nba players who have scored 40 or more points in a regular season game during the 1970s

David Thompson posted 44 points versus the 76ers on April 8, 1979.

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	David Thompson D. Thompson	4/8/1979	44	DEN	@	PHI	39	4	3	1	4	18	26	69.2	8	9	88.9	73.4	1	3	3	2
2	George Gervin G. Gervin	4/3/1979	46	SAS	@	CLE	40	6	1	0	3	18	27	66.7	10	11	90.9	72.2	3	3	3	3
3	World B. Free W. B. Free	3/30/1979	42	SDC	@	DEN	34	3	6	0	2	16	33	48.5	10	12	83.3	54.9	1	2	3	6
4	Walter Davis W. Davis	3/30/1979	40	PHX	vs	SEA	41	7	4	4	0	17	33	51.5	6	7	85.7	55.4	2	5	2	3
5	George Gervin G. Gervin	3/30/1979	46	SAS	vs	HOU	35	5	1	0	2	15	24	62.5	16	18	88.9	72.1				3
6	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	3/27/1979	42	BOS	@	CLE	46	12	5	1	1	18	22	81.8	6	7	85.7	83.7	4	8	9	5
7	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	3/24/1979	41	CHI	@	NYK	52	15	4	0	2	15	26	57.7	11	18	61.1	60.4	4	11	3	3
8	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	3/16/1979	43	PHX	@	SAS	36	4	11	0	0	15	22	68.2	13	14	92.9	76.3	1	3	2	2
9	Campy Russell C. Russell	3/13/1979	41	CLE	vs	PHX	44	10	9	4	2	16	27	59.3	9	11	81.8	64.4	4	6	5	5
10	Bernard King B. King	2/24/1979	40	NJN	@	NYK	44	6	1			14	20	70.0	12	18	66.7	71.6				3
11	Moses Malone M. Malone	2/18/1979	45	HOU	@	NJN	48	15	1			14	23	60.9	17	19	89.5	71.7				5
12	John Williamson J. Williamson	2/18/1979	41	NJN	vs	HOU	46	3	8			17	30	56.7	7	10	70.0	59.6				4
13	World B. Free W. B. Free	2/13/1979	45	SDC	vs	WAS	51	3	2			16	32	50.0	13	14	92.9	59.0			3	3
14	World B. Free W. B. Free	2/2/1979	49	SDC	vs	DEN	39	6	4	1	0	18	33	54.5	13	14	92.9	62.6	3	3	5	6
15	Eric Money E. Money	2/1/1979	40	NJN	@	SEA	40	4	4			15	22	68.2	10	12	83.3	73.3	2	2		5
16	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1/28/1979	40	LAL	vs	MIL	40	16	5	0	4	15	25	60.0	10	14	71.4	64.2	5	11	2	2
17	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	1/23/1979	45	NYK	@	LAL	44	10	2	1	2	19	27	70.4	7	10	70.0	71.7	3	7	5	5
18	Jim McElroy J. McElroy	1/23/1979	40	NOJ	vs	KCK	42	4	5	4	4	15	25	60.0	10	10	100.0	68.0				5
19	World B. Free W. B. Free	1/13/1979	46	SDC	@	ATL	44	7	3	1	0	12	18	66.7	22	29	75.9	74.8			5	3
20	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	1/12/1979	46	POR	@	BOS	43	17	4	0	1	19	26	73.1	8	10	80.0	75.7	5	12	7	5
21	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	1/12/1979	41	DEN	vs	NYK	34	11	2	5	0	15	23	65.2	11	12	91.7	72.5	3	8	2	3
22	George Gervin G. Gervin	1/11/1979	52	SAS	vs	SDC	37	1	4	2	1	24	33	72.7	4	4	100.0	74.8			3	1
23	Bernard King B. King	1/7/1979	41	NJN	vs	PHX	44	11	5	1	0	15	20	75.0	11	16	68.8	75.8	4	7	4	3
24	John Drew J. Drew	12/30/1978	50	ATL	vs	DEN	33	5	1	2	1	19	32	59.4	12	16	75.0	64.0	2	3	3	2
25	Walter Davis W. Davis	12/28/1978	42	PHX	vs	POR	37	5	4	3	0	16	26	61.5	10	11	90.9	68.1	2	3	7	4