most 40 point games in a season since 1973

Since 1972-73, Michael Jordan has the most games with 40+ points in a season, with 37 games in 1986-87.

	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	37	1,690	1986-87	CHI	41.4	45.7	5.5	4.2	3.0	1.7	16.4	31.2	52.5	0.1	0.8	12.9	12.8	14.5	88.3	60.7	2.3	3.2	3.4	1,531	204	156	111	64	124	108
2	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
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	27	1,241	2005-06	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
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	22	1,007	1989-90	CHI	41.8	45.8	7.5	5.5	3.1	0.7	17.0	29.5	57.9	1.4	3.4	41.3	10.3	11.7	87.6	66.1	2.0	5.5	2.4	920	165	120	69	16	52	68
5	James Harden J. Harden	21	977	2019-20	HOU	38.9	46.5	7.7	7.8	1.8	1.1	13.5	27.9	48.3	6.5	15.4	42.0	13.1	14.8	88.7	67.6	1.3	6.4	4.5	817	162	163	38	24	95	70	+267
6	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	21	932	1974-75	BUF		44.4	15.6	2.3			17.3	29.3	59.0				9.8	11.9	82.7	64.3					327	48
7	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
8	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
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	18	882	2006-07	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
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	18	843	1987-88	CHI	41.1	46.8	4.8	6.4	3.3	1.9	17.7	28.9	61.2	0.1	0.9	5.9	11.4	13.3	86.2	67.4	1.6	3.2	2.8	740	86	116	60	35	50	60
11	George Gervin G. Gervin	18	787	1979-80	SAS	40.8	43.7	4.8	2.8	1.8	1.0	17.6	29.8	59.0	0.7	1.8	39.4	7.9	9.7	81.1	64.2				734	87	50	33	18		41
12	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
13	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	17	761	2000-01	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
14	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	16	715	2025-26	LAL	37.4	44.7	8.8	8.3	2.1	0.5	14.3	25.9	55.2	5.8	12.6	45.5	10.3	12.4	82.9	71.1	0.8	7.9	3.1	599	140	133	33	8	49	42	+132
15	George Gervin G. Gervin	16	711	1981-82	SAS	40.7	44.4	5.8	3.1	1.3	0.5	17.8	30.8	57.7	0.3	0.6	40.0	8.7	9.8	88.5	63.4			2.7	651	92	50	20	8	43	39
16	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
17	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
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	15	684	1988-89	CHI	42.3	45.6	8.8	7.7	3.8	0.5	16.3	27.1	60.0	0.6	2.1	29.0	12.5	14.4	86.6	68.1	2.1	6.7	3.3	634	132	116	57	8	49	45
19	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	15	676	1987-88	ATL	40.5	45.1	6.9	3.1	1.9	0.7	17.3	31.2	55.3	1.0	2.1	48.4	9.5	11.2	85.1	62.4	3.1	3.9	3.5	607	104	46	28	10	52	33
20	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	15	647	1975-76	BUF		43.1	13.6				16.4	28.3	57.9				10.3	13.4	77.1	63.0					204
21	Rick Barry R. Barry	15	655	1974-75	GSW	42.2	43.7	6.1	6.3	3.2	0.4	18.3	34.9	52.3				7.1	7.5	94.7	57.1	1.3	4.8		633	91	94	48	6		42
22	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
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	14	625	2013-14	OKC	43.1	44.6	6.6	5.7	1.6	0.9	14.4	27.4	52.3	3.9	8.6	44.6	12.1	14.4	83.7	66.1	0.4	6.2	3.9	603	93	80	23	12	54	29	+57
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	14	661	1992-93	CHI	40.9	47.2	6.6	5.6	3.6	1.0	18.4	32.1	57.5	1.1	3.4	33.3	9.2	11.0	83.8	64.0	1.6	5.1	2.7	572	93	78	51	14	38	34
25	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	13	589	2024-25	OKC	35.9	45.3	5.3	5.8	2.1	1.2	15.6	26.8	58.2	3.2	7.1	45.7	10.8	11.6	93.4	70.9	1.1	4.2	2.1	467	69	76	27	16	27	35	+199

