most points scored in the first half of a single game by a player in the 2018-19 season

James Harden had the most points in the first half in 2018-19, with 1,446 points.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	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	1,446	2018-19	HOU	78	18.3	18.5	3.3	4.1	1.0	0.3	5.8	12.8	45.1	2.5	6.3	39.0	4.5	5.1	87.8	61.5	0.5	2.8	2.5	1,426	261	317	80	26	196	152	+302
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1,086	2018-19	GSW	78	18.4	13.9	3.2	3.1	0.4	0.6	5.1	9.3	54.8	0.8	2.2	34.9	3.0	3.3	89.3	64.8	0.2	2.9	1.6	1,434	247	244	31	48	126	80	+321
3	Paul George P. George	1,070	2018-19	OKC	77	18.1	13.9	3.8	2.1	1.2	0.2	4.7	10.4	45.3	1.8	4.5	39.7	2.7	3.3	82.1	58.6	0.7	3.1	1.4	1,391	290	160	94	18	110	124	+216
4	Kemba Walker K. Walker	1,011	2018-19	CHA	82	17.4	12.3	2.0	3.3	0.7	0.2	4.4	10.3	42.7	1.4	4.2	32.7	2.1	2.6	83.3	53.8	0.3	1.7	1.4	1,424	160	271	56	20	115	64	-16
5	Bradley Beal B. Beal	997	2018-19	WAS	82	18.1	12.2	2.4	2.9	0.8	0.2	4.5	9.5	47.6	1.0	3.1	31.6	2.1	2.5	82.5	57.1	0.4	2.0	1.2	1,481	196	236	64	19	100	109	-127
6	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	977	2018-19	PHI	64	16.8	15.3	7.1	1.9	0.4	0.9	5.3	10.1	52.0	0.7	2.1	33.6	4.1	5.1	80.0	61.9	1.3	5.8	1.8	1,075	457	121	27	58	114	108	+288
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	974	2018-19	GSW	69	17.6	14.1	2.8	2.9	0.6	0.2	4.8	10.0	48.3	2.6	5.8	44.0	1.9	2.0	92.9	64.8	0.4	2.4	1.5	1,217	195	203	43	15	106	94	+363
8	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	971	2018-19	DET	75	17.5	12.9	3.6	2.7	0.4	0.1	4.4	9.4	46.8	1.3	3.6	36.2	2.8	3.7	75.4	58.5	0.7	2.9	1.5	1,309	273	204	31	10	113	92	-2
9	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	938	2018-19	MIN	77	15.8	12.2	6.1	1.8	0.5	0.9	4.5	8.5	52.7	0.9	1.9	46.7	2.4	2.9	82.4	62.7	1.6	4.5	1.3	1,219	472	141	35	68	101	149	-7
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	936	2018-19	MIL	72	16.2	13.0	6.1	3.0	0.6	0.5	4.8	8.3	58.1	0.2	1.1	21.3	3.1	4.1	75.1	64.1	0.9	5.2	1.9	1,170	438	213	41	39	140	149	+244
11	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	936	2018-19	GSW	78	17.5	12.0	2.1	1.4	0.7	0.4	4.7	9.9	48.0	1.7	4.1	40.4	0.9	1.1	80.0	58.0	0.3	1.8	0.8	1,365	164	111	52	29	65	102	+172
12	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	928	2018-19	SAS	81	17.1	11.5	4.7	1.3	0.3	0.6	4.8	9.3	51.0	0.0	0.3	16.7	1.9	2.2	85.9	55.6	1.4	3.3	0.9	1,389	383	106	21	49	72	101	+56
13	Tobias Harris T. Harris	923	2018-19	TOT	82	16.9	11.3	4.0	1.4	0.4	0.1	4.4	8.6	51.1	1.2	2.7	43.4	1.3	1.5	85.7	60.7	0.5	3.5	0.9	1,390	326	118	30	11	73	104	+13
14	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	911	2018-19	ORL	80	15.7	11.4	6.1	2.1	0.6	0.5	4.9	9.0	54.2	0.6	1.4	45.1	1.0	1.3	77.2	59.5	1.4	4.7	1.0	1,260	485	170	45	39	76	64	+163
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	895	2018-19	DEN	80	15.9	11.2	5.4	4.0	0.7	0.4	4.4	8.1	54.3	0.6	1.6	34.9	1.9	2.2	83.7	61.7	1.4	4.0	1.6	1,268	434	317	57	28	128	121	+134
16	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	889	2018-19	POR	80	17.1	11.1	2.7	3.9	0.7	0.3	3.9	8.6	45.0	1.2	3.4	35.7	2.2	2.3	92.0	57.6	0.5	2.2	1.4	1,368	213	315	52	21	109	72	+334
17	Buddy Hield B. Hield	857	2018-19	SAC	82	15.7	10.5	2.7	1.4	0.3	0.2	4.0	8.6	46.3	1.7	3.9	43.1	0.8	0.9	88.0	57.9	0.8	1.9	1.0	1,291	219	114	25	15	80	91	-89
18	Devin Booker D. Booker	843	2018-19	PHX	64	17.8	13.2	2.0	3.4	0.5	0.1	4.5	9.7	46.2	1.1	3.3	34.0	3.1	3.5	88.4	58.6	0.2	1.8	2.2	1,138	129	217	32	5	139	108	-171
19	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	832	2018-19	UTA	77	17.2	10.8	2.0	2.1	0.7	0.2	4.1	9.3	44.1	1.2	3.0	38.4	1.5	1.8	80.7	53.6	0.4	1.6	1.4	1,323	152	164	51	13	108	106	+162
20	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	826	2018-19	BKN	81	15.1	10.2	2.2	3.5	0.7	0.1	4.0	9.5	41.8	1.3	3.6	36.5	1.0	1.2	78.2	51.0	0.4	1.8	1.7	1,225	181	285	53	10	139	77	+52
21	Julius Randle J. Randle	822	2018-19	NOP	73	15.4	11.3	4.2	1.7	0.3	0.3	4.1	8.0	51.5	0.5	1.6	30.7	2.6	3.3	77.3	59.7	1.0	3.2	1.5	1,124	309	123	25	20	110	123	-94
22	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	797	2018-19	SAS	77	17.9	10.4	3.0	3.2	0.5	0.3	4.0	8.6	46.6	0.0	0.2	11.1	2.3	2.8	83.5	52.7	0.4	2.7	1.4	1,379	234	250	40	25	109	88	+3
23	Anthony Davis A. Davis	789	2018-19	NOP	56	17.0	14.1	5.9	2.1	0.9	1.4	5.3	9.8	54.3	0.4	0.9	43.4	3.0	3.8	79.4	61.3	1.6	4.3	1.3	954	333	115	51	77	71	70	-32
24	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	783	2018-19	TOR	60	17.1	13.1	3.5	1.8	1.0	0.2	4.8	9.4	51.2	1.0	2.4	40.4	2.5	2.8	88.1	61.5	0.5	3.0	0.9	1,027	212	106	61	12	54	41	+196
25	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	783	2018-19	BOS	67	17.0	11.7	2.6	3.5	0.8	0.2	4.6	9.0	50.9	1.3	3.0	41.2	1.3	1.5	85.0	60.5	0.4	2.3	1.3	1,138	176	237	55	15	88	78	+101