most games in which a nba player has scored more than 40 points

Jamal Murray dropped 43 points against the Timberwolves on Monday.

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most regular-season games in which a NBA player has scored more than 40 points

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jamal Murray J. Murray	10/27/2025	43	DEN	@	MIN	37	6	3	0	0	16	29	55.2	5	9	55.6	6	7	85.7	67.0	0	6	2	2	+30
2	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	10/27/2025	43	PHI	vs	ORL	42	4	8	1	0	15	32	46.9	4	11	36.4	9	10	90.0	59.1	0	4	1	1	+14
3	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	10/27/2025	51	UTA	vs	PHX	45	14	3	0	0	14	32	43.8	6	13	46.2	17	17	100.0	64.6	5	9	1	2	+26
4	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	10/27/2025	41	LAL	vs	POR	39	4	5	3	0	13	22	59.1	3	8	37.5	12	14	85.7	72.8	0	4	8	2	0
5	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	10/26/2025	41	BKN	@	SAS	32	2	0	0	0	11	25	44.0	5	12	41.7	14	14	100.0	65.8	0	2	3	0	-7
6	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	10/26/2025	41	BOS	@	DET	35	6	4	0	0	12	25	48.0	5	9	55.6	12	15	80.0	64.9	2	4	4	3	-1
7	Austin Reaves A. Reaves	10/26/2025	51	LAL	@	SAC	39	11	9	2	0	12	22	54.5	6	10	60.0	21	22	95.5	80.5	1	10	2	1	+22
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	10/24/2025	49	LAL	vs	MIN	35	11	8	0	0	14	23	60.9	5	12	41.7	16	19	84.2	78.1	1	10	3	4	+18
9	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	10/23/2025	55	OKC	@	IND	45	8	5	2	1	15	31	48.4	2	7	28.6	23	26	88.5	64.8	0	8	2	4	+9
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	10/23/2025	42	GSW	vs	DEN	37	6	7	3	1	14	25	56.0	6	12	50.0	8	8	100.0	73.6	0	6	2	1	+15
11	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	10/23/2025	50	DEN	@	GSW	39	8	2	0	1	17	21	81.0	10	11	90.9	6	6	100.0	105.8	0	8	2	1	-1
12	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	10/22/2025	41	MIN	@	POR	39	7	1	0	1	14	28	50.0	5	10	50.0	8	8	100.0	65.0	1	6	4	4	+9
13	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	10/21/2025	43	LAL	vs	GSW	41	12	9	2	1	17	27	63.0	2	10	20.0	7	10	70.0	68.5	0	12	3	1	-8
14	Jaime Jaquez Jr. J. Jaquez Jr.	4/13/2025	41	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
15	Pat Connaughton P. Connaughton	4/13/2025	43	MIL	vs	DET	44	11	5	2	0	16	29	55.2	5	12	41.7	6	9	66.7	65.2	1	10	2	2	+7
16	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	4/13/2025	43	MIN	vs	UTA	40	6	5	3	1	15	31	48.4	7	18	38.9	6	7	85.7	63.1	0	6	2	1	+20
17	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	4/10/2025	44	MIN	@	MEM	38	5	3	1	1	13	19	68.4	7	11	63.6	11	13	84.6	89.0	1	4	5	3	+15
18	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	4/9/2025	45	LAL	@	DAL	38	8	6	4	0	16	28	57.1	7	10	70.0	6	9	66.7	70.4	1	7	3	4	+26
19	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	4/8/2025	42	OKC	vs	LAL	37	6	6	0	1	14	26	53.8	5	9	55.6	9	11	81.8	68.1	1	5	1	5	+7
20	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	4/7/2025	43	SAC	@	DET	45	3	4	1	0	16	28	57.1	8	11	72.7	3	4	75.0	72.2	0	3	1	4	+6
21	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4/6/2025	41	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
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	4/1/2025	52	GSW	@	MEM	37	10	8	5	1	16	31	51.6	12	20	60.0	8	8	100.0	75.3	1	9	2	2	+17
23	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	4/1/2025	61	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
24	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	3/23/2025	42	MIA	vs	CHA	35	3	5	2	1	16	21	76.2	6	8	75.0	4	7	57.1	87.2	0	3	2	2	+22
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	3/21/2025	42	PHX	vs	CLE	39	6	8	0	1	17	29	58.6	4	9	44.4	4	4	100.0	68.3	0	6	3	1	+7