most games with 40 or more points in a single game by one player nba all-time

29 players are tied for the most games in a game with 40+ points, with 1 game. The first three are Victor Wembanyama 4 times, Amen Thompson last Friday and Jeremiah Fears last Tuesday.

Interpreted as:
most games with 40 or more points in a single regular-season game by one player NBA all-time
NAMEGPPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Victor Wembanyama
V. Wembanyama
1
40
4/10/2026
vs
26
13
5
1
2
14
23
60.9
2
7
28.6
10
11
90.9
71.8
3
10
2
0
+10
2Amen Thompson
A. Thompson
1
41
4/10/2026
vs
42
9
7
2
0
17
22
77.3
0
1
0.0
7
7
100.0
81.7
3
6
2
2
+1
3Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
1
40
4/7/2026
vs
38
5
6
3
0
17
29
58.6
1
7
14.3
5
5
100.0
64.1
2
3
2
2
+30
4Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
1
45
4/5/2026
vs
39
8
9
2
1
14
27
51.9
2
4
50.0
15
17
88.2
65.3
0
8
2
2
+11
5Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
1
40
4/4/2026
vs
44
8
13
0
3
13
25
52.0
1
5
20.0
13
15
86.7
63.3
1
7
0
4
+12
6Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
1
51
4/3/2026
vs
34
6
3
3
1
19
30
63.3
6
9
66.7
7
7
100.0
77.1
3
3
1
3
-2
7Jaylen Brown
J. Brown
1
43
4/1/2026
@
37
3
7
0
0
17
29
58.6
4
10
40.0
5
7
71.4
67.0
1
2
1
3
+9
8Victor Wembanyama
V. Wembanyama
1
41
4/1/2026
@
29
18
3
0
3
16
22
72.7
2
6
33.3
7
8
87.5
80.3
0
18
0
0
+16
9Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
1
42
3/31/2026
vs
34
5
12
2
0
13
26
50.0
6
13
46.2
10
10
100.0
69.1
0
5
0
4
+21
10Victor Wembanyama
V. Wembanyama
1
41
3/30/2026
vs
31
16
4
1
3
17
27
63.0
3
6
50.0
4
4
100.0
71.3
6
10
2
2
+15
11Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
1
47
3/30/2026
vs
41
5
3
2
0
12
19
63.2
2
3
66.7
21
25
84.0
78.3
2
3
4
4
+8
12Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
1
41
3/27/2026
vs
39
8
3
3
1
15
25
60.0
5
10
50.0
6
6
100.0
74.2
2
6
5
5
+19
13Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
1
43
3/25/2026
@
38
6
7
1
0
15
30
50.0
4
11
36.4
9
10
90.0
62.5
1
5
5
5
+6
14Jamal Murray
J. Murray
1
53
3/25/2026
vs
41
6
4
0
0
19
28
67.9
9
14
64.3
6
6
100.0
86.5
2
4
4
2
+10
15Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
1
42
3/24/2026
vs
35
2
3
0
0
14
22
63.6
3
7
42.9
11
11
100.0
78.2
0
2
2
4
+2
16Kevin Durant
K. Durant
1
40
3/23/2026
@
40
7
5
0
0
15
23
65.2
5
10
50.0
5
8
62.5
75.4
1
6
4
1
-18
17Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
1
40
3/21/2026
@
32
3
7
1
0
17
27
63.0
1
2
50.0
5
8
62.5
65.5
1
2
3
3
+11
18Darius Garland
D. Garland
1
41
3/21/2026
@
39
3
11
1
1
15
24
62.5
8
12
66.7
3
3
100.0
81.0
1
2
4
0
+9
19Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
1
60
3/19/2026
@
38
7
3
5
0
18
30
60.0
9
17
52.9
15
19
78.9
78.2
1
6
2
1
+7
20Brice Sensabaugh
B. Sensabaugh
1
41
3/18/2026
@
37
4
3
1
0
17
31
54.8
4
9
44.4
3
4
75.0
62.6
1
3
5
2
-21
21Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
1
40
3/18/2026
@
38
9
10
1
0
12
25
48.0
7
17
41.2
9
14
64.3
64.2
0
9
5
3
+2
22Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
S. Gilgeous-Alexander
1
40
3/17/2026
@
36
5
2
4
0
14
27
51.9
3
5
60.0
9
11
81.8
62.8
0
5
3
2
-4
23Nickeil Alexander-Walker
N. Alexander-Walker
1
41
3/16/2026
vs
37
7
5
2
0
12
21
57.1
9
14
64.3
8
9
88.9
82.1
3
4
3
1
+27
24Devin Booker
D. Booker
1
40
3/16/2026
@
37
3
6
0
1
15
24
62.5
2
7
28.6
8
9
88.9
71.5
0
3
7
3
+2
25Jaylen Brown
J. Brown
1
41
3/16/2026
vs
40
7
6
1
1
10
20
50.0
2
5
40.0
19
21
90.5
70.1
1
6
4
0
+9

More Spurs Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

25.0

Wembanyama

Victor Wembanyama

RPG

11.5

Wembanyama

Victor Wembanyama

APG

7.4

Castle

Stephon Castle
Team Rankings

ORTG

119.6

4th

DRTG

111.3

3rd

NETRTG

8.3

2nd

3P%

35.9

14th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
4/19
@
9:00 PM
Tue
4/21
@
8:00 PM
Fri
4/24
@
10:30 PM
Sun
4/26
@
3:30 PM
Tue
4/28
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
DEN Nuggets

54 - 28

128

Final

118

SAS Spurs

62 - 20

Sun 12 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
Hawks Hawks - x
46
36
.561
14.0
7
76ers 76ers - x
45
37
.549
15.0
8
45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
.390
28.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
51
.378
29.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
22
60
.268
42.0
15
Jazz Jazz - e
22
60
.268
42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
3/17
@
118-125
Tue
3/17
@
124-116
Wed
3/18
@
117-95
Wed
3/18
@
111-130
Wed
3/18
@
99-105

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
4/17
@
7:30 PM
Fri
4/17
@
10:00 PM
Sat
4/18
@
1:00 PM
Sat
4/18
@
3:30 PM
Sat
4/18
@
6:00 PM