James Harden had the most games with 45+ points in 2017-18, with 6 games.

Interpreted as:

most 45+ point games by a player in 2018

	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	6	314	2017-18	HOU	39.7	52.3	4.8	8.5	2.5	0.5	16.0	26.8	59.6	5.3	10.0	53.3	15.0	16.5	90.9	76.8	0.5	4.3	5.5	238	29	51	15	3	33	21	+51
2	Anthony Davis A. Davis	4	191	2017-18	NOP	43.5	47.8	17.0	1.8	2.8	3.8	16.5	31.8	52.0	0.8	4.0	18.8	14.0	16.8	83.6	61.0	6.5	10.5	2.0	174	68	7	11	15	8	9	+17
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	2	94	2017-18	GSW	33.3	47.0	5.0	4.0	2.5	0.0	13.5	22.5	60.0	8.0	14.5	55.2	12.0	13.0	92.3	83.3	1.0	4.0	1.5	67	10	8	5	0	3	4	+34
4	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	2	97	2017-18	TOR	41.5	48.5	5.0	5.5	1.5	1.0	15.0	25.0	60.0	5.5	9.0	61.1	13.0	14.0	92.9	77.8	2.0	3.0	2.0	83	10	11	3	2	4	7	+21
5	Kemba Walker K. Walker	2	93	2017-18	CHA	33.0	46.5	4.5	4.5	0.5	0.0	15.0	22.5	66.7	7.5	11.5	65.2	9.0	9.5	94.7	87.1	0.5	4.0	1.5	66	9	9	1	0	3	1	+50
6	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	1	56	2017-18	MIN	41.4	56.0	15.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	19.0	32.0	59.4	6.0	8.0	75.0	12.0	15.0	80.0	72.5	4.0	11.0	2.0	41	15	4	0	1	2	4	+7
7	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	1	45	2017-18	SAS	41.1	45.0	9.0	2.0	1.0	3.0	19.0	28.0	67.9	1.0	1.0	100.0	6.0	8.0	75.0	71.4	2.0	7.0	4.0	41	9	2	1	3	4	3	+9
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1	50	2017-18	GSW	37.3	50.0	7.0	6.0	0.0	2.0	17.0	27.0	63.0	6.0	14.0	42.9	10.0	10.0	100.0	79.6	0.0	7.0	4.0	37	7	6	0	2	4	1	-6
9	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	1	50	2017-18	POR	29.5	50.0	1.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	16.0	26.0	61.5	8.0	13.0	61.5	10.0	10.0	100.0	82.2	0.0	1.0	2.0	29	1	6	3	0	2	2	+18
10	CJ McCollum	1	50	2017-18	POR	29.3	50.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	18.0	25.0	72.0	6.0	9.0	66.7	8.0	8.0	100.0	87.7	1.0	4.0	3.0	29	5	2	1	0	3	1	+29
11	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1	46	2017-18	OKC	36.7	46.0	6.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	19.0	29.0	65.5	1.0	3.0	33.3	7.0	10.0	70.0	68.9	0.0	6.0	6.0	37	6	6	2	0	6	3	0
12	Lou Williams L. Williams	1	50	2017-18	LAC	35.1	50.0	2.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	16.0	27.0	59.3	8.0	16.0	50.0	10.0	10.0	100.0	79.6	0.0	2.0	4.0	35	2	7	0	0	4	0	+8
13	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	1	47	2017-18	IND	45.1	47.0	7.0	6.0	2.0	1.0	15.0	28.0	53.6	6.0	12.0	50.0	11.0	13.0	84.6	69.7	1.0	6.0	4.0	45	7	6	2	1	4	1	+12
14	Bradley Beal B. Beal	1	51	2017-18	WAS	43.1	51.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	21.0	37.0	56.8	5.0	12.0	41.7	4.0	5.0	80.0	65.1	1.0	2.0	2.0	43	3	2	0	0	2	2	+12
15	Devin Booker D. Booker	1	46	2017-18	PHX	38.9	46.0	8.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	17.0	32.0	53.1	5.0	8.0	62.5	7.0	8.0	87.5	64.8	3.0	5.0	3.0	39	8	1	2	1	3	1	+10
16	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	1	47	2017-18	BOS	38.8	47.0	3.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	16.0	22.0	72.7	5.0	7.0	71.4	10.0	11.0	90.9	87.6	1.0	2.0	3.0	39	3	6	1	0	3	3	+21
17	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	1	46	2017-18	PHI	34.5	46.0	15.0	7.0	0.0	7.0	14.0	20.0	70.0	2.0	3.0	66.7	16.0	19.0	84.2	81.1	2.0	13.0	2.0	34	15	7	0	7	2	4	+19
18	LeBron James L. James	1	57	2017-18	CLE	42.7	57.0	11.0	7.0	3.0	2.0	23.0	34.0	67.6	2.0	4.0	50.0	9.0	9.0	100.0	75.1	5.0	6.0	3.0	43	11	7	3	2	3	2	+6