every nba player to have 40 points in a single game ever starting in 1980

Larry Kenon started once with 40+ points against the Pistons on March 30, 1980.

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1Larry Kenon
L. Kenon
3/30/1980
1
51
vs
36
7
1
0
0
23
32
71.9
0
0
5
6
83.3
73.6
4
2Alex English
A. English
3/20/1980
1
40
@
39
14
2
2
0
17
27
63.0
1
1
100.0
5
6
83.3
67.5
6
8
5
5
3Julius Erving
J. Erving
3/16/1980
1
41
@
42
11
3
2
1
19
28
67.9
0
0
3
3
100.0
69.9
4
7
4
1
4Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
3/16/1980
1
43
vs
48
13
1
17
25
68.0
0
9
12
75.0
71.0
2
5World B. Free
W. B. Free
3/15/1980
1
44
vs
40
6
3
2
0
16
28
57.1
0
1
0.0
12
13
92.3
65.2
4
2
0
3
6Julius Erving
J. Erving
3/12/1980
1
40
vs
38
8
5
1
17
25
68.0
1
5
5
100.0
73.5
1
7George Gervin
G. Gervin
3/11/1980
1
41
@
39
6
0
2
1
16
30
53.3
0
0
9
10
90.0
59.6
1
8George Gervin
G. Gervin
3/7/1980
1
40
vs
42
5
4
2
0
15
32
46.9
2
5
40.0
8
12
66.7
53.6
2
9Larry Bird
L. Bird
3/2/1980
1
41
vs
44
13
7
0
1
17
29
58.6
4
7
57.1
3
3
100.0
67.6
6
7
3
4
10Mike Newlin
M. Newlin
2/29/1980
1
40
@
13
0
14
17
82.4
11World B. Free
W. B. Free
2/27/1980
1
42
@
45
8
7
1
0
16
27
59.3
0
1
0.0
10
12
83.3
65.1
4
4
12George Gervin
G. Gervin
2/24/1980
1
41
@
38
4
1
2
1
16
27
59.3
0
0
9
9
100.0
66.2
5
13Paul Westphal
P. Westphal
2/21/1980
1
49
@
39
2
2
1
1
18
30
60.0
2
2
100.0
11
12
91.7
69.4
0
2
3
0
14Mike Mitchell
M. Mitchell
2/13/1980
1
40
@
43
7
1
0
3
17
28
60.7
0
0
6
10
60.0
61.7
5
2
1
3
15Larry Bird
L. Bird
2/13/1980
1
45
@
43
13
3
2
0
19
32
59.4
3
5
60.0
4
4
100.0
66.6
5
8
5
4
16George Gervin
G. Gervin
2/12/1980
1
41
vs
41
2
1
1
1
15
25
60.0
3
5
60.0
8
8
100.0
71.9
3
4
17Mike Mitchell
M. Mitchell
2/8/1980
1
46
@
43
14
0
2
0
20
36
55.6
0
0
6
7
85.7
58.9
8
6
2
4
18Mike Newlin
M. Newlin
2/8/1980
1
40
vs
48
5
8
5
0
15
32
46.9
1
4
25.0
9
10
90.0
54.9
4
1
2
2
19Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
2/5/1980
1
47
vs
44
8
4
1
0
15
23
65.2
0
0
17
17
100.0
77.1
3
5
4
1
20Dan Issel
D. Issel
1/31/1980
1
47
vs
41
8
2
4
2
14
24
58.3
0
0
19
23
82.6
68.9
4
4
1
4
21Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1/29/1980
1
42
@
60
17
7
1
8
18
35
51.4
0
0
6
8
75.0
54.5
2
15
8
6
22Otis Birdsong
O. Birdsong
1/29/1980
1
49
@
40
4
3
3
1
20
25
80.0
0
0
9
15
60.0
77.5
1
3
2
3
23Billy Knight
B. Knight
1/25/1980
1
44
vs
43
13
7
4
1
20
29
69.0
0
1
0.0
4
6
66.7
69.5
3
2
24George Gervin
G. Gervin
1/23/1980
1
55
@
39
5
5
0
1
21
32
65.6
1
2
50.0
12
15
80.0
71.2
0
25Freeman Williams
F. Williams
1/19/1980
1
51
@
44
4
3
2
1
22
34
64.7
2
4
50.0
5
6
83.3
69.6
3
1
5
1
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