Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Jordan had the most games with 40+ points, with 77 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more points regular-season games by a player in the 80s

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	77	3,524	41.6	45.8	6.3	5.6	3.2	1.5	16.7	29.5	56.7	0.2	1.1	18.1	12.2	13.9	87.6	64.3	2.1	4.1	3.2	3,205	482	434	247	115	247	241
2	George Gervin G. Gervin	57	2,480	40.4	43.5	5.2	3.0	1.3	0.8	17.2	29.2	58.9	0.3	0.9	35.8	8.8	10.4	84.9	64.5				2,302	297	173	76	47		151
3	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	51	2,231	42.1	43.7	7.0	4.5		0.1	15.8	23.7	66.6	0.0			12.2	14.4	84.6	72.8				2,147	357	231		4		168
4	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	37	1,671	40.9	45.2	7.3	2.8	2.2	0.8	16.9	30.5	55.5	0.7	1.6	43.1	10.7	12.4	86.1	62.8	3.2	4.1	3.0	1,515	270	105	83	30	112	78
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	37	1,640	42.2	44.3	10.9	5.6	1.9		17.3	28.8	60.2	1.5	3.4	44.8	8.2	8.8	92.4	67.9				1,562	403	209	72			95
6	Alex English A. English	33	1,425	40.9	43.2	6.2	5.0			17.5	27.8	63.0	0.0	0.1	33.3	8.1	9.1	88.4	67.8			3.1	1,351	203	166			101	112
7	Bernard King B. King	28	1,246	40.8	44.5	7.6	3.3			16.8	26.7	62.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	10.9	14.0	77.8	67.7	2.7	4.9		1,142	214	93				97
8	Moses Malone M. Malone	25	1,106	42.7	44.2	16.7	1.5		1.8	16.0	26.7	60.0	0.0			12.2	14.9	82.3	66.6				1,068	417	37		44		69
9	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	22	932	39.5	42.4	6.3	3.2	1.0	0.5	16.4	28.2	58.1	1.0	2.6	38.6	8.6	10.7	80.9	64.4	2.8	3.5	2.6	869	139	70	21	11	57	75
10	Purvis Short P. Short	18	796	42.2	44.2	5.7	3.2	1.2	0.1	16.9	28.7	59.0	0.9	2.2	41.0	9.4	10.6	89.5	66.3	2.6	3.1	2.9	759	102	58	22	2	53	62
11	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	15	660	40.6	44.0	4.6	3.1	0.8	0.7	17.8	26.3	67.6	0.3	0.7	40.0	8.1	8.7	93.1	72.9	1.3	3.3	1.9	609	69	46	12	10	28	40
12	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	14	594	45.4	42.4	8.5	1.6	1.4	1.1	17.9	29.9	60.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.6	8.0	82.1	63.6			2.1	635	119	22	20	16	30	38
13	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	13	555	43.2	42.7	7.8	6.6	3.2	0.5	17.2	26.2	65.6	0.4	1.4	27.8	8.0	9.5	83.9	70.3	3.8	4.1	2.8	562	102	86	42	6	37	44
14	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	12	515	43.0	42.9	6.2	3.1	1.3	0.5	16.0	26.2	61.1	2.3	4.6	50.9	8.6	9.4	91.2	70.8	2.4	3.8	2.3	516	74	37	16	6	27	28
15	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	12	508	44.0	42.3	14.9	3.7	2.6	1.3	14.7	22.3	65.7	0.5	2.4	20.7	12.5	15.8	78.9	72.2	6.6	8.3	4.4	528	179	44	31	15	53	43
16	World B. Free W. B. Free	11	478	41.9	43.5	5.0	5.8	1.9	0.5	16.3	27.6	58.9	1.0	1.5	68.8	9.9	11.6	85.2	66.3			3.1	461	55	64	21	5	34	29
17	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	10	438	41.0	43.8	5.4	3.1			16.0	25.3	63.2	0.8	1.0	80.0	11.0	12.9	85.3	70.7				410	54	31				31
18	Karl Malone K. Malone	8	331	40.9	41.4	13.8	2.8	1.6	1.3	14.5	22.5	64.4	0.1	0.4	33.3	12.3	14.9	82.4	71.2	3.1	10.6	4.4	327	110	22	13	10	35	30
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	8	334	42.9	41.8	11.1	3.8		3.0	16.6	27.0	61.6	0.0	0.0		8.5	10.8	79.1	65.8				343	89	30		24		24
20	Julius Erving J. Erving	7	297	42.3	42.4	8.6	5.6		2.7	17.0	27.1	62.6	0.3			8.1	9.1	89.1	68.1				296	60	39		19		18
21	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	6	256	37.3	42.7	9.2	1.8	1.5	2.8	17.3	22.7	76.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	8.0	9.3	85.7	79.7	3.3	5.8	3.8	224	55	11	9	17	23	21
22	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	6	259	44.2	43.2	5.2	12.0			16.3	27.8	58.7	1.3	2.8	47.1	9.2	12.0	76.4	65.2			3.0	265	31	72			18	21
23	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	6	249	41.3	41.5	9.7	8.8			15.3	25.8	59.4	0.2	0.7	25.0	10.7	12.5	85.3	66.2				248	58	53				16
24	Walter Davis W. Davis	6	251	39.7	41.8	2.7	4.7	2.3	0.0	16.7	26.5	62.9	0.7	1.5	44.4	7.8	9.3	83.9	68.3	0.7	2.0	4.7	238	16	28	14	0	28	19
25	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	5	212	43.2	42.4	9.6	2.6	1.2	1.6	14.6	25.4	57.5	0.8	1.6	50.0	12.4	13.0	95.4	68.1	2.6	7.0	2.6	216	48	13	6	8	13	14