most points in 1h a game by player 2018-19 to 2023-24

Between the 2018-19 and 2023-24 seasons, Karl-Anthony Towns scored the most points in a first half, with 44 points versus the Hornets on January 22, 2024.

Interpreted as:

most points in 1h a regular-season game by player 2018-19 to 2023-24

	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	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	44	1/22/2024	MIN	vs	CHA	21	5	2	0	0	14	17	82.4	8	9	88.9	8	12	66.7	98.7	1	4	5	0	+10
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	41	1/26/2024	DAL	@	ATL	22	5	4	1	0	16	21	76.2	5	8	62.5	4	4	100.0	90.1	0	5	3	0	+8
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	41	2/26/2023	POR	vs	HOU	19	4	2	0	0	13	19	68.4	8	11	72.7	7	7	100.0	92.8	1	3	0	1	+11
4	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	41	3/15/2022	BKN	@	ORL	23	3	3	3	0	14	19	73.7	6	7	85.7	7	7	100.0	92.8	1	2	0	2	+28
5	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	39	4/9/2021	CHI	@	ATL	20	5	0	0	0	13	19	68.4	7	9	77.8	6	6	100.0	90.1	1	4	2	0	+13
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	37	4/1/2024	PHX	@	NOP	19	0	5	0	1	14	18	77.8	6	10	60.0	3	3	100.0	95.8	0	0	2	1	+20
7	Devin Booker D. Booker	37	1/26/2024	PHX	@	IND	18	3	2	1	1	12	18	66.7	5	7	71.4	8	9	88.9	84.2	0	3	2	0	+10
8	James Harden J. Harden	37	3/22/2019	HOU	vs	SAS	18	2	1	2	0	10	18	55.6	5	6	83.3	12	14	85.7	76.6	0	2	2	1	+19
9	James Harden J. Harden	36	1/23/2019	HOU	@	NYK	19	9	0	3	0	11	21	52.4	4	9	44.4	10	12	83.3	68.5	5	4	3	5	+6
10	James Harden J. Harden	36	1/14/2019	HOU	vs	MEM	19	4	1	2	0	11	21	52.4	3	7	42.9	11	11	100.0	69.7	2	2	3	2	+5
11	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	36	10/29/2018	GSW	@	CHI	19	3	0	2	0	12	16	75.0	10	14	71.4	2	2	100.0	106.6	0	3	2	2	+31
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	34	1/22/2024	PHI	vs	SAS	19	10	2	0	1	11	20	55.0	0	0		12	12	100.0	67.2	6	4	0	1	-3
13	Mikal Bridges M. Bridges	34	12/2/2023	BKN	vs	ORL	17	2	1	1	3	10	14	71.4	3	4	75.0	11	13	84.6	86.2	0	2	1	3	+28
14	Trae Young T. Young	33	11/9/2023	ATL	@	ORL	19	0	4	2	0	9	14	64.3	4	7	57.1	11	11	100.0	87.6	0	0	2	1	+7
15	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	33	3/31/2023	NYK	@	CLE	19	1	5	0	0	13	20	65.0	4	7	57.1	3	4	75.0	75.8	1	0	0	0	+3
16	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	33	3/13/2023	GSW	vs	PHX	18	2	0	0	1	12	18	66.7	8	12	66.7	1	2	50.0	87.4	0	2	1	0	+14
17	Anfernee Simons A. Simons	33	12/3/2022	POR	@	UTA	21	1	3	0	0	12	18	66.7	7	12	58.3	2	2	100.0	87.4	0	1	1	1	+10
18	Trae Young T. Young	33	3/13/2022	ATL	vs	IND	17	3	4	1	0	9	13	69.2	7	9	77.8	8	8	100.0	99.9	0	3	2	1	+15
19	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	33	1/31/2021	DEN	vs	UTA	19	5	3	1	1	13	17	76.5	4	4	100.0	3	4	75.0	88.0	1	4	1	1	+23
20	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	33	11/20/2019	DAL	vs	GSW	17	5	6	2	0	10	11	90.9	6	7	85.7	7	8	87.5	113.6	1	4	4	1	+36
21	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	32	3/31/2024	DAL	@	HOU	18	8	5	0	0	12	18	66.7	6	10	60.0	2	5	40.0	79.2	0	8	1	0	+21
22	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	32	2/1/2024	PHI	@	UTA	17	1	0	0	0	11	15	73.3	6	6	100.0	4	4	100.0	95.5	0	1	0	1	+5
23	Devin Booker D. Booker	32	1/19/2024	PHX	@	NOP	20	3	4	0	0	11	18	61.1	3	6	50.0	7	7	100.0	75.9	1	2	1	0	+11
24	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	32	2/10/2022	DAL	vs	LAC	19	4	3	0	0	11	16	68.8	7	11	63.6	3	6	50.0	85.8	0	4	2	2	+9
25	Bradley Beal B. Beal	32	1/6/2021	WAS	@	PHI	18	4	3	1	0	11	16	68.8	4	5	80.0	6	7	85.7	83.9	3	1	2	1	-9