Shaquille O'Neal had the most games with 40+ points in 1999-00, with 9 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point games by a player in the NBA 2000

	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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	9	395	1999-00	LAL	42.6	43.9	14.8	2.8	0.6	1.7	16.6	25.9	63.9	0.0	0.0		10.8	16.8	64.2	66.0	5.1	9.7	3.1	383	133	25	5	15	28	33	+63
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	8	351	1999-00	PHI	43.3	43.9	4.6	4.1	1.3	0.1	16.0	30.9	51.8	1.9	5.1	36.6	10.0	12.9	77.7	60.0	1.5	3.1	3.3	346	37	33	10	1	26	23	+43
3	Grant Hill G. Hill	4	165	1999-00	DET	45.3	41.3	6.3	7.0	1.3	1.3	14.8	28.0	52.7	1.8	3.3	53.8	10.0	12.5	80.0	61.6	2.3	4.0	3.5	181	25	28	5	5	14	10	+28
4	Gary Payton G. Payton	3	124	1999-00	SEA	40.3	41.3	5.7	7.7	3.0	0.3	15.0	26.3	57.0	3.0	6.3	47.4	8.3	10.0	83.3	67.2	1.7	4.0	1.7	121	17	23	9	1	5	8	+56
5	Larry Hughes L. Hughes	2	85	1999-00	GSW	42.5	42.5	4.5	5.0	3.0	1.0	15.5	27.0	57.4	0.5	2.0	25.0	11.0	14.5	75.9	63.7	0.0	4.5	1.5	85	9	10	6	2	3	5	+18
6	Vince Carter V. Carter	2	98	1999-00	TOR	43.0	49.0	7.0	2.5	2.5	1.0	18.5	32.0	57.8	3.5	5.5	63.6	8.5	8.5	100.0	68.6	4.0	3.0	4.0	86	14	5	5	2	8	10	+8
7	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	2	88	1999-00	SAS	46.5	44.0	14.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	15.5	25.0	62.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	13.0	15.0	86.7	69.6	4.0	10.0	3.0	93	28	6	2	2	6	4	+15
8	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	1	44	1999-00	DEN	49.0	44.0	3.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	16.0	32.0	50.0	5.0	11.0	45.5	7.0	9.0	77.8	61.2	0.0	3.0	3.0	49	3	8	0	0	3	5	+5
9	Elton Brand E. Brand	1	44	1999-00	CHI	43.0	44.0	12.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	16.0	21.0	76.2	0.0	0.0		12.0	15.0	80.0	79.7	7.0	5.0	1.0	43	12	2	0	3	1	2	-11
10	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	1	40	1999-00	MIN	43.0	40.0	8.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	16.0	23.0	69.6	0.0	1.0	0.0	8.0	10.0	80.0	73.0	2.0	6.0	6.0	43	8	3	0	1	6	4	+12
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	40	1999-00	LAL	43.0	40.0	10.0	8.0	0.0	1.0	15.0	24.0	62.5	2.0	4.0	50.0	8.0	9.0	88.9	71.5	3.0	7.0	4.0	43	10	8	0	1	4	3	-5
12	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	1	40	1999-00	DET	34.0	40.0	1.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	13.0	21.0	61.9	6.0	10.0	60.0	8.0	8.0	100.0	81.6	0.0	1.0	1.0	34	1	4	0	1	1	1	+14
13	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	1	43	1999-00	MIA	33.0	43.0	16.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	13.0	14.0	92.9	0.0	0.0		17.0	24.0	70.8	87.5	7.0	9.0	2.0	33	16	0	0	5	2	2	+6
14	Michael Dickerson M. Dickerson	1	40	1999-00	VAN	41.0	40.0	6.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	17.0	27.0	63.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	4.0	6.0	66.7	67.5	3.0	3.0	3.0	41	6	4	1	0	3	0	+24
15	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	1	42	1999-00	NJN	44.0	42.0	6.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	14.0	23.0	60.9	3.0	4.0	75.0	11.0	12.0	91.7	74.3	2.0	4.0	5.0	44	6	9	0	0	5	3	0
16	Antonio McDyess A. McDyess	1	40	1999-00	DEN	41.0	40.0	12.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	15.0	25.0	60.0	0.0	0.0		10.0	11.0	90.9	67.0	7.0	5.0	3.0	41	12	2	0	2	3	2	-4
17	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	1	50	1999-00	PHX	43.0	50.0	8.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	17.0	26.0	65.4	3.0	5.0	60.0	13.0	15.0	86.7	76.7	3.0	5.0	0.0	43	8	4	0	2	0	2	+25
18	Karl Malone K. Malone	1	40	1999-00	UTA	35.0	40.0	8.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	17.0	25.0	68.0	0.0	0.0		6.0	7.0	85.7	71.2	1.0	7.0	7.0	35	8	4	1	0	7	4	+6