most 40 point games in nba history by players before 1973

Before 1972-73, Wilt Chamberlain had the most games with 40+ points, with 271 games.

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NAMEGPPTSMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
271
13,458
49.7
25.7
20.3
37.4
54.2
9.2
16.1
57.0
55.8
6,968
500
2Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
88
3,995
45.4
17.1
11.2
13.9
80.5
309
3Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
77
3,288
42.7
9.3
10.9
15.0
12.7
14.4
88.2
718
836
268
4Jerry West
J. West
66
2,891
43.8
15.8
12.2
14.4
84.8
5Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
47
2,075
44.1
16.1
11.9
14.6
81.6
159
6Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
38
1,703
44.8
16.7
4.3
17.7
9.3
12.8
73.0
636
165
7Rick Barry
R. Barry
35
1,600
44.0
45.7
10.3
4.1
16.3
33.4
48.9
13.0
14.6
89.1
57.4
1,541
362
142
124
8Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
27
1,182
43.8
17.6
8.6
11.9
72.5
9Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
26
1,112
42.8
18.2
16.8
31.5
53.4
9.1
12.4
73.3
57.8
474
68
10George Mikan
G. Mikan
23
1,041
45.3
16.1
13.0
15.7
82.6
11Richie Guerin
R. Guerin
16
702
43.9
15.8
27.1
58.4
12.3
14.8
82.7
65.3
58
12Jack Twyman
J. Twyman
16
711
44.4
16.6
11.2
13.6
82.5
62
13Lou Hudson
L. Hudson
15
658
43.9
5.8
18.6
29.9
62.3
6.7
8.5
78.1
65.2
87
49
14Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
14
627
44.8
3.2
15.9
26.2
60.5
13.1
15.3
85.5
68.0
45
15Dave Bing
D. Bing
13
567
43.6
16.9
9.8
12.5
77.9
16Hal Greer
H. Greer
12
519
43.3
16.3
28.0
58.3
10.6
12.5
84.7
64.6
47
17George Yardley
G. Yardley
12
548
45.7
16.5
12.7
15.3
83.1
39
18John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
11
455
41.4
16.7
30.1
55.6
7.9
9.4
84.5
60.5
24
19Billy Cunningham
B. Cunningham
10
426
42.6
13.7
15.9
27.4
58.0
10.8
14.4
75.0
63.1
137
45
20Earl Monroe
E. Monroe
10
444
44.4
16.9
31.0
54.5
10.6
13.5
78.5
60.1
21Cliff Hagan
C. Hagan
10
434
43.4
16.8
31.6
53.2
9.8
11.8
83.1
59.0
38
22Gail Goodrich
G. Goodrich
9
382
44.9
42.4
5.7
8.9
16.6
29.9
55.4
9.3
11.2
83.2
60.9
404
51
80
29
23Bob Rule
B. Rule
9
399
44.3
12.1
1.2
16.0
12.3
16.2
76.0
109
11
24Tom Heinsohn
T. Heinsohn
8
338
42.3
17.6
31.3
56.4
7.0
9.3
75.7
59.8
33
25Bob Love
B. Love
7
294
44.0
42.0
8.6
1.4
16.9
30.0
56.2
8.3
10.1
81.7
60.9
308
60
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.512
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.512
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27.0
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.317
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.732
2
56
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.683
4.0
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7.0
4
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.634
8.0
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6
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.524
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11
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29.0
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Nets Nets - e
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62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
14
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60
.268
42.0
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60
.268
42.0

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