all players who have scored 40 points in a game before 2000

Glen Rice dropped 40 points against the Trail Blazers on May 5, 1999.

Interpreted as:

all players who have scored 40 or more points in a regular-season game before 2000

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Glen Rice G. Rice	5/5/1999	40	LAL	vs	POR	38	5	3	0	0	14	20	70.0	8	10	80.0	4	4	100.0	91.9	0	5	0	2	+31
2	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	5/5/1999	41	NJN	vs	MIL	46	2	11	0	0	13	24	54.2	4	10	40.0	11	14	78.6	68.0	1	1	1	1	+17
3	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	4/30/1999	40	ORL	vs	NJN	40	9	6	0	0	14	19	73.7	3	5	60.0	9	12	75.0	82.4	5	4	2	1	+20
4	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	4/5/1999	41	DEN	@	LAL	45	8	9	0	0	14	26	53.8	2	9	22.2	11	13	84.6	64.6	0	8	2	3	-11
5	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	3/19/1999	41	PHI	vs	LAL	44	5	10	2	0	17	36	47.2	3	8	37.5	4	6	66.7	53.1	2	3	3	1	+19
6	Antonio McDyess A. McDyess	2/28/1999	46	DEN	vs	VAN	41	19	1	1	4	16	25	64.0	0	0		14	18	77.8	69.9	8	11	3	4	+2
7	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	2/17/1999	40	MIN	vs	HOU	40	4	12	2	0	16	24	66.7	0	1	0.0	8	11	72.7	69.3	0	4	0	1	+24
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2/12/1999	46	PHI	vs	SAS	40	7	6	1	0	14	26	53.8	3	6	50.0	15	17	88.2	68.7	2	5	3	3	-4
9	Grant Hill G. Hill	2/8/1999	46	DET	vs	WAS	43	7	7	2	2	14	21	66.7	0	0		18	22	81.8	75.0	2	5	4	4	+17
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/18/1998	44	CHI	vs	NYK	40	3	3	1	0	11	24	45.8	0	0		22	24	91.7	63.7	0	3	1	1	-6
11	Ray Allen R. Allen	4/18/1998	40	MIL	vs	MIN	45	10	4	3	0	15	27	55.6	6	10	60.0	4	6	66.7	67.5	5	5	5	0	0
12	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	4/17/1998	43	LAL	vs	DAL	33	5	0	0	4	18	22	81.8	0	0		7	13	53.8	77.6	1	4	2	1	+32
13	Karl Malone K. Malone	4/14/1998	44	UTA	vs	MIN	36	14	6	0	2	14	28	50.0	0	0		16	19	84.2	60.5	2	12	5	5	+19
14	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	4/10/1998	43	PHI	@	MIN	44	4	2	1	0	15	26	57.7	1	4	25.0	12	14	85.7	66.9	2	2	2	3	-3
15	Antoine Walker A. Walker	4/8/1998	43	BOS	vs	NJN	43	4	4	2	0	18	26	69.2	5	7	71.4	2	6	33.3	75.1	4	0	0	5	-10
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	4/7/1998	56	UTA	@	GSW	42	9	2	1	4	18	29	62.1	1	1	100.0	19	23	82.6	71.6	2	7	3	2	+1
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/5/1998	40	CHI	@	HOU	37	4	3	3	0	18	31	58.1	0	0		4	4	100.0	61.1	2	2	2	3	+15
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/3/1998	41	CHI	vs	MIN	38	6	4	1	0	16	25	64.0	2	6	33.3	7	8	87.5	71.9	3	3	0	1	+19
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	4/2/1998	50	LAL	@	NJN	42	9	2	1	1	18	26	69.2	0	0		14	20	70.0	71.8	3	6	5	4	+15
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3/8/1998	42	CHI	@	NYK	43	8	6	3	1	17	33	51.5	1	2	50.0	7	9	77.8	56.8	3	5	2	1	+5
21	Karl Malone K. Malone	3/7/1998	40	UTA	@	MIL	42	8	5	3	1	11	19	57.9	0	0		18	19	94.7	73.1	0	8	6	4	+23
22	Corliss Williamson C. Williamson	3/4/1998	40	SAC	vs	DET	40	5	5	0	1	16	23	69.6	0	0		8	9	88.9	74.2	2	3	2	2	+25
23	Glen Rice G. Rice	2/13/1998	40	CHA	vs	PHI	47	3	4	0	0	14	27	51.9	4	9	44.4	8	8	100.0	65.5	2	1	1	0	+11
24	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2/13/1998	44	LAL	vs	SEA	41	12	2	3	3	19	29	65.5	0	0		6	12	50.0	64.2	5	7	5	5	+6
25	Tracy Murray T. Murray	2/10/1998	50	WAS	@	GSW	43	8	0	2	0	18	29	62.1	5	10	50.0	9	10	90.0	74.9	2	6	2	3	+25