player with most 40 point games in the 1980s

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Jordan had the most games with 40+ points, with 77 games.

Interpreted as:
player with most 40 or more point regular-season games in the 1980s
NAMEGPPTSMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
77
3,524
41.6
45.8
6.3
5.6
3.2
1.5
16.7
29.5
56.7
0.2
1.1
18.1
12.2
13.9
87.6
64.3
2.1
4.1
3.2
3,205
482
434
247
115
247
241
2George Gervin
G. Gervin
57
2,480
40.4
43.5
5.2
3.0
1.3
0.8
17.2
29.2
58.9
0.3
0.9
35.8
8.8
10.4
84.9
64.5
2,302
297
173
76
47
151
3Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
51
2,231
42.1
43.7
7.0
4.5
0.1
15.8
23.7
66.6
0.0
12.2
14.4
84.6
72.8
2,147
357
231
4
168
4Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
37
1,671
40.9
45.2
7.3
2.8
2.2
0.8
16.9
30.5
55.5
0.7
1.6
43.1
10.7
12.4
86.1
62.8
3.2
4.1
3.0
1,515
270
105
83
30
112
78
5Larry Bird
L. Bird
37
1,640
42.2
44.3
10.9
5.6
1.9
17.3
28.8
60.2
1.5
3.4
44.8
8.2
8.8
92.4
67.9
1,562
403
209
72
95
6Alex English
A. English
33
1,425
40.9
43.2
6.2
5.0
17.5
27.8
63.0
0.0
0.1
33.3
8.1
9.1
88.4
67.8
3.1
1,351
203
166
101
112
7Bernard King
B. King
28
1,246
40.8
44.5
7.6
3.3
16.8
26.7
62.8
0.0
0.1
25.0
10.9
14.0
77.8
67.7
2.7
4.9
1,142
214
93
97
8Moses Malone
M. Malone
25
1,106
42.7
44.2
16.7
1.5
1.8
16.0
26.7
60.0
0.0
12.2
14.9
82.3
66.6
1,068
417
37
44
69
9Mark Aguirre
M. Aguirre
22
932
39.5
42.4
6.3
3.2
1.0
0.5
16.4
28.2
58.1
1.0
2.6
38.6
8.6
10.7
80.9
64.4
2.8
3.5
2.6
869
139
70
21
11
57
75
10Purvis Short
P. Short
18
796
42.2
44.2
5.7
3.2
1.2
0.1
16.9
28.7
59.0
0.9
2.2
41.0
9.4
10.6
89.5
66.3
2.6
3.1
2.9
759
102
58
22
2
53
62
11Kiki VanDeWeghe
K. VanDeWeghe
15
660
40.6
44.0
4.6
3.1
0.8
0.7
17.8
26.3
67.6
0.3
0.7
40.0
8.1
8.7
93.1
72.9
1.3
3.3
1.9
609
69
46
12
10
28
40
12Mike Mitchell
M. Mitchell
14
594
45.4
42.4
8.5
1.6
1.4
1.1
17.9
29.9
60.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
6.6
8.0
82.1
63.6
2.1
635
119
22
20
16
30
38
13Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
13
555
43.2
42.7
7.8
6.6
3.2
0.5
17.2
26.2
65.6
0.4
1.4
27.8
8.0
9.5
83.9
70.3
3.8
4.1
2.8
562
102
86
42
6
37
44
14Dale Ellis
D. Ellis
12
515
43.0
42.9
6.2
3.1
1.3
0.5
16.0
26.2
61.1
2.3
4.6
50.9
8.6
9.4
91.2
70.8
2.4
3.8
2.3
516
74
37
16
6
27
28
15Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
12
508
44.0
42.3
14.9
3.7
2.6
1.3
14.7
22.3
65.7
0.5
2.4
20.7
12.5
15.8
78.9
72.2
6.6
8.3
4.4
528
179
44
31
15
53
43
16World B. Free
W. B. Free
11
478
41.9
43.5
5.0
5.8
1.9
0.5
16.3
27.6
58.9
1.0
1.5
68.8
9.9
11.6
85.2
66.3
3.1
461
55
64
21
5
34
29
17Kelly Tripucka
K. Tripucka
10
438
41.0
43.8
5.4
3.1
16.0
25.3
63.2
0.8
1.0
80.0
11.0
12.9
85.3
70.7
410
54
31
31
18Karl Malone
K. Malone
8
331
40.9
41.4
13.8
2.8
1.6
1.3
14.5
22.5
64.4
0.1
0.4
33.3
12.3
14.9
82.4
71.2
3.1
10.6
4.4
327
110
22
13
10
35
30
19Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
8
334
42.9
41.8
11.1
3.8
3.0
16.6
27.0
61.6
0.0
0.0
8.5
10.8
79.1
65.8
343
89
30
24
24
20Julius Erving
J. Erving
7
297
42.3
42.4
8.6
5.6
2.7
17.0
27.1
62.6
0.3
8.1
9.1
89.1
68.1
296
60
39
19
18
21Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
6
256
37.3
42.7
9.2
1.8
1.5
2.8
17.3
22.7
76.5
0.0
0.2
0.0
8.0
9.3
85.7
79.7
3.3
5.8
3.8
224
55
11
9
17
23
21
22Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
6
259
44.2
43.2
5.2
12.0
16.3
27.8
58.7
1.3
2.8
47.1
9.2
12.0
76.4
65.2
3.0
265
31
72
18
21
23Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
6
249
41.3
41.5
9.7
8.8
15.3
25.8
59.4
0.2
0.7
25.0
10.7
12.5
85.3
66.2
248
58
53
16
24Walter Davis
W. Davis
6
251
39.7
41.8
2.7
4.7
2.3
0.0
16.7
26.5
62.9
0.7
1.5
44.4
7.8
9.3
83.9
68.3
0.7
2.0
4.7
238
16
28
14
0
28
19
25Tom Chambers
T. Chambers
5
212
43.2
42.4
9.6
2.6
1.2
1.6
14.6
25.4
57.5
0.8
1.6
50.0
12.4
13.0
95.4
68.1
2.6
7.0
2.6
216
48
13
6
8
13
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Team Leaders

