most 40 point games in a season 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Kobe Bryant had the most games with 40+ points in a season, with 27 games in 2005-06.

Interpreted as:
most 40 or more point games by a player in a season 2000s
NAMEGPPTSSEASONTMMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
27
1,241
2005-06
LAL LAL
41.8
46.0
6.1
3.4
2.0
0.3
15.2
31.8
47.8
3.2
7.8
41.2
12.3
14.2
86.5
60.4
1.3
4.8
2.9
1,129
164
91
55
7
77
87
+182
2Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
19
843
2002-03
LAL 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
3Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
18
882
2006-07
LAL LAL
45.6
49.0
7.2
4.4
1.3
0.7
16.2
30.9
52.3
3.6
7.3
49.2
13.1
15.2
86.1
65.2
1.4
5.8
2.9
822
129
79
24
12
53
53
+133
4Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
17
761
2000-01
PHI PHI
45.1
44.8
4.1
4.1
2.8
0.4
16.1
31.8
50.5
2.1
4.9
42.2
10.6
12.4
85.7
60.1
1.0
3.1
3.5
767
69
69
47
6
60
39
+143
5Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
15
649
2005-06
PHI PHI
45.3
43.3
4.5
8.6
1.9
0.1
15.0
29.0
51.7
1.3
3.8
35.1
11.9
13.9
86.1
61.6
0.8
3.7
3.4
679
68
129
28
1
51
29
+54
6Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
13
582
2008-09
MIA MIA
42.1
44.8
6.0
7.2
2.5
1.8
15.5
27.7
56.1
2.5
5.2
47.1
11.2
13.7
82.0
66.4
1.4
4.6
4.0
547
78
93
32
24
52
26
+82
7Gilbert Arenas
G. Arenas
11
475
2005-06
WAS WAS
42.2
43.2
3.5
6.1
2.4
0.2
13.0
23.9
54.4
4.2
8.9
46.9
13.0
15.4
84.6
70.4
0.9
2.5
4.6
464
38
67
26
2
51
35
+57
8Tracy McGrady
T. McGrady
11
488
2002-03
ORL 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
9LeBron James
L. James
10
461
2005-06
CLE CLE
44.7
46.1
7.4
7.3
1.8
0.6
16.3
28.4
57.4
2.7
6.3
42.9
10.8
13.2
81.8
67.4
1.0
6.4
3.2
447
74
73
18
6
32
27
+64
10Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
10
419
2004-05
LAL LAL
43.3
41.9
4.7
5.6
1.8
0.7
13.3
24.8
53.6
3.4
7.4
45.9
11.9
14.1
84.4
67.6
0.8
3.9
4.2
433
47
56
18
7
42
31
+75
11LeBron James
L. James
9
413
2008-09
CLE CLE
41.8
45.9
8.0
6.8
1.7
0.9
14.9
26.3
56.5
3.7
7.0
52.4
12.4
14.6
85.5
70.1
1.1
6.9
4.4
376
72
61
15
8
40
16
+91
12Gilbert Arenas
G. Arenas
9
420
2006-07
WAS WAS
41.4
46.7
3.7
6.0
2.1
0.1
14.7
26.8
54.8
5.6
10.9
51.0
11.8
13.9
84.8
70.9
0.7
3.0
3.2
373
33
54
19
1
29
32
+107
13Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
9
429
2004-05
PHI PHI
43.7
47.7
3.8
7.2
3.0
0.1
16.0
30.3
52.7
2.3
5.8
40.4
13.3
15.7
85.1
64.0
0.6
3.2
4.0
393
34
65
27
1
36
19
+110
14Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
9
403
2001-02
PHI PHI
45.9
44.8
5.0
5.7
2.8
0.2
15.9
33.6
47.4
2.0
5.2
38.3
11.0
13.0
84.6
57.0
1.0
4.0
4.6
413
45
51
25
2
41
17
+56
15Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
9
395
1999-00
LAL LAL
42.6
43.9
14.8
2.8
0.6
1.7
16.6
25.9
63.9
0.0
0.0
10.8
16.8
64.2
66.0
5.1
9.7
3.1
383
133
25
5
15
28
33
+63
16Tracy McGrady
T. McGrady
8
365
2003-04
ORL ORL
42.9
45.6
6.5
5.3
2.1
0.9
15.6
30.6
51.0
5.0
10.5
47.6
9.4
11.9
78.9
63.6
1.8
4.8
3.1
343
52
42
17
7
25
11
-17
17Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
8
333
2000-01
BOS BOS
41.8
41.6
6.0
2.4
1.9
1.3
13.4
23.3
57.5
3.0
6.0
50.0
11.9
14.1
84.1
70.6
1.4
4.6
2.6
334
48
19
15
10
21
25
+66
18Jerry Stackhouse
J. Stackhouse
8
355
2000-01
DET DET
44.3
44.4
3.5
3.8
1.1
0.4
14.6
28.8
50.9
2.9
7.1
40.4
12.3
14.1
86.7
63.5
0.4
3.1
4.9
354
28
30
9
3
39
18
+28
19Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
8
351
1999-00
PHI PHI
43.3
43.9
4.6
4.1
1.3
0.1
16.0
30.9
51.8
1.9
5.1
36.6
10.0
12.9
77.7
60.0
1.5
3.1
3.3
346
37
33
10
1
26
23
+43
20LeBron James
L. James
7
314
2007-08
CLE CLE
43.5
44.9
8.7
7.3
2.3
1.3
15.0
27.7
54.1
3.7
7.9
47.3
11.1
16.0
69.6
64.5
2.4
6.3
4.0
305
61
51
16
9
28
19
+45
21Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
7
325
2007-08
LAL LAL
44.7
46.4
7.6
3.4
1.9
0.9
16.3
30.3
53.8
2.9
6.3
45.5
11.0
14.7
74.8
63.2
0.6
7.0
3.0
313
53
24
13
6
21
20
+24
22Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
7
287
2001-02
LAL LAL
39.4
41.0
11.6
2.9
0.7
1.6
15.6
21.4
72.7
0.0
0.0
9.9
18.3
53.9
69.6
3.9
7.7
3.0
276
81
20
5
11
21
21
+70
23Vince Carter
V. Carter
6
253
2006-07
NJN NJN
41.5
42.2
7.8
5.7
0.8
1.0
14.3
24.2
59.3
3.3
8.0
41.7
10.2
11.5
88.4
72.1
2.2
5.7
2.7
249
47
34
5
6
16
20
+38
24Gilbert Arenas
G. Arenas
6
256
2004-05
WAS WAS
45.7
42.7
5.5
3.8
1.3
0.5
12.8
25.7
50.0
4.8
9.8
49.2
12.2
15.0
81.1
66.1
1.2
4.3
2.8
274
33
23
8
3
17
20
-19
25Amar'e Stoudemire
A. Stoudemire
6
262
2004-05
PHX PHX
39.3
43.7
10.7
2.5
1.5
1.5
15.7
23.8
65.7
0.0
0.3
0.0
12.3
15.8
77.9
70.9
4.0
6.7
1.7
236
64
15
9
9
10
21
+55
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Knicks Knicks - x
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64
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Sun
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GSW GSW
@
DEN DEN
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Mon
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PHI PHI
@
MIA MIA
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3/30
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@
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Wed
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SAS SAS
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Sat
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NYK NYK
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SAS SAS
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NYK NYK
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