Michael Jordan had the most games with 40+ points in 1995-96, with 9 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point games by a player in 1996

	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	9	398	1995-96	CHI	40.3	44.2	7.8	4.2	2.3	0.8	16.0	28.3	56.5	2.0	4.0	50.0	10.2	12.3	82.9	65.5	2.9	4.9	2.7	363	70	38	21	7	24	25
2	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	5	221	1995-96	HOU	44.2	44.2	15.0	4.6	2.0	3.0	16.8	29.2	57.5	0.0	0.4	0.0	10.6	13.6	77.9	62.8	4.4	10.6	3.4	221	75	23	10	15	17	12
3	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	3	135	1995-96	MIA	40.3	45.0	12.0	1.3	1.0	4.3	16.7	25.7	64.9	0.0	0.0		11.7	15.7	74.5	69.1	4.3	7.7	4.0	121	36	4	3	13	12	13
4	David Robinson D. Robinson	3	129	1995-96	SAS	46.3	43.0	12.0	3.7	2.0	4.3	16.0	25.3	63.2	0.0	0.0		11.0	13.7	80.5	68.6	4.7	7.3	2.3	139	36	11	6	13	7	9
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	3	138	1995-96	UTA	43.3	46.0	10.7	3.3	2.7	0.0	18.0	27.0	66.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	10.0	12.7	78.9	70.6	2.7	8.0	2.0	130	32	10	8	0	6	14
6	Juwan Howard J. Howard	2	82	1995-96	WAS	43.5	41.0	11.0	3.5	1.0	0.5	16.0	28.0	57.1	0.5	0.5	100.0	8.5	12.5	68.0	61.2	3.5	7.5	6.0	87	22	7	2	1	12	9
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2	90	1995-96	ORL	41.5	45.0	17.0	1.5	0.5	2.5	19.0	34.5	55.1	0.0	0.5	0.0	7.0	12.5	56.0	56.3	6.0	11.0	1.5	83	34	3	1	5	3	5
8	Reggie Miller R. Miller	2	80	1995-96	IND	36.5	40.0	3.5	2.5	0.0	0.0	13.0	21.0	61.9	4.5	7.0	64.3	9.5	10.5	90.5	78.1	0.5	3.0	2.0	73	7	5	0	0	4	5
9	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	2	81	1995-96	NYK	43.0	40.5	12.5	2.0	1.5	2.5	16.5	23.5	70.2	0.0	0.0		7.5	10.5	71.4	72.0	3.0	9.5	3.5	86	25	4	3	5	7	5
10	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	2	88	1995-96	SAC	39.0	44.0	6.0	6.0	2.5	0.0	15.5	26.5	58.5	4.0	6.5	61.5	9.0	10.5	85.7	70.7	1.5	4.5	2.5	78	12	12	5	0	5	3
11	Acie Earl A. Earl	1	40	1995-96	TOR	44.0	40.0	12.0	3.0	0.0	2.0	13.0	23.0	56.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	19.0	73.7	63.8	4.0	8.0	6.0	44	12	3	0	2	6	3
12	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	1	41	1995-96	PHI	48.0	41.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	15.0	33.0	45.5	7.0	17.0	41.2	4.0	8.0	50.0	56.1	0.0	3.0	1.0	48	3	1	0	0	1	2
13	Tracy Murray T. Murray	1	40	1995-96	TOR	43.0	40.0	4.0	1.0	2.0	1.0	15.0	25.0	60.0	6.0	12.0	50.0	4.0	4.0	100.0	74.7	3.0	1.0	2.0	43	4	1	2	1	2	5
14	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1	45	1995-96	PHX	45.0	45.0	11.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	17.0	29.0	58.6	5.0	6.0	83.3	6.0	6.0	100.0	71.1	2.0	9.0	3.0	45	11	2	1	0	3	3
15	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	1	40	1995-96	CHI	44.0	40.0	10.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	14.0	26.0	53.8	4.0	7.0	57.1	8.0	10.0	80.0	65.8	3.0	7.0	2.0	44	10	2	5	0	2	4
16	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	1	41	1995-96	POR	35.0	41.0	8.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	17.0	27.0	63.0	3.0	8.0	37.5	4.0	10.0	40.0	65.3	4.0	4.0	5.0	35	8	4	1	0	5	1
17	Vin Baker V. Baker	1	41	1995-96	MIL	37.0	41.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	16.0	28.0	57.1	0.0	0.0		9.0	10.0	90.0	63.3	5.0	3.0	0.0	37	8	1	1	2	0	4
18	Bobby Phills B. Phills	1	43	1995-96	CLE	49.0	43.0	7.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	13.0	24.0	54.2	7.0	11.0	63.6	10.0	11.0	90.9	74.5	2.0	5.0	2.0	49	7	3	2	1	2	3
19	Chris Webber C. Webber	1	40	1995-96	WAS	39.0	40.0	10.0	10.0	2.0	0.0	18.0	25.0	72.0	3.0	4.0	75.0	1.0	4.0	25.0	74.7	6.0	4.0	1.0	39	10	10	2	0	1	3
20	Todd Day T. Day	1	41	1995-96	BOS	38.0	41.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	11.0	18.0	61.1	5.0	8.0	62.5	14.0	16.0	87.5	81.9	3.0	0.0	3.0	38	3	3	3	0	3	5
21	Rik Smits R. Smits	1	44	1995-96	IND	40.0	44.0	10.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	20.0	29.0	69.0	0.0	0.0		4.0	6.0	66.7	69.5	2.0	8.0	3.0	40	10	1	1	2	3	0
22	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	1	51	1995-96	DEN	41.0	51.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	17.0	27.0	63.0	9.0	14.0	64.3	8.0	8.0	100.0	83.6	0.0	2.0	2.0	41	2	2	2	0	2	2
23	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	1	41	1995-96	HOU	45.0	41.0	6.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	17.0	23.0	73.9	5.0	9.0	55.6	2.0	4.0	50.0	82.8	1.0	5.0	3.0	45	6	6	2	0	3	1
24	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	1	44	1995-96	CHA	41.0	44.0	7.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	15.0	27.0	55.6	3.0	6.0	50.0	11.0	11.0	100.0	69.1	2.0	5.0	3.0	41	7	4	0	0	3	5
25	Robert Horry R. Horry	1	40	1995-96	HOU	43.0	40.0	6.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	16.0	26.0	61.5	8.0	14.0	57.1	0.0	1.0	0.0	75.6	0.0	6.0	2.0	43	6	9	1	1	2	2