most 40 point games by a center nba history

Wilt Chamberlain had the most games by a center with 40+ points, with 271 games.

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most 40 or more point regular-season games by a player by a center NBA history

	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	271	13,458		49.7	25.7				20.3	37.4	54.2				9.2	16.1	57.0	55.8					6,968					500
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	70	3,073		43.9	16.1	4.2		3.6	17.7			0.0	0.0		8.5	11.6	73.8						1,126	295		89
3	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	54	2,346		43.4	15.6				17.0	28.3	60.0				9.5	11.9	79.7	64.8					842
4	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	49	2,174	36.2	44.4	13.3	4.4	1.2	2.0	15.0	24.8	60.2	1.5	3.9	38.6	13.0	15.0	86.5	70.6	2.9	10.4	3.3	1,775	652	217	61	99	162	158	+549
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	49	2,102	40.6	42.9	13.6	2.5	0.8	2.2	16.9	25.6	66.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.1	15.2	60.1	66.5	5.1	8.5	2.7	1,991	668	122	41	108	132	145	+319
6	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	35	1,550	38.7	44.3	12.2	8.1	1.7	1.1	16.4	26.9	61.2	2.6	5.9	44.2	8.8	10.5	83.7	70.3	3.5	8.7	3.1	1,356	426	285	58	37	107	99	+334
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	32	1,371	43.3	42.8	13.1	3.4	1.9	3.3	16.4	27.2	60.2	0.1	0.3	25.0	10.0	12.5	80.5	65.5	3.6	9.5	3.7	1,385	420	110	61	107	119	111	+18
8	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	29	1,241	40.4	42.8	12.9	2.2	1.1	3.4	17.1	26.0	65.8	0.0	0.1	33.3	8.5	10.4	81.5	69.9	3.8	9.1	3.4	1,171	373	65	31	98	98	109
9	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	27	1,182		43.8					17.6						8.6	11.9	72.5
10	Moses Malone M. Malone	26	1,151	42.9	44.3	16.6	1.5			15.9	26.5	60.0	0.0			12.4	15.0	82.6	66.8				1,116	432	38				74
11	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
12	George Mikan G. Mikan	23	1,041		45.3					16.1						13.0	15.7	82.6
13	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
14	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	21	879		41.9					17.3						7.3	8.9	82.3
15	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	19	848	37.5	44.6	13.3	3.5	1.2	0.5	16.1	26.5	60.7	4.0	7.1	56.3	8.4	10.4	81.2	71.8	3.5	9.7	3.5	713	252	67	22	9	67	68	+121
16	Anthony Davis A. Davis	15	653	39.4	43.5	13.8	3.2	1.9	1.9	16.1	28.3	56.7	1.3	3.2	39.6	10.1	11.9	85.4	64.9	3.7	10.1	1.3	591	207	48	28	28	20	41	+124
17	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	14	594	39.4	42.4	10.6	2.7	1.0	1.5	15.3	23.7	64.5	0.1	0.4	20.0	11.8	14.1	83.3	70.9	4.4	6.2	2.4	551	148	38	14	21	34	56	+109
18	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	13	574	39.5	44.2	15.8	4.0	1.5	1.5	14.8	26.3	56.4	2.5	5.5	45.1	12.0	15.0	80.0	67.1	3.9	11.8	4.5	514	205	52	20	20	58	57	+89
19	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	9	371	41.2	41.2	10.2	3.0	1.4	0.3	13.3	22.7	58.8	0.3	0.7	50.0	14.2	16.2	87.7	69.2	3.7	6.6	2.1	371	92	27	13	3	19	20	+52
20	Bob Rule B. Rule	9	399		44.3	12.1	1.2			16.0						12.3	16.2	76.0						109	11
21	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	8	336	31.4	42.0	13.0	3.3	1.1	2.9	15.3	24.6	61.9	4.1	9.3	44.6	7.4	8.9	83.1	73.6	1.8	11.3	2.3	251	104	26	9	23	18	12	+131
22	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	5	207	38.3	41.4	6.2	2.4	2.4	2.2	14.2	25.8	55.0	3.8	7.6	50.0	9.2	10.4	88.5	68.1	1.6	4.6	2.6	192	31	12	12	11	13	16	-23
23	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	5	209	36.0	41.8	13.2	3.6	1.4	0.2	17.2	25.8	66.7	4.6	8.4	54.8	2.8	3.4	82.4	76.6	2.2	11.0	1.4	180	66	18	7	1	7	12	+51
24	Neil Johnston N. Johnston	5	218		43.6					16.0	25.6	62.5				11.6	14.8	78.4	67.9										20
25	Dwight Howard D. Howard	4	170	43.7	42.5	18.0	1.3	2.8	4.8	14.5	21.0	69.0	0.0	0.0		13.5	21.3	63.5	70.0	6.5	11.5	4.0	175	72	5	11	19	16	10	+41

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Wilt Chamberlain had the most games by a center with 40+ points, with 271 games.

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