most games with 40 points in a season since 1980

Since 1979-80, Michael Jordan has the most games with 40+ points in a season, with 37 games in 1986-87.

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most games by a player with 40 or more points in a season since 1980

	NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	37	1,690	1986-87	CHI	41.4	45.7	5.5	4.2	3.0	1.7	16.4	31.2	52.5	0.1	0.8	12.9	12.8	14.5	88.3	60.7	2.3	3.2	3.4	1,531	204	156	111	64	124	108
2	James Harden J. Harden	28	1,317	2018-19	HOU	39.6	47.0	8.1	7.5	2.4	1.0	13.7	29.1	47.1	6.3	15.9	39.6	13.4	14.9	89.7	66.0	1.3	6.9	5.8	1,109	228	211	68	28	161	91	+242
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	27	1,241	2005-06	LAL	41.8	46.0	6.1	3.4	2.0	0.3	15.2	31.8	47.8	3.2	7.8	41.2	12.3	14.2	86.5	60.4	1.3	4.8	2.9	1,129	164	91	55	7	77	87	+182
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	22	1,007	1989-90	CHI	41.8	45.8	7.5	5.5	3.1	0.7	17.0	29.5	57.9	1.4	3.4	41.3	10.3	11.7	87.6	66.1	2.0	5.5	2.4	920	165	120	69	16	52	68
5	James Harden J. Harden	21	977	2019-20	HOU	38.9	46.5	7.7	7.8	1.8	1.1	13.5	27.9	48.3	6.5	15.4	42.0	13.1	14.8	88.7	67.6	1.3	6.4	4.5	817	162	163	38	24	95	70	+267
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	19	843	2002-03	LAL	42.8	44.4	5.2	4.0	2.2	0.8	15.8	32.3	48.9	2.9	6.1	48.7	9.8	11.5	85.8	59.5	0.5	4.6	3.4	814	98	76	41	15	65	46	+185
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	18	835	2016-17	OKC	37.3	46.4	10.4	8.8	1.6	0.1	15.2	31.2	48.8	4.1	10.3	40.0	11.8	13.8	85.9	62.2	1.4	9.1	5.3	671	188	159	28	2	96	42	+73
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	18	882	2006-07	LAL	45.6	49.0	7.2	4.4	1.3	0.7	16.2	30.9	52.3	3.6	7.3	49.2	13.1	15.2	86.1	65.2	1.4	5.8	2.9	822	129	79	24	12	53	53	+133
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	18	843	1987-88	CHI	41.1	46.8	4.8	6.4	3.3	1.9	17.7	28.9	61.2	0.1	0.9	5.9	11.4	13.3	86.2	67.4	1.6	3.2	2.8	740	86	116	60	35	50	60
10	George Gervin G. Gervin	18	787	1979-80	SAS	40.8	43.7	4.8	2.8	1.8	1.0	17.6	29.8	59.0	0.7	1.8	39.4	7.9	9.7	81.1	64.2				734	87	50	33	18		41
11	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	17	761	2000-01	PHI	45.1	44.8	4.1	4.1	2.8	0.4	16.1	31.8	50.5	2.1	4.9	42.2	10.6	12.4	85.7	60.1	1.0	3.1	3.5	767	69	69	47	6	60	39	+143
12	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	16	715	2025-26	LAL	37.4	44.7	8.8	8.3	2.1	0.5	14.3	25.9	55.2	5.8	12.6	45.5	10.3	12.4	82.9	71.1	0.8	7.9	3.1	599	140	133	33	8	49	42	+132
13	George Gervin G. Gervin	16	711	1981-82	SAS	40.7	44.4	5.8	3.1	1.3	0.5	17.8	30.8	57.7	0.3	0.6	40.0	8.7	9.8	88.5	63.4			2.7	651	92	50	20	8	43	39
14	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	15	674	2022-23	POR	38.0	44.9	5.3	5.7	0.8	0.4	13.3	24.1	55.4	6.1	13.6	45.1	12.1	13.1	92.9	75.4	0.7	4.5	3.0	570	79	85	12	6	45	29	+69
15	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	15	649	2005-06	PHI	45.3	43.3	4.5	8.6	1.9	0.1	15.0	29.0	51.7	1.3	3.8	35.1	11.9	13.9	86.1	61.6	0.8	3.7	3.4	679	68	129	28	1	51	29	+54
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	15	684	1988-89	CHI	42.3	45.6	8.8	7.7	3.8	0.5	16.3	27.1	60.0	0.6	2.1	29.0	12.5	14.4	86.6	68.1	2.1	6.7	3.3	634	132	116	57	8	49	45
17	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	15	676	1987-88	ATL	40.5	45.1	6.9	3.1	1.9	0.7	17.3	31.2	55.3	1.0	2.1	48.4	9.5	11.2	85.1	62.4	3.1	3.9	3.5	607	104	46	28	10	52	33
18	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	14	632	2022-23	DAL	40.1	45.1	10.1	8.9	2.1	0.4	15.6	26.6	58.6	3.6	8.9	40.3	10.4	14.1	74.1	68.9	1.1	9.1	3.6	562	142	125	29	6	50	41	+62
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	14	625	2013-14	OKC	43.1	44.6	6.6	5.7	1.6	0.9	14.4	27.4	52.3	3.9	8.6	44.6	12.1	14.4	83.7	66.1	0.4	6.2	3.9	603	93	80	23	12	54	29	+57
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	14	661	1992-93	CHI	40.9	47.2	6.6	5.6	3.6	1.0	18.4	32.1	57.5	1.1	3.4	33.3	9.2	11.0	83.8	64.0	1.6	5.1	2.7	572	93	78	51	14	38	34
21	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	13	589	2024-25	OKC	35.9	45.3	5.3	5.8	2.1	1.2	15.6	26.8	58.2	3.2	7.1	45.7	10.8	11.6	93.4	70.9	1.1	4.2	2.1	467	69	76	27	16	27	35	+199
22	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	13	596	2023-24	DAL	38.0	45.8	9.0	9.8	1.7	0.2	15.7	26.3	59.6	5.8	11.6	50.3	8.6	9.8	87.5	74.8	0.5	8.5	3.2	494	117	128	22	3	42	28	+160
23	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	13	578	2022-23	CLE	41.5	44.5	5.1	4.7	1.2	0.4	15.7	27.9	56.2	5.5	11.9	46.5	7.5	8.6	87.5	70.1	1.0	4.1	3.1	539	66	61	16	5	40	36	+99
24	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	13	597	2022-23	PHI	37.0	45.9	10.8	4.5	1.2	2.2	15.6	25.7	60.8	1.2	3.8	32.7	13.5	15.2	88.8	71.0	2.2	8.5	3.5	481	140	59	16	29	45	41	+139
25	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	13	553	2021-22	PHI	36.5	42.5	13.8	4.3	1.1	1.9	14.1	23.7	59.4	1.9	3.7	52.1	12.5	15.2	82.2	70.1	2.5	11.3	3.8	475	180	56	14	25	49	43	+155

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