how many nba players have scored 40 points in a game this season

CJ McCollum dropped 46 points versus the Hawks yesterday.

Interpreted as:

How many NBA players have scored 40 or more points in a regular-season game this season?

	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	CJ McCollum	11/25/2025	46	WAS	vs	ATL	37	5	4	1	0	17	25	68.0	10	13	76.9	2	4	50.0	85.9	0	5	2	1	+19
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	11/25/2025	43	LAL	vs	LAC	38	9	13	1	1	14	28	50.0	7	12	58.3	8	11	72.7	65.5	2	7	3	4	+9
3	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	11/24/2025	43	MIN	@	SAC	40	7	4	3	1	16	29	55.2	5	11	45.5	6	8	75.0	66.1	1	6	3	1	-12
4	James Harden J. Harden	11/22/2025	55	LAC	@	CHA	35	3	7	1	0	17	26	65.4	10	16	62.5	11	14	78.6	85.5	1	2	2	1	+22
5	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	11/22/2025	44	DEN	vs	SAC	37	13	7	0	0	16	28	57.1	3	6	50.0	9	10	90.0	67.9	7	6	2	4	+2
6	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	11/21/2025	41	MIN	@	PHX	40	5	4	4	1	14	24	58.3	5	11	45.5	8	12	66.7	70.0	0	5	5	4	-3
7	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	11/20/2025	54	PHI	@	MIL	47	5	9	3	3	18	30	60.0	6	15	40.0	12	14	85.7	74.7	0	5	5	3	+18
8	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	11/16/2025	47	UTA	vs	CHI	46	7	2	2	2	15	33	45.5	6	17	35.3	11	13	84.6	60.7	2	5	1	3	+4
9	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	11/15/2025	41	LAL	@	MIL	38	9	6	1	2	9	19	47.4	5	11	45.5	18	20	90.0	73.7	1	8	3	1	+25
10	James Harden J. Harden	11/14/2025	41	LAC	@	DAL	51	14	11	1	2	13	25	52.0	6	12	50.0	9	11	81.8	68.7	2	12	3	3	+8
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	11/14/2025	49	GSW	@	SAS	36	4	2	2	0	16	26	61.5	9	17	52.9	8	8	100.0	83.0	0	4	3	2	+9
12	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	11/13/2025	40	UTA	vs	ATL	36	7	2	1	0	15	25	60.0	6	12	50.0	4	4	100.0	74.7	4	3	4	3	+4
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	11/12/2025	46	GSW	@	SAS	34	5	5	2	0	13	25	52.0	5	16	31.3	15	16	93.8	71.8	0	5	1	2	+5
14	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	11/12/2025	55	DEN	@	LAC	34	12	6	1	1	18	23	78.3	5	6	83.3	14	16	87.5	91.5	2	10	2	1	+28
15	CJ McCollum	11/10/2025	42	WAS	@	DET	43	6	4	1	0	14	25	56.0	5	10	50.0	9	11	81.8	70.4	1	5	4	3	+9
16	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	11/10/2025	46	DET	vs	WAS	45	12	11	5	2	14	45	31.1	2	11	18.2	16	18	88.9	43.5	5	7	2	4	+10
17	Grayson Allen G. Allen	11/10/2025	42	PHX	vs	NOP	28	2	4	3	0	12	17	70.6	10	15	66.7	8	10	80.0	98.1	1	1	1	0	+22
18	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	11/8/2025	41	NOP	@	SAS	38	9	3	1	0	15	22	68.2	5	11	45.5	6	6	100.0	83.2	3	6	1	1	-14
19	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	11/7/2025	41	MIL	vs	CHI	37	15	9	2	2	16	32	50.0	1	3	33.3	8	11	72.7	55.6	4	11	4	1	+16
20	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	11/5/2025	46	CLE	vs	PHI	35	4	8	1	0	15	21	71.4	6	11	54.5	10	10	100.0	90.6	0	4	2	0	+17
21	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	10/31/2025	44	LAL	@	MEM	39	12	6	0	0	14	27	51.9	6	15	40.0	10	13	76.9	67.2	1	11	5	3	-2
22	Jamal Murray J. Murray	10/27/2025	43	DEN	@	MIN	37	6	3	0	0	16	29	55.2	5	9	55.6	6	7	85.7	67.0	0	6	2	2	+30
23	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	10/27/2025	43	PHI	vs	ORL	42	4	8	1	0	15	32	46.9	4	11	36.4	9	10	90.0	59.1	0	4	1	1	+14
24	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	10/27/2025	51	UTA	vs	PHX	45	14	3	0	0	14	32	43.8	6	13	46.2	17	17	100.0	64.6	5	9	1	2	+26
25	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	10/27/2025	41	LAL	vs	POR	39	4	5	3	0	13	22	59.1	3	8	37.5	12	14	85.7	72.8	0	4	8	2	0