most 40 points games by a player through first three season

Wilt Chamberlain had the most games by a player with 40+ points in his first 3 seasons, with 130 games.

Interpreted as:
most 40 or more points regular-season games by a player through first three season
NAMEGPPTSMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
130
6,544
48.3
50.3
27.1
20.4
38.8
52.4
9.6
16.3
59.0
54.7
6,279
3,525
224
2Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
44
1,997
41.6
45.4
6.0
4.6
3.0
1.6
16.4
30.5
53.9
0.1
0.8
14.3
12.4
14.0
88.5
61.9
2.4
3.6
3.4
1,831
264
202
130
72
148
136
3Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
38
1,703
44.8
16.7
4.3
17.7
9.3
12.8
73.0
636
165
4Rick Barry
R. Barry
36
1,651
44.0
45.9
10.2
4.1
16.6
33.4
49.6
12.8
14.3
89.0
57.8
1,584
367
149
127
5Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
32
1,415
44.2
16.2
17.4
28.9
60.3
9.4
11.4
82.5
65.2
519
6Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
32
1,431
44.7
3.3
16.6
29.1
56.9
11.6
13.4
86.7
63.9
104
7Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
32
1,494
46.7
20.8
17.4
11.9
15.2
78.0
667
122
8Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
23
984
42.8
18.7
16.8
31.9
52.8
9.1
12.5
72.9
57.2
431
60
9Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
22
933
42.4
12.1
11.2
15.7
11.0
13.1
84.4
267
246
84
10Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
21
936
44.6
20.9
17.7
9.1
12.3
74.1
439
80
11Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
19
814
41.8
42.8
14.6
2.1
0.8
2.4
17.3
26.2
66.1
0.0
0.0
8.2
13.8
59.3
66.3
6.2
8.4
2.5
794
277
40
15
45
48
48
12George Mikan
G. Mikan
18
811
45.1
16.2
12.6
15.3
82.2
13Trae Young
T. Young
16
705
39.9
44.1
4.8
9.6
0.9
0.3
13.3
25.2
52.9
5.4
11.5
47.3
12.0
13.7
87.7
70.6
0.7
4.1
5.8
638
77
153
14
4
92
29
+83
14LeBron James
L. James
16
725
45.1
45.3
7.6
7.3
2.1
0.5
15.9
28.2
56.5
3.1
6.8
45.4
10.4
12.3
84.3
67.4
1.3
6.3
3.4
722
121
116
33
8
55
38
+101
15Jerry West
J. West
14
637
45.5
16.4
12.6
15.4
82.3
32
16Kevin Durant
K. Durant
12
511
42.0
42.6
9.3
3.0
1.3
1.3
14.2
24.3
58.2
2.7
5.3
50.0
11.6
12.5
92.7
71.4
1.8
7.5
3.1
503
111
36
16
16
37
28
+68
17David Thompson
D. Thompson
12
530
42.3
44.2
5.1
3.8
1.4
16.9
26.6
63.6
10.3
12.1
85.5
69.2
2.1
3.0
507
61
46
17
41
18George Gervin
G. Gervin
11
502
38.2
45.6
4.1
2.0
1.4
1.3
17.2
27.6
62.2
11.3
13.1
86.1
68.3
420
45
22
15
14
34
19Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
11
475
43.2
15.3
12.6
15.5
81.8
38
20Mark Aguirre
M. Aguirre
10
422
40.3
42.2
5.9
3.0
1.1
0.5
16.7
30.1
55.5
0.8
1.8
44.4
8.0
9.8
81.6
61.3
2.9
3.0
2.2
403
59
30
11
5
22
31
21John Williamson
J. Williamson
10
428
42.8
16.5
31.4
52.5
9.8
11.0
89.1
59.1
22Bob Lanier
B. Lanier
10
422
42.2
16.6
9.0
10.5
85.7
29
23Geoff Petrie
G. Petrie
10
438
41.8
43.8
4.7
5.0
17.4
30.4
57.2
9.0
10.7
84.1
62.4
418
47
50
23
24Earl Monroe
E. Monroe
10
444
44.4
16.9
31.0
54.5
10.6
13.5
78.5
60.1
25Victor Wembanyama
V. Wembanyama
9
376
32.1
41.8
13.8
3.7
1.2
2.7
15.0
24.3
61.6
4.1
9.2
44.6
7.7
9.2
83.1
73.6
2.1
11.7
2.4
289
124
33
11
24
22
14
+132

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