most 35+ point games in a season by a active player

James Harden has the most games by an active player with 35+ points in a season, with 43 games in 2018-19.

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	NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	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	43	1,866	2018-19	HOU	38.6	43.4	7.2	7.3	2.2	0.9	12.7	28.0	45.4	5.9	15.2	39.0	12.0	13.4	90.1	64.0	1.2	6.1	5.1	1,659	311	313	95	38	220	140	+263
2	James Harden J. Harden	34	1,456	2019-20	HOU	38.0	42.8	7.0	8.0	1.9	1.0	12.6	26.0	48.4	5.8	14.1	40.9	11.9	13.9	86.2	66.8	1.1	5.9	4.5	1,294	239	272	65	34	154	109	+368
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	32	1,306	2023-24	DAL	38.7	40.8	9.9	9.9	1.4	0.6	14.1	25.7	54.7	5.2	11.5	45.4	7.5	9.1	82.1	68.7	0.9	8.9	3.9	1,240	316	318	46	19	125	71	+201
4	LeBron James L. James	31	1,226	2005-06	CLE	44.5	39.5	7.4	6.8	1.7	0.7	14.1	26.5	53.0	2.2	5.7	39.0	9.2	12.0	76.8	62.2	1.0	6.5	2.9	1,379	230	210	53	22	90	81	+178
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	30	1,230	2025-26	LAL	37.4	41.0	8.2	8.4	2.0	0.4	13.3	25.0	53.0	5.0	11.9	42.3	9.4	11.6	81.3	68.0	0.7	7.5	3.7	1,121	247	251	59	13	110	83	+184
6	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	28	1,148	2022-23	PHI	36.4	41.0	10.8	4.0	1.1	2.0	14.1	23.1	61.3	1.2	3.1	38.4	11.5	13.4	85.9	70.7	2.1	8.6	3.6	1,018	301	112	31	57	100	94	+274
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	27	1,101	2013-14	OKC	41.9	40.8	7.5	5.1	1.4	0.6	13.3	25.7	51.5	3.1	7.7	40.2	11.1	13.0	85.8	64.8	0.9	6.6	3.9	1,132	203	139	37	17	104	56	+145
8	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	26	1,064	2024-25	OKC	36.0	40.9	5.7	6.2	2.1	1.3	14.5	25.0	57.8	2.8	6.4	43.1	9.2	10.4	88.9	69.1	0.8	4.9	2.3	935	148	161	54	35	61	63	+365
9	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	26	1,068	2022-23	DAL	39.5	41.1	9.7	8.5	1.9	0.5	14.0	25.3	55.2	3.4	9.0	37.9	9.7	12.8	76.0	66.4	1.1	8.7	3.5	1,028	253	222	50	13	91	77	+77
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	26	1,076	2020-21	GSW	35.9	41.4	5.9	5.2	1.4	0.2	13.2	24.8	52.9	7.5	15.5	48.8	7.5	8.2	92.5	72.8	0.5	5.4	4.0	933	154	136	37	5	105	48	+221
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	26	1,063	2015-16	GSW	35.7	40.9	5.8	6.6	2.0	0.2	13.5	23.5	57.5	7.4	13.5	55.1	6.5	6.8	94.9	77.3	1.1	4.7	3.9	928	151	172	52	5	102	55	+383
