who had the most 40 point games in the 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Kobe Bryant had the most games with 40+ points, with 96 games.

Interpreted as:
Who had the most 40 or more point regular-season games in the 2000s?
NAMEGPPTSMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
96
4,396
43.2
45.8
6.2
4.1
1.8
0.7
15.5
30.5
50.8
3.0
6.7
44.9
11.8
13.7
86.1
62.7
1.2
4.9
3.1
4,149
591
392
171
63
299
274
+678
2Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
71
3,159
44.9
44.5
4.2
6.2
2.4
0.2
15.6
30.5
51.0
1.8
4.6
39.7
11.5
13.7
84.2
60.9
0.9
3.3
3.6
3,188
300
439
172
13
257
153
+502
3Tracy 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
4LeBron James
L. James
33
1,493
44.1
45.2
7.9
7.2
2.0
0.8
15.5
27.7
56.0
3.3
6.9
47.6
11.0
13.6
80.8
67.2
1.5
6.4
3.8
1,454
261
236
67
26
127
77
+245
5Vince Carter
V. Carter
31
1,348
42.7
43.5
7.6
4.4
1.7
1.0
15.0
27.6
54.3
4.0
7.5
53.2
9.5
11.3
84.3
66.7
2.4
5.2
2.8
1,325
236
136
52
30
88
100
+251
6Gilbert Arenas
G. Arenas
28
1,232
42.7
44.0
4.1
5.4
2.0
0.2
13.6
25.5
53.5
4.7
9.6
48.9
12.0
14.4
83.6
69.1
1.0
3.1
3.9
1,195
114
152
56
6
109
95
+145
7Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
24
1,050
42.9
43.8
6.1
7.3
2.7
1.7
15.2
26.4
57.4
1.7
3.8
45.6
11.7
14.2
82.4
67.0
1.4
4.7
4.3
1,030
146
174
65
40
104
57
+134
8Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
23
978
40.1
42.5
13.3
3.0
0.8
2.0
16.3
24.0
67.9
0.0
0.0
9.9
16.6
59.7
67.9
4.5
8.8
2.7
922
306
70
18
46
62
76
+243
9Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
19
811
43.3
42.7
7.2
3.4
2.4
1.1
13.3
25.1
52.8
2.8
6.3
45.4
13.3
16.1
83.0
66.3
1.2
6.1
3.7
823
137
64
45
21
71
53
+133
10Stephon Marbury
S. Marbury
14
592
43.5
42.3
4.4
7.9
1.6
0.1
14.8
25.5
58.0
3.6
6.9
52.1
9.1
10.8
84.8
69.9
1.3
3.1
3.1
609
62
111
22
1
44
40
+52
11Amar'e Stoudemire
A. Stoudemire
13
562
40.0
43.2
11.4
2.8
1.4
1.3
15.2
22.7
67.1
0.0
0.3
0.0
12.8
15.2
84.3
73.6
4.4
7.0
2.2
520
148
37
18
17
29
48
+166
12Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
12
526
43.9
43.8
10.3
2.6
1.4
1.3
14.6
26.4
55.2
3.0
5.9
50.7
11.7
12.9
90.3
68.3
1.8
8.5
2.6
526
124
31
17
16
31
22
+94
13Ray Allen
R. Allen
12
515
43.3
42.9
5.8
4.3
1.6
0.2
14.7
24.8
59.3
6.5
11.8
55.3
7.1
7.8
91.4
76.2
1.2
4.6
2.7
520
69
51
19
2
32
25
+87
14Michael Redd
M. Redd
11
486
43.4
44.2
5.4
3.1
1.8
0.2
15.0
27.1
55.4
4.5
8.1
55.1
9.7
10.9
89.2
69.3
2.0
3.4
2.1
477
59
34
20
2
23
28
+28
15Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
10
437
41.8
43.7
7.9
2.2
2.3
0.6
16.4
27.1
60.5
1.8
3.0
60.0
9.1
10.8
84.3
68.6
2.5
5.4
2.9
418
79
22
23
6
29
38
+62
16Jerry Stackhouse
J. Stackhouse
10
435
42.8
43.5
3.0
3.7
1.1
0.5
14.7
27.9
52.7
3.0
7.2
41.7
11.1
12.7
87.4
64.9
0.3
2.7
4.3
428
30
37
11
5
43
20
+56
17Jamal Crawford
J. Crawford
8
358
45.5
44.8
3.4
4.4
1.3
0.8
15.6
27.3
57.3
5.4
9.6
55.8
8.1
9.3
87.8
71.4
0.8
2.6
2.6
364
27
35
10
6
21
16
+62
18Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
8
350
42.3
43.8
7.6
4.5
2.4
0.3
17.4
31.4
55.4
0.6
1.4
45.5
8.4
10.0
83.8
61.1
1.5
6.1
1.8
338
61
36
19
2
14
18
+104
19Antawn Jamison
A. Jamison
8
356
45.8
44.5
10.9
1.9
1.3
0.6
17.0
27.1
62.7
2.3
4.4
51.4
8.3
11.0
75.0
69.6
4.6
6.3
1.5
367
87
15
10
5
12
19
-1
20Chris Bosh
C. Bosh
7
286
41.8
40.9
9.7
3.4
1.0
0.4
13.1
23.1
56.8
0.3
0.3
100.0
14.3
16.4
87.0
67.3
3.9
5.9
2.0
293
68
24
7
3
14
14
+43
21Jason Richardson
J. Richardson
7
290
41.9
41.4
5.4
4.0
2.0
0.6
16.1
28.0
57.7
3.9
8.4
45.8
5.3
6.9
77.1
66.8
1.6
3.9
2.3
293
38
28
14
4
16
18
+33
22Gary Payton
G. Payton
6
251
44.2
41.8
5.8
8.0
2.5
0.2
16.7
27.7
60.2
2.2
4.8
44.8
6.3
8.0
79.2
67.1
1.2
4.7
1.2
265
35
48
15
1
7
17
+58
23Chris Paul
C. Paul
5
210
43.8
42.0
5.6
8.6
4.4
0.0
16.0
27.6
58.0
4.2
7.8
53.8
5.8
6.6
87.9
68.8
1.2
4.4
2.2
219
28
43
22
0
11
13
+23
24Kevin Martin
K. Martin
5
226
43.9
45.2
5.0
3.2
0.8
0.2
12.0
22.6
53.1
4.6
9.0
51.1
16.6
18.4
90.2
73.6
1.2
3.8
3.2
220
25
16
4
1
16
14
0
25Joe Johnson
J. Johnson
5
203
46.7
40.6
2.8
8.8
1.4
0.0
15.8
26.2
60.3
4.4
6.0
73.3
4.6
5.0
92.0
71.5
1.0
1.8
3.2
233
14
44
7
0
16
16
+22

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Rockets Rockets
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