Michael Jordan and Bernard King were tied for the most games with 40+ points in 1990-91, with 11 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point games by a player in 1991

	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	11	458	1990-91	CHI	38.1	41.6	6.2	5.1	2.2	1.4	16.1	25.8	62.3	0.3	0.9	30.0	9.2	10.9	84.2	68.0	1.4	4.8	2.5	419	68	56	24	15	27	35
2	Bernard King B. King	11	508	1990-91	WAS	42.8	46.2	7.3	4.5	2.0	0.4	17.7	31.8	55.7	0.3	0.9	30.0	10.5	13.0	80.4	61.5	2.6	4.6	3.9	471	80	49	22	4	43	34
3	Michael Adams M. Adams	6	266	1990-91	DEN	40.7	44.3	4.7	9.8	3.7	0.2	14.2	28.3	50.0	4.8	11.3	42.6	11.2	13.0	85.9	65.1	0.8	3.8	4.5	244	28	59	22	1	27	17
4	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	5	208	1990-91	PHI	40.0	41.6	11.4	2.0	2.2	0.2	15.0	21.6	69.4	1.0	2.4	41.7	10.6	14.6	72.6	74.2	5.2	6.2	3.4	200	57	10	11	1	17	10
5	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	4	168	1990-91	ATL	40.5	42.0	11.3	2.8	2.0	0.8	14.8	25.3	58.4	2.0	4.3	47.1	10.5	11.8	89.4	69.0	5.5	5.8	1.5	162	45	11	8	3	6	4
6	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	4	177	1990-91	NYK	39.0	44.3	14.0	2.5	0.0	3.5	17.3	28.0	61.6	0.0	0.0		9.8	11.3	86.7	67.1	5.0	9.0	4.0	156	56	10	0	14	16	13
7	Karl Malone K. Malone	3	122	1990-91	UTA	41.0	40.7	11.0	2.7	1.0	0.3	14.0	22.0	63.6	0.0	0.7	0.0	12.7	14.3	88.4	71.8	1.7	9.3	2.3	123	33	8	3	1	7	9
8	David Robinson D. Robinson	3	126	1990-91	SAS	36.3	42.0	11.7	2.7	2.3	6.7	15.3	22.3	68.7	0.0	0.0		11.3	12.3	91.9	75.6	3.0	8.7	3.7	109	35	8	7	20	11	9
9	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	2	84	1990-91	DET	38.5	42.0	1.5	2.0	1.0	0.0	17.5	23.5	74.5	1.5	1.5	100.0	5.5	6.5	84.6	79.7	0.5	1.0	2.5	77	3	4	2	0	5	3
10	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	2	80	1990-91	GSW	45.0	40.0	7.0	6.5	5.0	0.0	16.0	21.5	74.4	0.5	1.0	50.0	7.5	7.5	100.0	80.6	3.0	4.0	4.0	90	14	13	10	0	8	3
11	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	2	96	1990-91	HOU	45.0	48.0	7.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	25.0	56.0	6.0	11.0	54.5	14.0	16.0	87.5	74.9	1.0	6.0	3.5	90	14	8	2	0	7	3
12	Charles Smith C. Smith	2	92	1990-91	LAC	38.5	46.0	11.5	2.0	1.5	2.5	15.5	23.0	67.4	0.0	0.0		15.0	17.0	88.2	75.5	4.0	7.5	3.5	77	23	4	3	5	7	2
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	2	88	1990-91	BOS	44.0	44.0	8.0	10.5	2.0	3.5	16.0	27.0	59.3	1.5	3.0	50.0	10.5	11.0	95.5	69.1	0.5	7.5	5.0	88	16	21	4	7	10	2
14	Reggie Lewis R. Lewis	1	42	1990-91	BOS	39.0	42.0	5.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	16.0	24.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		10.0	12.0	83.3	71.7	2.0	3.0	1.0	39	5	3	1	0	1	2
15	Lionel Simmons L. Simmons	1	42	1990-91	SAC	39.0	42.0	12.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	16.0	31.0	51.6	0.0	0.0		10.0	12.0	83.3	57.9	3.0	9.0	3.0	39	12	3	1	0	3	4
16	Dennis Scott D. Scott	1	40	1990-91	ORL	32.0	40.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	16.0	22.0	72.7	4.0	5.0	80.0	4.0	4.0	100.0	84.2	0.0	3.0	3.0	32	3	3	0	1	3	3
17	Reggie Miller R. Miller	1	40	1990-91	IND	36.0	40.0	2.0	5.0	4.0	0.0	14.0	20.0	70.0	1.0	6.0	16.7	11.0	13.0	84.6	77.8	2.0	0.0	1.0	36	2	5	4	0	1	1
18	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	1	40	1990-91	HOU	24.0	40.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	16.0	25.0	64.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	7.0	7.0	100.0	71.2	1.0	1.0	1.0	24	2	3	2	0	1	2
19	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	1	43	1990-91	CHI	31.0	43.0	4.0	6.0	6.0	0.0	16.0	17.0	94.1	0.0	0.0		11.0	15.0	73.3	91.1	2.0	2.0	2.0	31	4	6	6	0	2	2
20	Antoine Carr A. Carr	1	41	1990-91	SAC	40.0	41.0	9.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	18.0	29.0	62.1	0.0	0.0		5.0	9.0	55.6	62.2	4.0	5.0	4.0	40	9	4	0	2	4	3
21	Derrick Coleman D. Coleman	1	42	1990-91	NJN	43.0	42.0	14.0	4.0	4.0	2.0	14.0	23.0	60.9	0.0	0.0		14.0	20.0	70.0	66.0	5.0	9.0	2.0	43	14	4	4	2	2	2
22	Johnny Newman J. Newman	1	40	1990-91	CHA	43.0	40.0	5.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	11.0	18.0	61.1	0.0	1.0	0.0	18.0	22.0	81.8	72.3	2.0	3.0	0.0	43	5	0	2	0	0	3
23	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	1	40	1990-91	GSW	52.0	40.0	5.0	14.0	2.0	0.0	15.0	24.0	62.5	1.0	2.0	50.0	9.0	9.0	100.0	71.5	1.0	4.0	4.0	52	5	14	2	0	4	1
24	Sherman Douglas S. Douglas	1	42	1990-91	MIA	34.0	42.0	5.0	8.0	2.0	0.0	14.0	24.0	58.3	1.0	2.0	50.0	13.0	17.0	76.5	66.7	3.0	2.0	2.0	34	5	8	2	0	2	3
25	Jeff Malone J. Malone	1	43	1990-91	UTA	39.0	43.0	5.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	18.0	24.0	75.0	0.0	0.0		7.0	8.0	87.5	78.1	1.0	4.0	1.0	39	5	5	1	0	1	2