12	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	24	917	2022-23	OKC	37.3	38.2	5.3	5.6	1.8	0.9	12.5	22.5	55.7	1.0	2.0	47.9	12.3	13.4	91.3	67.4	0.9	4.4	2.8	895	127	135	44	22	66	70	+164
13	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	23	949	2022-23	MIL	35.2	41.3	12.4	6.0	0.7	0.8	15.3	25.2	60.6	1.0	3.1	31.9	9.7	14.6	66.7	65.3	2.7	9.7	3.9	810	285	138	17	18	90	73	+238
14	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	23	973	2022-23	POR	37.0	42.3	5.0	6.4	0.8	0.3	12.8	23.5	54.4	6.2	13.7	45.4	10.5	11.3	93.4	74.4	0.7	4.3	3.4	850	114	148	19	6	79	43	+83
15	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	22	880	2021-22	PHI	36.0	40.0	13.6	4.2	1.0	1.8	13.0	22.8	57.0	1.7	3.8	44.6	12.3	14.9	82.6	68.1	2.5	11.1	3.4	792	300	93	22	40	75	61	+201
16	James Harden J. Harden	22	880	2016-17	HOU	38.0	40.0	9.1	11.0	1.5	0.5	11.8	23.9	49.3	4.7	11.3	41.9	11.7	13.7	85.7	66.9	1.4	7.8	5.5	835	201	242	33	11	122	60	+115
17	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	21	860	2023-24	NYK	38.8	41.0	4.5	7.0	1.4	0.2	14.9	27.6	54.0	3.4	7.9	42.8	7.8	9.0	86.2	64.8	0.9	3.6	2.9	814	94	147	29	5	60	40	+153
18	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	21	839	2022-23	BOS	38.0	40.0	8.9	4.2	1.0	0.8	13.0	23.8	54.8	4.6	10.3	44.4	9.3	10.8	86.3	70.0	1.0	7.9	2.0	799	186	88	21	16	43	43	+279
19	Trae Young T. Young	21	865	2019-20	ATL	38.8	41.2	4.8	10.2	1.1	0.2	12.0	25.0	48.2	5.2	11.6	45.3	11.9	13.7	86.8	66.4	0.8	4.0	5.4	815	101	214	24	5	114	35	+73
20	Kevin Durant K. Durant	21	805	2009-10	OKC	41.3	38.3	7.7	2.7	1.4	0.7	12.5	22.6	55.5	2.0	4.7	43.9	11.2	12.1	92.9	68.7	1.3	6.4	3.2	868	161	56	30	14	67	50	+118
21	LeBron James L. James	21	826	2009-10	CLE	41.9	39.3	8.1	8.1	1.9	1.2	13.0	24.3	53.4	2.7	6.8	39.2	10.7	13.4	79.4	65.0	1.2	6.9	3.6	879	171	170	40	25	76	35	+148
22	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	20	791	2025-26	OKC	37.1	39.6	5.5	6.4	1.7	0.7	13.2	23.3	56.7	2.1	5.0	42.0	11.1	12.6	87.7	68.6	0.8	4.7	1.8	742	109	127	33	13	35	46	+197
23	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	20	813	2023-24	MIL	36.7	40.7	12.7	6.3	1.5	1.0	15.9	23.4	67.9	0.6	2.0	30.0	8.4	12.5	67.1	70.5	2.7	10.0	3.0	734	253	125	29	20	59	61	+132
24	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	20	766	2021-22	CHI	38.0	38.3	5.7	5.1	0.9	0.1	14.1	23.1	61.0	0.9	1.8	48.6	9.4	10.5	89.0	69.2	0.8	4.9	2.7	759	114	101	17	2	53	49	+72
25	Anthony Davis A. Davis	20	790	2016-17	NOP	39.0	39.5	14.2	2.5	1.7	2.5	14.7	26.3	55.7	1.3	2.8	44.6	9.0	11.0	81.7	63.5	2.8	11.4	2.1	781	283	50	33	50	41	47	+95

