Between the 1989-90 and 1998-99 seasons, Michael Jordan had the most games with 40+ points, with 88 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point regular-season games by a player 1990s

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	88	3,939	41.1	44.8	6.5	4.7	2.5	0.9	17.0	29.3	57.8	1.1	2.7	40.4	9.7	11.4	85.0	65.1	1.7	4.8	2.4	3,614	573	416	223	75	211	235	+128
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	33	1,442	41.4	43.7	11.6	3.1	1.4	1.1	15.8	24.5	64.8	0.1	0.3	20.0	11.9	15.0	79.6	70.4	2.9	8.7	3.5	1,366	384	102	46	36	115	110	+94
3	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	27	1,161	43.2	43.0	12.5	3.7	1.8	3.2	16.4	27.4	60.0	0.1	0.3	25.0	10.0	12.2	82.1	65.6	3.1	9.4	3.7	1,167	338	101	48	87	99	95	+18
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26	1,124	41.1	43.2	13.9	2.0	0.9	2.4	17.4	26.9	64.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	8.5	14.0	60.6	65.4	5.6	8.3	2.7	1,069	362	52	23	62	70	69	+76
5	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	24	1,028	41.2	42.8	13.5	2.3	0.9	3.5	17.0	26.6	64.0	0.0	0.1	50.0	8.7	10.8	80.7	68.3	3.8	9.7	3.4	988	324	56	22	84	81	92
6	David Robinson D. Robinson	22	980	42.8	44.5	12.4	3.5	1.9	4.4	16.0	25.6	62.5	0.1	0.5	27.3	12.4	15.3	81.3	68.9	3.5	8.8	3.5	942	272	78	42	97	77	67
7	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	19	822	41.1	43.3	8.4	3.2	1.2	0.5	15.4	26.5	58.1	2.2	3.9	55.4	10.4	12.0	86.4	68.1	3.7	4.7	2.9	781	159	61	22	9	55	30
8	Glen Rice G. Rice	16	692	44.9	43.3	5.2	2.6	1.1	0.2	14.8	24.6	60.2	4.3	6.9	61.3	9.4	10.4	89.8	74.0	1.1	4.1	2.1	719	83	41	17	3	34	38	+93
9	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	13	546	41.8	42.0	3.4	3.5	0.8	0.1	14.8	24.5	60.7	4.5	7.4	60.4	7.8	9.1	86.4	73.8	1.2	2.2	3.2	543	44	46	11	1	41	26
10	Bernard King B. King	12	550	42.6	45.8	7.0	4.6	1.8	0.3	17.8	31.6	56.5	0.3	0.8	30.0	9.9	12.3	81.0	62.0	2.6	4.4	4.0	511	84	55	22	4	48	39
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	10	437	43.4	43.7	10.1	8.4	1.5	1.0	16.7	27.7	60.3	1.5	3.6	41.7	8.8	9.2	95.7	68.8	1.2	8.9	3.3	434	101	84	15	10	33	22
12	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	9	377	44.2	41.9	4.4	5.1	2.3	0.4	14.0	24.6	57.0	3.8	6.6	57.6	10.1	12.3	82.0	69.9	0.8	3.7	2.9	398	40	46	21	4	26	20	-15
13	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	9	385	41.7	42.8	12.2	2.4	2.0	0.3	15.2	23.2	65.6	1.9	3.9	48.6	10.4	13.3	78.3	73.5	4.8	7.4	3.2	375	110	22	18	3	29	23	+16
14	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	8	348	44.8	43.5	4.9	6.9	1.6	0.1	15.3	29.8	51.3	3.5	7.8	45.2	9.5	12.6	75.2	61.6	2.1	2.8	4.6	358	39	55	13	1	37	24	-59
15	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	8	333	43.5	41.6	6.1	5.4	2.6	0.0	14.8	24.6	59.9	3.1	6.1	51.0	9.0	10.0	90.0	71.7	1.5	4.6	3.3	348	49	43	21	0	26	16	+1
16	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	8	336	42.1	42.0	8.4	6.3	3.3	0.8	15.1	24.4	62.1	3.0	6.0	50.0	8.8	11.3	77.8	71.6	2.8	5.6	2.0	337	67	50	26	6	16	23	+29
17	Reggie Miller R. Miller	8	344	38.4	43.0	4.0	3.4	1.0	0.0	13.8	22.3	61.8	4.1	7.5	55.0	11.4	12.9	88.3	77.0	1.5	2.5	1.3	307	32	27	8	0	10	15	+8
18	Michael Adams M. Adams	7	306	41.0	43.7	4.7	10.0	3.7	0.1	14.3	27.6	51.8	4.9	10.6	45.9	10.3	12.3	83.7	66.3	1.0	3.7	4.4	287	33	70	26	1	31	17
19	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	7	322	42.0	46.0	5.9	2.1	0.7	0.7	16.3	28.0	58.2	0.6	1.4	40.0	12.9	14.7	87.4	66.7	2.3	3.6	2.6	294	41	15	5	5	18	27
20	Cedric Ceballos C. Ceballos	5	210	43.6	42.0	11.2	1.2	2.2	1.4	15.8	22.2	71.2	2.0	3.0	66.7	8.4	11.0	76.4	77.7	5.4	5.8	3.8	218	56	6	11	7	19	15
21	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	5	211	39.6	42.2	6.2	4.0	3.6	0.8	16.4	24.0	68.3	2.0	4.0	50.0	7.4	8.8	84.1	75.7	2.0	4.2	3.0	198	31	20	18	4	15	18	+7
22	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	5	209	47.4	41.8	5.4	11.6	2.6	0.4	14.4	26.0	55.4	3.2	8.0	40.0	9.8	10.8	90.7	68.0	1.2	4.2	3.8	237	27	58	13	2	19	15	+1
23	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	4	168	42.0	42.0	6.3	3.3	1.5	1.3	16.5	26.0	63.5	2.5	3.8	66.7	6.5	7.5	86.7	71.7	2.0	4.3	3.3	168	25	13	6	5	13	12	0
24	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	4	167	39.8	41.8	4.8	6.0	3.0	0.3	15.8	28.8	54.8	2.0	4.5	44.4	8.3	10.5	78.6	62.6	1.8	3.0	3.8	159	19	24	12	1	15	12
25	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	4	168	45.8	42.0	5.3	3.5	2.5	1.5	16.3	27.0	60.2	1.8	3.8	46.7	7.8	9.3	83.8	67.6	1.3	4.0	3.5	183	21	14	10	6	14	8