which player had the most 40 point games in 1990s

Between the 1989-90 and 1998-99 seasons, Michael Jordan had the most games with 40+ points, with 88 games.

Interpreted as:
Which player had the most 40 or more point regular-season games in 1990s?
NAMEGPPTSMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
88
3,939
41.1
44.8
6.5
4.7
2.5
0.9
17.0
29.3
57.8
1.1
2.7
40.4
9.7
11.4
85.0
65.1
1.7
4.8
2.4
3,614
573
416
223
75
211
235
+128
2Karl Malone
K. Malone
33
1,442
41.4
43.7
11.6
3.1
1.4
1.1
15.8
24.5
64.8
0.1
0.3
20.0
11.9
15.0
79.6
70.4
2.9
8.7
3.5
1,366
384
102
46
36
115
110
+94
3Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
27
1,161
43.2
43.0
12.5
3.7
1.8
3.2
16.4
27.4
60.0
0.1
0.3
25.0
10.0
12.2
82.1
65.6
3.1
9.4
3.7
1,167
338
101
48
87
99
95
+18
4Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
26
1,124
41.1
43.2
13.9
2.0
0.9
2.4
17.4
26.9
64.6
0.0
0.1
0.0
8.5
14.0
60.6
65.4
5.6
8.3
2.7
1,069
362
52
23
62
70
69
+76
5Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
24
1,028
41.2
42.8
13.5
2.3
0.9
3.5
17.0
26.6
64.0
0.0
0.1
50.0
8.7
10.8
80.7
68.3
3.8
9.7
3.4
988
324
56
22
84
81
92
6David Robinson
D. Robinson
22
980
42.8
44.5
12.4
3.5
1.9
4.4
16.0
25.6
62.5
0.1
0.5
27.3
12.4
15.3
81.3
68.9
3.5
8.8
3.5
942
272
78
42
97
77
67
7Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
19
822
41.1
43.3
8.4
3.2
1.2
0.5
15.4
26.5
58.1
2.2
3.9
55.4
10.4
12.0
86.4
68.1
3.7
4.7
2.9
781
159
61
22
9
55
30
8Glen Rice
G. Rice
16
692
44.9
43.3
5.2
2.6
1.1
0.2
14.8
24.6
60.2
4.3
6.9
61.3
9.4
10.4
89.8
74.0
1.1
4.1
2.1
719
83
41
17
3
34
38
+93
9Joe Dumars
J. Dumars
13
546
41.8
42.0
3.4
3.5
0.8
0.1
14.8
24.5
60.7
4.5
7.4
60.4
7.8
9.1
86.4
73.8
1.2
2.2
3.2
543
44
46
11
1
41
26
10Bernard King
B. King
12
550
42.6
45.8
7.0
4.6
1.8
0.3
17.8
31.6
56.5
0.3
0.8
30.0
9.9
12.3
81.0
62.0
2.6
4.4
4.0
511
84
55
22
4
48
39
11Larry Bird
L. Bird
10
437
43.4
43.7
10.1
8.4
1.5
1.0
16.7
27.7
60.3
1.5
3.6
41.7
8.8
9.2
95.7
68.8
1.2
8.9
3.3
434
101
84
15
10
33
22
12Latrell Sprewell
L. Sprewell
9
377
44.2
41.9
4.4
5.1
2.3
0.4
14.0
24.6
57.0
3.8
6.6
57.6
10.1
12.3
82.0
69.9
0.8
3.7
2.9
398
40
46
21
4
26
20
-15
13Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
9
385
41.7
42.8
12.2
2.4
2.0
0.3
15.2
23.2
65.6
1.9
3.9
48.6
10.4
13.3
78.3
73.5
4.8
7.4
3.2
375
110
22
18
3
29
23
+16
14Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
8
348
44.8
43.5
4.9
6.9
1.6
0.1
15.3
29.8
51.3
3.5
7.8
45.2
9.5
12.6
75.2
61.6
2.1
2.8
4.6
358
39
55
13
1
37
24
-59
15Mitch Richmond
M. Richmond
8
333
43.5
41.6
6.1
5.4
2.6
0.0
14.8
24.6
59.9
3.1
6.1
51.0
9.0
10.0
90.0
71.7
1.5
4.6
3.3
348
49
43
21
0
26
16
+1
16Clyde Drexler
C. Drexler
8
336
42.1
42.0
8.4
6.3
3.3
0.8
15.1
24.4
62.1
3.0
6.0
50.0
8.8
11.3
77.8
71.6
2.8
5.6
2.0
337
67
50
26
6
16
23
+29
17Reggie Miller
R. Miller
8
344
38.4
43.0
4.0
3.4
1.0
0.0
13.8
22.3
61.8
4.1
7.5
55.0
11.4
12.9
88.3
77.0
1.5
2.5
1.3
307
32
27
8
0
10
15
+8
18Michael Adams
M. Adams
7
306
41.0
43.7
4.7
10.0
3.7
0.1
14.3
27.6
51.8
4.9
10.6
45.9
10.3
12.3
83.7
66.3
1.0
3.7
4.4
287
33
70
26
1
31
17
19Tom Chambers
T. Chambers
7
322
42.0
46.0
5.9
2.1
0.7
0.7
16.3
28.0
58.2
0.6
1.4
40.0
12.9
14.7
87.4
66.7
2.3
3.6
2.6
294
41
15
5
5
18
27
20Cedric Ceballos
C. Ceballos
5
210
43.6
42.0
11.2
1.2
2.2
1.4
15.8
22.2
71.2
2.0
3.0
66.7
8.4
11.0
76.4
77.7
5.4
5.8
3.8
218
56
6
11
7
19
15
21Scottie Pippen
S. Pippen
5
211
39.6
42.2
6.2
4.0
3.6
0.8
16.4
24.0
68.3
2.0
4.0
50.0
7.4
8.8
84.1
75.7
2.0
4.2
3.0
198
31
20
18
4
15
18
+7
22Tim Hardaway
T. Hardaway
5
209
47.4
41.8
5.4
11.6
2.6
0.4
14.4
26.0
55.4
3.2
8.0
40.0
9.8
10.8
90.7
68.0
1.2
4.2
3.8
237
27
58
13
2
19
15
+1
23Glenn Robinson
G. Robinson
4
168
42.0
42.0
6.3
3.3
1.5
1.3
16.5
26.0
63.5
2.5
3.8
66.7
6.5
7.5
86.7
71.7
2.0
4.3
3.3
168
25
13
6
5
13
12
0
24Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
4
167
39.8
41.8
4.8
6.0
3.0
0.3
15.8
28.8
54.8
2.0
4.5
44.4
8.3
10.5
78.6
62.6
1.8
3.0
3.8
159
19
24
12
1
15
12
25Chris Mullin
C. Mullin
4
168
45.8
42.0
5.3
3.5
2.5
1.5
16.3
27.0
60.2
1.8
3.8
46.7
7.8
9.3
83.8
67.6
1.3
4.0
3.5
183
21
14
10
6
14
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