Kobe Bryant had the most games with 40+ points in 2002-03, with 19 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point games by a player in 2003

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	19	843	2002-03	LAL	42.8	44.4	5.2	4.0	2.2	0.8	15.8	32.3	48.9	2.9	6.1	48.7	9.8	11.5	85.8	59.5	0.5	4.6	3.4	814	98	76	41	15	65	46	+185
2	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	11	488	2002-03	ORL	40.5	44.4	6.6	5.2	1.9	0.8	15.1	28.3	53.4	3.8	8.0	47.7	10.4	12.9	80.3	65.3	1.6	5.0	2.7	446	73	57	21	9	30	25	+103
3	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	5	206	2002-03	PHI	45.4	41.2	4.2	4.8	3.2	0.0	13.4	27.6	48.6	2.0	4.2	47.6	12.4	14.8	83.8	60.4	1.4	2.8	2.6	227	21	24	16	0	13	9	+24
4	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	5	208	2002-03	PHX	44.8	41.6	5.2	8.0	2.2	0.2	15.4	28.0	55.0	2.4	5.4	44.4	8.4	9.6	87.5	64.5	1.8	3.4	2.2	224	26	40	11	1	11	13	+26
5	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	5	213	2002-03	BOS	43.4	42.6	8.4	3.8	3.0	0.8	12.8	24.6	52.0	2.8	6.8	41.2	14.2	17.0	83.5	66.4	1.2	7.2	5.0	217	42	19	15	4	25	9	+56
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	3	130	2002-03	LAL	40.3	43.3	13.7	3.3	0.7	2.7	16.7	24.3	68.5	0.0	0.0		10.0	16.0	62.5	69.1	4.0	9.7	2.0	121	41	10	2	8	6	10	+39
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	3	129	2002-03	WAS	46.7	43.0	8.3	4.3	2.7	0.7	16.7	29.7	56.2	1.0	1.3	75.0	8.7	10.0	86.7	63.1	1.3	7.0	1.7	140	25	13	8	2	5	9	+38
8	Ricky Davis R. Davis	3	129	2002-03	CLE	49.7	43.0	6.7	6.7	2.0	0.3	15.3	28.0	54.8	4.3	7.0	61.9	8.0	9.3	85.7	67.0	1.3	5.3	2.7	149	20	20	6	1	8	5	-15
9	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	2	81	2002-03	GSW	42.5	40.5	9.0	1.5	1.0	0.5	15.5	22.5	68.9	1.5	2.5	60.0	8.0	11.0	72.7	74.1	3.5	5.5	1.5	85	18	3	2	1	3	4	0
10	Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	2	90	2002-03	NOH	44.0	45.0	5.0	4.5	1.0	0.0	15.5	30.0	51.7	4.5	7.5	60.0	9.5	10.0	95.0	65.4	1.5	3.5	3.0	88	10	9	2	0	6	4	+3
11	Allan Houston A. Houston	2	103	2002-03	NYK	43.5	51.5	3.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	15.5	27.0	57.4	5.0	9.5	52.6	15.5	16.5	93.9	75.2	0.5	2.5	0.0	87	6	6	2	0	0	6	+11
12	Wally Szczerbiak W. Szczerbiak	1	44	2002-03	MIN	37.0	44.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	19.0	26.0	73.1	6.0	7.0	85.7	0.0	0.0		84.6	0.0	3.0	2.0	37	3	1	1	0	2	2	+32
13	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	1	41	2002-03	GSW	40.0	41.0	6.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	15.0	23.0	65.2	4.0	8.0	50.0	7.0	9.0	77.8	76.0	3.0	3.0	8.0	40	6	5	1	0	8	4	+10
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	1	40	2002-03	UTA	42.0	40.0	9.0	7.0	4.0	0.0	12.0	19.0	63.2	0.0	0.0		16.0	22.0	72.7	69.7	0.0	9.0	1.0	42	9	7	4	0	1	2	+2
15	Vince Carter V. Carter	1	43	2002-03	TOR	36.0	43.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	16.0	24.0	66.7	5.0	8.0	62.5	6.0	8.0	75.0	78.1	1.0	3.0	1.0	36	4	4	1	0	1	3	+14
16	Ray Allen R. Allen	1	40	2002-03	SEA	41.0	40.0	5.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	12.0	18.0	66.7	5.0	9.0	55.6	11.0	12.0	91.7	85.9	2.0	3.0	3.0	41	5	3	1	0	3	2	+4
17	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	1	41	2002-03	NJN	43.0	41.0	4.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	15.0	26.0	57.7	4.0	9.0	44.4	7.0	7.0	100.0	70.5	2.0	2.0	5.0	43	4	7	2	0	5	5	-13
18	Steve Francis S. Francis	1	44	2002-03	HOU	49.0	44.0	6.0	11.0	2.0	0.0	12.0	21.0	57.1	6.0	8.0	75.0	14.0	17.0	82.4	77.2	0.0	6.0	7.0	49	6	11	2	0	7	3	+2
19	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1	40	2002-03	DAL	47.0	40.0	14.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	12.0	25.0	48.0	2.0	6.0	33.3	14.0	16.0	87.5	62.4	4.0	10.0	2.0	47	14	5	2	1	2	1	-3
20	Al Harrington A. Harrington	1	40	2002-03	IND	44.0	40.0	9.0	1.0	2.0	0.0	15.0	25.0	60.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	8.0	9.0	88.9	69.1	5.0	4.0	3.0	44	9	1	2	0	3	3	+14
21	Gary Payton G. Payton	1	40	2002-03	SEA	46.0	40.0	3.0	10.0	2.0	0.0	19.0	30.0	63.3	1.0	2.0	50.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	64.8	0.0	3.0	1.0	46	3	10	2	0	1	3	+2
22	Michael Finley M. Finley	1	42	2002-03	DAL	39.0	42.0	10.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	13.0	28.0	46.4	1.0	6.0	16.7	15.0	17.0	88.2	59.2	2.0	8.0	2.0	39	10	2	2	0	2	1	+28