Since 1976-77, James Harden has put up the most points per game when playing >4 games in a month, with 43.6 per game in January 2019.

most points averaged in a month since 1977 > 4 games

Interpreted as:

most points by a player averaged in a month since 1977 > 4 games

NAME	GP	PPG	MONTH	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
James Harden	14	43.6	January 2019	38.8	8.7	7.6	2.1	1.2	5.5	12.8	29.7	43.0	5.6	16.6	33.5	12.4	13.7	90.6	543	610	122	106	29	17	77	46	+54
Kobe Bryant	13	43.4	January 2006	41.6	5.6	4.1	1.8	0.1	3.5	13.9	29.6	47.0	3.5	8.9	39.7	12.0	13.4	89.7	541	564	73	53	23	1	46	39	+50
Kobe Bryant	8	41.6	April 2006	39.6	5.5	3.6	2.3	0.0	2.1	14.5	28.5	50.9	3.3	7.9	41.3	9.4	11.4	82.4	317	333	44	29	18	0	17	27	+101
Kobe Bryant	14	40.6	February 2003	41.6	4.9	3.6	2.6	0.9	3.4	13.9	29.4	47.2	2.4	5.5	42.9	10.6	12.5	84.6	583	569	69	50	37	13	48	33	+122
Kobe Bryant	13	40.4	March 2007	44.8	6.2	4.5	1.1	0.5	2.8	13.7	29.8	45.9	2.7	7.2	37.2	10.3	11.9	86.5	582	525	80	58	14	6	36	30	-36
Joel Embiid	9	40.2	December 2023	33.6	12.6	4.9	1.4	2.1	4.1	14.3	23.7	60.6	1.2	2.9	42.3	10.3	11.2	92.1	302	362	113	44	13	19	37	23	+146
James Harden	15	39.5	November 2019	36.9	6.4	7.6	1.9	0.5	5.1	11.2	24.2	46.3	5.5	14.1	38.9	11.6	13.9	83.7	553	592	96	114	28	8	77	43	+140
Dominique Wilkins	6	39.2	April 1986	39.3	7.8	2.3	1.5	0.3	3.0	15.0	31.3	47.9	0.0	0.7	0.0	9.2	11.3	80.9	236	235	47	14	9	2	18	15
Michael Jordan	12	39.0	April 1988	41.3	4.5	4.9	3.2	1.1	3.3	14.5	25.9	55.9	0.1	1.0	8.3	9.9	11.8	84.4	495	468	54	59	38	13	40	51
Damian Lillard	7	38.9	August 2020	41.3	4.1	9.7	1.6	0.1	3.3	11.9	23.6	50.3	6.0	13.1	45.7	9.1	10.1	90.1	289	272	29	68	11	1	23	12	+16
Damian Lillard	10	38.5	February 2023	37.4	5.7	7.0	0.8	0.2	3.2	11.5	23.2	49.6	5.0	12.2	41.0	10.5	10.9	96.3	374	385	57	70	8	2	32	18	+3
Michael Jordan	12	38.4	February 1987	41.2	5.4	4.8	3.7	2.4	3.2	12.9	27.2	47.5	0.1	0.8	11.1	12.5	14.3	87.7	494	461	65	58	44	29	38	40
Dominique Wilkins	12	38.2	February 1988	39.4	6.3	3.3	1.8	0.8	3.0	14.3	29.1	49.3	1.1	2.4	44.8	8.4	10.3	82.1	473	458	76	40	21	10	36	29
Moses Malone	14	38.1	February 1982	44.6	17.3	1.9	0.9	1.3	3.3	14.1	25.5	55.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	9.9	12.5	78.9	624	534	242	26	13	18	46	35
Michael Jordan	9	38.1	April 1987	38.4	6.1	6.2	3.0	1.6	2.4	13.1	26.0	50.4	0.2	1.2	18.2	11.7	13.7	85.4	346	343	55	56	27	14	22	27
Joel Embiid	5	37.8	April 2022	36.5	14.8	3.4	0.8	1.6	4.0	13.2	22.2	59.5	1.6	3.6	44.4	9.8	12.6	77.8	182	189	74	17	4	8	20	10	+81
James Harden	11	37.6	February 2019	37.4	6.2	5.6	2.5	0.9	4.5	11.6	26.0	44.8	5.0	14.2	35.3	9.4	10.3	91.2	411	414	68	62	27	10	50	28	+20
Luka Doncic	13	37.5	December 2023	39.5	8.9	11.1	1.5	0.9	4.5	12.7	26.0	48.8	4.4	11.5	38.0	7.8	9.7	80.2	513	488	116	144	19	12	58	21	+57
Michael Jordan	13	37.5	November 1986	40.8	6.2	3.5	2.5	1.7	3.2	13.8	30.2	45.9	0.1	0.5	16.7	9.7	11.8	81.8	531	487	81	46	32	22	42	41
Michael Jordan	15	37.4	December 1986	39.3	4.6	4.0	2.3	1.5	3.0	14.1	28.9	48.7	0.1	0.6	22.2	9.1	10.7	85.6	590	561	69	60	35	23	45	42
James Harden	14	37.3	December 2019	38.5	5.6	6.9	2.1	1.2	3.9	11.9	24.6	48.1	5.5	12.9	42.5	8.1	9.5	85.0	539	522	79	97	29	17	54	49	+66
Stephen Curry	15	37.3	April 2021	35.2	6.1	4.6	0.8	0.3	4.2	11.8	22.8	51.8	6.4	13.7	46.6	7.3	8.0	90.8	529	559	91	69	12	4	63	31	+34
Luka Doncic	10	37.1	January 2024	38.8	9.2	10.4	1.6	0.5	3.7	12.1	24.8	48.8	3.4	9.8	34.7	9.5	12.4	76.6	388	371	92	104	16	5	37	22	-35
Carmelo Anthony	8	36.9	April 2013	36.3	9.9	2.1	0.5	0.5	1.5	14.3	26.5	53.8	2.6	5.6	46.7	5.8	6.9	83.6	291	295	79	17	4	4	12	21	+74
George Gervin	16	36.9	January 1980	39.9	4.2	2.4	1.4	0.8		14.3	25.9	55.3	0.6	1.6	36.0	7.7	8.9	86.6	638	590	67	38	22	13		34