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Team Leaders

PPG

19.3

Powell

RPG

7.4

Smith

APG

8.3

Giddey

Team Rankings

ORTG

109.8

24th

DRTG

124.9

30th

NETRTG

-15.0

30th

3P%

28.9

30th

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
11	Pacers	4	8	.333	6.0
12	Wizards	4	8	.333	6.0
13	Nets	3	8	.273	6.5
14	Bulls	1	9	.100	8.0
15	Bucks	1	11	.083	9.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 11/13	ATL	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Sat 11/14	CHI	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Mon 11/16	CHI	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 11/18	CHI	@	BKN	7:30 PM
Fri 11/20	WAS	@	CHI	8:00 PM

Last Game

Spurs

10 - 2

124

Final

119

Bulls

1 - 9

Wed 11 Nov 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

38.6

Dončić

30.3

Wembanyama

29.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

RPG Leaders

13.5

Towns

13.3

Sabonis

12.6

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

9.0

Jokić

8.5

Mitchell

8.3

Young

SPG Leaders

3.0

Daniels

2.3

Dunn

2.3

Barnes

BPG Leaders

4.4

Wembanyama

2.4

Turner

2.2

Kessler

3PM Leaders

5.5

Dončić

4.3

Curry

4.2

Robinson

TS% Leaders

73.4

Gafford

71.9

Curry

71.3

Spencer

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.7

120.4

120.0

119.3

119.2

DRtg Rankings

106.1

107.6

108.6

108.8

109.0

NetRtg Rankings

11.7

11.2

11.0

9.2

8.2

8.0

Tank Leaderboard

1-11

1-10

1-9

2-8

3-8

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

FanDuel Points Leaders

759

Wembanyama

685.6

Dončić

583.3

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

734.5

Wembanyama

723.3

Dončić

610.3

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

40.1

Dončić

36.5

Gilgeous-Alexander

35.9

Wembanyama

MPG Leaders

37.4

Acuff

36.8

Wagner

36.4

Murray

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.11

Wembanyama

1.74

Dončić

1.62

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.04

Wembanyama

1.83

Dončić

1.70

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

10-1

9-3

7-3

9-4

8-4

7-4

Worst Record ATS

2-10

2-9

3-7

4-8

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	10	2	.833
2	76ers	9	3	.750	1.0
3	Pistons	7	3	.700	2.0
4	Hawks	7	5	.583	3.0
5	Knicks	6	5	.545	3.5
6	Cavaliers	6	6	.500	4.0
7	Raptors	5	6	.455	4.5
8	Heat	5	6	.455	4.5
9	Hornets	4	7	.364	5.5
10	Magic	4	7	.364	5.5
11	Pacers	4	8	.333	6.0
12	Wizards	4	8	.333	6.0
13	Nets	3	8	.273	6.5
14	Bulls	1	9	.100	8.0
15	Bucks	1	11	.083	9.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lakers	11	2	.846
2	Spurs	10	2	.833	0.5
3	Rockets	9	3	.750	1.5
4	Trail Blazers	8	3	.727	2.0
5	Timberwolves	8	3	.727	2.0
6	Warriors	8	4	.667	2.5
7	Thunder	8	4	.667	2.5
8	Mavericks	7	4	.636	3.0
9	Grizzlies	7	4	.636	3.0
10	Nuggets	6	4	.600	3.5
11	Suns	4	6	.400	5.5
12	Pelicans	4	8	.333	6.5
13	Clippers	2	8	.200	7.5
14	Kings	1	10	.091	9.0
15	Jazz	1	11	.083	9.5

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	132-125
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	116-128

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 11/12	TOR	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Thu 11/12	DET	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Thu 11/12	DAL	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Thu 11/12	CHA	@	PHX	9:00 PM
Fri 11/13	MIL	@	ORL	7:00 PM

Since 1972-73, Michael Jordan has the most games with 40+ points in a season, with 37 games in 1986-87.

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8.3

3.0

2.3

2.3

4.4

2.4

2.2

5.5

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NBA 2026-27 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2026-27

759

685.6

583.3

734.5

723.3

610.3

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35.9

37.4

36.8

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