most 40 point games before turning 22 years old

LeBron James has the most games by a player younger than 22 with 40+ points, with 16 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point regular-season games before turning 22 years old by a player

	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	LeBron James L. James	16	725	45.1	45.3	7.6	7.3	2.1	0.5	15.9	28.2	56.5	3.1	6.8	45.4	10.4	12.3	84.3	67.4	1.3	6.3	3.4	722	121	116	33	8	55	38	+101
2	Trae Young T. Young	12	539	41.7	44.9	4.9	10.5	1.0	0.3	13.3	26.5	50.3	5.8	12.3	46.6	12.5	14.4	86.7	68.4	0.8	4.1	5.9	500	59	126	12	4	71	23	+35
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	12	511	42.0	42.6	9.3	3.0	1.3	1.3	14.2	24.3	58.2	2.7	5.3	50.0	11.6	12.5	92.7	71.4	1.8	7.5	3.1	503	111	36	16	16	37	28	+68
4	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	8	338	36.7	42.3	8.5	10.9	0.6	0.3	13.6	24.8	55.1	4.5	10.3	43.9	10.5	13.1	80.0	69.2	1.0	7.5	4.5	294	68	87	5	2	36	29	+88
5	Rick Barry R. Barry	7	309	44.9	44.1	13.1	4.0			15.1	28.3	53.5				13.9	15.4	89.8	62.9				314	92	28				29
6	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	6	265	39.5	44.2	6.7	4.5	2.0	1.2	15.8	27.3	57.9	6.3	13.0	48.7	6.2	8.8	69.8	70.7	1.5	5.2	3.2	237	40	27	12	7	19	14	+63
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	6	261	41.8	43.5	14.8	1.7	0.5	2.2	17.7	26.0	67.9	0.0	0.0		8.2	12.8	63.6	68.7	5.3	9.5	3.3	251	89	10	3	13	20	17
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	6	267	43.7	44.5	9.8	6.8	2.7	1.3	17.3	27.5	63.0	0.2	0.5	33.3	9.7	10.8	89.2	69.0	3.3	6.5	3.7	262	59	41	16	8	22	22
9	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	5	214	35.5	42.8	13.0	3.8	1.4	3.0	15.0	25.4	59.1	5.2	11.6	44.8	7.6	9.6	79.2	72.2	1.8	11.2	2.8	177	65	19	7	15	14	10	+69
10	Jalen Green J. Green	5	205	38.1	41.0	3.2	3.4	0.6	0.2	14.0	23.8	58.8	4.8	10.2	47.1	8.2	10.0	82.0	72.7	0.6	2.6	2.2	190	16	17	3	1	11	7	+18
11	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	5	211	43.3	42.2	7.2	1.8	2.4	1.0	15.4	27.6	55.8	1.0	2.0	50.0	10.4	11.8	88.1	64.3	2.4	4.8	4.2	217	36	9	12	5	21	21	+39
12	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	5	220	43.8	44.0	9.0	4.6	1.2	2.0	17.2	32.0	53.8	1.4	3.2	43.8	8.2	11.0	74.5	59.7	3.8	5.2	3.2	219	45	23	6	10	16	12	+17
13	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	5	218	46.0	43.6	4.6	7.4	1.8	0.2	15.2	30.0	50.7	4.2	8.8	47.7	9.0	12.8	70.3	61.2	2.2	2.4	5.8	230	23	37	9	1	29	17	-71
14	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	4	180	37.4	45.0	4.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	14.5	26.0	55.8	5.0	8.3	60.6	11.0	12.0	91.7	71.9	0.8	3.3	3.8	150	16	12	2	2	15	8	-15
15	Devin Booker D. Booker	4	199	41.4	49.8	8.0	5.5	2.0	0.8	16.5	32.3	51.2	4.3	10.3	41.5	12.5	13.8	90.9	64.9	1.3	6.8	3.8	166	32	22	8	3	15	9	-5
16	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	4	169	39.8	42.3	3.0	2.3	1.3	0.3	15.3	26.5	57.5	2.3	5.0	45.0	9.5	12.3	77.6	66.2	1.0	2.0	1.3	159	12	9	5	1	5	7	+31
17	Anthony Davis A. Davis	4	167	43.1	41.8	13.8	3.0	1.0	2.0	15.5	22.8	68.1	0.3	0.3	100.0	10.5	11.3	93.3	75.4	4.3	9.5	2.5	172	55	12	4	8	10	8	+32
18	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	4	162	41.0	40.5	3.5	6.0	2.3	0.3	15.5	27.5	56.4	3.3	6.5	50.0	6.3	6.8	92.6	66.5	0.3	3.3	5.0	164	14	24	9	1	20	13	+26
19	John Drew J. Drew	4	167	38.5	41.8	18.3	3.8			13.8	24.5	56.1				14.3	17.8	80.3	64.6				154	73	15				17
20	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	3	135	40.9	45.0	7.7	5.0	0.3	1.3	15.0	25.7	58.4	3.3	7.7	43.5	11.7	16.0	72.9	68.8	2.0	5.7	5.0	123	23	15	1	4	15	11	+3
21	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	3	128	41.9	42.7	18.3	3.7	0.7	1.7	15.7	24.0	65.3	0.7	3.0	22.2	10.7	13.3	80.0	71.4	2.7	15.7	4.3	126	55	11	2	5	13	9	+9
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	2	82	33.5	41.0	5.5	3.0	2.0	1.0	14.0	21.0	66.7	5.0	8.0	62.5	8.0	9.0	88.9	82.1	0.5	5.0	1.0	67	11	6	4	2	2	4	+36
23	Jamal Murray J. Murray	2	94	38.9	47.0	5.5	6.0	0.0	0.5	17.5	27.0	64.8	7.0	11.0	63.6	5.0	5.5	90.9	79.9	0.5	5.0	5.0	78	11	12	0	1	10	3	+2
24	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	2	81	34.9	40.5	4.5	5.0	1.0	0.0	13.5	22.0	61.4	6.5	10.5	61.9	7.0	8.0	87.5	79.3	0.5	4.0	2.0	70	9	10	2	0	4	3	+47
25	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	2	91	37.9	45.5	14.5	5.0	1.0	1.0	16.5	24.0	68.8	0.0	0.0		12.5	17.0	73.5	72.3	3.5	11.0	4.0	76	29	10	2	2	8	7	+4