most 30 point games in a single season by one player in last 40 years

Between May 7, 1985 and May 7, 2025, Michael Jordan has the most games with 30+ points in a season, with 67 games in 1986-87.

Interpreted as:

most 30 or more point games in a single season by one player in last 40 years

	NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	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	67	2,693	1986-87	CHI	40.6	40.2	5.3	4.5	2.9	1.6	14.4	29.1	49.7	0.1	0.9	17.2	11.2	12.9	86.6	57.8	2.2	3.1	3.3	2,721	358	301	197	105	221	192
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	59	2,296	1987-88	CHI	40.7	38.9	5.7	5.9	3.4	1.7	14.5	26.2	55.3	0.1	0.7	11.9	9.8	11.6	84.9	62.2	1.9	3.8	2.9	2,402	335	350	200	98	174	200
3	James Harden J. Harden	57	2,302	2018-19	HOU	37.8	40.4	7.1	7.6	2.1	0.8	11.9	26.1	45.6	5.5	14.1	38.6	11.1	12.5	89.2	63.9	1.0	6.1	5.2	2,155	405	436	119	45	294	176	+334
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	56	2,257	2005-06	LAL	41.6	40.3	5.6	4.3	1.8	0.3	13.7	29.2	47.0	2.7	7.0	37.8	10.2	11.9	85.6	58.5	1.0	4.6	3.1	2,331	314	242	98	19	175	178	+311
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	52	1,858	1990-91	CHI	38.0	35.7	6.1	5.4	3.1	1.1	13.6	24.7	55.2	0.3	1.1	25.4	8.2	9.6	85.4	61.9	1.5	4.5	2.6	1,978	315	279	159	57	133	149
6	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	51	1,729	2023-24	OKC	34.9	33.9	6.1	6.3	2.2	1.0	12.0	21.3	56.2	1.4	3.5	39.0	8.6	9.9	86.8	66.1	0.9	5.1	2.2	1,782	309	319	110	50	112	129	+525
7	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	51	1,862	2002-03	ORL	40.9	36.5	7.2	5.7	1.7	0.7	12.5	26.2	47.8	2.7	6.6	41.3	8.7	10.8	80.7	59.0	1.8	5.4	2.7	2,087	367	292	89	35	140	115	+210
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	51	2,013	1989-90	CHI	40.5	39.5	7.4	6.1	2.8	0.7	14.7	27.1	54.2	1.2	3.2	38.7	8.9	10.3	86.3	62.4	1.9	5.5	2.9	2,065	378	310	143	34	150	149
9	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	50	1,883	2023-24	DAL	38.1	37.7	9.5	9.8	1.5	0.6	13.0	25.1	51.8	4.5	10.9	41.2	7.2	9.0	79.6	64.8	0.9	8.6	3.9	1,903	475	488	75	30	195	109	+169
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	50	1,866	1988-89	CHI	40.9	37.3	8.6	7.5	3.1	0.7	13.6	24.1	56.4	0.4	1.4	29.0	9.8	11.4	85.6	64.1	1.9	6.6	3.4	2,047	429	377	155	34	171	156
11	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	49	1,795	2024-25	OKC	35.1	36.6	5.2	6.2	1.8	1.1	12.8	23.5	54.6	2.5	6.1	41.5	8.4	9.6	88.2	66.1	0.8	4.4	2.3	1,718	254	306	90	52	113	118	+692
12	LeBron James L. James	49	1,793	2005-06	CLE	43.8	36.6	7.1	6.6	1.8	0.9	13.0	25.0	52.0	2.0	5.4	36.8	8.6	11.3	76.3	61.1	1.1	6.0	3.2	2,146	346	321	86	42	158	120	+238
13	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	49	1,836	2005-06	PHI	44.3	37.5	3.6	7.3	2.1	0.1	12.8	26.9	47.7	1.2	3.3	34.8	10.7	13.0	82.1	57.5	0.7	2.9	3.2	2,173	177	356	102	6	155	78	+32
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	48	1,737	1995-96	CHI	39.6	36.2	7.5	4.2	2.1	0.6	13.3	25.0	53.1	1.8	3.7	48.9	7.8	9.2	85.2	62.3	2.0	5.5	2.4	1,903	361	203	101	31	116	115
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	47	1,739	2013-14	OKC	40.2	37.0	7.9	5.5	1.5	0.7	12.1	23.2	52.3	2.8	6.8	41.4	9.9	11.5	86.2	65.5	0.9	7.0	3.5	1,891	370	259	69	35	166	101	+304
16	Kevin Durant K. Durant	47	1,621	2009-10	OKC	40.5	34.5	7.9	2.8	1.3	0.9	11.1	21.3	51.9	1.8	4.1	43.6	10.6	11.5	91.5	65.3	1.2	6.7	3.4	1,905	371	132	63	43	158	107	+326
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	46	1,770	1992-93	CHI	40.7	38.5	6.5	5.2	2.9	0.8	14.9	28.1	53.2	1.3	3.3	38.3	7.3	8.8	82.8	60.2	1.6	4.9	2.8	1,873	298	240	133	36	128	117
18	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	46	1,616	1985-86	UTA	37.7	35.1	5.1	3.7	1.0	0.0	12.7	21.3	59.6	0.0	0.2	12.5	9.7	12.0	80.8	66.0	2.2	2.9	3.1	1,734	234	170	44	2	141	133
19	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	45	1,584	2022-23	OKC	36.4	35.2	5.0	5.6	1.7	1.1	11.6	21.5	53.9	0.9	2.3	39.0	11.1	12.1	91.9	65.7	0.8	4.1	2.8	1,639	223	253	76	50	127	126	+149
20	Karl Malone K. Malone	45	1,663	1989-90	UTA	39.7	37.0	12.3	3.0	1.3	0.7	13.3	22.0	60.7	0.3	0.6	48.0	10.0	12.8	78.0	66.9	3.3	9.0	3.4	1,785	554	133	57	30	153	144
21	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	44	1,653	2022-23	PHI	35.4	37.6	10.1	4.2	1.1	1.8	12.6	21.6	58.4	1.2	3.1	38.7	11.1	13.0	85.5	68.7	2.0	8.2	3.5	1,558	446	186	48	81	153	136	+351
22	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	44	1,648	2022-23	DAL	37.7	37.5	9.2	8.6	1.5	0.5	12.6	23.9	52.9	3.1	8.5	36.2	9.1	12.0	75.8	64.2	1.0	8.2	3.8	1,661	405	378	68	23	165	127	+190
23	James Harden J. Harden	44	1,780	2019-20	HOU	37.5	40.5	7.0	7.8	1.8	0.9	11.8	24.8	47.4	5.4	13.7	39.2	11.6	13.4	86.1	65.9	1.1	6.0	4.7	1,650	310	341	81	40	206	139	+388
24	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	44	1,717	2016-17	OKC	36.7	39.0	10.9	10.0	1.7	0.3	12.7	27.5	46.1	3.1	8.2	38.2	10.5	12.5	84.5	59.2	1.7	9.2	5.6	1,613	481	442	74	13	247	99	+195
25	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	44	1,554	2000-01	DET	41.5	35.3	4.3	5.2	1.3	0.7	11.3	25.5	44.2	2.6	6.4	40.2	10.2	12.1	84.1	57.2	1.2	3.1	4.3	1,826	190	227	56	29	191	92	+117