most 40 point games while having 3 or less assists

Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan were tied for the most games with 40+ points and 3 or fewer assists, with 53 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point regular-season games by a player while having 3 or less assists

	NAME	GP	PTS	AST	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	53	2,467	118	41.4	46.5	5.7	2.2	1.9	0.5	16.0	30.6	52.3	3.3	7.2	45.9	11.3	13.1	86.1	64.0	1.3	4.5	3.1	2,196	304	101	24	166	141	+264
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	53	2,461	123	40.8	46.4	6.3	2.3	2.6	1.2	17.4	31.1	56.1	0.6	1.8	34.7	10.9	12.6	86.9	63.4	2.0	4.3	2.5	2,163	333	137	62	135	145	+84
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	38	1,640	68	41.0	43.2	13.8	1.8	0.8	2.2	17.0	25.8	65.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	9.2	15.5	59.1	66.1	5.2	8.7	2.8	1,556	525	29	83	108	115	+231
4	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	38	1,689	80	41.2	44.4	7.6	2.1	1.8	0.7	16.5	29.4	56.0	1.0	2.0	49.3	10.5	12.3	85.8	63.9	3.2	4.4	2.9	1,566	288	68	28	111	76
5	Anthony Davis A. Davis	30	1,298	57	39.2	43.3	14.4	1.9	2.0	2.2	15.7	27.0	58.3	1.4	3.2	43.8	10.4	12.1	86.2	67.0	4.1	10.3	1.9	1,175	431	59	67	58	72	+288
6	Karl Malone K. Malone	26	1,137	49	41.5	43.7	12.3	1.9	1.5	1.1	15.6	24.0	65.0	0.1	0.4	20.0	12.4	15.6	79.6	70.7	3.0	9.3	3.4	1,080	321	38	29	89	86	+3
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	23	1,003	46	42.0	43.6	8.3	2.0	1.2	1.0	14.8	25.0	59.1	3.4	6.7	51.0	10.7	12.3	86.9	71.7	1.1	7.3	3.5	965	192	28	23	80	50	+135
8	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	23	1,024	41	41.5	44.5	7.6	1.8	1.3	0.6	16.6	27.8	59.5	3.1	5.2	60.5	8.3	9.3	88.4	69.7	2.1	5.5	2.6	954	175	29	14	60	79	+144
9	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	23	983	35	40.4	42.7	12.4	1.5	1.1	3.0	17.1	25.9	66.1	0.0	0.1	50.0	8.5	10.4	81.7	70.2	3.6	8.8	3.6	930	286	26	70	83	88
10	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	21	920	54	35.3	43.8	12.8	2.6	1.2	2.0	14.8	25.0	59.2	1.3	3.8	35.0	12.9	14.9	86.3	69.4	2.7	10.0	3.0	741	268	25	41	62	68	+235
11	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	17	751	28	33.6	44.2	3.9	1.6	0.7	0.6	15.6	24.9	62.5	8.6	14.3	60.5	4.4	4.7	92.5	81.8	0.5	3.5	1.8	570	67	12	10	30	20	+383
12	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	17	730	36	43.7	42.9	12.5	2.1	1.9	3.8	16.5	27.1	61.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	9.9	12.4	80.0	66.0	3.8	8.8	3.1	743	213	33	65	53	59	-1
13	Bernard King B. King	17	760	32	41.0	44.7	6.4	1.9	1.4	0.3	17.1	27.8	61.5	0.1	0.4	16.7	10.4	13.8	75.3	65.9	2.4	4.0	3.4	697	109	23	5	57	66
14	George Gervin G. Gervin	15	636	30	40.1	42.4	4.9	2.0	1.1	0.7	16.6	27.7	60.0	0.1	0.5	28.6	9.1	10.7	84.5	65.5			3.1	601	74	16	11	46	48
15	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	14	590	26	39.8	42.1	6.3	1.9	0.9	0.4	16.0	27.1	59.1	1.0	2.5	40.0	9.1	11.3	81.0	65.8	2.6	3.6	2.5	557	88	13	6	35	51
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	13	593	31	34.6	45.6	6.2	2.4	1.4	0.2	14.2	24.6	57.5	9.3	16.5	56.3	8.0	8.5	93.7	80.4	0.7	5.5	3.5	450	81	18	3	46	27	+192
17	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	13	551	21	38.7	42.4	9.7	1.6	1.0	1.0	15.2	23.2	65.4	0.2	0.4	40.0	11.9	14.8	80.7	71.5	4.1	5.6	2.7	502	126	13	13	35	48	+133
18	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	12	511	14	42.7	42.6	10.3	1.2	1.3	1.1	14.3	25.9	55.0	2.8	5.3	51.6	11.3	12.8	88.3	67.5	2.0	8.3	2.1	512	123	15	13	25	25	+79
19	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	12	514	24	41.9	42.8	6.4	2.0	2.3	1.0	13.4	24.3	55.1	3.4	6.6	51.9	12.6	14.7	85.8	69.6	1.5	4.9	2.9	503	77	28	12	35	35	+118
20	Vince Carter V. Carter	12	534	25	40.9	44.5	6.5	2.1	1.7	0.5	16.3	28.3	57.8	4.2	7.1	58.8	7.7	9.4	81.4	68.7	2.0	4.5	3.1	490	78	20	6	37	44	+72
21	David Robinson D. Robinson	12	527	25	41.7	43.9	12.5	2.1	1.8	5.3	15.3	24.7	61.8	0.2	0.8	22.2	13.3	16.3	81.1	68.9	3.9	8.6	3.2	500	150	22	64	38	35
22	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	12	518	24	42.1	43.2	13.1	2.0	2.3	0.6	15.3	23.7	64.8	1.3	2.8	45.5	11.3	14.8	76.3	71.6	5.8	7.3	4.2	505	157	28	7	50	37	+16
23	Bradley Beal B. Beal	11	493	23	39.9	44.8	4.0	2.1	0.5	0.4	16.3	28.6	56.8	4.1	8.8	46.4	8.2	9.5	85.7	68.2	1.2	2.8	2.5	439	44	6	4	28	25	+20
24	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	11	460	25	39.0	41.8	6.5	2.3	1.1	0.4	15.2	25.4	59.9	1.5	3.5	42.1	10.0	11.9	84.0	68.3	1.3	5.3	2.7	429	72	12	4	30	18	+114
25	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	11	489	27	39.0	44.5	7.9	2.5	2.1	0.8	15.0	29.9	50.2	3.5	8.2	42.2	11.0	13.7	80.1	61.8	1.5	6.5	1.9	429	87	23	9	21	23	+63