most 40 point games by a guard since 1980

Since 1979-80, Michael Jordan has the most games by a guard with 40+ points, with 165 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point regular-season games by a guard since 1980

	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	165	7,463	41.3	45.2	6.4	5.2	2.8	1.2	16.8	29.4	57.3	0.7	2.0	34.7	10.9	12.6	86.3	64.7	1.9	4.5	2.8	6,819	1,055	850	470	190	458	476	+128
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	121	5,441	42.8	45.0	6.1	4.2	1.8	0.6	15.3	30.0	51.2	2.9	6.5	44.2	11.4	13.3	85.7	62.8	1.2	4.9	3.3	5,176	737	508	213	73	394	333	+752
3	James Harden J. Harden	105	4,758	39.4	45.3	7.3	8.1	2.2	0.7	13.3	26.2	50.6	5.6	12.8	43.9	13.2	15.0	88.0	69.1	1.2	6.2	4.9	4,140	771	851	226	77	511	314	+1044
4	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	79	3,507	44.9	44.4	4.3	6.3	2.3	0.2	15.5	30.5	51.0	2.0	5.0	40.6	11.3	13.6	83.4	60.9	1.0	3.3	3.7	3,546	339	494	185	14	294	177	+443
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	72	3,257	36.4	45.2	5.4	5.7	1.4	0.3	14.9	25.4	58.5	8.6	15.2	56.6	6.9	7.5	92.7	78.8	0.7	4.7	3.4	2,624	386	409	99	23	244	146	+856
6	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	60	2,713	39.3	45.2	4.9	7.3	1.2	0.3	14.1	25.3	55.7	6.5	12.9	50.2	10.6	11.5	92.6	74.5	0.6	4.3	2.6	2,356	293	438	71	20	156	115	+423
7	George Gervin G. Gervin	57	2,480	40.4	43.5	5.2	3.0	1.3	0.8	17.2	29.2	58.9	0.3	0.9	35.8	8.8	10.4	84.9	64.5				2,302	297	173	76	47		151
8	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	50	2,212	39.0	44.2	9.8	8.3	1.6	0.3	15.5	30.1	51.6	3.1	7.8	40.2	10.1	12.2	82.6	62.4	2.0	7.9	5.0	1,949	491	417	78	15	251	141	+74
9	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	49	2,186	38.8	44.6	9.7	9.1	1.6	0.4	15.2	26.5	57.3	4.9	10.7	45.4	9.4	11.9	79.1	70.4	0.9	8.8	3.9	1,900	477	446	77	20	189	134	+399
10	Devin Booker D. Booker	37	1,711	38.0	46.2	5.3	5.9	1.2	0.5	16.4	27.5	59.8	3.9	8.5	46.3	9.4	10.7	88.4	71.9	0.8	4.5	3.5	1,405	197	219	45	18	130	107	+295
11	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	37	1,657	39.4	44.8	4.7	5.5	1.8	0.5	15.9	26.8	59.4	5.7	10.0	56.9	7.2	7.9	91.2	73.9	0.8	3.9	2.7	1,458	173	203	66	19	100	98	+292
12	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	37	1,640	41.6	44.3	7.4	5.0	1.7	0.9	15.8	29.6	53.3	3.5	7.5	46.7	9.3	12.1	77.4	63.6	1.8	5.6	2.9	1,538	275	186	62	33	107	68	+146
13	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
14	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	34	1,467	41.9	43.1	6.2	6.2	2.5	1.4	15.0	26.4	56.8	1.6	3.8	43.4	11.4	14.1	81.2	66.1	1.4	4.8	3.9	1,426	212	212	84	48	134	81	+212
15	Bradley Beal B. Beal	31	1,378	40.8	44.5	4.8	5.5	1.2	0.4	15.8	28.0	56.5	4.6	9.4	48.6	8.3	9.6	86.2	69.0	1.4	3.4	3.1	1,265	148	169	36	12	96	80	+29
16	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	29	1,277	42.7	44.0	4.0	5.7	1.9	0.2	13.7	25.5	53.7	4.7	9.6	48.6	12.0	14.4	83.1	69.1	1.0	3.0	3.9	1,238	117	165	56	7	114	97	+162
17	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	28	1,218	39.5	43.5	5.6	4.9	1.5	0.4	15.0	28.0	53.4	5.1	11.6	44.3	8.4	9.7	87.1	67.3	1.1	4.5	3.2	1,106	157	136	42	11	89	69	+241
18	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	27	1,186	36.9	43.9	5.6	5.9	1.9	1.2	14.7	25.0	58.8	2.4	5.2	46.1	12.1	13.4	90.6	71.1	0.9	4.7	2.3	996	151	158	51	32	63	69	+365
19	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	26	1,116	40.3	42.9	6.1	4.5	1.2	0.4	15.3	26.6	57.4	1.5	3.5	41.3	10.9	12.7	85.8	66.6	1.1	5.0	2.3	1,047	159	116	32	10	61	58	+211
20	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	23	996	39.0	43.3	5.3	3.6	1.4	0.3	15.8	26.0	60.8	6.7	11.5	57.7	5.1	6.1	83.0	75.6	0.9	4.4	3.6	896	122	82	32	7	83	53	+125
21	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	21	891	42.8	42.4	8.0	6.5	3.2	0.6	16.4	25.5	64.3	1.4	3.1	43.9	8.3	10.2	81.3	70.8	3.4	4.7	2.5	899	169	136	68	12	53	67	+29
22	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	20	886	38.1	44.3	5.9	4.0	1.6	0.9	14.8	27.1	54.4	6.1	12.6	48.2	8.8	10.5	83.7	69.9	1.1	4.8	3.6	762	118	80	31	17	71	38	+224
23	Kemba Walker K. Walker	19	838	39.3	44.1	5.4	5.6	1.3	0.4	14.9	26.3	56.8	5.6	11.0	51.2	8.6	9.6	89.6	72.2	0.7	4.6	2.6	747	102	106	24	8	49	26	+71
24	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	18	808	38.6	44.9	4.9	6.4	1.1	0.2	15.8	28.4	55.8	4.1	8.7	47.1	9.1	10.6	85.9	67.9	1.2	3.7	2.6	694	88	115	19	4	47	28	+152
25	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	18	803	33.5	44.6	3.8	1.8	0.9	0.7	15.6	24.9	62.6	8.8	14.3	61.2	4.6	5.0	92.2	82.2	0.4	3.4	1.9	603	69	33	16	12	34	23	+421