most 40 point games by active players only

James Harden has the most games by an active player with 40+ points, with 107 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point regular-season games by active players only

	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	James Harden J. Harden	107	4,854	39.5	45.4	7.4	8.1	2.1	0.7	13.3	26.2	50.8	5.6	12.8	44.2	13.1	14.9	87.9	69.2	1.2	6.2	4.8	4,226	788	869	228	79	516	318	+1074
2	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
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	74	3,352	36.4	45.3	5.3	5.6	1.4	0.3	14.9	25.4	58.5	8.5	15.2	56.1	7.0	7.6	92.9	78.8	0.7	4.7	3.4	2,693	395	416	103	23	248	150	+870
4	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
5	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
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	56	2,514	36.6	44.9	13.0	5.5	1.2	1.2	16.5	25.1	65.9	1.3	3.4	39.1	10.5	14.6	72.2	71.3	2.8	10.2	3.3	2,048	728	306	65	69	183	158	+374
7	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
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	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
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	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	33	1,454	38.5	44.1	12.2	7.8	1.8	1.0	16.6	27.1	61.2	2.6	5.9	44.1	8.3	10.0	82.8	69.9	3.5	8.6	3.1	1,270	402	257	58	32	102	93	+307
15	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	31	1,349	39.1	43.5	5.6	4.9	1.4	0.4	15.0	27.8	54.0	5.2	11.6	44.6	8.3	9.5	87.5	68.1	1.1	4.5	3.2	1,211	173	153	44	11	98	74	+280
16	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
17	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
18	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	28	1,226	36.9	43.8	5.6	5.9	1.9	1.1	14.6	24.8	58.9	2.4	5.1	46.2	12.2	13.5	90.5	71.3	0.9	4.8	2.3	1,032	157	164	54	32	64	72	+377
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	24	1,038	39.0	43.3	5.3	3.5	1.4	0.3	15.6	25.9	60.4	6.7	11.6	57.9	5.3	6.3	83.6	75.4	0.8	4.5	3.5	936	127	83	33	7	83	56	+140
21	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	23	1,014	38.7	44.1	5.9	4.0	1.7	0.9	14.8	27.2	54.6	6.0	12.4	47.9	8.5	10.3	82.3	69.5	1.0	4.9	3.6	890	135	92	38	20	82	47	+223
22	Paul George P. George	22	954	39.3	43.4	8.6	5.0	2.0	0.3	14.9	25.8	57.7	6.0	11.6	51.6	7.6	9.0	84.8	72.9	1.1	7.5	2.7	865	189	109	43	6	60	66	+154
23	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
24	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	18	808	37.7	44.9	13.3	3.7	1.2	0.5	16.2	26.7	60.8	4.1	7.2	56.6	8.4	10.3	81.2	71.9	3.5	9.8	3.4	679	239	66	21	9	62	62	+115
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