most 40 point games in first eight seasons

Wilt Chamberlain had the most games by a player with 40+ points in his first 8 seasons, with 261 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point regular-season games by a player in first eight seasons

	NAME	GP	PTS	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	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	261	12,933		49.6	25.6				20.2	37.7	53.6				9.2	15.9	57.6	55.4					6,687					483
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	121	5,474	41.5	45.2	6.5	5.5	3.0	1.3	16.8	29.2	57.7	0.5	1.5	30.8	11.1	12.8	86.9	65.0	2.0	4.5	2.9	5,017	783	670	361	155	353	372
3	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	77	3,531		45.9					17.1						11.6	14.4	80.4											273
4	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	71	3,040		42.8	9.5	11.1			15.0						12.8	14.5	88.4						677	786				251
5	Rick Barry R. Barry	70	3,165	42.8	45.2	8.3	5.3	2.9		17.5	33.3	52.5				10.2	11.3	90.3	59.0			3.2	2,999	578	374	100		19	230
6	George Gervin G. Gervin	64	2,806	40.2	43.8	5.1	2.8	1.3	0.9	17.2	29.1	58.9	0.4	1.0	36.5	9.2	10.8	84.9	64.6				2,573	326	182	86	56		176
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	60	2,656		44.3	16.7	4.2		4.0	17.9						8.4	11.5	73.0						1,002	254		60
8	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	58	2,518		43.4	15.5				17.0	28.3	60.0				9.5	12.0	79.1	64.7					899
9	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	50	2,199	45.0	44.0	4.4	5.1	2.4	0.2	15.5	31.1	49.9	2.3	5.4	42.9	10.7	13.0	81.9	59.8	1.3	3.1	3.7	2,248	221	253	122	10	187	115	+230
10	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	49	2,186	38.8	44.6	9.7	9.1	1.6	0.4	15.2	26.5	57.3	4.9	10.7	45.4	9.4	11.9	79.1	70.4	0.9	8.8	3.9	1,900	477	446	77	20	189	134	+399
11	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	48	2,134	36.2	44.5	13.4	4.4	1.3	2.0	15.0	24.8	60.5	1.5	3.8	38.0	13.0	15.0	86.7	70.8	2.9	10.5	3.3	1,736	641	213	60	97	157	156	+533
12	LeBron James L. James	46	2,060	43.5	44.8	8.5	7.2	2.0	0.9	15.4	27.3	56.5	3.2	7.0	46.6	10.7	13.3	80.4	67.6	1.6	6.9	3.8	2,002	390	332	91	41	173	98	+349
13	Jerry West J. West	46	2,050		44.6					15.9						12.8	15.0	85.4
14	Kevin Durant K. Durant	43	1,868	43.0	43.4	8.3	4.0	1.3	1.1	14.3	25.6	56.0	3.5	7.4	47.3	11.3	12.9	87.9	69.5	1.0	7.3	3.5	1,849	357	173	58	49	152	102	+263
15	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	41	1,803	42.4	44.0	7.7	4.7		0.1	15.7	23.6	66.5	0.0			12.6	14.7	85.4	73.1				1,740	315	192		4		139
16	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	40	1,771		44.3					16.2						11.9	14.7	81.1											135
17	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	39	1,758	40.7	45.1	7.3	2.8	2.2	0.8	16.9	30.2	56.0	0.7	1.6	45.2	10.6	12.3	86.2	63.4	3.1	4.2	2.9	1,588	284	109	85	30	113	83
18	James Harden J. Harden	38	1,644	40.3	43.3	7.6	8.5	2.3	0.4	12.6	24.1	52.5	4.9	10.2	47.7	13.1	15.1	87.1	70.5	1.3	6.3	4.7	1,531	288	324	89	16	180	105	+370
19	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	37	1,634		44.2	3.2		3.2		16.3	28.8	56.4				11.6	13.4	86.9	63.6					120		16
20	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	36	1,605	42.3	44.6	8.0	5.0	1.9	1.0	15.7	29.5	53.3	3.6	7.3	48.9	9.6	12.5	76.9	63.7	2.1	5.9	2.9	1,522	289	180	70	36	103	73	+181
21	Anthony Davis A. Davis	35	1,542	40.1	44.1	14.0	2.9	2.1	2.1	15.9	27.7	57.4	1.4	3.3	41.4	10.9	12.6	86.6	66.3	3.9	10.1	1.8	1,403	489	100	75	72	63	89	+293
22	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	35	1,519	41.5	43.4	14.1	2.2	0.8	2.2	17.2	26.7	64.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	9.1	14.7	61.7	65.5	5.5	8.7	2.8	1,452	495	77	28	77	98	102	+139
23	Trae Young T. Young	34	1,487	38.1	43.7	4.2	9.1	1.1	0.1	13.7	25.6	53.6	5.2	11.0	47.1	11.1	12.6	88.1	70.2	0.8	3.4	4.8	1,294	142	310	39	5	164	57	+156
24	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	34	1,513		44.5					16.7						11.0	12.7	86.6
25	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	33	1,524	39.9	46.2	5.0	7.5	1.4	0.3	14.7	26.5	55.5	6.6	12.5	52.9	10.1	11.1	91.3	73.5	0.6	4.4	2.5	1,315	164	249	45	11	82	66	+249