highest points scored in a game 2025-26 nba season

James Harden, Nikola Jokić and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander are tied for the most points in a game this season, with 55 points.

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highest points by a player scored in a regular-season game 2025-26 NBA season

	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	James Harden J. Harden	55	11/22/2025	LAC	@	CHA	35	3	7	1	0	17	26	65.4	10	16	62.5	11	14	78.6	85.5	1	2	2	1	+22
2	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	55	11/12/2025	DEN	@	LAC	34	12	6	1	1	18	23	78.3	5	6	83.3	14	16	87.5	91.5	2	10	2	1	+28
3	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	55	10/23/2025	OKC	@	IND	45	8	5	2	1	15	31	48.4	2	7	28.6	23	26	88.5	64.8	0	8	2	4	+9
4	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	54	11/20/2025	PHI	@	MIL	47	5	9	3	3	18	30	60.0	6	15	40.0	12	14	85.7	74.7	0	5	5	3	+18
5	Jamal Murray J. Murray	52	12/3/2025	DEN	@	IND	36	6	4	1	0	19	25	76.0	10	11	90.9	4	5	80.0	95.6	0	6	1	0	+23
6	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	51	10/27/2025	UTA	vs	PHX	45	14	3	0	0	14	32	43.8	6	13	46.2	17	17	100.0	64.6	5	9	1	2	+26
7	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	51	10/26/2025	LAL	@	SAC	39	11	9	2	0	12	22	54.5	6	10	60.0	21	22	95.5	80.5	1	10	2	1	+22
8	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	50	10/23/2025	DEN	@	GSW	39	8	2	0	1	17	21	81.0	10	11	90.9	6	6	100.0	105.8	0	8	2	1	-1
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	49	11/14/2025	GSW	@	SAS	36	4	2	2	0	16	26	61.5	9	17	52.9	8	8	100.0	83.0	0	4	3	2	+9
10	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	49	10/24/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	35	11	8	0	0	14	23	60.9	5	12	41.7	16	19	84.2	78.1	1	10	3	4	+18
11	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	47	11/16/2025	UTA	vs	CHI	46	7	2	2	2	15	33	45.5	6	17	35.3	11	13	84.6	60.7	2	5	1	3	+4
12	CJ McCollum	46	11/25/2025	WAS	vs	ATL	37	5	4	1	0	17	25	68.0	10	13	76.9	2	4	50.0	85.9	0	5	2	1	+19
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	46	11/12/2025	GSW	@	SAS	34	5	5	2	0	13	25	52.0	5	16	31.3	15	16	93.8	71.8	0	5	1	2	+5
14	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	46	11/10/2025	DET	vs	WAS	45	12	11	5	2	14	45	31.1	2	11	18.2	16	18	88.9	43.5	5	7	2	4	+10
15	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	46	11/5/2025	CLE	vs	PHI	35	4	8	1	0	15	21	71.4	6	11	54.5	10	10	100.0	90.6	0	4	2	0	+17
16	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	44	12/2/2025	MIN	@	NOP	47	5	4	0	1	16	30	53.3	6	13	46.2	6	8	75.0	65.6	0	5	3	4	+14
17	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	44	11/30/2025	PHI	vs	ATL	52	7	9	0	1	14	31	45.2	2	13	15.4	14	17	82.4	57.2	0	7	6	2	-8
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	44	11/22/2025	DEN	vs	SAC	37	13	7	0	0	16	28	57.1	3	6	50.0	9	10	90.0	67.9	7	6	2	4	+2
19	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	44	10/31/2025	LAL	@	MEM	39	12	6	0	0	14	27	51.9	6	15	40.0	10	13	76.9	67.2	1	11	5	3	-2
20	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	43	12/1/2025	CLE	@	IND	34	9	6	0	0	16	27	59.3	4	10	40.0	7	9	77.8	69.4	3	6	3	2	+22
21	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	43	11/25/2025	LAL	vs	LAC	38	9	13	1	1	14	28	50.0	7	12	58.3	8	11	72.7	65.5	2	7	3	4	+9
22	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	43	11/24/2025	MIN	@	SAC	40	7	4	3	1	16	29	55.2	5	11	45.5	6	8	75.0	66.1	1	6	3	1	-12
23	Jamal Murray J. Murray	43	10/27/2025	DEN	@	MIN	37	6	3	0	0	16	29	55.2	5	9	55.6	6	7	85.7	67.0	0	6	2	2	+30
24	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	43	10/27/2025	PHI	vs	ORL	42	4	8	1	0	15	32	46.9	4	11	36.4	9	10	90.0	59.1	0	4	1	1	+14
25	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	43	10/21/2025	LAL	vs	GSW	41	12	9	2	1	17	27	63.0	2	10	20.0	7	10	70.0	68.5	0	12	3	1	-8