James Harden scored the most points in a game in 2017-18, with 60 points against the Magic on January 30, 2018.

Interpreted as:

most NBA points by a player in a regular-season game in 2017-18

	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	60	1/30/2018	HOU	vs	ORL	46	10	11	4	1	19	30	63.3	5	14	35.7	17	18	94.4	79.1	2	8	5	2	+7
2	LeBron James L. James	57	11/3/2017	CLE	@	WAS	43	11	7	3	2	23	34	67.6	2	4	50.0	9	9	100.0	75.1	5	6	3	2	+6
3	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	56	3/28/2018	MIN	vs	ATL	41	15	4	0	1	19	32	59.4	6	8	75.0	12	15	80.0	72.5	4	11	2	4	+7
4	James Harden J. Harden	56	11/5/2017	HOU	vs	UTA	35	2	13	2	0	19	25	76.0	7	8	87.5	11	12	91.7	92.5	0	2	7	3	+25
5	Anthony Davis A. Davis	53	2/26/2018	NOP	vs	PHX	39	18	3	1	5	16	29	55.2	0	1	0.0	21	26	80.8	65.5	8	10	1	3	+9
6	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	52	1/1/2018	TOR	vs	MIL	43	5	8	1	1	17	29	58.6	5	9	55.6	13	13	100.0	74.9	1	4	2	4	+9
7	James Harden J. Harden	51	12/22/2017	HOU	vs	LAC	41	4	8	3	0	15	28	53.6	6	14	42.9	15	16	93.8	72.8	0	4	8	6	-9
8	James Harden J. Harden	51	12/20/2017	HOU	vs	LAL	43	3	9	1	1	15	27	55.6	4	6	66.7	17	21	81.0	70.4	0	3	6	5	+4
9	Bradley Beal B. Beal	51	12/5/2017	WAS	@	POR	43	3	2	0	0	21	37	56.8	5	12	41.7	4	5	80.0	65.1	1	2	2	2	+12
10	Kevin Durant K. Durant	50	2/14/2018	GSW	@	POR	37	7	6	0	2	17	27	63.0	6	14	42.9	10	10	100.0	79.6	0	7	4	1	-6
11	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	50	2/9/2018	POR	@	SAC	29	1	6	3	0	16	26	61.5	8	13	61.5	10	10	100.0	82.2	0	1	2	2	+18
12	CJ McCollum	50	1/31/2018	POR	vs	CHI	29	5	2	1	0	18	25	72.0	6	9	66.7	8	8	100.0	87.7	1	4	3	1	+29
13	Lou Williams L. Williams	50	1/10/2018	LAC	@	GSW	35	2	7	0	0	16	27	59.3	8	16	50.0	10	10	100.0	79.6	0	2	4	0	+8
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	49	1/27/2018	GSW	vs	BOS	37	4	5	2	0	16	24	66.7	8	13	61.5	9	10	90.0	86.3	0	4	1	2	+6
15	Anthony Davis A. Davis	48	1/14/2018	NOP	@	NYK	50	17	0	4	3	17	30	56.7	2	6	33.3	12	15	80.0	65.6	6	11	4	2	0
16	James Harden J. Harden	48	12/9/2017	HOU	@	POR	37	8	3	3	0	16	29	55.2	4	7	57.1	12	14	85.7	68.3	1	7	2	2	+9
17	James Harden J. Harden	48	11/16/2017	HOU	@	PHX	35	2	7	2	1	12	22	54.5	6	11	54.5	18	18	100.0	80.2	0	2	5	3	+15
18	Victor Oladipo V. Oladipo	47	12/10/2017	IND	vs	DEN	45	7	6	2	1	15	28	53.6	6	12	50.0	11	13	84.6	69.7	1	6	4	1	+12
19	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	47	11/20/2017	BOS	@	DAL	39	3	6	1	0	16	22	72.7	5	7	71.4	10	11	90.9	87.6	1	2	3	3	+21
20	Kemba Walker K. Walker	47	11/17/2017	CHA	@	CHI	38	6	5	0	0	17	27	63.0	5	9	55.6	8	9	88.9	75.9	1	5	1	0	+3
21	Kemba Walker K. Walker	46	3/22/2018	CHA	vs	MEM	28	3	4	1	0	13	18	72.2	10	14	71.4	10	10	100.0	102.7	0	3	2	1	+47
22	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	46	1/25/2018	OKC	vs	WAS	37	6	6	2	0	19	29	65.5	1	3	33.3	7	10	70.0	68.9	0	6	6	3	0
23	Devin Booker D. Booker	46	12/4/2017	PHX	@	PHI	39	8	1	2	1	17	32	53.1	5	8	62.5	7	8	87.5	64.8	3	5	3	1	+10
24	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	46	11/15/2017	PHI	@	LAL	34	15	7	0	7	14	20	70.0	2	3	66.7	16	19	84.2	81.1	2	13	2	4	+19
25	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	45	3/23/2018	SAS	vs	UTA	41	9	2	1	3	19	28	67.9	1	1	100.0	6	8	75.0	71.4	2	7	4	3	+9