How to unlink all posts from tracking same amount of views

Use this in the loop:

getPostViews(get_the_ID());

instead of:

bac_PostViews(get_the_ID());

So your loop should be like this:

<?php $catquery = new WP_Query(array(
          'meta_key' => 'post_views_count',
          'orderby' => 'meta_value_num',
          'posts_per_page' => 5,
          'cat' => '52',

        )); ?>

      <ol class="topheadlines">
      <?php while($catquery->have_posts()) : $catquery->the_post(); ?>
        <!-- display view count --> 
        <?php if(function_exists('getPostViews')) {
            echo getPostViews(get_the_ID());
        }?>
      <div class="row">
        <div class="col-9" style="padding:0px 0px 0px 5px;">
          <li class="topheadlines-text"><a href="https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/364698/<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
        </div>
        <div class="col-3 topheadline-thumb" style="padding:0px 5px 0px 5px;">
          <?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID, 'large' ); ?>
        </div>
      </div>

      <?php endwhile;
          wp_reset_postdata();
      ?>

And in single.php you must call bac_PostViews function:

<?php
/**
 * The template for displaying all single posts
 *
 * @package understrap
 */

// Exit if accessed directly.
defined( 'ABSPATH' ) || exit;

get_header();
$container = get_theme_mod( 'understrap_container_type' );
?>


  <div class="row" style="margin:0;">
    <div class="col-md-9 single-bg" style="padding:0;">
        <div class="container-fluid">
            <div class="single-wrap">

                <h5 class="single-date">
                    <?php echo get_the_date(); ?>
                </h5>

                <h2 class="single-title">
                    <?php the_title(); ?>
                </h2>

                <h3 class="single-sub-title">
                    <?php echo the_field('mt_post_subtitle'); ?>
                </h3>

                <?php if (have_posts()) : while (have_posts()) : the_post(); ?>
                <div class="single-thumb">

        <?php if(function_exists('bac_PostViews')) {
            echo bac_PostViews(get_the_ID());
        }?>

        <?php $category = get_the_category();
          $firstCategory = $category[0]->cat_name;
        ?>

        <?php if($firstCategory != 'Daily (Email)') { ?>
             <?php echo get_the_post_thumbnail( $post->ID, 'large' );

          }
        ?>

                </div>

                <div class="single-content">
                    <?php the_content(); ?>
                </div>

                  <?php
                    $author_id = get_the_author_meta('ID');
                    $author_badge = get_field('author_badge', 'user_'. $author_id );
                    ?>

                <div class="author-wrap clearfix">
                    <div class="author-pic">
                        <a href="https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/364698/<?php echo esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta("ID' ) ) ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_the_author() ); ?>">
                        <?php echo get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( 'ID' ) , 50 ); ?>
                    </a>
                    </div>
                    <h5 class="author-name">
                        <a href="https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions/364698/<?php echo esc_url( get_author_posts_url( get_the_author_meta("ID' ) ) ); ?>" title="<?php echo esc_attr( get_the_author() ); ?>">
                        <?php the_author(); ?><br><span class="author-title"><?php the_field('title', 'user_'. $author_id ); ?>, The Hustle</span>
                    </a>
                    </h5>
                </div><!-- end author wrap -->



                <?php endwhile; ?>
                <?php endif; ?>

                <?php $category = get_the_category();
                    $firstCategory = $category[0]->cat_name;
                ?>


                <?php if($firstCategory == 'Daily (Email)') { ?>
                    <a href="http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/daily">
                        <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary single-read-more"><?php echo $button_text; ?>Related Posts</button>
                    </a>
                    <?php
                    }
                ?>
                <?php if($firstCategory == 'Stories') { ?>
                    <a href="http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/stories">
                        <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary single-read-more"><?php echo $button_text; ?>Related Posts</button>
                    </a>
                    <?php
                    }
                ?>

                <?php if($firstCategory == 'Blog') { ?>
                    <a href="http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/blog">
                        <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary single-read-more"><?php echo $button_text; ?>Related Posts</button>
                    </a>
                    <?php
                    }
                ?>

                <?php if($firstCategory == 'Episodes') { ?>
                    <a href="https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/">
                        <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary single-read-more"><?php echo $button_text; ?>Related Posts</button>
                    </a>
                    <?php
                    }
                ?>
                <?php if($firstCategory == '') { ?>
                    <a href="https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/">
                        <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary single-read-more"><?php echo $button_text; ?>Related Posts</button>
                    </a>
                    <?php
                    }
                ?>
                <?php if($firstCategory == 'Uncategorized') { ?>
                    <a href="https://wordpress.stackexchange.com/">
                        <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary single-read-more"><?php echo $button_text; ?>Related Posts</button>
                    </a>
                    <?php
                    }
                ?>
        <?php if($firstCategory == 'Brief') { ?>
          <a href="http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/series/brief">
            <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary single-read-more"><?php echo $button_text; ?>Related Posts</button>
          </a>
          <?php
          }
        ?>

            <div class="recent-wrap">
                <h4 class="featured-headlines">
                  Recent Posts
                </h4>
                <?php echo do_shortcode('[recent_post_carousel design="design-1" category="52,6"]'); ?>

            </div><!-- end recent wrap -->

            </div><!-- end singlewrap -->

        </div><!-- end container fluid -->
    </div><!-- end col 9 -->
    <div class="col-md-3" style="padding:0; margin:0;">
      <?php include get_template_directory() . '/inc/page-sidebar.php'; ?>
    </div><!-- end col 3 sidebar -->
  </div> <!-- end master row -->


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