most games by a player with 40 points in a loss

31 players are tied for the most games in a loss with 40+ points, with 1 game. The first three are Jaime Jaquez Jr. on April 13, Devin Booker on April 6 and on November 17 and Nikola Jokić 6 times.

Interpreted as:

most games by a player with 40 or more points in a regular-season loss

	NAME	GP	PTS	L	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jaime Jaquez Jr. J. Jaquez Jr.	1	41	1	4/13/2025	MIA	vs	WAS	41	10	7	0	0	17	25	68.0	2	6	33.3	5	7	71.4	73.0	1	9	3	2	-4
2	Devin Booker D. Booker	1	40	1	4/6/2025	PHX	@	NYK	40	4	3	1	0	16	29	55.2	2	7	28.6	6	7	85.7	62.3	3	1	4	4	-9
3	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1	41	1	4/6/2025	DEN	vs	IND	39	15	13	2	1	18	33	54.5	3	11	27.3	2	3	66.7	59.7	3	12	4	0	+1
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1	61	1	4/1/2025	DEN	vs	MIN	53	10	10	2	0	18	29	62.1	6	11	54.5	19	24	79.2	77.1	2	8	4	5	+2
5	CJ McCollum	1	40	1	3/23/2025	NOP	@	DET	37	5	7	1	0	16	28	57.1	5	12	41.7	3	5	60.0	66.2	1	4	2	2	+3
6	Quentin Grimes Q. Grimes	1	46	1	3/17/2025	PHI	@	HOU	43	13	4	2	1	15	27	55.6	8	14	57.1	8	13	61.5	70.3	2	11	6	3	-6
7	Desmond Bane D. Bane	1	44	1	3/17/2025	MEM	@	SAC	41	6	4	1	0	15	25	60.0	7	7	100.0	7	7	100.0	78.3	0	6	4	2	0
8	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	1	40	1	3/15/2025	DEN	vs	WAS	39	13	9	1	2	16	30	53.3	1	8	12.5	7	7	100.0	60.5	3	10	3	3	+6
9	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	1	43	1	3/14/2025	ORL	@	MIN	37	10	3	0	0	16	32	50.0	2	7	28.6	9	11	81.8	58.4	1	9	1	2	-2
10	Ja Morant J. Morant	1	44	1	3/14/2025	MEM	vs	CLE	35	8	7	1	0	17	22	77.3	1	4	25.0	9	10	90.0	83.3	0	8	2	3	-6
11	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	1	45	1	3/13/2025	LAL	@	MIL	36	11	3	2	1	14	27	51.9	7	13	53.8	10	12	83.3	69.7	1	10	6	2	-16
12	Miles Bridges M. Bridges	1	46	1	3/7/2025	CHA	vs	CLE	39	8	2	2	0	15	32	46.9	4	10	40.0	12	13	92.3	61.0	1	7	1	4	+5
13	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	1	41	1	3/4/2025	ORL	vs	TOR	40	8	8	4	1	14	20	70.0	4	5	80.0	9	10	90.0	84.0	0	8	3	2	-6
14	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	1	42	1	3/1/2025	MEM	vs	SAS	35	4	2	2	2	15	25	60.0	5	8	62.5	7	8	87.5	73.6	1	3	2	3	+10
15	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	1	46	1	2/28/2025	BOS	vs	CLE	41	16	9	0	3	19	37	51.4	4	12	33.3	4	5	80.0	58.7	5	11	3	4	+5
16	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	1	41	1	2/27/2025	ORL	vs	GSW	36	6	5	2	0	16	27	59.3	4	10	40.0	5	8	62.5	67.2	0	6	5	4	-12
17	Tyler Herro T. Herro	1	40	1	2/23/2025	MIA	@	MIL	40	7	11	0	0	12	27	44.4	3	12	25.0	13	14	92.9	60.3	1	6	2	1	+7
18	Tyler Herro T. Herro	1	40	1	2/13/2025	MIA	@	DAL	37	8	3	3	0	15	30	50.0	3	14	21.4	7	9	77.8	58.9	1	7	3	1	-8
19	Jordan Poole J. Poole	1	42	1	2/12/2025	WAS	vs	IND	41	5	5	2	1	15	29	51.7	6	15	40.0	6	6	100.0	66.4	0	5	4	5	-8
20	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	1	44	1	2/10/2025	MIN	@	CLE	37	6	1	1	0	13	28	46.4	8	15	53.3	10	13	76.9	65.2	0	6	7	0	-12
21	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	1	40	1	2/8/2025	NOP	@	SAC	28	4	4	2	0	16	21	76.2	0	0		8	11	72.7	77.4	1	3	3	4	+4
22	Jordan Poole J. Poole	1	45	1	2/7/2025	WAS	vs	CLE	37	4	5	1	0	16	32	50.0	4	17	23.5	9	11	81.8	61.1	2	2	3	3	-2
23	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	1	41	1	2/3/2025	NOP	@	DEN	38	3	3	2	1	13	21	61.9	8	12	66.7	7	7	100.0	85.1	1	2	0	1	-9
24	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	1	42	1	1/31/2025	PHI	vs	DEN	39	2	9	2	0	15	26	57.7	6	11	54.5	6	8	75.0	71.1	0	2	5	2	-1
25	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	1	40	1	1/31/2025	NOP	vs	BOS	39	5	4	1	0	15	20	75.0	8	12	66.7	2	3	66.7	93.8	0	5	4	5	+3