what player has most 40 point games in nba since 1970

Since 1969-70, Michael Jordan has the most games with 40+ points, with 173 games.

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What player has most 40 or more point regular-season games in NBA since 1970?

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	173	7,813	41.4	45.2	6.5	5.1	2.8	1.1	16.9	29.5	57.2	0.7	1.9	35.0	10.8	12.5	86.2	64.6	1.9	4.6	2.7	7,157	1,116	886	489	192	472	494	+232
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	122	5,501	42.8	45.1	6.1	4.2	1.8	0.6	15.4	30.1	51.1	2.9	6.6	43.8	11.4	13.3	85.7	62.7	1.2	4.9	3.2	5,218	741	512	214	74	396	334	+759
3	James Harden J. Harden	107	4,854	39.5	45.4	7.4	8.1	2.1	0.7	13.3	26.2	50.8	5.6	12.8	44.2	13.1	14.9	87.9	69.2	1.2	6.2	4.8	4,226	788	869	228	79	516	318	+1074
4	LeBron James L. James	79	3,517	41.6	44.5	8.7	7.1	1.7	0.9	15.7	26.6	59.0	3.8	7.3	51.2	9.3	11.8	79.4	70.0	1.6	7.1	3.7	3,286	684	560	136	73	289	145	+651
5	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	79	3,507	44.9	44.4	4.3	6.3	2.3	0.2	15.5	30.5	51.0	2.0	5.0	40.6	11.3	13.6	83.4	60.9	1.0	3.3	3.7	3,546	339	494	185	14	294	177	+443
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	75	3,400	36.4	45.3	5.3	5.6	1.4	0.3	14.9	25.4	58.5	8.6	15.2	56.3	7.0	7.5	92.9	78.9	0.7	4.7	3.3	2,729	398	418	106	24	251	150	+862
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	73	3,183	41.4	43.6	8.1	4.6	1.2	1.2	14.8	25.9	57.1	3.8	7.8	48.0	10.2	11.4	89.6	70.4	0.9	7.2	3.7	3,024	592	335	86	86	272	172	+422
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	70	3,073		43.9	16.1	4.2		3.6	17.7			0.0	0.0		8.5	11.6	73.8						1,126	295		89
9	George Gervin G. Gervin	68	2,982	40.0	43.9	5.0	2.9	1.3	0.9	17.2	28.9	59.4	0.3	0.9	35.8	9.2	10.8	85.1	65.1				2,722	342	195	91	61		185
10	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	60	2,713	39.3	45.2	4.9	7.3	1.2	0.3	14.1	25.3	55.7	6.5	12.9	50.2	10.6	11.5	92.6	74.5	0.6	4.3	2.6	2,356	293	438	71	20	156	115	+423
11	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	58	2,518		43.4	15.5				17.0	28.3	60.0				9.5	12.0	79.1	64.7					899
12	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	56	2,488	38.6	44.4	9.6	9.1	1.7	0.4	14.9	26.2	57.0	5.0	10.9	45.6	9.6	12.0	79.8	70.5	0.9	8.7	3.7	2,162	537	512	93	25	209	147	+453
13	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	56	2,514	36.6	44.9	13.0	5.5	1.2	1.2	16.5	25.1	65.9	1.3	3.4	39.1	10.5	14.6	72.2	71.3	2.8	10.2	3.3	2,048	728	306	65	69	183	158	+374
14	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	56	2,493	41.0	44.5	7.7	3.0	1.9	0.7	16.4	29.1	56.3	1.2	2.4	50.0	10.6	12.3	86.2	64.5	3.3	4.3	3.0	2,296	429	166	105	39	167	108
15	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	52	2,271	42.1	43.7	7.1	4.5		0.1	15.8	23.7	66.5	0.0			12.2	14.4	84.6	72.8				2,188	369	236		4		171
16	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	50	2,212	39.0	44.2	9.8	8.3	1.6	0.3	15.5	30.1	51.6	3.1	7.8	40.2	10.1	12.2	82.6	62.4	2.0	7.9	5.0	1,949	491	417	78	15	251	141	+74
17	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	49	2,174	36.2	44.4	13.3	4.4	1.2	2.0	15.0	24.8	60.2	1.5	3.9	38.6	13.0	15.0	86.5	70.6	2.9	10.4	3.3	1,775	652	217	61	99	162	158	+549
18	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	49	2,102	40.6	42.9	13.6	2.5	0.8	2.2	16.9	25.6	66.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.1	15.2	60.1	66.5	5.1	8.5	2.7	1,991	668	122	41	108	132	145	+319
19	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	2,077	42.5	44.2	10.7	6.2	1.9		17.2	28.5	60.3	1.5	3.4	44.1	8.3	8.9	93.1	68.1				1,996	504	293	87			117
20	Anthony Davis A. Davis	45	1,966	39.5	43.7	13.9	2.9	1.8	2.1	15.8	27.0	58.6	1.3	3.2	42.0	10.7	12.4	86.5	67.4	3.8	10.1	1.9	1,777	627	131	82	93	84	110	+385
21	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	45	1,987	41.8	44.2	7.7	5.1	1.7	0.9	15.7	29.5	53.4	3.5	7.4	47.1	9.2	11.9	77.4	63.6	1.8	5.9	2.9	1,880	347	228	78	41	129	88	+219
22	Bernard King B. King	45	2,003	41.4	44.5	7.9	3.6			17.0	27.8	61.3	0.1	0.4	28.6	10.3	13.3	77.5	66.1				1,862	357	164				152
23	Karl Malone K. Malone	44	1,894	41.2	43.0	11.9	3.1	1.5	1.1	15.5	23.8	64.9	0.1	0.3	23.1	12.0	15.1	79.8	70.6	2.8	9.1	3.7	1,813	524	138	66	50	161	148	+103
24	Devin Booker D. Booker	37	1,711	38.0	46.2	5.3	5.9	1.2	0.5	16.4	27.5	59.8	3.9	8.5	46.3	9.4	10.7	88.4	71.9	0.8	4.5	3.5	1,405	197	219	45	18	130	107	+295
25	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	37	1,657	39.4	44.8	4.7	5.5	1.8	0.5	15.9	26.8	59.4	5.7	10.0	56.9	7.2	7.9	91.2	73.9	0.8	3.9	2.7	1,458	173	203	66	19	100	98	+292

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