most 40 point games by a player in celtics season

Jayson Tatum and Larry Bird are tied for the most games for the Celtics with 40+ points in a season, with 11 games.

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most 40 or more point games by a player in celtics season

	NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	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	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	11	471	2022-23	BOS	39.2	42.8	8.5	4.2	0.9	0.6	13.6	23.9	57.0	5.5	10.8	51.3	10.0	11.3	88.7	74.2	1.0	7.5	2.3	431	93	46	10	7	25	20	+137
2	Larry Bird L. Bird	11	481	1987-88	BOS	43.3	43.7	11.5	5.0	2.0	0.7	17.3	27.9	61.9	1.4	3.4	40.5	7.8	8.4	93.5	69.2	1.7	9.7	2.9	476	126	55	22	8	32	21
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	9	418	1984-85	BOS	41.8	46.4	10.9	5.2	1.4	0.9	17.3	29.0	59.8	0.7	2.4	27.3	11.1	12.0	92.6	67.7	1.9	9.0	3.6	376	98	47	13	8	32	26
4	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	8	333	2000-01	BOS	41.8	41.6	6.0	2.4	1.9	1.3	13.4	23.3	57.5	3.0	6.0	50.0	11.9	14.1	84.1	70.6	1.4	4.6	2.6	334	48	19	15	10	21	25	+66
5	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	7	299	2025-26	BOS	36.6	42.7	5.0	5.0	1.1	0.4	14.9	26.6	55.9	3.7	8.6	43.3	9.3	11.1	83.3	67.9	1.1	3.9	2.9	256	35	35	8	3	20	15	+90
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	7	300	1989-90	BOS	41.7	42.9	10.1	7.3	1.0	0.3	16.6	26.9	61.7	1.4	3.1	45.5	8.3	8.6	96.7	70.0	1.6	8.6	2.6	292	71	51	7	2	18	15
7	Larry Bird L. Bird	6	253	1986-87	BOS	42.8	42.2	9.3	7.7	2.7	1.0	17.0	28.7	59.3	1.7	3.8	43.5	6.5	7.3	88.6	66.1	2.7	6.7	2.7	257	56	46	16	6	16	15
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	6	268	1985-86	BOS	40.5	44.7	9.8	5.7	1.8	0.7	17.2	29.5	58.2	2.8	4.5	63.0	7.5	8.3	90.0	67.3	2.8	7.0	4.3	243	59	34	11	4	26	15
9	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	5	232	2021-22	BOS	38.2	46.4	6.4	5.0	1.2	0.4	16.0	27.0	59.3	7.2	12.6	57.1	7.2	8.2	87.8	75.8	1.2	5.2	2.0	191	32	25	6	2	10	12	+104
10	Isaiah Thomas I. Thomas	5	222	2016-17	BOS	38.8	44.4	2.4	5.4	1.0	0.2	12.4	23.0	53.9	5.8	11.4	50.9	13.8	14.4	95.8	75.7	0.4	2.0	3.0	194	12	27	5	1	15	11	+15
11	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	5	213	2002-03	BOS	43.4	42.6	8.4	3.8	3.0	0.8	12.8	24.6	52.0	2.8	6.8	41.2	14.2	17.0	83.5	66.4	1.2	7.2	5.0	217	42	19	15	4	25	9	+56
12	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	4	169	2024-25	BOS	39.6	42.3	12.3	7.8	0.5	1.0	15.0	28.8	52.2	6.5	14.3	45.6	5.8	7.0	82.1	66.4	1.8	10.5	2.8	158	49	31	2	4	11	10	+48
13	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	4	197	2020-21	BOS	39.5	49.3	8.5	3.5	0.5	1.0	15.8	26.5	59.4	5.3	8.5	61.8	12.5	13.5	92.6	75.9	0.8	7.8	2.0	158	34	14	2	4	8	12	+47
14	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	4	176	2005-06	BOS	44.8	44.0	6.5	4.8	2.0	0.8	14.0	27.3	51.4	2.5	6.0	41.7	13.5	17.8	76.1	62.7	0.3	6.3	4.3	179	26	19	8	3	17	16	-7
15	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	3	131	2023-24	BOS	41.7	43.7	10.3	4.3	1.0	1.0	14.0	26.7	52.5	6.0	12.3	48.6	9.7	10.7	90.6	69.6	0.0	10.3	2.0	125	31	13	3	3	6	7	+19
16	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	3	125	2022-23	BOS	36.7	41.7	10.0	1.7	0.7	0.7	16.3	25.0	65.3	3.0	8.7	34.6	6.0	7.3	81.8	73.8	2.0	8.0	3.0	110	30	5	2	2	9	5	+49
17	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	3	124	2020-21	BOS	32.3	41.3	7.7	3.3	1.0	0.3	16.0	23.0	69.6	5.0	7.7	65.2	4.3	5.3	81.3	81.5	1.7	6.0	4.3	97	23	10	3	1	13	4	+49
18	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	3	123	1971-72	BOS	47.3	41.0	6.0	5.7			17.3	29.0	59.8				6.3	7.0	90.5	63.9				142	18	17				6
19	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	3	126	1969-70	BOS	47.3	42.0	8.3	5.7			16.3	29.0	56.3				9.3	11.3	82.4	61.8				142	25	17				6
20	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	3	130	1961-62	BOS		43.3					17.7	31.7	55.8				8.0	9.3	85.7	60.6										13
21	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	2	81	2023-24	BOS	39.5	40.5	9.5	3.0	1.0	0.0	16.5	27.5	60.0	2.5	5.5	45.5	5.0	9.5	52.6	63.9	3.5	6.0	3.5	79	19	6	2	0	7	6	+4
22	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	2	96	2021-22	BOS	46.0	48.0	10.0	5.0	2.0	1.5	17.5	29.5	59.3	6.5	12.0	54.2	6.5	8.0	81.3	72.7	0.0	10.0	5.5	92	20	10	4	3	11	9	+26
23	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	2	82	2019-20	BOS	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
24	Kemba Walker K. Walker	2	84	2019-20	BOS	36.7	42.0	7.0	5.0	1.0	0.5	15.0	25.5	58.8	5.5	13.0	42.3	6.5	8.0	81.3	72.4	1.5	5.5	2.0	73	14	10	2	1	4	3	-5
25	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	2	83	2018-19	BOS	39.1	41.5	6.0	6.5	2.0	0.5	17.5	29.5	59.3	4.0	8.0	50.0	2.5	3.5	71.4	66.8	2.0	4.0	2.5	78	12	13	4	1	5	6	+28

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