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Team Leaders

PPG

22.8

Şengün

RPG

9.0

Şengün

APG

7.4

Şengün

Team Rankings

ORTG

122.6

1st

DRTG

110.0

10th

NETRTG

12.6

2nd

3P%

39.0

4th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Grizzlies	6	0	1.000
2	Rockets	6	1	.857	0.5
3	Trail Blazers	4	1	.800	1.5
4	Lakers	4	2	.667	2.0
5	Thunder	4	2	.667	2.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 11/2	BOS	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Wed 11/4	MIN	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Sat 11/7	HOU	@	PHX	9:00 PM
Mon 11/9	DEN	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Wed 11/11	GSW	@	HOU	9:30 PM

Last Game

Thunder

4 - 2

Final

119

Rockets

6 - 1

Sat 31 Oct 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

36.2

Dončić

29.6

Maxey

29.2

Curry

RPG Leaders

15.8

Sabonis

13.5

Towns

12.3

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

10.2

Young

9.2

Jokić

8.2

Mitchell

SPG Leaders

3.2

Williamson

3.0

Daniels

3.0

Gillespie

BPG Leaders

4.2

Wembanyama

2.8

Kessler

2.5

Turner

3PM Leaders

5.4

Dončić

4.6

Murray

4.4

Curry

TS% Leaders

81.3

Camara

81.1

Stewart

77.0

Banchero

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.5

119.9

119.7

118.9

117.7

DRtg Rankings

103.8

104.9

105.4

105.9

108.5

NetRtg Rankings

15.1

12.6

11.3

11.0

10.5

9.1

Tank Leaderboard

0-5

0-6

1-5

1-4

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

359.8

Wembanyama

323.3

Maxey

317.3

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

347

Wembanyama

334.5

Antetokounmpo

325.3

Maxey

USG% Leaders

39.7

Dončić

34.5

Miller

34.4

Wembanyama

MPG Leaders

38.2

Murray

37.6

Maxey

37.2

Jokić

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.85

Wembanyama

1.68

Antetokounmpo

1.62

Flagg

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Wembanyama

1.77

Antetokounmpo

1.69

Dončić

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

6-0

6-1

5-1

4-2

Worst Record ATS

0-4

1-5

2-4

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	76ers	6	1	.857
2	Pistons	5	1	.833	0.5
3	Celtics	4	1	.800	1.0
4	Cavaliers	4	2	.667	1.5
5	Raptors	3	2	.600	2.0
6	Wizards	3	3	.500	2.5
7	Hawks	3	4	.429	3.0
8	Hornets	3	4	.429	3.0
9	Magic	2	3	.400	3.0
10	Heat	2	4	.333	3.5
11	Pacers	2	4	.333	3.5
12	Knicks	2	4	.333	3.5
13	Bulls	1	5	.167	4.5
14	Bucks	1	5	.167	4.5
15	Nets	0	5	.000	5.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Grizzlies	6	0	1.000
2	Rockets	6	1	.857	0.5
3	Trail Blazers	4	1	.800	1.5
4	Lakers	4	2	.667	2.0
5	Thunder	4	2	.667	2.0
6	Spurs	4	2	.667	2.0
7	Mavericks	4	2	.667	2.0
8	Nuggets	3	2	.600	2.5
9	Timberwolves	4	3	.571	2.5
10	Warriors	3	3	.500	3.0
11	Pelicans	2	4	.333	4.0
12	Suns	1	3	.250	4.0
13	Clippers	1	4	.200	4.5
14	Jazz	1	5	.167	5.0
15	Kings	0	6	.000	6.0

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	132-125
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	116-128

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 11/1	BOS	@	ORL	3:30 PM
Sun 11/1	BKN	@	IND	5:00 PM
Sun 11/1	LAC	@	GSW	8:30 PM
Sun 11/1	TOR	@	LAL	9:00 PM
Mon 11/2	OKC	@	CLE	7:00 PM

James Harden has the most games by an active player with 35+ points in a season, with 43 games in 2018-19.

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NBA 2026-27 Leaders

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29.2

15.8

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12.3

10.2

9.2

8.2

3.2

3.0

3.0

4.2

2.8

2.5

5.4

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81.3

81.1

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NBA 2026-27 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

359.8

323.3

317.3

347

334.5

325.3

39.7

34.5

34.4

38.2

37.6

37.2

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