most 40 point games by a player since 1990

Since 1989-90, Kobe Bryant has the most games with 40+ points, with 122 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point regular-season games by a player since 1990

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	122	5,501	42.8	45.1	6.1	4.2	1.8	0.6	15.4	30.1	51.1	2.9	6.6	43.8	11.4	13.3	85.7	62.7	1.2	4.9	3.2	5,218	741	512	214	74	396	334	+759
2	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
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	96	4,289	41.2	44.7	6.6	4.7	2.5	0.8	17.0	29.5	57.6	1.1	2.6	40.6	9.6	11.3	84.9	64.8	1.7	4.9	2.3	3,952	634	452	242	77	225	253	+232
4	LeBron James L. James	79	3,517	41.6	44.5	8.7	7.1	1.7	0.9	15.7	26.6	59.0	3.8	7.3	51.2	9.3	11.8	79.4	70.0	1.6	7.1	3.7	3,286	684	560	136	73	289	145	+651
5	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
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	72	3,143	41.4	43.7	8.1	4.6	1.2	1.2	14.8	25.9	57.2	3.8	7.8	48.5	10.2	11.4	89.4	70.5	0.9	7.2	3.8	2,984	584	332	84	86	270	171	+412
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	71	3,215	36.4	45.3	5.4	5.7	1.4	0.3	14.9	25.4	58.6	8.6	15.2	56.6	6.9	7.5	92.6	78.9	0.7	4.7	3.4	2,587	380	402	96	22	242	145	+841
8	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
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	54	2,433	36.6	45.1	12.9	5.3	1.1	1.2	16.6	25.0	66.2	1.4	3.5	38.8	10.6	14.6	72.2	71.6	2.8	10.2	3.3	1,977	699	288	61	65	177	156	+363
10	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
11	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
12	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	48	2,134	36.2	44.5	13.4	4.4	1.3	2.0	15.0	24.8	60.5	1.5	3.8	38.0	13.0	15.0	86.7	70.8	2.9	10.5	3.3	1,736	641	213	60	97	157	156	+533
13	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	46	2,050	38.8	44.6	9.6	9.2	1.6	0.4	15.2	26.5	57.2	4.9	10.6	46.2	9.3	11.8	79.1	70.3	0.9	8.7	3.9	1,785	442	423	75	19	178	126	+391
14	Anthony Davis A. Davis	45	1,966	39.5	43.7	13.9	2.9	1.8	2.1	15.8	27.0	58.6	1.3	3.2	42.0	10.7	12.4	86.5	67.4	3.8	10.1	1.9	1,777	627	131	82	93	84	110	+385
15	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	45	1,987	41.8	44.2	7.7	5.1	1.7	0.9	15.7	29.5	53.4	3.5	7.4	47.1	9.2	11.9	77.4	63.6	1.8	5.9	2.9	1,880	347	228	78	41	129	88	+219
16	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
17	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
18	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	36	1,586	42.3	44.1	7.6	2.9	1.2	0.6	15.9	27.6	57.7	3.0	5.6	53.2	9.2	10.6	86.4	68.2	2.1	5.4	2.5	1,521	272	103	42	22	91	130	+169
19	Karl Malone K. Malone	36	1,563	41.3	43.4	11.5	3.2	1.5	1.1	15.7	24.1	65.0	0.1	0.3	20.0	12.0	15.1	79.2	70.5	2.7	8.8	3.5	1,486	414	116	53	40	126	118	+103
20	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
21	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
22	Vince Carter V. Carter	32	1,396	42.6	43.6	7.6	4.3	1.6	0.9	15.1	27.6	54.8	4.0	7.5	53.5	9.3	11.1	84.5	67.2	2.3	5.3	2.8	1,363	243	138	52	30	90	105	+270
23	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
24	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	30	1,315	38.8	43.8	12.3	7.9	1.9	1.0	16.7	27.2	61.2	2.6	5.8	44.0	7.9	9.7	82.1	69.6	3.5	8.8	3.2	1,164	368	236	56	30	96	87	+292
25	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	29	1,282	39.0	44.2	8.6	4.7	0.9	0.8	14.6	25.6	57.1	5.9	11.2	52.8	9.1	10.2	88.9	73.5	1.0	7.7	2.1	1,131	250	135	27	22	62	65	+391