most 50 point games by a guard since 1980

Since 1979-80, Michael Jordan has the most games by a guard with 50+ points, with 30 games.

Interpreted as:

most 50 or more point regular-season games by a guard since 1980

	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	30	1,626	42.5	54.2	7.6	4.5	3.4	1.2	19.9	32.6	61.1	1.2	2.5	48.6	13.1	14.9	88.3	69.2	2.0	5.6	2.8	1,275	229	136	101	37	85	90	+16
2	James Harden J. Harden	24	1,307	40.2	54.5	7.8	8.2	2.1	0.6	16.0	30.2	53.1	6.6	14.5	45.7	15.8	17.4	90.4	71.9	1.5	6.3	5.5	964	186	197	51	15	131	75	+308
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	24	1,317	44.1	54.9	6.4	3.4	1.6	0.5	18.5	34.3	54.0	4.2	8.9	47.2	13.6	15.2	89.3	66.9	1.1	5.3	2.8	1,059	154	82	38	11	66	66	+278
4	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	15	826	39.4	55.1	4.4	7.4	1.4	0.2	17.0	29.4	57.8	7.7	14.5	53.5	13.3	14.1	94.3	77.3	0.5	3.9	2.4	590	66	111	21	3	36	22	+165
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	15	801	36.9	53.4	5.5	5.5	1.7	0.4	17.4	28.3	61.6	9.9	16.5	59.7	8.7	9.2	94.9	82.6	0.4	5.1	3.4	553	83	83	25	6	51	26	+142
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	11	582	45.3	52.9	4.4	5.5	2.5	0.2	18.6	33.8	55.1	2.7	5.5	49.2	12.9	16.0	80.7	64.7	0.9	3.5	4.5	499	48	61	28	2	50	30	+69
7	Devin Booker D. Booker	8	454	38.9	56.8	5.5	5.4	0.9	0.6	19.9	32.3	61.6	5.5	10.8	51.2	11.5	13.0	88.5	74.7	1.0	4.5	3.5	311	44	43	7	5	28	22	+44
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	7	388	41.5	55.4	9.7	8.9	2.4	0.9	18.6	28.3	65.7	6.0	11.7	51.2	12.3	15.6	78.9	78.9	1.0	8.7	4.3	291	68	62	17	6	30	20	+60
9	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	6	326	37.9	54.3	4.8	5.3	2.0	0.5	18.0	29.0	62.1	8.2	12.2	67.1	10.2	11.0	92.4	80.3	1.2	3.7	2.2	228	29	32	12	3	13	17	+106
10	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	5	262	38.4	52.4	6.4	5.2	1.8	1.0	16.8	30.8	54.5	3.0	7.8	38.5	15.8	17.4	90.8	68.1	1.4	5.0	2.2	192	32	26	9	5	11	15	+67
11	Bradley Beal B. Beal	5	269	40.2	53.8	4.4	3.0	0.8	0.6	18.8	32.6	57.7	5.6	10.6	52.8	10.6	12.2	86.9	70.8	2.4	2.0	4.6	201	22	15	4	3	23	15	+3
12	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	5	270	40.1	54.0	10.8	9.6	2.0	0.2	19.4	39.6	49.0	4.2	12.2	34.4	11.0	13.8	79.7	59.1	2.0	8.8	4.0	200	54	48	10	1	20	16	+28
13	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	4	218	33.6	54.5	4.0	2.3	1.5	0.8	19.0	31.5	60.3	10.8	18.5	58.1	5.8	6.3	92.0	79.6	0.5	3.5	2.3	134	16	9	6	3	9	9	+116
14	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	4	203	43.6	50.8	4.3	3.3	1.3	0.8	17.5	30.0	58.3	6.5	10.5	61.9	9.3	10.5	88.1	73.3	0.5	3.8	2.8	174	17	13	5	3	11	11	+49
15	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	4	215	40.5	53.8	7.8	4.0	2.0	0.8	18.3	32.0	57.0	5.8	11.3	51.1	11.5	16.0	71.9	68.8	1.5	6.3	3.5	162	31	16	8	3	14	9	+36
16	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	3	166	40.9	55.3	4.3	8.0	2.0	0.0	20.0	33.7	59.4	5.7	11.0	51.5	9.7	10.7	90.6	72.1	0.7	3.7	2.0	123	13	24	6	0	6	3	+28
17	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	3	153	44.8	51.0	4.7	4.3	0.7	1.3	18.7	33.3	56.0	5.3	10.0	53.3	8.3	8.7	96.2	68.6	1.0	3.7	1.0	134	14	13	2	4	3	8	+29
18	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	3	155	43.0	51.7	8.0	6.0	1.7	1.3	18.3	33.0	55.6	4.0	10.0	40.0	11.0	12.3	89.2	67.2	1.7	6.3	3.3	129	24	18	5	4	10	8	+18
19	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	3	165	46.0	55.0	4.7	5.7	1.3	0.0	17.3	32.7	53.1	6.0	12.0	50.0	14.3	16.7	86.0	68.8	0.3	4.3	2.7	138	14	17	4	0	8	11	+32
20	George Gervin G. Gervin	3	158	46.0	52.7	5.3	4.0	1.3	0.7	21.7	34.3	63.1	0.3	0.7	50.0	9.0	10.3	87.1	67.7				138	16	12	4	2		5
21	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	2	104	41.0	52.0	6.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	16.5	30.0	55.0	8.0	14.0	57.1	11.0	11.5	95.7	74.2	1.0	5.0	4.0	82	12	9	0	0	8	4	+3
22	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	2	101	38.1	50.5	6.5	2.5	0.5	0.0	18.5	32.0	57.8	7.0	12.5	56.0	6.5	8.0	81.3	71.1	1.5	5.0	3.5	76	13	5	1	0	7	3	-11
23	Jamal Murray J. Murray	2	105	40.2	52.5	5.0	3.5	2.0	0.0	20.5	30.5	67.2	7.5	12.5	60.0	4.0	4.5	88.9	80.8	1.0	4.0	1.5	80	10	7	4	0	3	7	+50
24	Trae Young T. Young	2	106	38.5	53.0	3.0	11.0	1.0	0.5	14.5	25.5	56.9	7.5	13.5	55.6	16.5	17.0	97.1	80.4	0.5	2.5	5.5	77	6	22	2	1	11	5	+20
25	CJ McCollum	2	100	30.0	50.0	4.0	2.0	0.5	0.0	18.0	26.0	69.2	8.0	12.5	64.0	6.0	6.0	100.0	87.3	1.0	3.0	2.0	60	8	4	1	0	4	3	+50