which nba player has the most career 40 point games in 1970s

Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the most games with 40+ points, with 62 games.

Interpreted as:
Which NBA player has the most career 40 or more point regular-season games in 1970s?
NAMEGPPTSMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
62
2,739
44.2
16.7
4.3
3.8
17.8
8.5
11.7
73.2
3.0
1,037
265
65
6
2Bob 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
3Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
37
1,634
44.2
3.2
3.2
16.3
28.8
56.4
11.6
13.4
86.9
63.6
120
16
4Rick Barry
R. Barry
35
1,565
41.7
44.7
6.2
6.6
2.9
18.6
33.2
56.1
7.5
8.1
92.6
60.8
3.2
1,458
216
232
100
19
106
5Pete Maravich
P. Maravich
35
1,554
44.4
16.7
11.0
12.7
86.7
6Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
28
1,201
42.9
18.1
17.1
29.9
57.0
8.8
11.8
74.2
61.1
508
82
7Bob Lanier
B. Lanier
21
879
41.9
17.3
7.3
8.9
82.3
8Lou Hudson
L. Hudson
21
909
43.3
17.9
7.5
9.0
82.6
9Jerry West
J. West
18
757
44.5
42.1
5.2
9.0
15.7
27.2
57.8
10.6
12.8
82.7
64.0
801
94
162
39
10John Drew
J. Drew
13
559
38.8
43.0
12.8
2.5
15.2
26.2
57.9
12.7
16.7
76.0
64.2
504
167
32
53
11Geoff Petrie
G. Petrie
13
564
41.7
43.4
4.5
4.6
1.3
0.0
17.4
30.9
56.2
8.6
10.0
86.2
61.4
1.3
2.3
542
58
60
4
0
30
12Bob Love
B. Love
13
560
43.5
43.1
8.7
1.8
0.5
16.6
29.5
56.4
9.8
11.9
82.6
62.1
3.5
5.5
566
113
24
1
35
13David Thompson
D. Thompson
12
530
42.3
44.2
5.1
3.8
1.4
16.9
26.6
63.6
10.3
12.1
85.5
69.2
2.1
3.0
507
61
46
17
41
14Gail Goodrich
G. Goodrich
12
525
41.4
43.8
5.2
6.6
17.1
28.2
60.7
9.6
10.8
88.5
66.4
497
62
79
34
15George Gervin
G. Gervin
11
502
38.2
45.6
4.1
2.0
1.4
1.3
17.2
27.6
62.2
11.3
13.1
86.1
68.3
420
45
22
15
14
34
16John Williamson
J. Williamson
10
428
42.8
16.5
31.4
52.5
9.8
11.0
89.1
59.1
17Spencer Haywood
S. Haywood
9
392
44.3
43.6
12.1
2.2
17.1
29.0
59.0
9.3
11.0
84.8
64.4
399
109
20
27
18Billy Cunningham
B. Cunningham
8
341
42.6
14.3
15.9
26.5
59.9
10.9
15.0
72.5
64.4
114
38
19Charlie Scott
C. Scott
7
291
41.6
41.6
4.6
6.9
2.5
0.8
17.0
29.6
57.5
7.6
9.6
79.1
61.5
1.5
2.0
291
32
48
10
3
27
20Dave Bing
D. Bing
7
311
44.4
16.3
11.9
14.3
83.0
28
21John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
7
289
47.1
41.3
6.7
5.6
2.0
1.0
16.6
28.9
57.4
8.1
9.4
86.4
62.5
1.0
3.0
330
47
39
2
1
16
22Calvin Murphy
C. Murphy
6
271
45.2
3.7
3.8
18.8
31.5
59.8
7.5
8.3
90.0
64.2
22
23
18
23World B. Free
W. B. Free
5
224
41.8
44.8
4.4
4.4
15.8
28.6
55.2
13.2
15.6
84.6
63.2
3.6
209
22
22
18
21
24Bernard King
B. King
5
207
41.8
41.4
11.8
3.2
16.6
24.8
66.9
8.2
12.2
67.2
68.6
209
59
16
16
25Paul Westphal
P. Westphal
5
217
37.0
43.4
3.6
7.2
2.2
0.0
17.2
28.4
60.6
9.0
9.8
91.8
66.3
1.2
2.4
3.0
185
18
36
11
0
12
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