most 40 point games in regular season and playoffs since 2012

Since 2011-12, James Harden has the most games in the regular-season and playoffs with 40+ points, with 116 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point games by a player in regular season and playoffs since 2012

	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	James Harden J. Harden	116	5,227	39.5	45.1	7.2	8.0	2.1	0.7	13.3	26.1	51.1	5.6	12.6	44.6	12.8	14.5	88.3	69.4	1.2	6.0	4.7	4,579	834	929	244	81	550	348	+1075
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	78	3,517	36.8	45.1	5.5	5.8	1.3	0.3	14.9	25.8	57.6	8.4	15.3	55.3	6.8	7.4	91.9	77.4	0.7	4.7	3.4	2,873	427	449	104	22	269	161	+938
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	66	2,903	41.8	44.0	7.8	5.2	1.2	1.2	14.9	26.5	56.1	4.1	8.5	47.7	10.2	11.4	89.3	69.8	0.7	7.1	3.8	2,757	514	340	77	76	253	164	+353
4	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	64	2,900	39.7	45.3	4.9	7.4	1.2	0.4	14.1	25.4	55.6	6.7	13.0	51.0	10.4	11.3	92.2	74.6	0.6	4.3	2.6	2,538	315	474	75	25	169	120	+425
5	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	62	2,773	37.1	44.7	13.0	5.2	1.1	1.3	16.3	25.1	65.1	1.4	3.6	37.5	10.7	14.7	72.5	70.8	2.8	10.2	3.3	2,299	803	325	68	82	207	181	+424
6	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	55	2,441	39.4	44.4	9.8	8.3	1.6	0.3	15.7	30.8	50.9	3.2	8.2	39.2	9.8	11.9	82.3	61.5	2.0	7.9	5.0	2,169	541	458	87	16	275	162	+111
7	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	54	2,394	39.2	44.3	9.6	9.3	1.6	0.4	15.1	26.7	56.5	4.9	10.6	46.1	9.2	11.7	78.7	69.5	0.9	8.7	4.1	2,118	518	501	86	24	221	145	+362
8	LeBron James L. James	53	2,320	40.7	43.8	9.7	7.3	1.6	0.9	16.2	26.7	60.6	3.9	7.2	53.5	7.5	10.1	74.7	70.3	1.7	7.9	3.5	2,159	512	389	84	49	183	96	+407
9	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	50	2,224	36.2	44.5	13.2	4.4	1.2	2.0	14.9	24.7	60.5	1.5	3.9	39.3	13.1	15.1	86.5	71.0	2.8	10.4	3.3	1,811	662	219	62	99	163	164	+563
10	Anthony Davis A. Davis	48	2,096	39.5	43.7	13.7	2.9	1.8	2.0	15.7	26.6	59.1	1.4	3.2	43.5	10.8	12.5	86.8	68.0	3.8	9.9	1.8	1,894	656	139	86	98	87	119	+407
11	Devin Booker D. Booker	45	2,068	38.8	46.0	5.6	5.9	1.3	0.6	16.5	27.3	60.3	3.9	8.1	47.5	9.1	10.2	88.9	72.2	0.8	4.8	3.3	1,747	251	266	57	25	149	138	+345
12	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	41	1,820	39.6	44.4	4.7	5.4	1.7	0.5	15.9	26.6	59.6	5.7	10.0	57.0	7.0	7.7	91.1	74.1	0.8	3.9	2.9	1,624	193	222	69	20	117	112	+323
13	Trae Young T. Young	35	1,535	38.1	43.9	4.3	9.2	1.1	0.1	13.8	25.8	53.4	5.1	11.1	46.5	11.1	12.6	88.0	69.9	0.8	3.5	4.9	1,335	149	321	40	5	170	60	+166
14	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	35	1,535	39.0	43.9	11.8	8.0	1.8	0.9	16.7	27.2	61.4	2.6	5.7	44.8	7.9	9.6	81.8	69.7	3.3	8.5	3.2	1,364	413	279	62	33	113	99	+279
15	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	33	1,469	39.3	44.5	8.6	4.7	1.0	0.8	14.6	25.8	56.6	5.8	11.2	52.3	9.4	10.6	88.6	72.9	0.9	7.8	2.1	1,296	285	156	32	26	69	74	+437
16	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	33	1,465	39.6	44.4	5.5	5.0	1.4	0.4	15.3	28.4	54.0	5.2	11.6	44.8	8.6	9.8	87.6	67.9	1.1	4.4	3.3	1,305	183	164	47	13	109	78	+239
17	Bradley Beal B. Beal	31	1,378	40.8	44.5	4.8	5.5	1.2	0.4	15.8	28.0	56.5	4.6	9.4	48.6	8.3	9.6	86.2	69.0	1.4	3.4	3.1	1,265	148	169	36	12	96	80	+29
18	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	27	1,157	40.4	42.9	6.1	4.4	1.2	0.4	15.3	26.8	57.1	1.4	3.5	40.4	10.9	12.6	86.2	66.3	1.1	5.1	2.3	1,092	166	120	33	12	63	61	+213
19	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	26	1,145	40.3	44.0	4.8	6.6	0.9	0.2	15.7	28.7	54.6	3.8	8.6	44.6	8.9	10.5	84.9	66.2	0.9	3.8	2.5	1,049	124	171	24	6	66	45	+228
20	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	26	1,131	36.6	43.5	5.5	5.9	1.9	1.2	14.7	24.8	59.3	2.4	5.2	47.0	11.7	12.9	90.7	71.5	0.9	4.6	2.3	950	143	153	49	31	61	65	+356
21	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	24	1,056	39.1	44.0	6.0	4.3	1.5	1.0	14.7	26.5	55.4	5.9	12.0	49.1	8.7	10.4	83.2	70.7	1.3	4.6	3.1	937	143	103	37	25	75	45	+237
22	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	23	996	39.0	43.3	5.3	3.6	1.4	0.3	15.8	26.0	60.8	6.7	11.5	57.7	5.1	6.1	83.0	75.6	0.9	4.4	3.6	896	122	82	32	7	83	53	+125
23	Paul George P. George	23	995	39.4	43.3	8.8	5.0	2.0	0.3	14.9	25.5	58.3	5.9	11.4	51.5	7.7	9.0	85.4	73.4	1.0	7.7	2.9	906	202	115	46	6	66	68	+168
24	Kemba Walker K. Walker	19	838	39.3	44.1	5.4	5.6	1.3	0.4	14.9	26.3	56.8	5.6	11.0	51.2	8.6	9.6	89.6	72.2	0.7	4.6	2.6	747	102	106	24	8	49	26	+71
25	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	19	844	33.8	44.4	3.8	1.7	0.9	0.7	15.5	25.3	61.5	8.9	14.5	61.2	4.5	4.8	92.4	81.1	0.5	3.4	1.8	643	73	33	17	13	35	27	+437