most 40 point games in a season by a point guard

James Harden has the most games by a point guard with 40+ points in a season, with 28 games in 2018-19.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point games in a season by a point guard

	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	James Harden J. Harden	28	1,317	2018-19	HOU	39.6	47.0	8.1	7.5	2.4	1.0	13.7	29.1	47.1	6.3	15.9	39.6	13.4	14.9	89.7	66.0	1.3	6.9	5.8	1,109	228	211	68	28	161	91	+242
2	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	18	835	2016-17	OKC	37.3	46.4	10.4	8.8	1.6	0.1	15.2	31.2	48.8	4.1	10.3	40.0	11.8	13.8	85.9	62.2	1.4	9.1	5.3	671	188	159	28	2	96	42	+73
3	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	18	804	1972-73	KCO	48.3	44.7	3.3	11.2			17.1	31.4	54.5				10.4	11.9	87.9	61.0				869	59	201				50
4	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	15	674	2022-23	POR	38.0	44.9	5.3	5.7	0.8	0.4	13.3	24.1	55.4	6.1	13.6	45.1	12.1	13.1	92.9	75.4	0.7	4.5	3.0	570	79	85	12	6	45	29	+69
5	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	15	649	2005-06	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
6	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	14	632	2022-23	DAL	40.1	45.1	10.1	8.9	2.1	0.4	15.6	26.6	58.6	3.6	8.9	40.3	10.4	14.1	74.1	68.9	1.1	9.1	3.6	562	142	125	29	6	50	41	+62
7	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	13	596	2023-24	DAL	38.0	45.8	9.0	9.8	1.7	0.2	15.7	26.3	59.6	5.8	11.6	50.3	8.6	9.8	87.5	74.8	0.5	8.5	3.2	494	117	128	22	3	42	28	+160
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	13	581	2015-16	GSW	35.0	44.7	6.0	5.8	1.9	0.2	14.8	24.5	60.4	8.4	14.2	58.9	6.8	7.2	93.6	80.8	0.8	5.2	4.4	455	78	76	25	2	57	27	+206
9	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	13	580	1971-72	CIN		44.6	3.2	10.8			15.9	26.7	59.7				12.8	14.8	86.0	67.1					42	140
10	Jerry West J. West	13	547	1969-70	LAL	44.9	42.1	5.1	9.0			15.5	26.5	58.3				11.2	13.7	81.5	64.6				584	66	117				28
11	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	12	511	1965-66	CIN	48.8	42.6	8.0	12.1			14.5	25.9	55.9				13.6	15.3	88.6	65.2				586	96	145				39
12	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	11	494	2023-24	NYK	39.5	44.9	5.1	5.9	1.5	0.3	15.9	29.5	53.8	3.9	8.5	45.7	9.2	10.5	87.1	65.7	1.2	3.9	3.0	435	56	65	16	3	33	19	+97
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	11	527	2020-21	GSW	35.7	47.9	5.4	5.2	0.7	0.1	15.1	26.9	56.1	9.5	17.7	53.3	8.3	9.0	91.9	77.6	0.4	5.0	4.2	392	59	57	8	1	46	25	+161
14	Trae Young T. Young	11	490	2019-20	ATL	40.4	44.5	4.6	10.0	1.0	0.3	13.0	25.9	50.2	5.7	12.3	46.7	12.8	14.7	87.0	68.8	0.8	3.8	5.6	444	51	110	11	3	62	21	+44
15	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	11	558	2019-20	POR	41.1	50.7	5.3	9.1	1.4	0.2	15.9	28.5	55.9	8.2	15.0	54.5	10.7	11.5	93.7	75.7	0.4	4.9	2.6	452	58	100	15	2	29	13	+88
16	James Harden J. Harden	11	469	2016-17	HOU	38.4	42.6	11.2	11.1	1.5	0.4	12.2	24.6	49.4	5.5	12.0	45.5	12.8	15.0	85.5	68.2	1.5	9.7	5.5	422	123	122	16	4	61	32	+49
17	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	11	475	2005-06	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
18	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	11	483	1963-64	CIN	47.9	43.9	9.4	10.7			15.0	26.4	56.9				13.9	15.6	89.0	66.0				527	103	118				42
19	Jerry West J. West	11	502	1961-62	LAL		45.6					15.6						14.4	17.1	84.0											20
20	Trae Young T. Young	10	443	2021-22	ATL	35.6	44.3	3.5	9.1	1.0	0.1	14.7	24.5	60.0	5.4	10.6	50.9	9.5	10.3	92.2	76.3	0.6	2.9	4.2	356	35	91	10	1	42	16	+110
21	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	9	399	2014-15	OKC	39.1	44.3	9.4	8.4	1.9	0.3	15.4	32.4	47.6	2.3	6.7	35.0	11.1	13.3	83.3	57.9	2.2	7.2	4.0	352	85	76	17	3	36	30	-38
22	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	9	420	2006-07	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
23	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	9	429	2004-05	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
24	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	9	384	1966-67	CIN		42.7	6.3	10.8			14.7	24.8	59.2				13.3	14.2	93.8	68.7					57	97				30
25	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	9	402	1964-65	CIN		44.7	11.1	9.9			14.9	28.6	52.1				14.9	16.4	90.5	62.4					100	89				27