most 40 point games in a month by a player since 1975

Since 1974-75, Michael Jordan has the most games with 40+ points in a month, with 11 games in December 1986.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point games in a month by a player since 1975

	NAME	GP	PTS	MONTH	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	462	December 1986	40.0	42.0	4.8	3.9	2.1	1.5	16.0	30.5	52.5	0.0	0.5	0.0	10.0	11.4	88.0	59.2	2.4	2.5	2.7	440	53	43	23	16	30	32
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	10	438	February 2003	41.2	43.8	5.0	3.5	2.6	0.9	15.1	30.5	49.5	2.6	5.4	48.1	11.0	13.1	84.0	60.4	0.5	4.5	3.4	412	50	35	26	9	34	22	+113
3	James Harden J. Harden	8	393	January 2019	39.1	49.1	10.5	7.1	2.3	1.4	14.5	31.0	46.8	6.5	17.5	37.1	13.6	15.1	90.1	65.2	2.0	8.5	5.6	313	84	57	18	11	45	28	+81
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	8	376	March 1987	43.1	47.0	5.4	4.9	3.9	1.5	16.6	29.6	56.1	0.3	0.9	28.6	13.5	14.8	91.5	65.1	1.8	3.6	5.3	345	43	39	31	12	42	21
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	7	361	March 2007	47.7	51.6	7.0	3.0	1.3	0.7	17.6	35.3	49.8	3.9	9.0	42.9	12.6	14.0	89.8	62.2	1.9	5.1	3.1	334	49	21	9	5	22	17	+37
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	7	294	March 2006	41.9	42.0	5.1	3.3	1.7	0.3	14.3	31.9	44.8	2.3	6.3	36.4	11.1	12.1	91.8	56.5	1.0	4.1	3.4	293	36	23	12	2	24	18	+77
7	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	7	356	January 2006	41.4	50.9	6.9	3.9	2.3	0.1	16.4	32.7	50.2	4.7	10.6	44.6	13.3	15.3	86.9	64.5	1.0	5.9	3.4	290	48	27	16	1	24	20	+61
8	James Harden J. Harden	6	286	November 2019	37.9	47.7	7.2	6.8	2.3	0.3	13.5	28.7	47.1	7.5	16.3	45.9	13.2	15.7	84.0	67.0	1.0	6.2	5.3	227	43	41	14	2	32	14	+141
9	James Harden J. Harden	6	267	December 2018	38.6	44.5	7.2	8.0	2.3	0.7	12.0	27.0	44.4	5.8	14.5	40.2	14.7	16.7	88.0	64.8	1.3	5.8	6.5	231	43	48	14	4	39	20	+35
10	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	6	268	February 2001	44.2	44.7	4.8	4.5	2.3	0.7	15.7	32.7	48.0	2.2	5.0	43.3	11.2	13.7	81.7	57.7	1.5	3.3	4.0	265	29	27	14	4	24	17	+58
11	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	6	273	January 2001	44.8	45.5	3.3	3.5	3.2	0.3	16.8	30.5	55.2	2.2	5.0	43.3	9.7	10.8	89.2	64.5	0.5	2.8	3.3	269	20	21	19	2	20	9	+69
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	6	290	March 1990	43.3	48.3	9.2	4.7	5.2	0.8	17.7	31.2	56.7	1.0	3.8	26.1	12.0	13.3	90.0	65.3	3.0	6.2	2.2	260	55	28	31	5	13	22
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	6	260	November 1986	41.3	43.3	6.7	3.2	2.3	1.8	15.3	32.3	47.4	0.2	0.5	33.3	12.5	14.3	87.2	56.1	3.7	3.0	2.7	248	40	19	14	11	16	17
14	Moses Malone M. Malone	6	276	February 1982	44.0	46.0	18.5	1.5	1.0	1.3	16.3	27.3	59.8	0.0	0.2	0.0	13.3	16.7	80.0	66.3			2.0	264	111	9	6	8	12	15
15	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	6	267	January 1975		44.5	16.0	2.5			17.2	27.7	62.0				10.2	12.0	84.7	67.5					96	15
16	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	5	224	December 2023	34.5	44.8	13.0	4.8	1.2	1.2	16.6	25.8	64.3	0.8	2.6	30.8	10.8	11.6	93.1	72.5	2.6	10.4	3.6	172	65	24	6	6	18	15	+70
17	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	5	212	March 2023	42.6	42.4	5.4	4.6	0.6	0.4	15.4	30.4	50.7	5.4	11.8	45.8	6.2	7.0	88.6	63.3	1.2	4.2	3.0	213	27	23	3	2	15	18	-5
18	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	5	236	January 2023	37.8	47.2	3.4	6.2	1.0	0.0	13.8	23.0	60.0	5.8	12.2	47.5	13.8	14.4	95.8	80.4	0.2	3.2	1.6	189	17	31	5	0	8	10	+20
19	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	5	215	December 2022	37.7	43.0	14.6	4.4	0.6	1.2	15.2	25.8	58.9	0.4	2.2	18.2	12.2	17.4	70.1	64.3	3.6	11.0	4.0	189	73	22	3	6	20	18	+5
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	5	232	April 2021	35.4	46.4	5.6	4.8	0.0	0.0	14.2	24.0	59.2	9.4	16.0	58.8	8.6	9.6	89.6	82.2	0.4	5.2	4.0	177	28	24	0	0	20	12	+54
21	James Harden J. Harden	5	250	December 2019	39.8	50.0	6.6	6.8	1.8	1.8	16.4	31.2	52.6	7.8	16.4	47.6	9.4	10.6	88.7	69.7	1.6	5.0	4.2	199	33	34	9	9	21	19	+46
22	Devin Booker D. Booker	5	238	March 2019	39.2	47.6	5.4	7.2	0.8	0.6	16.6	28.2	58.9	4.0	8.2	48.8	10.4	12.0	86.7	71.1	1.2	4.2	5.8	196	27	36	4	3	29	18	+16
23	James Harden J. Harden	5	251	March 2019	40.1	50.2	8.2	6.8	2.6	1.2	15.2	32.0	47.5	6.8	16.4	41.5	13.0	14.6	89.0	65.3	0.8	7.4	3.8	201	41	34	13	6	19	16	+62
24	James Harden J. Harden	5	229	February 2019	39.8	45.8	6.8	5.6	2.8	1.2	13.8	28.4	48.6	6.2	16.2	38.3	12.0	12.6	95.2	67.5	0.8	6.0	4.6	199	34	28	14	6	23	12	+37
25	Anthony Davis A. Davis	5	227	February 2018	40.1	45.4	15.4	2.0	3.6	3.2	16.2	30.0	54.0	1.8	4.0	45.0	11.2	14.0	80.0	62.8	3.8	11.6	2.4	200	77	10	18	16	12	13	+49