most 40 point games in the nba by active players including playoffs

James Harden has the most games by an active player in the regular-season and playoffs with 40+ points, with 118 games.

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most 40 or more point games in the NBA by active players including playoffs

	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	118	5,323	39.5	45.1	7.2	8.0	2.1	0.7	13.3	26.1	51.2	5.7	12.6	44.9	12.7	14.4	88.2	69.5	1.2	6.1	4.7	4,665	851	947	246	83	555	352	+1105
2	LeBron James L. James	108	4,780	42.3	44.3	9.0	7.3	1.8	0.9	15.8	27.0	58.4	3.5	7.0	49.5	9.2	11.9	77.7	68.6	1.7	7.3	3.5	4,569	973	783	190	98	383	222	+788
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	88	3,830	41.9	43.5	8.1	4.6	1.2	1.2	14.6	25.9	56.6	3.8	8.0	46.9	10.5	11.7	89.5	70.1	0.8	7.3	3.6	3,688	712	409	104	102	315	214	+458
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	83	3,744	36.9	45.1	5.5	5.7	1.4	0.3	14.9	25.8	57.6	8.4	15.2	55.1	7.0	7.6	92.4	77.4	0.7	4.7	3.4	3,063	454	473	116	25	280	166	+965
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	70	3,109	38.8	44.4	9.4	9.1	1.7	0.5	14.9	26.5	56.2	5.1	11.0	45.9	9.5	11.9	79.7	69.9	0.9	8.5	3.9	2,717	658	634	119	32	270	187	+494
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	64	2,854	37.0	44.6	13.0	5.4	1.1	1.3	16.3	25.1	64.9	1.3	3.6	37.7	10.7	14.7	72.5	70.6	2.8	10.2	3.3	2,370	832	343	72	86	213	183	+435
7	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
8	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	57	2,524	39.7	44.3	9.7	8.3	1.6	0.3	15.6	30.7	50.8	3.1	8.0	38.9	9.9	12.0	82.8	61.5	2.0	7.8	4.9	2,262	554	471	93	19	281	167	+132
9	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	51	2,264	36.3	44.4	13.2	4.4	1.2	2.0	14.9	24.7	60.2	1.6	3.9	39.8	13.1	15.1	86.4	70.7	2.8	10.4	3.3	1,850	673	223	63	101	168	166	+579
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	47	2,151	38.7	45.8	5.6	5.9	1.2	0.6	16.4	27.3	60.0	3.8	8.1	47.4	9.1	10.2	89.2	71.9	0.8	4.7	3.4	1,819	261	277	58	27	158	143	+347
12	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	42	1,865	38.7	44.4	5.4	5.0	1.4	0.3	15.2	28.0	54.4	5.1	11.5	44.6	8.9	10.1	87.3	68.4	1.1	4.3	3.2	1,625	228	208	58	14	135	99	+388
13	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	42	1,856	39.1	44.2	12.1	8.1	1.6	1.0	16.5	26.9	61.2	2.6	5.8	45.3	8.6	10.3	83.4	70.3	3.5	8.6	3.2	1,642	508	339	67	42	133	120	+323
14	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
15	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	36	1,568	36.9	43.6	5.6	6.0	1.8	0.9	14.6	24.7	59.3	2.2	4.9	44.6	12.1	13.5	89.5	71.2	1.0	4.6	2.4	1,328	200	215	66	34	85	92	+439
16	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
17	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	34	1,487	39.3	43.7	6.1	3.9	1.6	0.9	14.9	26.7	55.6	5.8	11.9	48.3	8.3	9.9	83.1	70.4	1.0	5.0	3.1	1,337	206	132	55	31	106	71	+280
18	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	34	1,511	39.3	44.4	8.6	4.7	1.1	0.8	14.7	25.9	56.6	5.9	11.3	51.9	9.2	10.4	88.7	72.9	0.9	7.8	2.1	1,336	293	160	36	28	73	77	+428
19	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	32	1,402	40.4	43.8	4.6	6.6	0.9	0.2	15.5	28.4	54.6	3.8	8.8	43.4	9.0	10.6	84.7	66.3	0.9	3.8	2.6	1,293	148	212	30	6	84	66	+259
20	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
21	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	28	1,198	40.4	42.8	6.1	4.7	1.3	0.4	15.1	26.6	57.0	1.4	3.5	40.2	11.1	12.9	86.1	66.3	1.1	5.0	2.4	1,130	170	131	36	12	68	61	+229
22	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	24	1,038	39.0	43.3	5.3	3.5	1.4	0.3	15.6	25.9	60.4	6.7	11.6	57.9	5.3	6.3	83.6	75.4	0.8	4.5	3.5	936	127	83	33	7	83	56	+140
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	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	20	849	37.5	42.5	7.3	3.6	1.3	0.5	15.7	25.8	60.8	4.1	8.7	46.6	7.1	9.0	78.9	71.4	1.7	5.7	3.5	750	146	72	25	10	70	45	+260
25	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	19	848	37.5	44.6	13.3	3.5	1.2	0.5	16.1	26.5	60.7	4.0	7.1	56.3	8.4	10.4	81.2	71.8	3.5	9.7	3.5	713	252	67	22	9	67	68	+121

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3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
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31.1

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11.6

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10.7

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2.0

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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
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8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
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2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
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14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
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