highest points in a game by a player in the 2010's by season

Between the 2009-10 and 2018-19 seasons, James Harden had the most points in a season, with 2,818 points in 2018-19.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	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	2,818	2018-19	HOU	78	36.8	36.1	6.6	7.5	2.0	0.7	10.8	24.5	44.2	4.8	13.2	36.8	9.7	11.0	87.9	61.6	0.8	5.8	5.0	2,867	518	586	158	58	387	244	+357
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	2,593	2013-14	OKC	81	38.5	32.0	7.4	5.5	1.3	0.7	10.5	20.8	50.3	2.4	6.1	39.1	8.7	9.9	87.3	63.5	0.7	6.7	3.5	3,122	598	445	103	59	285	174	+509
3	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	2,558	2016-17	OKC	81	34.6	31.6	10.7	10.4	1.6	0.4	10.2	24.0	42.5	2.5	7.2	34.3	8.8	10.4	84.5	55.4	1.7	9.0	5.4	2,802	864	840	132	31	438	190	+251
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	2,472	2009-10	OKC	82	39.5	30.1	7.6	2.8	1.4	1.0	9.7	20.3	47.6	1.6	4.3	36.5	9.2	10.2	90.0	60.7	1.3	6.3	3.3	3,239	623	231	112	84	271	171	+431
5	James Harden J. Harden	2,376	2015-16	HOU	82	38.1	29.0	6.1	7.5	1.7	0.6	8.7	19.7	43.9	2.9	8.0	35.9	8.8	10.2	86.0	59.8	0.8	5.3	4.6	3,125	501	612	139	51	374	229	+125
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2,375	2015-16	GSW	79	34.2	30.1	5.4	6.7	2.1	0.2	10.2	20.2	50.4	5.1	11.2	45.4	4.6	5.1	90.8	66.9	0.9	4.6	3.3	2,700	430	527	169	15	262	161	+1022
7	James Harden J. Harden	2,356	2016-17	HOU	81	36.4	29.1	8.1	11.2	1.5	0.5	8.3	18.9	44.0	3.2	9.3	34.7	9.2	10.9	84.7	61.3	1.2	7.0	5.7	2,947	659	907	121	38	464	215	+425
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	2,280	2012-13	OKC	81	38.5	28.1	7.9	4.6	1.4	1.3	9.0	17.7	51.0	1.7	4.1	41.6	8.4	9.3	90.5	64.7	0.6	7.3	3.5	3,119	640	374	116	105	280	143	+721
9	LeBron James L. James	2,258	2009-10	CLE	76	39.0	29.7	7.3	8.6	1.6	1.0	10.1	20.1	50.3	1.7	5.1	33.3	7.8	10.2	76.7	60.4	0.9	6.4	3.4	2,966	554	651	125	77	261	119	+648
10	LeBron James L. James	2,251	2017-18	CLE	82	36.9	27.5	8.6	9.1	1.4	0.9	10.5	19.3	54.2	1.8	5.0	36.7	4.7	6.5	73.1	62.1	1.2	7.5	4.2	3,026	709	747	116	71	347	136	+104
11	James Harden J. Harden	2,217	2014-15	HOU	81	36.8	27.4	5.7	7.0	1.9	0.7	8.0	18.1	44.0	2.6	6.9	37.5	8.8	10.2	86.8	60.5	0.9	4.7	4.0	2,981	459	565	154	60	321	208	+335
12	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	2,199	2016-17	BOS	76	33.8	28.9	2.7	5.9	0.9	0.2	9.0	19.4	46.3	3.2	8.5	37.9	7.8	8.5	90.9	62.5	0.6	2.1	2.8	2,569	205	448	70	13	210	167	+276
13	James Harden J. Harden	2,191	2017-18	HOU	72	35.4	30.4	5.4	8.8	1.8	0.7	9.0	20.1	44.9	3.7	10.0	36.7	8.7	10.1	85.8	61.9	0.6	4.8	4.4	2,551	389	630	126	50	315	169	+527
14	Kevin Durant K. Durant	2,161	2010-11	OKC	78	38.9	27.7	6.8	2.7	1.1	1.0	9.1	19.7	46.2	1.9	5.3	35.0	7.6	8.7	88.0	58.9	0.7	6.1	2.8	3,038	533	214	88	76	218	159	+271
15	Paul George P. George	2,159	2018-19	OKC	77	36.9	28.0	8.2	4.1	2.2	0.4	9.2	21.0	43.8	3.8	9.8	38.6	5.9	7.0	83.9	58.3	1.4	6.8	2.7	2,841	628	318	170	34	205	214	+496
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2,133	2012-13	LAL	78	38.6	27.3	5.6	6.0	1.4	0.3	9.5	20.4	46.3	1.7	5.2	32.4	6.7	8.0	83.9	57.0	0.8	4.7	3.7	3,013	433	469	106	25	287	173	+139
17	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	2,112	2013-14	NYK	77	38.7	27.4	8.1	3.1	1.2	0.7	9.6	21.3	45.2	2.2	5.4	40.2	6.0	7.0	84.8	56.1	1.9	6.2	2.6	2,982	622	242	95	51	198	224	+106
18	LeBron James L. James	2,111	2010-11	MIA	79	38.8	26.7	7.5	7.0	1.6	0.6	9.6	18.8	51.0	1.2	3.5	33.0	6.4	8.4	75.9	59.4	1.0	6.5	3.6	3,063	590	554	124	50	284	163	+619
19	Anthony Davis A. Davis	2,110	2017-18	NOP	75	36.4	28.1	11.1	2.3	1.5	2.6	10.4	19.5	53.4	0.7	2.2	34.0	6.6	8.0	82.8	61.2	2.5	8.6	2.2	2,727	832	174	115	193	162	159	+298
20	Kemba Walker K. Walker	2,102	2018-19	CHA	82	34.9	25.6	4.4	5.9	1.2	0.4	8.9	20.5	43.4	3.2	8.9	35.6	4.6	5.5	84.4	55.8	0.6	3.8	2.6	2,863	361	484	102	34	211	131	+35
21	Bradley Beal B. Beal	2,099	2018-19	WAS	82	36.9	25.6	5.0	5.5	1.5	0.7	9.3	19.6	47.5	2.5	7.3	35.1	4.4	5.5	80.8	58.1	1.1	3.9	2.7	3,028	411	448	121	58	224	226	-112
22	Anthony Davis A. Davis	2,099	2016-17	NOP	75	36.1	28.0	11.8	2.1	1.3	2.2	10.3	20.3	50.5	0.5	1.8	29.9	6.9	8.6	80.2	58.0	2.3	9.5	2.4	2,708	884	157	94	167	181	168	+51
23	LeBron James L. James	2,089	2013-14	MIA	77	37.7	27.1	6.9	6.3	1.6	0.3	10.0	17.6	56.7	1.5	4.0	37.9	5.7	7.6	75.0	64.9	1.1	5.9	3.5	2,902	533	488	121	26	270	126	+410
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2,078	2010-11	LAL	82	33.9	25.3	5.1	4.7	1.2	0.1	9.0	20.0	45.1	1.4	4.3	32.3	5.9	7.1	82.8	54.8	1.0	4.1	3.0	2,779	419	388	99	12	243	172	+422
25	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	2,067	2018-19	POR	80	35.5	25.8	4.6	6.9	1.1	0.4	8.5	19.2	44.4	3.0	8.0	36.9	5.9	6.4	91.2	58.8	0.9	3.8	2.7	2,838	371	551	88	34	212	148	+495