Since 2016-17, James Harden has the most games with 40+ points, with 80 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point regular-season games by a player since 2017

	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	80	3,679	39.0	46.0	7.8	8.3	1.9	0.8	13.5	27.0	49.9	6.0	13.9	43.1	13.1	14.9	88.0	68.6	1.2	6.6	5.0	3,118	623	667	155	67	397	245	+753
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	56	2,514	36.6	44.9	13.0	5.5	1.2	1.2	16.5	25.1	65.9	1.3	3.4	39.1	10.5	14.6	72.2	71.3	2.8	10.2	3.3	2,048	728	306	65	69	183	158	+374
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	53	2,407	39.0	45.4	5.0	7.2	1.1	0.3	14.1	25.2	55.9	6.4	12.9	49.9	10.8	11.6	92.9	74.9	0.6	4.4	2.6	2,068	266	384	58	16	136	98	+378
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	52	2,358	35.8	45.3	5.3	5.3	1.2	0.3	14.8	25.5	58.2	8.7	15.8	55.0	7.0	7.5	92.9	78.8	0.6	4.7	3.2	1,859	275	277	62	17	165	103	+586
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	51	2,270	38.8	44.5	9.7	9.1	1.5	0.5	15.0	26.4	57.0	4.9	10.8	45.7	9.5	12.0	79.3	70.3	0.9	8.8	3.8	1,977	495	465	79	23	195	139	+433
6	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
7	Anthony Davis A. Davis	38	1,657	39.0	43.6	13.9	2.8	1.9	2.1	15.7	27.4	57.5	1.4	3.5	40.9	10.7	12.5	85.9	66.4	3.9	10.1	1.8	1,481	529	107	74	80	69	94	+344
8	Devin Booker D. Booker	37	1,711	38.0	46.2	5.3	5.9	1.2	0.5	16.4	27.5	59.8	3.9	8.5	46.3	9.4	10.7	88.4	71.9	0.8	4.5	3.5	1,405	197	219	45	18	130	107	+295
9	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
10	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	34	1,510	38.3	44.4	10.6	8.2	1.5	0.2	15.6	30.2	51.9	3.6	8.7	40.9	9.6	11.6	82.3	62.9	1.8	8.8	5.5	1,301	362	279	51	8	186	100	+81
11	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	32	1,414	38.6	44.2	12.3	7.8	1.8	1.0	16.7	27.1	61.5	2.7	5.8	45.5	8.2	9.9	82.6	70.2	3.6	8.7	3.1	1,234	393	249	57	31	100	92	+322
12	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	31	1,349	39.1	43.5	5.6	4.9	1.4	0.4	15.0	27.8	54.0	5.2	11.6	44.6	8.3	9.5	87.5	68.1	1.1	4.5	3.2	1,211	173	153	44	11	98	74	+280
13	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
14	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	30	1,339	38.9	44.6	4.8	5.4	1.6	0.6	15.8	26.1	60.5	5.8	10.3	56.5	7.2	8.0	90.4	75.4	0.7	4.1	2.4	1,166	145	161	48	18	72	79	+245
15	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	29	1,282	39.0	44.2	8.6	4.7	0.9	0.8	14.6	25.6	57.1	5.9	11.2	52.8	9.1	10.2	88.9	73.5	1.0	7.7	2.1	1,131	250	135	27	22	62	65	+391
16	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	28	1,226	36.9	43.8	5.6	5.9	1.9	1.1	14.6	24.8	58.9	2.4	5.1	46.2	12.2	13.5	90.5	71.3	0.9	4.8	2.3	1,032	157	164	54	32	64	72	+377
17	Kevin Durant K. Durant	26	1,148	38.4	44.2	7.2	5.7	0.9	1.3	15.9	26.3	60.3	4.3	8.4	51.1	8.1	8.7	92.5	73.1	0.7	6.5	4.1	998	187	147	23	33	107	61	+137
18	LeBron James L. James	24	1,066	38.4	44.4	9.6	7.2	1.3	1.0	16.2	26.1	62.0	4.8	8.5	56.4	7.2	9.2	78.6	73.6	1.6	8.0	3.6	922	230	172	31	24	87	30	+223
19	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	24	1,034	40.4	43.1	6.0	4.7	1.3	0.3	15.3	26.8	57.2	1.5	3.6	40.2	11.0	12.5	87.7	66.7	1.1	4.9	2.1	968	145	112	30	8	51	55	+204
20	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	23	1,014	38.7	44.1	5.9	4.0	1.7	0.9	14.8	27.2	54.6	6.0	12.4	47.9	8.5	10.3	82.3	69.5	1.0	4.9	3.6	890	135	92	38	20	82	47	+223
21	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
22	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	18	808	38.6	44.9	4.9	6.4	1.1	0.2	15.8	28.4	55.8	4.1	8.7	47.1	9.1	10.6	85.9	67.9	1.2	3.7	2.6	694	88	115	19	4	47	28	+152
23	Paul George P. George	18	778	39.3	43.2	9.1	5.3	1.8	0.3	14.9	25.7	58.0	5.9	11.8	50.0	7.6	8.9	85.0	73.1	1.2	7.9	2.7	707	163	95	33	6	49	55	+139
24	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	18	808	37.7	44.9	13.3	3.7	1.2	0.5	16.2	26.7	60.8	4.1	7.2	56.6	8.4	10.3	81.2	71.9	3.5	9.8	3.4	679	239	66	21	9	62	62	+115
25	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	16	698	39.4	43.6	4.6	6.8	2.3	0.3	16.0	28.0	57.1	4.3	9.3	46.3	7.3	9.7	75.5	67.6	0.7	3.9	3.3	630	73	108	36	5	52	50	+7