40 point games in the 1990s which was also the players only ever instance of scoring 40 or more in their careers

Michael Jordan played 88 games with 40+ points and more than 0 points between the 1989-90 and 1998-99 seasons.

Interpreted as:

40 or more point regular-season games in the 1990s which was also the players only ever instance of scoring 40 or more in their careers

	NAME	GP	PTS	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	88	3,939	41.1	44.8	6.5	4.7	2.5	0.9	17.0	29.3	57.8	1.1	2.7	40.4	9.7	11.4	85.0	65.1	1.7	4.8	2.4	3,614	573	416	223	75	211	235	+128
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	33	1,442	41.4	43.7	11.6	3.1	1.4	1.1	15.8	24.5	64.8	0.1	0.3	20.0	11.9	15.0	79.6	70.4	2.9	8.7	3.5	1,366	384	102	46	36	115	110	+94
3	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	2	96	59.0	48.0	6.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	16.5	31.0	53.2	5.0	9.0	55.6	10.0	11.5	87.0	66.6	2.5	3.5	4.0	118	12	1	2	1	8	5
4	Larry Bird L. Bird	10	437	43.4	43.7	10.1	8.4	1.5	1.0	16.7	27.7	60.3	1.5	3.6	41.7	8.8	9.2	95.7	68.8	1.2	8.9	3.3	434	101	84	15	10	33	22
5	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	24	1,028	41.2	42.8	13.5	2.3	0.9	3.5	17.0	26.6	64.0	0.0	0.1	50.0	8.7	10.8	80.7	68.3	3.8	9.7	3.4	988	324	56	22	84	81	92
6	Ricky Pierce R. Pierce	1	45	36.0	45.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	17.0	26.0	65.4	3.0	4.0	75.0	8.0	9.0	88.9	75.1	3.0	0.0	3.0	36	3	2	1	0	3	2
7	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	7	322	42.0	46.0	5.9	2.1	0.7	0.7	16.3	28.0	58.2	0.6	1.4	40.0	12.9	14.7	87.4	66.7	2.3	3.6	2.6	294	41	15	5	5	18	27
8	Wayman Tisdale W. Tisdale	3	120	42.0	40.0	9.7	2.3	1.0	1.0	18.0	24.7	73.0	0.0	0.0		4.0	4.7	85.7	74.9	4.0	5.7	1.3	126	29	7	3	3	4	11
9	Chuck Person C. Person	2	83	41.0	41.5	5.5	3.0	0.5	1.0	15.5	25.5	60.8	2.5	4.0	62.5	8.0	9.0	88.9	70.4	4.0	1.5	2.5	82	11	6	1	2	5	4
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	27	1,161	43.2	43.0	12.5	3.7	1.8	3.2	16.4	27.4	60.0	0.1	0.3	25.0	10.0	12.2	82.1	65.6	3.1	9.4	3.7	1,167	338	101	48	87	99	95	+18
11	Derek Harper D. Harper	1	42	52.0	42.0	3.0	5.0	4.0	2.0	15.0	26.0	57.7	4.0	8.0	50.0	8.0	8.0	100.0	71.1	0.0	3.0	3.0	52	3	5	4	2	3	4
12	Terry Teagle T. Teagle	1	44	48.0	44.0	8.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	16.0	26.0	61.5	0.0	0.0		12.0	12.0	100.0	70.3	3.0	5.0	5.0	48	8	6	2	0	5	3
13	Bernard King B. King	12	550	42.6	45.8	7.0	4.6	1.8	0.3	17.8	31.6	56.5	0.3	0.8	30.0	9.9	12.3	81.0	62.0	2.6	4.4	4.0	511	84	55	22	4	48	39
14	Reggie Miller R. Miller	8	344	38.4	43.0	4.0	3.4	1.0	0.0	13.8	22.3	61.8	4.1	7.5	55.0	11.4	12.9	88.3	77.0	1.5	2.5	1.3	307	32	27	8	0	10	15	+8
15	Terry Catledge T. Catledge	1	49	41.0	49.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	29.0	62.1	0.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	15.0	86.7	68.8	6.0	3.0	2.0	41	9	1	0	0	2	1
16	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	2	92	38.0	46.0	8.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	16.5	30.0	55.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	13.0	15.0	86.7	62.8	1.5	6.5	1.0	76	16	2	3	0	2	9
17	Tony Campbell T. Campbell	1	44	48.0	44.0	14.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	15.0	28.0	53.6	0.0	0.0		14.0	16.0	87.5	62.8	5.0	9.0	1.0	48	14	2	2	1	1	2
18	Jeff Malone J. Malone	4	166	38.8	41.5	4.3	3.5	0.8	0.0	17.3	25.0	69.0	0.0	0.0		7.0	8.0	87.5	72.8	1.0	3.3	1.3	155	17	14	3	0	5	7
19	Randy Breuer R. Breuer	1	40	39.0	40.0	9.0	5.0	5.0	1.0	14.0	28.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		12.0	17.0	70.6	56.4	5.0	4.0	4.0	39	9	5	5	1	4	4
20	Rony Seikaly R. Seikaly	1	40	42.0	40.0	17.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	15.0	23.0	65.2	0.0	0.0		10.0	15.0	66.7	67.6	8.0	9.0	6.0	42	17	3	1	0	6	5
21	David Robinson D. Robinson	22	980	42.8	44.5	12.4	3.5	1.9	4.4	16.0	25.6	62.5	0.1	0.5	27.3	12.4	15.3	81.3	68.9	3.5	8.8	3.5	942	272	78	42	97	77	67
22	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	19	822	41.1	43.3	8.4	3.2	1.2	0.5	15.4	26.5	58.1	2.2	3.9	55.4	10.4	12.0	86.4	68.1	3.7	4.7	2.9	781	159	61	22	9	55	30
23	Charles Smith C. Smith	3	132	38.7	44.0	9.3	1.3	1.0	2.0	14.7	22.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		14.7	17.0	86.3	74.6	3.0	6.3	3.0	116	28	4	3	6	9	6
24	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	8	336	42.1	42.0	8.4	6.3	3.3	0.8	15.1	24.4	62.1	3.0	6.0	50.0	8.8	11.3	77.8	71.6	2.8	5.6	2.0	337	67	50	26	6	16	23	+29
25	Ledell Eackles L. Eackles	2	80	46.0	40.0	4.5	4.5	1.0	0.0	16.5	29.0	56.9	1.0	1.5	66.7	6.0	8.5	70.6	61.1	1.0	3.5	0.5	92	9	9	2	0	1	4