the nba players with the most games scoring exactly 42 points

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

Interpreted as:
the NBA players with the most regular-season games scoring exactly 42 points
NAMEGPPTSMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kobe 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
2George 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
3Wilt 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
4Michael 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
5Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
13
546
42.0
16.6
8.8
10.0
87.7
41
6Joel 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
7Stephen 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
8Kevin 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
9Jerry West
J. West
11
462
42.0
7.9
14.5
12.9
14.5
89.3
87
30
10Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
11
462
42.0
11.1
11.0
15.1
11.8
13.7
86.1
122
121
46
11Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
10
420
38.6
42.0
8.0
10.2
1.6
0.3
14.3
25.0
57.2
4.2
10.1
41.6
9.2
11.3
81.4
70.1
1.3
6.7
3.7
386
80
102
16
3
37
33
+79
12James 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
13Adrian 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
14Bob 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
15Trae 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
16Carmelo 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
17Allen 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
18Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
7
294
37.8
42.0
3.1
4.4
0.9
0.3
14.6
28.0
52.0
5.0
11.6
43.2
7.9
9.0
87.3
65.7
0.4
2.7
3.0
265
22
31
6
2
21
23
+2
19LeBron 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
20Hakeem 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
21Rick 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
22Damian 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
23DeMar 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
24Karl 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
25Dominique 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
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.756
2.0
3
54
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10.0
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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
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22
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2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
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.646
7.0
4
52
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.634
8.0
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46
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.561
14.0
6
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46
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14.0
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76ers 76ers - x
45
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.549
15.0
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Magic Magic - x
45
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.549
15.0
9
44
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.537
16.0
10
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.524
17.0
11
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.378
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Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
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.305
39.0
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Kings Kings - e
22
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.268
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