Damian Lillard had the most games with 40+ points in 2022-23, with 15 games.

Interpreted as:

NBA most 40 or more point games by a player 2023

NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
Damian Lillard	15	674	2022-23	POR	38.0	44.9	5.3	5.7	0.8	0.4	3.0	13.3	24.1	55.4	6.1	13.6	45.1	12.1	13.1	92.9	570	79	85	12	6	45	29	+69
Luka Doncic	14	632	2022-23	DAL	40.1	45.1	10.1	8.9	2.1	0.4	3.6	15.6	26.6	58.6	3.6	8.9	40.3	10.4	14.1	74.1	562	142	125	29	6	50	41	+62
Donovan Mitchell	13	578	2022-23	CLE	41.5	44.5	5.1	4.7	1.2	0.4	3.1	15.7	27.9	56.2	5.5	11.9	46.5	7.5	8.6	87.5	539	66	61	16	5	40	36	+99
Joel Embiid	13	597	2022-23	PHI	37.0	45.9	10.8	4.5	1.2	2.2	3.5	15.6	25.7	60.8	1.2	3.8	32.7	13.5	15.2	88.8	481	140	59	16	29	45	41	+139
Giannis Antetokounmpo	12	548	2022-23	MIL	35.4	45.7	13.8	4.4	0.7	0.8	4.1	17.1	27.5	62.1	1.2	3.5	33.3	10.3	15.2	68.1	425	165	53	8	10	49	39	+101
Jayson Tatum	11	471	2022-23	BOS	39.2	42.8	8.5	4.2	0.9	0.6	2.3	13.6	23.9	57.0	5.5	10.8	51.3	10.0	11.3	88.7	431	93	46	10	7	25	20	+137
Devin Booker	7	333	2022-23	PHX	36.1	47.6	5.1	5.4	1.3	0.1	2.9	17.7	27.9	63.6	4.0	8.1	49.1	8.1	9.7	83.8	253	36	38	9	1	20	25	+80
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander	6	254	2022-23	OKC	36.8	42.3	5.0	5.5	1.8	0.8	2.2	14.0	22.8	61.3	1.0	2.0	50.0	13.3	15.3	87.0	221	30	33	11	5	13	16	+79
Stephen Curry	6	268	2022-23	GSW	36.6	44.7	6.0	5.7	0.5	0.2	2.8	15.8	25.7	61.7	7.3	13.2	55.7	5.7	6.7	85.0	220	36	34	3	1	17	14	+14
LeBron James	5	225	2022-23	LAL	38.4	45.0	9.2	7.8	0.6	0.4	2.0	16.2	27.6	58.7	4.8	9.4	51.1	7.8	9.4	83.0	192	46	39	3	2	10	4	+27
Julius Randle	5	229	2022-23	NYK	38.4	45.8	8.2	3.4	0.6	0.4	2.6	16.0	26.8	59.7	6.6	12.2	54.1	7.2	8.6	83.7	192	41	17	3	2	13	14	+15
Nikola Jokic	5	204	2022-23	DEN	38.2	40.8	16.0	9.8	2.2	0.6	4.4	15.0	23.2	64.7	0.8	2.8	28.6	10.0	12.2	82.0	191	80	49	11	3	22	15	+70
Zach LaVine	5	208	2022-23	CHI	37.6	41.6	3.6	3.6	1.8	0.4	2.8	14.4	22.0	65.5	6.0	9.6	62.5	6.8	7.4	91.9	188	18	18	9	2	14	7	+42
DeMar DeRozan	5	222	2022-23	CHI	44.4	44.4	6.8	4.0	2.2	0.8	1.4	15.0	27.0	55.6	1.0	3.0	33.3	13.4	15.0	89.3	222	34	20	11	4	7	12	+27
Cam Thomas	4	180	2022-23	BKN	37.4	45.0	4.0	3.0	0.5	0.5	3.8	14.5	26.0	55.8	5.0	8.3	60.6	11.0	12.0	91.7	150	16	12	2	2	15	8	-15
Kyrie Irving	4	169	2022-23	TOT	40.9	42.3	6.3	5.5	2.8	0.8	2.0	15.8	26.3	60.0	5.3	10.3	51.2	5.5	6.8	81.5	164	25	22	11	3	8	11	+28
Jalen Green	4	164	2022-23	HOU	37.7	41.0	3.8	3.5	0.5	0.3	2.8	14.0	23.3	60.2	5.0	10.0	50.0	8.0	9.8	82.1	151	15	14	2	1	11	6	+18
Jalen Brunson	4	173	2022-23	NYK	37.6	43.3	4.5	6.3	0.0	0.3	1.5	15.5	25.5	60.8	5.5	9.5	57.9	6.8	9.0	75.0	150	18	25	0	1	6	7	+19
Klay Thompson	4	179	2022-23	GSW	37.5	44.8	5.5	2.0	0.5	0.3	2.8	15.5	25.8	60.2	11.0	16.8	65.7	2.8	3.0	91.7	150	22	8	2	1	11	6	+69
Mikal Bridges	3	131	2022-23	BKN	35.4	43.7	6.0	3.0	1.3	1.0	2.7	15.3	23.3	65.7	5.0	7.7	65.2	8.0	8.0	100.0	106	18	9	4	3	8	3	+34
Jaylen Brown	3	125	2022-23	BOS	36.7	41.7	10.0	1.7	0.7	0.7	3.0	16.3	25.0	65.3	3.0	8.7	34.6	6.0	7.3	81.8	110	30	5	2	2	9	5	+49
Lauri Markkanen	3	132	2022-23	UTA	36.6	44.0	10.0	2.0	0.0	0.3	2.7	14.7	26.0	56.4	4.3	13.0	33.3	10.3	10.7	96.9	110	30	6	0	1	8	5	+14
Anthony Davis	3	139	2022-23	LAL	35.9	46.3	12.0	2.0	0.0	2.7	0.7	18.3	25.7	71.4	1.3	2.0	66.7	8.3	9.3	89.3	108	36	6	0	8	2	3	+24
Kevin Durant	3	132	2022-23	BKN	37.9	44.0	5.7	4.0	1.3	2.0	5.0	16.0	22.7	70.6	3.7	6.7	55.0	8.3	8.7	96.2	114	17	12	4	6	15	9	+5
Darius Garland	3	138	2022-23	CLE	42.6	46.0	2.0	6.7	2.7	0.3	3.7	15.3	25.7	59.7	6.0	10.0	60.0	9.3	12.0	77.8	128	6	20	8	1	11	9	+35