	64	+235
12	Trae Young T. Young	24	1,079	39.3	45.0	4.4	9.3	1.0	0.2	14.0	26.9	51.9	5.8	11.8	48.6	11.3	12.9	87.7	69.0	0.8	3.6	5.0	943	106	224	24	4	120	38	+90
13	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	23	1,038	38.7	45.1	5.1	5.2	1.5	0.3	15.4	28.3	54.5	5.3	11.7	45.1	9.1	10.4	87.4	68.7	1.1	4.0	3.0	891	118	120	34	8	70	54	+188
14	Bradley Beal B. Beal	21	974	40.2	46.4	4.3	5.3	1.3	0.4	16.5	29.1	56.8	4.3	8.9	48.9	9.0	10.4	86.7	68.9	1.3	3.0	3.1	843	91	111	28	9	66	53	+20
15	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	20	924	38.0	46.2	5.7	5.8	1.8	1.0	15.0	25.2	59.3	2.5	5.6	44.6	13.8	15.3	90.2	72.3	0.9	4.8	2.1	760	113	116	36	20	41	53	+228
16	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	19	869	39.6	45.7	5.9	4.3	1.5	0.7	15.2	27.5	55.2	6.4	12.9	49.2	9.1	10.9	83.1	70.9	0.9	5.1	3.6	751	113	81	29	13	68	35	+130
17	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	17	822	39.5	48.4	12.2	8.4	1.8	1.3	17.4	27.1	64.2	2.9	5.6	52.1	10.6	12.4	85.7	74.3	4.0	8.2	3.5	671	207	142	30	22	59	48	+189
18	Paul George P. George	17	752	40.0	44.2	9.1	5.2	2.0	0.2	15.0	26.5	56.5	5.9	11.8	50.5	8.3	9.9	83.9	71.6	1.1	7.9	2.8	681	154	89	34	4	47	56	+125
19	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	15	695	39.1	46.3	4.7	6.9	1.3	0.1	16.1	29.1	55.4	4.7	10.1	46.1	9.4	10.6	88.7	68.5	1.1	3.7	2.6	587	71	104	19	2	39	23	+142
20	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	15	714	40.2	47.6	9.3	4.9	0.8	0.7	16.0	27.6	58.0	6.6	11.9	55.6	9.0	10.1	88.8	74.2	1.3	8.1	2.5	602	140	73	12	10	38	35	+184
21	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	15	671	39.5	44.7	5.7	3.9	1.1	0.2	16.1	27.0	59.5	7.1	11.9	59.6	5.5	6.5	84.7	74.9	0.8	4.9	3.5	593	86	58	17	3	53	34	+111
22	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	15	672	42.1	44.8	6.8	4.7	1.4	0.6	15.5	27.3	57.0	1.9	4.6	40.6	11.9	13.5	87.7	67.4	1.1	5.7	2.1	631	102	71	21	9	31	35	+129
23	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	11	510	43.5	46.4	4.6	5.6	1.1	1.0	15.9	29.4	54.2	4.9	11.7	41.9	9.6	10.9	88.3	67.9	0.4	4.3	2.6	479	51	62	12	11	29	27	+107
24	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	11	519	32.3	47.2	4.0	1.7	0.9	0.7	16.5	25.3	65.5	9.7	15.4	63.3	4.4	4.5	96.0	86.5	0.3	3.7	2.0	356	44	19	10	8	22	14	+294
25	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	10	455	39.8	45.5	4.5	7.5	2.3	0.3	17.0	28.4	59.9	3.9	8.3	47.0	7.6	10.4	73.1	69.0	0.5	4.0	3.1	398	45	75	23	3	31	29	+32

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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 42+ points, with 70 games.

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

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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

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