most 40 point game by an active point guard

Stephen Curry has the most games by an active point guard with 40+ points, with 71 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point regular-season game by an active point guard

	NAME	GP	PTS	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	Stephen Curry S. Curry	71	3,215	36.4	45.3	5.4	5.7	1.4	0.3	14.9	25.4	58.6	8.6	15.2	56.6	6.9	7.5	92.6	78.9	0.7	4.7	3.4	2,587	380	402	96	22	242	145	+841
2	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	60	2,713	39.3	45.2	4.9	7.3	1.2	0.3	14.1	25.3	55.7	6.5	12.9	50.2	10.6	11.5	92.6	74.5	0.6	4.3	2.6	2,356	293	438	71	20	156	115	+423
3	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	50	2,212	39.0	44.2	9.8	8.3	1.6	0.3	15.5	30.1	51.6	3.1	7.8	40.2	10.1	12.2	82.6	62.4	2.0	7.9	5.0	1,949	491	417	78	15	251	141	+74
4	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	46	2,050	38.8	44.6	9.6	9.2	1.6	0.4	15.2	26.5	57.2	4.9	10.6	46.2	9.3	11.8	79.1	70.3	0.9	8.7	3.9	1,785	442	423	75	19	178	126	+391
5	James Harden J. Harden	40	1,836	39.3	45.9	8.9	8.5	2.1	0.8	13.3	27.7	47.9	6.1	14.7	41.1	13.3	15.1	88.2	66.8	1.3	7.6	5.7	1,570	355	338	85	33	227	125	+304
6	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	36	1,615	39.4	44.9	4.6	5.6	1.8	0.5	15.9	26.9	59.4	5.7	10.0	56.5	7.3	8.0	91.0	73.8	0.8	3.9	2.7	1,418	166	203	65	19	97	96	+284
7	Trae Young T. Young	34	1,487	38.1	43.7	4.2	9.1	1.1	0.1	13.7	25.6	53.6	5.2	11.0	47.1	11.1	12.6	88.1	70.2	0.8	3.4	4.8	1,294	142	310	39	5	164	57	+156
8	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	18	808	38.6	44.9	4.9	6.4	1.1	0.2	15.8	28.4	55.8	4.1	8.7	47.1	9.1	10.6	85.9	67.9	1.2	3.7	2.6	694	88	115	19	4	47	28	+152
9	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	16	698	39.4	43.6	4.6	6.8	2.3	0.3	16.0	28.0	57.1	4.3	9.3	46.3	7.3	9.7	75.5	67.6	0.7	3.9	3.3	630	73	108	36	5	52	50	+7
10	Ja Morant J. Morant	9	401	35.6	44.6	5.3	6.7	1.3	0.7	15.7	25.4	61.6	3.2	5.0	64.4	10.0	12.3	81.1	72.2	1.2	4.1	3.3	321	48	60	12	6	30	19	+84
11	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	8	365	42.3	45.6	4.0	4.6	1.4	0.9	15.6	29.8	52.5	4.9	11.3	43.3	9.5	10.8	88.4	66.2	0.6	3.4	2.4	338	32	37	11	7	19	21	+72
12	Chris Paul C. Paul	8	333	41.5	41.6	5.4	11.0	4.3	0.0	14.8	24.9	59.3	4.0	7.9	50.8	8.1	8.8	92.9	72.5	1.1	4.3	2.5	332	43	88	34	0	20	20	+60
13	Dejounte Murray D. Murray	6	247	40.2	41.2	6.3	5.7	1.8	0.3	16.2	28.2	57.4	5.2	10.0	51.7	3.7	3.8	95.7	68.9	0.7	5.7	2.8	241	38	34	11	2	17	11	+37
14	Jamal Murray J. Murray	6	285	38.5	47.5	4.7	5.3	1.2	0.2	18.2	27.5	66.1	6.8	11.3	60.3	4.3	4.7	92.9	80.4	0.7	4.0	3.2	231	28	32	7	1	19	10	+91
15	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	6	260	37.8	43.3	4.0	7.7	2.0	0.7	16.2	28.8	56.1	7.2	13.8	51.8	3.8	4.7	82.1	70.1	0.8	3.2	2.7	227	24	46	12	4	16	13	+12
16	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	5	222	36.0	44.4	5.0	6.4	1.2	1.2	15.6	27.8	56.1	3.8	8.0	47.5	9.4	9.8	95.9	69.1	1.0	4.0	2.0	180	25	32	6	6	10	15	+61
17	Darius Garland D. Garland	5	219	40.1	43.8	2.6	8.4	2.4	0.2	14.8	25.0	59.2	5.2	9.2	56.5	9.0	10.8	83.3	73.6	0.8	1.8	3.6	201	13	42	12	1	18	11	+71
18	Terry Rozier T. Rozier	5	208	40.6	41.6	4.6	4.0	1.0	0.4	14.6	23.4	62.4	7.8	12.4	62.9	4.6	5.2	88.5	81.0	0.8	3.8	2.2	203	23	20	5	2	11	9	+6
19	Devin Booker D. Booker	5	238	39.2	47.6	5.4	7.2	0.8	0.6	16.6	28.2	58.9	4.0	8.2	48.8	10.4	12.0	86.7	71.1	1.2	4.2	5.8	196	27	36	4	3	29	18	+16
20	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	5	222	38.8	44.4	2.4	5.4	1.0	0.2	12.4	23.0	53.9	5.8	11.4	50.9	13.8	14.4	95.8	75.7	0.4	2.0	3.0	194	12	27	5	1	15	11	+15
21	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	4	164	38.7	41.0	6.5	6.3	1.5	0.5	15.8	26.0	60.6	3.3	6.3	52.0	6.3	7.3	86.2	70.2	1.0	5.5	3.0	155	26	25	6	2	12	8	+38
22	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	4	165	38.6	41.3	5.5	7.0	2.0	0.3	13.8	21.8	63.2	5.0	8.0	62.5	8.8	10.3	85.4	78.5	0.8	4.8	1.8	154	22	28	8	1	7	14	+37
23	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	3	130	38.0	43.3	2.0	9.7	1.3	1.0	14.3	23.0	62.3	8.0	14.7	54.5	6.7	8.0	83.3	81.7	0.3	1.7	2.7	114	6	29	4	3	8	3	+6
24	Jrue Holiday J. Holiday	3	131	40.0	43.7	6.0	6.7	2.0	0.3	17.0	29.0	58.6	4.0	8.7	46.2	5.7	6.7	85.0	68.4	2.0	4.0	5.0	120	18	20	6	1	15	7	+25
25	CJ McCollum	2	83	38.9	41.5	6.0	4.5	0.5	0.0	16.0	26.5	60.4	6.0	12.0	50.0	3.5	5.5	63.6	71.7	1.5	4.5	2.0	78	12	9	1	0	4	3	+11