Kobe Bryant, George Gervin and Wilt Chamberlain were tied for the most games with exactly 42 points, with 16 games.

Interpreted as:

most regular-season games by a player with exactly 42 points

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	16	672	42.2	42.0	5.5	4.8	1.9	0.5	13.4	26.9	49.9	2.9	6.4	46.1	12.2	14.6	83.7	63.0	1.1	4.4	4.4	675	88	76	31	8	70	39	+152
2	George Gervin G. Gervin	16	672	39.8	42.0	4.9	2.7	1.2	0.9	16.7	26.1	64.0	0.3	0.9	33.3	8.4	9.9	84.8	69.1				637	79	43	19	15		41
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	16	672	47.9	42.0	25.6	4.7			17.3	31.6	54.7				7.4	14.6	50.4	55.2				766	409	75				29
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	13	546	39.8	42.0	7.2	6.7	3.2	1.1	15.4	27.8	55.4	0.8	2.5	34.4	10.4	12.2	85.4	63.4	1.9	5.2	2.2	518	93	87	41	14	28	30	+5
5	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	13	546		42.0					16.6						8.8	10.0	87.7											41
6	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	11	462	37.0	42.0	12.9	3.9	1.2	1.9	13.1	21.6	60.5	1.3	3.1	41.2	14.5	16.7	87.0	72.4	2.0	10.9	3.6	407	142	43	13	21	40	43	+129
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	11	462	35.3	42.0	5.5	6.1	1.4	0.5	13.8	23.5	58.9	7.9	13.6	58.0	6.5	7.2	89.9	78.9	0.8	4.6	2.5	389	60	67	15	6	28	17	+178
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	11	462	40.1	42.0	6.5	5.5	1.1	0.7	14.8	26.2	56.6	3.2	7.3	43.8	9.2	10.9	84.2	67.8	0.6	5.8	3.9	441	71	60	12	8	43	22	+113
9	Jerry West J. West	11	462		42.0		7.9			14.5						12.9	14.5	89.3							87				30
10	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	11	462		42.0	11.1	11.0			15.1						11.8	13.7	86.1						122	121				46
11	James Harden J. Harden	10	420	39.2	42.0	7.5	6.0	1.3	0.6	12.9	28.0	46.1	5.9	14.3	41.3	10.3	11.9	86.6	63.2	0.8	6.7	5.4	392	75	60	13	6	54	36	+44
12	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	10	420	41.9	42.0	7.3	5.1		0.3	16.0	23.5	68.1	0.1	0.1	100.0	9.9	11.4	86.8	73.6				419	73	51		3		34
13	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	9	378		42.0	15.1				16.1	26.9	59.9				9.8	12.2	80.0	65.1			9.0		136				9
14	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	8	336	39.4	42.0	8.5	10.3	1.3	0.4	14.3	24.9	57.3	4.3	9.9	43.0	9.3	11.9	77.9	69.8	1.4	7.1	4.1	315	68	82	10	3	33	27	+68
15	Trae Young T. Young	8	336	38.0	42.0	6.4	9.9	0.3	0.3	13.6	26.0	52.4	5.1	10.6	48.2	9.6	11.5	83.7	67.6	1.3	5.1	4.5	304	51	79	2	2	36	14	+9
16	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	8	336	41.6	42.0	6.8	3.3	1.6	0.8	14.9	25.6	58.0	3.3	6.1	53.1	9.0	11.1	80.9	68.8	1.9	4.9	2.6	332	54	26	13	6	21	30	+8
17	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	8	336	46.3	42.0	4.8	6.1	3.0	0.1	14.6	30.5	48.0	1.9	4.9	38.5	10.9	13.3	82.1	57.8	1.4	3.4	3.5	370	38	49	24	1	28	17	+44
18	LeBron James L. James	7	294	40.9	42.0	9.7	6.4	1.6	0.9	14.1	24.6	57.6	3.6	8.0	44.6	10.1	13.9	73.2	68.5	1.3	8.4	4.1	286	68	45	11	6	29	18	+57
19	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	7	294	43.1	42.0	12.1	3.6	2.0	3.3	16.1	25.4	63.5	0.0	0.4	0.0	9.7	12.4	78.2	68.0	3.1	9.0	3.0	302	85	25	14	23	21	23
20	Rick Barry R. Barry	7	294	41.4	42.0	7.1	5.9	3.0	0.6	16.7	32.0	52.2				8.6	9.7	88.2	57.9	1.6	5.8	1.0	290	50	41	15	3	1	17
21	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	6	252	38.3	42.0	3.3	4.7	1.0	0.3	14.7	29.0	50.6	5.3	12.3	43.2	7.3	8.7	84.6	64.0	0.5	2.8	3.2	230	20	28	6	2	19	19	0
22	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	6	252	39.9	42.0	5.0	7.3	0.5	0.5	12.8	23.5	54.6	6.0	11.7	51.4	10.3	11.0	93.9	74.1	0.8	4.2	1.5	239	30	44	3	3	9	15	+33
23	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	6	252	41.5	42.0	7.3	4.3	0.8	0.7	15.7	28.5	55.0	1.5	4.2	36.0	9.2	11.3	80.9	62.7	1.3	6.0	2.2	249	44	26	5	4	13	8	+47
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	6	252	39.7	42.0	12.2	2.2	0.5	0.7	15.2	23.3	65.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	11.7	14.0	83.3	71.2	3.8	8.3	5.0	238	73	13	3	4	30	25	+1
25	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	6	252	42.7	42.0	6.2	3.3	2.5	1.0	14.0	29.3	47.7	0.8	2.3	35.7	13.2	14.7	89.8	58.7	3.0	3.2	3.3	256	37	20	15	6	20	9