most games with 40 points by an nba player in the first 12 years of their career

Wilt Chamberlain had the most games by a player with 40+ points in his first 12 seasons, with 271 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games with 40 or more points by an NBA player in the first 12 years of their career

	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	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	271	13,458		49.7	25.7				20.3	37.4	54.2				9.2	16.1	57.0	55.8					6,968					500
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	153	6,946	41.3	45.4	6.5	5.3	2.9	1.2	16.9	29.4	57.6	0.7	1.9	34.9	10.9	12.6	86.4	65.0	1.9	4.6	2.8	6,326	998	816	448	182	436	451	+33
3	James Harden J. Harden	101	4,584	39.6	45.4	7.5	8.2	2.2	0.7	13.3	26.4	50.4	5.6	12.8	43.6	13.2	15.0	88.1	68.8	1.2	6.3	4.9	4,003	757	824	220	75	497	308	+967
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	92	4,205	43.4	45.7	6.1	4.1	1.8	0.7	15.5	30.5	50.7	3.0	6.8	44.8	11.7	13.7	85.6	62.6	1.2	4.9	3.2	3,992	565	380	168	60	293	262	+660
5	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	88	3,995		45.4					17.1						11.2	13.9	80.5											309
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	79	3,507	44.9	44.4	4.3	6.3	2.3	0.2	15.5	30.5	51.0	2.0	5.0	40.6	11.3	13.6	83.4	60.9	1.0	3.3	3.7	3,546	339	494	185	14	294	177	+443
7	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	77	3,288		42.7	9.3	10.9			15.0						12.7	14.4	88.2						718	836				268
8	Rick Barry R. Barry	70	3,165	42.8	45.2	8.3	5.3	2.9		17.5	33.3	52.5				10.2	11.3	90.3	59.0			3.2	2,999	578	374	100		19	230
9	George Gervin G. Gervin	68	2,982	40.0	43.9	5.0	2.9	1.3	0.9	17.2	28.9	59.4	0.3	0.9	35.8	9.2	10.8	85.1	65.1				2,722	342	195	91	61		185
10	Jerry West J. West	66	2,891		43.8					15.8						12.2	14.4	84.8
11	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	65	2,863		44.0	16.6	4.3		3.9	17.7			0.0	0.0		8.6	11.7	73.4				4.4		1,078	278		77	22
12	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	58	2,629	39.2	45.3	4.9	7.3	1.2	0.3	14.1	25.3	55.8	6.4	12.8	49.8	10.8	11.6	92.9	74.6	0.6	4.3	2.6	2,274	282	421	69	19	151	110	+417
13	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	58	2,518		43.4	15.5				17.0	28.3	60.0				9.5	12.0	79.1	64.7					899
14	Kevin Durant K. Durant	55	2,391	42.2	43.5	8.6	4.3	1.2	1.2	14.4	25.5	56.3	3.7	7.7	47.6	11.1	12.5	88.8	70.2	1.0	7.7	3.6	2,319	475	237	64	65	198	130	+314
15	LeBron James L. James	55	2,451	43.0	44.6	8.3	7.1	1.9	0.9	15.5	26.9	57.6	3.3	6.8	48.4	10.3	12.9	79.7	68.5	1.5	6.7	3.7	2,364	454	388	105	49	202	115	+428
16	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	55	2,450	41.0	44.5	7.6	3.0	1.9	0.7	16.4	29.1	56.2	1.1	2.3	48.4	10.7	12.3	86.5	64.4	3.3	4.3	2.9	2,255	420	164	104	39	160	103
17	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	54	2,433	36.6	45.1	12.9	5.3	1.1	1.2	16.6	25.0	66.2	1.4	3.5	38.8	10.6	14.6	72.2	71.6	2.8	10.2	3.3	1,977	699	288	61	65	177	156	+363
18	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	52	2,271	42.1	43.7	7.1	4.5		0.1	15.8	23.7	66.5	0.0			12.2	14.4	84.6	72.8				2,188	369	236		4		171
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	49	2,219	36.6	45.3	5.3	5.8	1.4	0.3	14.7	25.2	58.2	8.7	15.1	57.6	7.3	7.9	92.5	79.0	0.8	4.6	3.5	1,793	262	285	69	14	172	106	+666
20	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	48	2,134	36.2	44.5	13.4	4.4	1.3	2.0	15.0	24.8	60.5	1.5	3.8	38.0	13.0	15.0	86.7	70.8	2.9	10.5	3.3	1,736	641	213	60	97	157	156	+533
21	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	47	2,087	39.0	44.4	9.8	8.3	1.5	0.3	15.5	30.1	51.4	3.1	7.7	39.6	10.4	12.5	83.3	62.4	1.9	7.9	5.1	1,834	461	388	72	14	240	129	+88
22	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	47	2,017	40.8	42.9	13.7	2.5	0.8	2.2	16.9	25.6	65.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.2	15.3	60.1	66.3	5.1	8.6	2.7	1,918	645	117	38	102	128	138	+278
23	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	47	2,075		44.1					16.1						11.9	14.6	81.6											159
24	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	46	2,050	38.8	44.6	9.6	9.2	1.6	0.4	15.2	26.5	57.2	4.9	10.6	46.2	9.3	11.8	79.1	70.3	0.9	8.7	3.9	1,785	442	423	75	19	178	126	+391
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	46	2,028	42.2	44.1	10.7	6.1	1.8		17.2	28.4	60.4	1.5	3.3	45.1	8.3	8.9	93.2	68.2				1,942	490	281	83			112