LeBron James has the most games in elimination games with 40+ points, with 8 games.

Interpreted as:

most elimination games by a player with 40 or more points

	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	LeBron James L. James	8	344	45.1	43.0	10.8	7.8	2.5	1.0	16.5	28.1	58.7	3.1	6.4	49.0	6.9	10.1	67.9	66.0	2.3	8.5	2.4	360	86	62	20	8	19	21	+59
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	5	250	47.0	50.0	30.6	1.8			21.4	38.6	55.4				7.2	18.2	39.6	53.6				235	153	9				12
3	Jamal Murray J. Murray	3	132	43.0	44.0	5.7	6.3	0.7	0.0	16.3	25.3	64.5	6.3	11.0	57.6	5.0	5.7	88.2	79.1	1.3	4.3	3.3	129	17	19	2	0	10	9	+47
4	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	3	138	43.2	46.0	12.0	7.0	0.7	0.0	16.7	38.7	43.1	5.7	15.3	37.0	7.0	9.7	72.4	53.6	3.0	9.0	5.7	130	36	21	2	0	17	11	+21
5	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	3	129	45.0	43.0	16.0	2.7	1.3	2.7	16.3	26.3	62.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	10.3	12.0	86.1	68.0	5.3	10.7	1.7	135	48	8	4	8	5	12
6	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	3	125	47.3	41.7	19.3	2.3			13.7	35.0	39.0				14.3	18.3	78.2	48.4				142	58	7				10
7	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	2	97	42.2	48.5	11.0	4.5	1.0	0.5	17.0	30.0	56.7	6.5	12.5	52.0	8.0	10.5	76.2	70.0	0.0	11.0	2.0	84	22	9	2	1	4	3	+54
8	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	2	86	42.5	43.0	7.0	3.0	2.5	0.0	17.0	32.0	53.1	3.5	9.0	38.9	5.5	6.0	91.7	62.1	3.0	4.0	4.0	85	14	6	5	0	8	2	+6
9	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	2	81	40.2	40.5	5.0	5.0	1.5	0.5	16.0	25.5	62.7	6.0	9.5	63.2	2.5	3.0	83.3	75.5	1.5	3.5	3.5	80	10	10	3	1	7	8	+27
10	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	2	87	41.3	43.5	5.0	3.5	1.0	1.0	13.5	23.5	57.4	4.0	7.0	57.1	12.5	15.5	80.6	71.7	0.0	5.0	3.0	83	10	7	2	2	6	5	+39
11	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	2	87	43.9	43.5	4.0	5.5	1.5	0.5	14.5	24.0	60.4	6.0	8.0	75.0	8.5	9.5	89.5	77.2	1.0	3.0	2.0	88	8	11	3	1	4	5	+37
12	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	2	86	44.0	43.0	5.5	5.5	3.5	0.0	13.5	28.0	48.2	3.5	5.5	63.6	12.5	13.5	92.6	63.3	0.5	5.0	2.5	88	11	11	7	0	5	7	+29
13	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	2	86	45.4	43.0	15.5	2.5	4.0	1.0	14.0	24.5	57.1	0.0	0.5	0.0	15.0	17.5	85.7	66.8	3.5	12.0	3.5	91	31	5	8	2	7	3	-6
14	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	2	82	46.1	41.0	9.0	7.5	1.5	1.5	13.5	29.0	46.6	1.0	4.5	22.2	13.0	18.0	72.2	55.5	0.5	8.5	1.5	92	18	15	3	3	3	4	-5
15	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	2	83	47.5	41.5	7.5	3.0	3.0	1.5	14.0	26.5	52.8	2.5	6.0	41.7	11.0	13.0	84.6	64.4	2.0	5.5	1.0	95	15	6	6	3	2	8	+21
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2	86	43.0	43.0	7.5	5.0	1.5	1.5	16.0	30.5	52.5	0.5	0.5	100.0	10.5	13.0	80.8	59.4	3.0	4.5	3.5	86	15	10	3	3	7	6
17	Bernard King B. King	2	88	41.0	44.0	7.0	1.5	1.5	0.5	16.5	25.5	64.7	0.0	0.0		11.0	14.0	78.6	69.5	1.5	5.5	2.5	82	14	3	3	1	5	8
18	Alex English A. English	2	84	49.0	42.0	8.0	3.0	0.5	2.5	15.5	29.5	52.5	0.0	0.0		11.0	12.5	88.0	60.0	4.0	4.0	2.5	98	16	6	1	5	5	6
19	George Gervin G. Gervin	2	86	43.0	43.0	6.5	1.5	2.5	1.5	17.5	30.0	58.3	0.0	0.0		8.0	10.0	80.0	62.5			2.5	86	13	3	5	3	5	6
20	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	1	46	51.9	46.0	5.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	17.0	30.0	56.7	7.0	12.0	58.3	5.0	8.0	62.5	68.6	0.0	5.0	3.0	52	5	9	0	0	3	5	+3
21	Devin Booker D. Booker	1	49	44.9	49.0	5.0	6.0	2.0	1.0	13.0	21.0	61.9	3.0	5.0	60.0	20.0	21.0	95.2	81.0	0.0	5.0	2.0	45	5	6	2	1	2	5	+1
22	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	1	41	45.2	41.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	14.0	22.0	63.6	5.0	10.0	50.0	8.0	9.0	88.9	79.0	0.0	4.0	3.0	45	4	3	0	0	3	4	+3
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	1	50	37.7	50.0	8.0	6.0	1.0	0.0	20.0	38.0	52.6	7.0	18.0	38.9	3.0	5.0	60.0	62.2	1.0	7.0	1.0	38	8	6	1	0	1	2	+25
24	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	1	47	45.9	47.0	9.0	8.0	4.0	1.0	16.0	29.0	55.2	4.0	8.0	50.0	11.0	11.0	100.0	69.4	3.0	6.0	1.0	46	9	8	4	1	1	1	+8
25	Paul George P. George	1	41	40.9	41.0	13.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	15.0	20.0	75.0	3.0	6.0	50.0	8.0	8.0	100.0	87.2	0.0	13.0	6.0	41	13	6	3	0	6	2	+14