Michael Jordan had the most games with 40+ points in 1989-90, with 22 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point games by a player in 1990

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	22	1,007	1989-90	CHI	41.8	45.8	7.5	5.5	3.1	0.7	17.0	29.5	57.9	1.4	3.4	41.3	10.3	11.7	87.6	66.1	2.0	5.5	2.4	920	165	120	69	16	52	68
2	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	11	467	1989-90	NYK	40.4	42.5	14.3	2.5	1.0	4.0	16.7	25.3	66.2	0.1	0.2	50.0	8.9	11.4	78.4	70.1	3.9	10.4	3.5	444	157	28	11	44	39	45
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	11	498	1989-90	UTA	41.6	45.3	12.6	2.8	1.4	1.1	17.1	25.2	67.9	0.1	0.5	20.0	11.0	14.7	74.7	71.5	3.2	9.5	4.0	458	139	31	15	12	44	33
4	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	7	322	1989-90	PHX	42.0	46.0	5.9	2.1	0.7	0.7	16.3	28.0	58.2	0.6	1.4	40.0	12.9	14.7	87.4	66.7	2.3	3.6	2.6	294	41	15	5	5	18	27
5	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
6	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	3	134	1989-90	HOU	43.3	44.7	15.3	4.0	2.7	3.7	17.0	29.0	58.6	0.0	0.0		10.7	13.0	82.1	64.3	4.3	11.0	6.0	130	46	12	8	11	18	14
7	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	2	87	1989-90	ATL	36.5	43.5	7.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	17.0	24.5	69.4	1.5	2.0	75.0	8.0	9.0	88.9	76.4	1.5	5.5	0.5	73	14	4	2	0	1	5
8	Jeff Malone J. Malone	2	83	1989-90	WAS	39.5	41.5	5.5	3.5	1.0	0.0	17.5	27.5	63.6	0.0	0.0		6.5	7.0	92.9	67.9	1.5	4.0	2.0	79	11	7	2	0	4	4
9	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	2	92	1989-90	SAS	38.0	46.0	8.0	1.0	1.5	0.0	16.5	30.0	55.0	0.0	1.5	0.0	13.0	15.0	86.7	62.8	1.5	6.5	1.0	76	16	2	3	0	2	9
10	Reggie Miller R. Miller	2	87	1989-90	IND	44.0	43.5	4.5	3.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	25.0	56.0	3.5	6.0	58.3	12.0	13.5	88.9	70.3	3.0	1.5	2.0	88	9	6	2	0	4	5
11	Wayman Tisdale W. Tisdale	2	80	1989-90	SAC	43.5	40.0	10.5	1.5	0.5	0.0	17.5	25.5	68.6	0.0	0.0		5.0	5.5	90.9	71.6	5.5	5.0	1.0	87	21	3	1	0	2	8
12	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	2	96	1989-90	SEA	59.0	48.0	6.0	0.5	1.0	0.5	16.5	31.0	53.2	5.0	9.0	55.6	10.0	11.5	87.0	66.6	2.5	3.5	4.0	118	12	1	2	1	8	5
13	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	1	45	1989-90	DAL	42.0	45.0	13.0	7.0	0.0	1.0	19.0	26.0	73.1	1.0	1.0	100.0	6.0	7.0	85.7	77.4	5.0	8.0	3.0	42	13	7	0	1	3	4
14	Kevin Johnson K. Johnson	1	44	1989-90	PHX	47.0	44.0	4.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	15.0	26.0	57.7	0.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	15.0	93.3	67.5	1.0	3.0	5.0	47	4	6	3	0	5	1
15	Ledell Eackles L. Eackles	1	40	1989-90	WAS	44.0	40.0	2.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	17.0	31.0	54.8	0.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	9.0	66.7	57.2	1.0	1.0	1.0	44	2	5	2	0	1	1
16	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	1	41	1989-90	POR	43.0	41.0	16.0	6.0	3.0	1.0	18.0	26.0	69.2	0.0	3.0	0.0	5.0	8.0	62.5	69.4	6.0	10.0	1.0	43	16	6	3	1	1	4
17	Charles Smith C. Smith	1	40	1989-90	LAC	39.0	40.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	13.0	20.0	65.0	0.0	0.0		14.0	17.0	82.4	72.8	1.0	4.0	2.0	39	5	0	0	1	2	4
18	David Robinson D. Robinson	1	41	1989-90	SAS	41.0	41.0	17.0	2.0	3.0	5.0	12.0	21.0	57.1	0.0	0.0		17.0	22.0	77.3	66.8	5.0	12.0	4.0	41	17	2	3	5	4	5
19	Rony Seikaly R. Seikaly	1	40	1989-90	MIA	42.0	40.0	17.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	15.0	23.0	65.2	0.0	0.0		10.0	15.0	66.7	67.6	8.0	9.0	6.0	42	17	3	1	0	6	5
20	Randy Breuer R. Breuer	1	40	1989-90	MIN	39.0	40.0	9.0	5.0	5.0	1.0	14.0	28.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		12.0	17.0	70.6	56.4	5.0	4.0	4.0	39	9	5	5	1	4	4
21	Tony Campbell T. Campbell	1	44	1989-90	MIN	48.0	44.0	14.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	15.0	28.0	53.6	0.0	0.0		14.0	16.0	87.5	62.8	5.0	9.0	1.0	48	14	2	2	1	1	2
22	Terry Catledge T. Catledge	1	49	1989-90	ORL	41.0	49.0	9.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	29.0	62.1	0.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	15.0	86.7	68.8	6.0	3.0	2.0	41	9	1	0	0	2	1
23	Bernard King B. King	1	42	1989-90	WAS	40.0	42.0	4.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	19.0	29.0	65.5	0.0	0.0		4.0	4.0	100.0	68.3	2.0	2.0	5.0	40	4	6	0	0	5	5
24	Terry Teagle T. Teagle	1	44	1989-90	GSW	48.0	44.0	8.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	16.0	26.0	61.5	0.0	0.0		12.0	12.0	100.0	70.3	3.0	5.0	5.0	48	8	6	2	0	5	3
25	Derek Harper D. Harper	1	42	1989-90	DAL	52.0	42.0	3.0	5.0	4.0	2.0	15.0	26.0	57.7	4.0	8.0	50.0	8.0	8.0	100.0	71.1	0.0	3.0	3.0	52	3	5	4	2	3	4