most 40 or more point games by a player 1987

Michael Jordan had the most games in 1986-87 with 40+ points, with 37 games.

Regular season

	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	37	1,690	1986-87	CHI	41.4	45.7	5.5	4.2	3.0	1.7	16.4	31.2	52.5	0.1	0.8	12.9	12.8	14.5	88.3	60.7	2.3	3.2	3.4	1,531	204	156	111	64	124	108
2	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	9	418	1986-87	ATL	41.1	46.4	8.1	3.6	2.4	1.2	16.4	28.6	57.6	0.2	1.1	20.0	13.3	15.4	86.3	65.7	3.6	4.6	3.1	370	73	32	22	11	28	18
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	6	253	1986-87	BOS	42.8	42.2	9.3	7.7	2.7	1.0	17.0	28.7	59.3	1.7	3.8	43.5	6.5	7.3	88.6	66.1	2.7	6.7	2.7	257	56	46	16	6	16	15
4	Alex English A. English	6	258	1986-87	DEN	42.2	43.0	3.8	6.5	0.7	0.7	17.5	25.8	67.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	8.0	8.7	92.3	72.5	1.3	2.5	2.8	253	23	39	4	4	17	17
5	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	4	161	1986-87	SEA	43.5	40.3	7.3	4.3	0.8	0.8	14.5	23.3	62.4	0.5	2.5	20.0	10.8	11.8	91.5	70.8	2.0	5.3	2.5	174	29	17	3	3	10	12
6	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	3	124	1986-87	DAL	36.7	41.3	6.3	4.3	1.7	0.3	15.7	27.0	58.0	2.3	6.3	36.8	7.7	9.7	79.3	66.1	2.7	3.7	2.3	110	19	13	5	1	7	11
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	3	128	1986-87	LAL	43.3	42.7	9.0	7.7	1.3	0.7	14.7	29.3	50.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	13.3	15.3	87.0	59.1	2.7	6.3	4.0	130	27	23	4	2	12	8
8	Gerald Wilkins G. Wilkins	2	84	1986-87	NYK	45.5	42.0	5.0	2.0	4.5	0.0	17.0	29.0	58.6	2.0	3.5	57.1	6.0	8.0	75.0	64.6	4.0	1.0	5.5	91	10	4	9	0	11	5
9	Moses Malone M. Malone	2	91	1986-87	WAS	39.0	45.5	16.0	0.5	1.5	1.5	15.5	29.0	53.4	0.0	0.0		14.5	14.5	100.0	64.3	8.5	7.5	1.0	78	32	1	3	3	2	5
10	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	2	81	1986-87	PHI	45.0	40.5	16.5	5.5	2.0	1.5	15.0	23.5	63.8	1.0	2.5	40.0	9.5	14.0	67.9	68.3	5.5	11.0	5.5	90	33	11	4	3	11	7
11	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	2	88	1986-87	POR	44.0	44.0	2.5	2.5	0.0	0.5	18.0	29.0	62.1	0.0	0.5	0.0	8.0	9.5	84.2	66.3	0.5	2.0	1.0	88	5	5	0	1	2	3
12	John Long J. Long	2	86	1986-87	IND	41.0	43.0	4.5	5.0	3.0	0.0	15.5	28.5	54.4	1.5	1.5	100.0	10.5	10.5	100.0	64.9	2.5	2.0	3.0	82	9	10	6	0	6	6
13	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	1	40	1986-87	SEA	48.0	40.0	9.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	14.0	26.0	53.8	0.0	0.0		12.0	16.0	75.0	60.5	5.0	4.0	2.0	48	9	3	2	0	2	3
14	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	1	42	1986-87	SEA	50.0	42.0	13.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	14.0	27.0	51.9	3.0	3.0	100.0	11.0	12.0	91.7	65.1	5.0	8.0	6.0	50	13	2	2	2	6	2
15	Jeff Malone J. Malone	1	48	1986-87	WAS	45.0	48.0	4.0	7.0	1.0	1.0	17.0	27.0	63.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	15.0	93.3	71.4	1.0	3.0	4.0	45	4	7	1	1	4	1
16	Chuck Person C. Person	1	42	1986-87	IND	38.0	42.0	9.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	18.0	23.0	78.3	6.0	6.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		91.3	0.0	9.0	2.0	38	9	2	2	0	2	4
17	Ron Harper R. Harper	1	40	1986-87	CLE	46.0	40.0	6.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	15.0	21.0	71.4	2.0	3.0	66.7	8.0	11.0	72.7	77.4	2.0	4.0	4.0	46	6	9	1	1	4	6
18	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	1	43	1986-87	GSW	55.0	43.0	24.0	6.0	3.0	4.0	15.0	37.0	40.5	0.0	0.0		13.0	18.0	72.2	47.9	10.0	14.0	2.0	55	24	6	3	4	2	4
19	Walter Davis W. Davis	1	45	1986-87	PHX	37.0	45.0	4.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	18.0	32.0	56.3	0.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	12.0	75.0	60.4	2.0	2.0	5.0	37	4	7	2	0	5	4
20	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	1	41	1986-87	DAL	41.0	41.0	4.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	18.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		17.0	19.0	89.5	77.8	1.0	3.0	2.0	41	4	6	0	0	2	1
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1	44	1986-87	HOU	42.0	44.0	14.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	19.0	27.0	70.4	0.0	0.0		6.0	8.0	75.0	72.1	3.0	11.0	4.0	42	14	2	3	3	4	4
22	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	1	43	1986-87	NYK	41.0	43.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	16.0	20.0	80.0	0.0	0.0		11.0	13.0	84.6	83.6	2.0	4.0	6.0	41	6	2	0	3	6	4
23	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	1	41	1986-87	GSW	43.0	41.0	5.0	10.0	3.0	0.0	13.0	17.0	76.5	3.0	4.0	75.0	12.0	14.0	85.7	88.5	2.0	3.0	3.0	43	5	10	3	0	3	5
24	Steve Johnson S. Johnson	1	40	1986-87	POR	35.0	40.0	10.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	17.0	70.6	0.0	0.0		16.0	17.0	94.1	81.7	2.0	8.0	4.0	35	10	1	0	0	4	6
25	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	1	41	1986-87	DET	48.0	41.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	17.0	27.0	63.0	0.0	0.0		7.0	8.0	87.5	67.2	4.0	4.0	2.0	48	8	1	0	0	2	4

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Team Leaders

PPG

17.0

Giddey

RPG

9.0

Vučević

APG

9.1

Giddey

Team Rankings

ORTG

113.0

23rd

DRTG

118.1

22nd

NETRTG

-5.1

22nd

3P%

35.6

19th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers	19	63	.232	41.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	CHI	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Fri 10/23	CHI	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/24	WAS	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	NYK	@	CHI	8:00 PM

Last Game

Bulls

31 - 51

128

Final

149

Mavericks

26 - 56

Sun 12 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0