who has the most points scored in a game by a 16th year player

Stephen Curry posted the most points by a player in a game in his 16th season, with 56 points against the Magic on February 27.

Interpreted as:

Who has the most points scored in a regular-season game by a 16th year player?

	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	Stephen Curry S. Curry	56	2/27/2025	GSW	@	ORL	34	4	3	2	0	16	25	64.0	12	19	63.2	12	12	100.0	92.5	0	4	4	0	+15
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	52	4/1/2025	GSW	@	MEM	37	10	8	5	1	16	31	51.6	12	20	60.0	8	8	100.0	75.3	1	9	2	2	+17
3	LeBron James L. James	51	11/18/2018	LAL	@	MIA	38	8	3	2	1	19	31	61.3	6	8	75.0	7	10	70.0	72.0	1	7	2	3	+20
4	James Harden J. Harden	50	3/5/2025	LAC	vs	DET	38	4	5	1	1	14	24	58.3	6	13	46.2	16	20	80.0	76.2	0	4	5	2	+13
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	48	1/10/2012	LAL	vs	PHX	39	5	3	3	0	18	31	58.1	0	3	0.0	12	13	92.3	65.4	0	5	2	2	+16
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	45	3/9/2024	PHX	vs	BOS	37	10	6	1	0	18	26	69.2	4	7	57.1	5	7	71.4	77.4	1	9	6	2	-1
7	LeBron James L. James	44	11/14/2018	LAL	vs	POR	36	10	9	1	3	13	19	68.4	5	6	83.3	13	15	86.7	85.9	2	8	4	0	+4
8	James Harden J. Harden	43	11/27/2024	LAC	@	WAS	32	4	7	3	0	13	22	59.1	7	11	63.6	10	11	90.9	80.1	1	3	4	0	+25
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	43	1/22/2024	PHX	vs	CHI	41	6	8	1	2	16	32	50.0	6	15	40.0	5	6	83.3	62.1	1	5	1	2	+3
10	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	42	2/10/2025	SAC	@	DAL	39	7	3	0	0	15	22	68.2	4	6	66.7	8	8	100.0	82.3	0	7	1	2	+21
11	LeBron James L. James	42	12/5/2018	LAL	vs	SAS	40	5	6	2	0	15	24	62.5	3	7	42.9	9	13	69.2	70.7	0	5	2	1	+19
12	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	42	1/14/2012	LAL	@	LAC	44	7	4	2	1	14	28	50.0	2	5	40.0	12	14	85.7	61.5	0	7	2	3	-9
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	42	1/13/2012	LAL	vs	CLE	41	5	3	3	0	15	31	48.4	4	7	57.1	8	10	80.0	59.3	3	2	6	3	+11
14	James Harden J. Harden	41	12/16/2024	LAC	vs	UTA	31	1	6	1	1	11	17	64.7	7	11	63.6	12	14	85.7	88.5	0	1	4	2	+27
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	41	11/5/2023	PHX	@	DET	35	4	5	1	2	14	27	51.9	1	3	33.3	12	12	100.0	63.5	0	4	3	1	+7
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	41	12/20/2000	UTA	@	PHI	43	13	3	2	4	13	18	72.2	0	0		15	20	75.0	76.5	1	12	3	2	+1
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	40	3/6/2025	GSW	@	BKN	36	4	4	0	0	12	20	60.0	7	13	53.8	9	9	100.0	83.5	2	2	5	3	-16
18	James Harden J. Harden	40	1/25/2025	LAC	vs	MIL	35	5	9	1	0	12	24	50.0	4	10	40.0	12	12	100.0	68.3	1	4	1	2	+12
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	40	1/21/2024	PHX	vs	IND	40	9	2	0	3	18	25	72.0	4	7	57.1	0	0		80.0	1	8	2	4	+7
20	Kevin Durant K. Durant	40	12/19/2023	PHX	@	POR	38	4	5	2	0	16	28	57.1	1	3	33.3	7	8	87.5	63.5	0	4	5	1	+8
21	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	40	1/11/2014	DAL	vs	NOP	33	4	4	2	0	10	20	50.0	5	9	55.6	15	16	93.8	74.0	0	4	1	2	+11
22	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40	4/1/2012	LAL	vs	GSW	37	3	5	0	0	16	28	57.1	3	3	100.0	5	7	71.4	64.4	0	3	3	3	+13
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40	1/11/2012	LAL	@	UTA	43	8	4	1	1	14	31	45.2	1	3	33.3	11	11	100.0	55.8	1	7	3	3	+10
24	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40	2/5/1985	LAL	@	HOU	41	8	3	1	0	16	29	55.2	0	0		8	9	88.9	60.7	2	6	2	1
25	James Harden J. Harden	39	4/13/2025	LAC	@	GSW	48	7	10	2	2	13	23	56.5	5	8	62.5	8	9	88.9	72.3	1	6	6	3	+5