most 40 point games before turning 27 years old

Wilt Chamberlain had the most games by a player younger than 27 with 40+ points, with 182 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point regular-season games before turning 27 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	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	182	9,236	48.4	50.7	26.5				20.6	38.9	52.8				9.6	16.1	59.6	55.1				8,807	4,819					311
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	89	4,063	41.7	45.7	6.4	5.6	3.1	1.4	16.7	29.4	56.7	0.4	1.4	28.8	11.9	13.6	87.6	64.5	2.1	4.3	3.1	3,708	569	500	274	122	275	273
3	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	55	2,390		43.5	15.7				16.9	28.5	59.5				9.6	12.0	79.7	64.3					866
4	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	51	2,270	38.8	44.5	9.7	9.1	1.5	0.5	15.0	26.4	57.0	4.9	10.8	45.7	9.5	12.0	79.3	70.3	0.9	8.8	3.8	1,977	495	465	79	23	195	139	+433
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	48	2,139		44.6	17.1	4.3		4.3	18.1						8.4	11.6	72.1						822	206		13
6	LeBron James L. James	46	2,060	43.5	44.8	8.5	7.2	2.0	0.9	15.4	27.3	56.5	3.2	7.0	46.6	10.7	13.3	80.4	67.6	1.6	6.9	3.8	2,002	390	332	91	41	173	98	+349
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	43	1,868	43.0	43.4	8.3	4.0	1.3	1.1	14.3	25.6	56.0	3.5	7.4	47.3	11.3	12.9	87.9	69.5	1.0	7.3	3.5	1,849	357	173	58	49	152	102	+263
8	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	43	1,859		43.2	11.1	10.9			15.3						12.6	14.5	87.3						478	470				157
9	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	42	1,863	44.9	44.4	4.5	5.0	2.3	0.2	15.9	31.6	50.2	2.3	5.5	41.2	10.4	12.6	81.9	59.6	1.3	3.2	3.9	1,884	190	208	95	10	164	103	+183
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	40	1,757	43.2	43.9	5.5	4.7	1.9	0.9	15.2	29.4	51.6	2.7	5.9	45.3	10.9	12.5	87.0	62.9	1.2	4.3	3.6	1,729	219	186	76	35	142	102	+321
11	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	38	1,689	42.1	44.4	8.1	4.9	1.9	1.0	15.8	29.6	53.2	3.5	7.3	48.6	9.4	12.2	77.3	63.5	2.0	6.1	2.9	1,599	306	188	71	37	111	78	+199
12	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	37	1,634		44.2	3.2		3.2		16.3	28.8	56.4				11.6	13.4	86.9	63.6					120		16
13	Rick Barry R. Barry	35	1,600	44.0	45.7	10.3	4.1			16.3	33.4	48.9				13.0	14.6	89.1	57.4				1,541	362	142				124
14	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
15	Anthony Davis A. Davis	34	1,500	40.1	44.1	14.0	2.8	2.1	2.1	16.0	27.7	57.7	1.3	3.2	40.7	10.9	12.5	86.9	66.5	3.9	10.1	1.8	1,364	477	96	72	71	62	86	+286
16	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	32	1,494		46.7	20.8				17.4						11.9	15.2	78.0						667					122
17	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	28	1,242	38.8	44.4	8.5	4.5	0.9	0.8	14.7	25.5	57.6	5.9	11.1	53.5	9.1	10.2	89.1	74.1	1.0	7.5	2.1	1,085	238	127	25	21	59	62	+379
18	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	28	1,232	42.7	44.0	4.1	5.4	2.0	0.2	13.6	25.5	53.5	4.7	9.6	48.9	12.0	14.4	83.6	69.1	1.0	3.1	3.9	1,195	114	152	56	6	109	95	+145
19	James Harden J. Harden	27	1,175	41.1	43.5	6.1	7.5	2.7	0.4	12.8	23.8	53.8	4.6	9.5	48.8	13.3	15.1	87.7	71.4	1.3	4.9	4.4	1,109	165	202	73	12	119	73	+321
20	Jerry West J. West	27	1,209		44.8					16.3						12.1	14.5	83.6
21	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	26	1,131	36.6	43.5	5.5	5.9	1.9	1.2	14.7	24.8	59.3	2.4	5.2	47.0	11.7	12.9	90.7	71.5	0.9	4.6	2.3	950	143	153	49	31	61	65	+356
22	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
23	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	26	1,112		42.8	18.2				16.8	31.5	53.4				9.1	12.4	73.3	57.8					474					68
24	Devin Booker D. Booker	25	1,163	37.8	46.5	5.7	5.9	1.2	0.4	16.5	27.6	59.8	3.6	8.0	44.5	9.9	11.2	88.3	71.4	0.7	5.0	3.6	946	143	147	31	11	89	81	+167
25	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	25	1,101		44.0					17.7						8.6	12.0	71.9