most 40 point games since the year 2000

Since 1999-00, James Harden has the most games with 40+ points in a season, with 28 games in 2018-19.

Interpreted as:
most 40 or more point games by a player since the year 2000
NAMEGPPTSSEASONTMMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1James Harden
J. Harden
28
1,317
2018-19
39.6
47.0
8.1
7.5
2.4
1.0
13.7
29.1
47.1
6.3
15.9
39.6
13.4
14.9
89.7
66.0
1.3
6.9
5.8
1,109
228
211
68
28
161
91
+242
2Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
27
1,241
2005-06
41.8
46.0
6.1
3.4
2.0
0.3
15.2
31.8
47.8
3.2
7.8
41.2
12.3
14.2
86.5
60.4
1.3
4.8
2.9
1,129
164
91
55
7
77
87
+182
3James Harden
J. Harden
21
977
2019-20
38.9
46.5
7.7
7.8
1.8
1.1
13.5
27.9
48.3
6.5
15.4
42.0
13.1
14.8
88.7
67.6
1.3
6.4
4.5
817
162
163
38
24
95
70
+267
4Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
19
843
2002-03
42.8
44.4
5.2
4.0
2.2
0.8
15.8
32.3
48.9
2.9
6.1
48.7
9.8
11.5
85.8
59.5
0.5
4.6
3.4
814
98
76
41
15
65
46
+185
5Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
18
835
2016-17
37.3
46.4
10.4
8.8
1.6
0.1
15.2
31.2
48.8
4.1
10.3
40.0
11.8
13.8
85.9
62.2
1.4
9.1
5.3
671
188
159
28
2
96
42
+73
6Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
18
882
2006-07
45.6
49.0
7.2
4.4
1.3
0.7
16.2
30.9
52.3
3.6
7.3
49.2
13.1
15.2
86.1
65.2
1.4
5.8
2.9
822
129
79
24
12
53
53
+133
7Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
17
761
2000-01
45.1
44.8
4.1
4.1
2.8
0.4
16.1
31.8
50.5
2.1
4.9
42.2
10.6
12.4
85.7
60.1
1.0
3.1
3.5
767
69
69
47
6
60
39
+143
8Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
16
715
2025-26
37.4
44.7
8.8
8.3
2.1
0.5
14.3
25.9
55.2
5.8
12.6
45.5
10.3
12.4
82.9
71.1
0.8
7.9
3.1
599
140
133
33
8
49
42
+132
9Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
15
674
2022-23
38.0
44.9
5.3
5.7
0.8
0.4
13.3
24.1
55.4
6.1
13.6
45.1
12.1
13.1
92.9
75.4
0.7
4.5
3.0
570
79
85
12
6
45
29
+69
10Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
15
649
2005-06
45.3
43.3
4.5
8.6
1.9
0.1
15.0
29.0
51.7
1.3
3.8
35.1
11.9
13.9
86.1
61.6
0.8
3.7
3.4
679
68
129
28
1
51
29
+54
11Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
14
632
2022-23
40.1
45.1
10.1
8.9
2.1
0.4
15.6
26.6
58.6
3.6
8.9
40.3
10.4
14.1
74.1
68.9
1.1
9.1
3.6
562
142
125
29
6
50
41
+62
12Kevin Durant
K. Durant
14
625
2013-14
43.1
44.6
6.6
5.7
1.6
0.9
14.4
27.4
52.3
3.9
8.6
44.6
12.1
14.4
83.7
66.1
0.4
6.2
3.9
603
93
80
23
12
54
29
+57
13Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
13
589
2024-25
35.9
45.3
5.3
5.8
2.1
1.2
15.6
26.8
58.2
3.2
7.1
45.7
10.8
11.6
93.4
70.9
1.1
4.2
2.1
467
69
76
27
16
27
35
+199
14Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
13
596
2023-24
38.0
45.8
9.0
9.8
1.7
0.2
15.7
26.3
59.6
5.8
11.6
50.3
8.6
9.8
87.5
74.8
0.5
8.5
3.2
494
117
128
22
3
42
28
+160
15Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
13
578
2022-23
41.5
44.5
5.1
4.7
1.2
0.4
15.7
27.9
56.2
5.5
11.9
46.5
7.5
8.6
87.5
70.1
1.0
4.1
3.1
539
66
61
16
5
40
36
+99
16Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
13
597
2022-23
37.0
45.9
10.8
4.5
1.2
2.2
15.6
25.7
60.8
1.2
3.8
32.7
13.5
15.2
88.8
71.0
2.2
8.5
3.5
481
140
59
16
29
45
41
+139
17Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
13
553
2021-22
36.5
42.5
13.8
4.3
1.1
1.9
14.1
23.7
59.4
1.9
3.7
52.1
12.5
15.2
82.2
70.1
2.5
11.3
3.8
475
180
56
14
25
49
43
+155
18Stephen Curry
S. Curry
13
581
2015-16
35.0
44.7
6.0
5.8
1.9
0.2
14.8
24.5
60.4
8.4
14.2
58.9
6.8
7.2
93.6
80.8
0.8
5.2
4.4
455
78
76
25
2
57
27
+206
19Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
13
582
2008-09
42.1
44.8
6.0
7.2
2.5
1.8
15.5
27.7
56.1
2.5
5.2
47.1
11.2
13.7
82.0
66.4
1.4
4.6
4.0
547
78
93
32
24
52
26
+82
20Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
12
548
2022-23
35.4
45.7
13.8
4.4
0.7
0.8
17.1
27.5
62.1
1.2
3.5
33.3
10.3
15.2
68.1
66.8
3.1
10.7
4.1
425
165
53
8
10
49
39
+101
21James Harden
J. Harden
12
515
2015-16
42.0
42.9
5.9
8.8
2.5
0.4
13.2
25.0
52.7
4.6
10.2
45.1
12.0
13.9
86.2
68.9
1.2
4.8
5.1
504
71
105
30
5
61
37
+127
22Jalen Brunson
J. Brunson
11
494
2023-24
39.5
44.9
5.1
5.9
1.5
0.3
15.9
29.5
53.8
3.9
8.5
45.7
9.2
10.5
87.1
65.7
1.2
3.9
3.0
435
56
65
16
3
33
19
+97
23Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
11
471
2022-23
39.2
42.8
8.5
4.2
0.9
0.6
13.6
23.9
57.0
5.5
10.8
51.3
10.0
11.3
88.7
74.2
1.0
7.5
2.3
431
93
46
10
7
25
20
+137
24Stephen Curry
S. Curry
11
527
2020-21
35.7
47.9
5.4
5.2
0.7
0.1
15.1
26.9
56.1
9.5
17.7
53.3
8.3
9.0
91.9
77.6
0.4
5.0
4.2
392
59
57
8
1
46
25
+161
25Trae Young
T. Young
11
490
2019-20
40.4
44.5
4.6
10.0
1.0
0.3
13.0
25.9
50.2
5.7
12.3
46.7
12.8
14.7
87.0
68.8
0.8
3.8
5.6
444
51
110
11
3
62
21
+44

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4.0
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46
36
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45
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32
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20
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17
65
.207
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1
64
18
.780
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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
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15.0
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45
37
.549
19.0
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42
40
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22.0
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42
40
.512
22.0
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27.0
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38.0
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38.0
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25
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22
60
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22
60
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