PPG

17.4

Giddey

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RPG

9.0

Vučević

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APG

9.2

Giddey

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Team Rankings

ORTG

113.3

24th

DRTG

117.8

23rd

NETRTG

-4.5

23rd

3P%

36.2

10th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
10
39
36
.520
15.5
11
29
45
.392
25.0
12
Bulls Bulls
29
45
.392
25.0
13
18
57
.240
36.5
14
17
57
.230
37.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
3/30
@
8:00 PM
Wed
4/1
@
8:00 PM
Fri
4/3
@
7:30 PM
Sun
4/5
@
3:30 PM
Tue
4/7
@
7:00 PM
Last Game
CHI Bulls

29 - 45

124

Final

125

MEM Grizzlies

25 - 49

Sat 28 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
54
20
.730
2
50
24
.676
4.0
3
48
27
.640
6.5
4
46
28
.622
8.0
5
42
32
.568
12.0
6
42
33
.560
12.5
7
41
33
.554
13.0
8
39
35
.527
15.0
9
39
36
.520
15.5
10
39
36
.520
15.5
11
Bucks Bucks - e
29
45
.392
25.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
29
45
.392
25.0
13
Nets Nets - e
18
57
.240
36.5
14
17
57
.230
37.0
15
17
58
.227
37.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
59
16
.787
2
Spurs Spurs - y
56
18
.757
2.5
3
48
26
.649
10.5
4
48
28
.632
11.5
5
45
29
.608
13.5
6
45
29
.608
13.5
7
41
33
.554
17.5
8
39
36
.520
20.0
9
38
38
.500
21.5
10
36
39
.480
23.0
11
25
49
.338
33.5
12
25
51
.329
34.5
13
24
50
.324
34.5
14
Jazz Jazz - e
21
54
.280
38.0
15
Kings Kings - e
19
57
.250
40.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
3/2
@
114-103
Tue
3/3
@
103-100
Tue
3/3
@
118-89
Tue
3/3
@
102-106
Tue
3/3
@
122-114

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
3/30
@
7:00 PM
Mon
3/30
@
7:30 PM
Mon
3/30
@
8:00 PM
Mon
3/30
@
8:00 PM
Mon
3/30
@
8:30 PM