LeBron James has the most games with 17+ points, with 1,440 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season game with 17 or more points by a player

	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	1,440	40,534	38.1	28.1	7.6	7.4	1.5	0.8	10.3	20.1	51.5	1.7	4.8	35.8	5.7	7.8	73.9	60.0	1.2	6.4	3.5	54,878	10,936	10,688	2,190	1,081	5,060	2,602	+7361
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,267	34,801		27.5	12.2				11.3			0.0	0.0	9.1	4.8	6.6	72.3						15,450
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	1,261	34,296	38.3	27.2	10.6	3.6	1.4	0.8	10.0	18.8	52.9	0.1	0.2	27.9	7.2	9.6	74.8	59.0	2.6	8.0	3.1	48,242	13,305	4,553	1,820	1,029	3,907	3,970	+3015
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1,079	30,879	38.5	28.6	5.6	4.9	1.6	0.5	10.0	21.6	46.2	1.5	4.5	34.6	7.1	8.5	84.0	56.5	1.2	4.4	3.1	41,567	6,067	5,325	1,692	536	3,354	2,811	+4294
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1,040	26,291	36.9	25.3	8.4	2.7	0.9	0.9	8.9	17.8	49.9	1.6	3.7	42.5	5.9	6.7	88.5	60.8	1.1	7.3	1.8	38,358	8,749	2,797	918	966	1,918	2,575	+6584
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1,035	29,438	37.3	28.4	7.1	4.4	1.1	1.2	9.8	19.2	51.0	2.1	5.2	39.8	6.8	7.7	88.4	62.9	0.7	6.5	3.2	38,599	7,385	4,587	1,111	1,191	3,294	2,001	+5013
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	985	31,191	38.9	31.7	6.3	5.3	2.4	0.9	11.9	23.6	50.5	0.6	1.7	33.3	7.2	8.6	83.7	57.7	1.6	4.7	2.8	38,307	6,238	5,239	2,402	839	2,734	2,606	+1430
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	949	25,670	37.1	27.0	11.7	2.7	0.7	2.5	10.7	18.1	59.0	0.0	0.0	4.8	5.6	10.5	53.5	59.4	3.9	7.9	2.9	35,248	11,138	2,603	617	2,350	2,711	3,278	+4343
9	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	922	24,464	36.6	26.5	6.7	3.0	1.1	0.5	9.5	20.0	47.3	1.5	4.0	38.5	6.1	7.4	82.2	57.0	1.7	5.0	2.7	33,782	6,146	2,785	1,000	498	2,449	2,696	+2774
10	Moses Malone M. Malone	914	23,439	38.0	25.6	13.9	1.5			8.9	17.2	51.5	0.0			7.9	10.2	77.7	59.1				34,709	12,735	1,408				2,315
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	903	23,318	38.3	25.8	12.1	2.8	1.9	3.4	10.3	19.4	53.0	0.0	0.1	20.4	5.3	7.2	72.7	57.3	3.6	8.5	3.2	34,618	10,942	2,488	1,742	3,096	2,917	3,353	+638
12	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	878	22,881		26.1					10.5			0.0			5.0	7.4	68.0
13	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	872	21,661		24.8					9.9						5.1	6.2	82.2
14	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	871	24,524	37.6	28.2	7.2	2.7		0.6	10.5	22.0	47.7	0.8			6.4	7.8	82.2	55.4				32,730	6,277	2,359		556		1,727	-169
15	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	861	20,328	37.1	23.6	12.0	3.1	0.8	2.4	9.1	17.1	53.4	0.0	0.2	19.1	5.3	7.5	70.8	57.8	3.2	8.8	2.7	31,978	10,328	2,706	682	2,063	2,317	2,247	+5978
16	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	857	21,407	37.7	25.0	6.3	3.9	1.5	0.6	8.2	17.2	47.5	2.0	4.9	41.3	6.6	8.2	81.3	60.1	1.0	5.4	2.9	32,282	5,430	3,385	1,285	532	2,512	2,498	+3227
17	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	850	19,530	38.4	23.0	11.5	4.5	1.4	1.6	9.1	17.3	52.6	0.2	0.6	31.7	4.6	5.7	79.8	57.9	2.6	8.9	2.5	32,610	9,814	3,788	1,196	1,359	2,117	2,155	+4157
18	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	849	24,585		29.0				0.1	10.3						8.4	10.0	84.2									1
19	James Harden J. Harden	839	24,206	36.9	28.9	6.1	8.0	1.6	0.6	8.5	18.6	45.8	3.4	8.7	38.4	8.4	9.8	86.6	63.0	0.8	5.3	4.1	30,950	5,152	6,742	1,369	528	3,480	2,130	+4589
20	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	834	29,163		35.0	23.9				14.2						6.7	12.8	52.1						19,955
21	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	832	21,341	36.7	25.7	4.7	4.5	1.1	0.3	9.1	18.4	49.4	0.7	2.0	33.0	6.8	7.9	85.3	58.5	0.7	4.0	2.1	30,504	3,903	3,720	886	278	1,716	1,867	+1353
22	Jerry West J. West	831	24,050		28.9					10.4						8.2	10.1	81.9
23	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	827	21,540	35.4	26.0	7.6	8.5	1.7	0.3	9.3	20.0	46.6	1.4	4.1	33.8	6.0	7.6	78.9	55.7	1.7	5.9	4.2	29,275	6,272	7,013	1,400	270	3,450	2,160	+3059
24	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	820	21,064	37.7	25.7	10.9	2.1	1.1	2.8	10.1	19.1	52.9	0.0	0.1	19.0	5.5	7.4	74.9	57.6	2.6	8.2	3.3	30,881	8,906	1,747	862	2,297	2,688	2,927	+715
25	Alex English A. English	814	22,088	36.3	27.1	5.9	4.4			11.2	21.3	52.7	0.0			4.6	5.5	84.2	57.1				29,588	4,842	3,545				2,277