which nba player has the most career 42 point games

Wilt Chamberlain has the most games with 42+ points, with 225 games.

	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	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	225	11,590		51.5	26.1				21.0	38.5	54.4				9.6	16.6	57.8	56.2					5,873					405
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	121	5,715	41.3	47.2	6.4	5.1	3.0	1.1	17.7	30.4	58.1	0.8	2.2	38.0	11.1	12.7	87.3	65.6	1.8	4.6	2.8	4,992	771	614	359	135	337	340	+151
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	82	3,887	43.1	47.4	5.9	4.1	1.7	0.6	16.2	31.6	51.3	3.3	7.4	45.4	11.6	13.7	85.1	63.0	1.1	4.9	3.2	3,537	486	337	140	50	266	215	+624
4	James Harden J. Harden	70	3,358	39.7	48.0	7.3	7.6	2.2	0.7	14.1	27.3	51.7	6.1	13.4	45.4	13.7	15.5	88.6	70.4	1.1	6.2	5.0	2,777	512	535	151	48	349	207	+801
5	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	64	3,027		47.3					17.8						11.6	14.4	81.0											226
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	54	2,555	36.5	47.3	5.2	5.6	1.5	0.4	15.4	26.2	58.7	8.9	15.6	56.9	7.6	8.2	93.0	79.3	0.6	4.6	3.0	1,970	283	304	79	19	161	103	+642
7	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	53	2,457	45.2	46.4	4.4	6.1	2.5	0.2	16.1	31.2	51.6	2.2	5.2	41.9	11.9	14.4	83.2	61.7	1.1	3.3	3.9	2,395	234	324	131	11	205	130	+266
8	Rick Barry R. Barry	52	2,436	42.9	46.8	8.5	5.1	2.8		17.8	34.0	52.1				11.3	12.6	90.4	59.2			3.0	2,231	442	265	64		15	168
9	LeBron James L. James	51	2,382	41.7	46.7	8.7	6.8	1.8	1.0	16.3	27.4	59.5	4.2	8.2	51.4	9.9	12.6	78.4	70.9	1.4	7.2	3.6	2,125	442	349	93	52	183	98	+403
10	Kevin Durant K. Durant	46	2,094	42.0	45.5	7.9	5.0	1.3	1.0	15.3	27.0	56.6	4.0	8.4	47.8	11.0	12.3	89.4	70.3	0.8	7.1	3.9	1,930	363	229	59	46	181	113	+230
11	George Gervin G. Gervin	46	2,090	40.1	45.4	5.2	2.8	1.3	1.0	17.8	29.3	60.7	0.2	0.8	30.0	9.6	11.2	86.2	66.3				1,843	238	130	60	46		119
12	Jerry West J. West	46	2,082		45.3					16.4						12.5	14.7	85.2
13	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	45	2,104	38.5	46.8	9.2	9.0	1.9	0.4	15.6	26.8	58.4	5.6	11.7	48.0	9.9	12.4	79.6	72.6	0.8	8.3	3.5	1,731	412	404	84	20	157	126	+410
14	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	43	1,916		44.6	9.8	11.1			15.6						13.3	15.1	88.3						422	477				154
15	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42	1,941		46.2	16.1	4.4	1.0	2.5	18.5	29.7	62.4	0.0	0.0		9.1	12.4	73.5	65.7			5.2		678	186	11	27	26
16	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	39	1,826	36.6	46.8	13.1	5.1	1.1	1.1	17.0	25.6	66.3	1.5	3.6	40.8	11.4	15.5	73.4	72.2	2.7	10.3	3.3	1,428	509	199	43	44	128	112	+326
17	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	39	1,802	41.3	46.2	7.4	3.2	1.8	0.6	16.7	29.6	56.3	1.3	2.5	53.1	11.5	13.3	86.8	65.1	3.3	4.1	3.1	1,611	288	124	72	25	121	77
18	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	36	1,626		45.2	16.4				17.7	28.4	62.3				9.8	11.9	82.2	67.2			7.0		589				14
19	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	34	1,660	39.6	48.8	4.5	8.0	1.2	0.3	15.1	26.6	56.9	7.1	13.6	52.7	11.4	12.1	94.9	76.5	0.5	4.0	2.4	1,346	152	271	40	10	82	58	+299
20	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	34	1,566	39.3	46.1	9.9	8.2	1.7	0.3	15.9	30.7	51.8	3.4	8.2	41.0	10.9	13.1	83.8	63.2	1.9	8.0	4.8	1,335	337	279	57	11	163	92	+44
21	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	34	1,546	42.4	45.5	7.1	4.6		0.1	16.2	23.6	68.8	0.0	0.1	33.3	13.0	15.1	86.1	75.2				1,440	242	155		4		115
22	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	31	1,445	36.6	46.6	13.2	4.3	1.4	2.2	15.7	25.1	62.6	1.2	3.2	38.0	14.0	15.9	87.7	72.6	2.7	10.5	3.2	1,133	409	133	43	68	98	98	+402
23	Bernard King B. King	31	1,438	41.7	46.4	8.2	3.8			17.6	29.0	60.9	0.1	0.4	25.0	11.0	14.0	78.6	66.0	3.1	5.1		1,292	253	117				101
24	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	29	1,339	41.8	46.2	7.6	5.0	1.7	0.9	16.2	30.0	54.1	3.8	7.9	48.2	10.0	13.0	76.5	64.7	1.7	5.9	2.7	1,213	221	145	50	26	79	61	+188
25	Larry Bird L. Bird	29	1,350	42.1	46.6	11.2	6.0	1.9	1.0	18.0	29.9	60.3	1.4	3.2	43.6	9.1	9.8	93.3	68.1	2.3	8.9	3.3	1,222	324	175	56	30	96	63

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Wilt Chamberlain has the most games with 42+ points, with 225 games.

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