most 40 point games before turning 24 by a guard

Michael Jordan had the most games by a guard younger than 24 with 40+ points, with 31 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point regular-season games before turning 24 years old by a 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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	31	1,356	41.5	43.7	6.0	4.5	2.5	1.5	16.2	30.8	52.5	0.1	0.8	12.5	11.3	12.8	88.6	60.1	2.6	3.4	3.0	1,286	186	141	76	47	92	100
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	26	1,155	39.1	44.4	10.0	9.3	1.5	0.4	15.2	26.9	56.4	4.2	9.8	42.6	9.9	13.2	75.2	67.9	1.1	8.9	4.2	1,016	259	241	39	10	110	79	+212
3	Trae Young T. Young	26	1,148	38.2	44.2	4.3	9.4	0.9	0.2	13.8	24.9	55.6	5.4	11.2	48.6	11.0	12.4	89.1	72.7	0.7	3.7	5.2	994	112	244	24	5	134	45	+193
4	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	22	977	41.6	44.4	8.3	4.7	1.7	1.0	15.9	29.5	53.8	3.0	6.1	48.9	9.7	12.6	76.6	63.3	2.3	6.0	2.9	915	182	104	38	22	64	47	+143
5	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	19	845	38.0	44.5	5.8	4.2	1.6	0.8	14.8	27.1	54.7	6.1	12.7	48.1	8.8	10.6	83.1	70.1	1.1	4.7	3.5	723	111	79	31	16	67	34	+215
6	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	19	807		42.5	11.9	11.1			15.7						11.1	13.2	84.1						227	210				72
7	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	14	627		44.8	3.2				15.9	26.2	60.5				13.1	15.3	85.5	68.0					45
8	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	13	554	44.1	42.6	4.9	4.8	1.5	0.3	13.5	25.4	53.3	4.5	8.8	50.4	11.1	14.1	78.7	67.5	1.5	3.5	4.2	574	64	62	20	4	54	43	-20
9	Devin Booker D. Booker	12	561	39.4	46.8	6.1	6.3	1.2	0.6	15.8	27.7	57.2	3.8	8.5	45.1	11.3	12.4	90.6	70.6	1.1	5.0	4.5	473	73	76	14	7	54	38	+30
10	David Thompson D. Thompson	11	486	42.5	44.2	5.2	3.9		1.2	16.8	26.6	63.1				10.5	12.4	85.3	68.9	2.2	3.0		468	57	43		13		39
11	Jerry West J. West	11	502		45.6					15.6						14.4	17.1	84.0											20
12	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	9	390	37.6	43.3	3.4	3.4	0.7	0.3	15.0	26.1	57.4	5.2	10.2	51.1	8.1	9.0	90.1	72.1	0.6	2.9	3.6	339	31	31	6	3	32	25	-1
13	Jalen Green J. Green	9	371	37.8	41.2	4.4	3.3	0.9	0.3	13.6	22.2	61.0	5.2	9.7	54.0	8.9	10.2	87.0	77.1	0.8	3.7	2.6	340	40	30	8	3	23	14	+86
14	Ja Morant J. Morant	8	357	35.7	44.6	5.0	6.6	1.4	0.8	15.5	25.9	59.9	3.5	5.1	68.3	10.1	12.6	80.2	71.0	1.4	3.6	3.5	285	40	53	11	6	28	16	+90
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	8	366	44.6	45.8	6.3	4.8	1.0	1.4	16.4	29.4	55.7	1.4	3.6	37.9	11.6	12.6	92.1	65.5	2.5	3.8	3.8	357	50	38	8	11	30	21	+50
16	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
17	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	7	318	41.7	45.4	4.0	6.0	2.6	0.1	16.4	29.9	55.0	5.1	8.7	59.0	7.4	7.9	94.5	68.2	0.9	3.1	4.0	292	28	42	18	1	28	19	+47
18	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	6	284	43.9	47.3	5.0	4.2	0.7	1.2	16.3	29.7	55.1	5.3	11.3	47.1	9.3	10.3	90.3	69.2	0.7	4.3	1.8	263	30	25	4	7	11	15	+64
19	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	6	253	41.8	42.2	4.8	5.5			16.2	29.0	55.7				9.8	11.7	84.3	61.8				251	29	33				15
20	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	6	280		46.7					16.8	30.8	54.6				13.0	17.0	76.5	60.9
21	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	5	219	37.5	43.8	5.0	4.4	1.6	0.2	14.4	27.2	52.9	6.0	10.8	55.6	9.0	10.6	84.9	68.7	1.6	3.4	2.8	188	25	22	8	1	14	12	+77
22	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	5	216	37.7	43.2	3.6	7.4	2.4	0.6	16.0	29.6	54.1	6.8	14.2	47.9	4.4	5.4	81.5	67.6	0.6	3.0	2.8	188	18	37	12	3	14	8	+11
23	Chris Paul C. Paul	5	210	43.8	42.0	5.6	8.6	4.4	0.0	16.0	27.6	58.0	4.2	7.8	53.8	5.8	6.6	87.9	68.8	1.2	4.4	2.2	219	28	43	22	0	11	13	+23
24	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	5	214	41.2	42.8	4.0	10.6	0.8	0.0	15.4	25.2	61.1	2.6	5.4	48.1	9.4	12.2	77.0	70.0	1.4	2.6	2.6	206	20	53	4	0	13	12	+60
25	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