who has the most 40 point games by a forward since 1976

Since 1975-76, LeBron James has the most games by a forward with 40+ points, with 77 games.

Interpreted as:
Who has the most 40 or more point regular-season games by a forward since 1976?
NAMEGPPTSMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
77
3,430
41.6
44.5
8.7
7.0
1.7
0.9
15.7
26.6
58.9
3.8
7.4
51.0
9.4
11.9
79.3
69.9
1.6
7.1
3.7
3,205
670
541
131
71
284
143
+630
2Kevin Durant
K. Durant
73
3,181
41.4
43.6
8.0
4.6
1.2
1.2
14.8
25.9
57.0
3.8
7.9
48.0
10.2
11.5
89.4
70.4
0.9
7.2
3.7
3,021
586
334
85
84
271
173
+390
3Giannis 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
4Dominique 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
5Adrian 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
6Larry 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
7Bernard 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
8Karl 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
9Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
36
1,586
42.3
44.1
7.6
2.9
1.2
0.6
15.9
27.6
57.7
3.0
5.6
53.2
9.2
10.6
86.4
68.2
2.1
5.4
2.5
1,521
272
103
42
22
91
130
+169
10Alex English
A. English
33
1,425
40.9
43.2
6.2
5.0
17.5
27.8
63.0
0.0
0.1
33.3
8.1
9.1
88.4
67.8
3.1
1,351
203
166
101
112
11Anthony Davis
A. Davis
30
1,313
39.6
43.8
14.0
2.8
1.8
2.2
15.7
26.3
59.7
1.4
3.2
43.2
11.0
12.6
87.1
68.7
3.9
10.1
2.1
1,187
420
83
54
65
64
69
+261
12Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
29
1,282
39.0
44.2
8.6
4.7
0.9
0.8
14.6
25.6
57.1
5.9
11.2
52.8
9.1
10.2
88.9
73.5
1.0
7.7
2.1
1,131
250
135
27
22
62
65
+391
13Mark Aguirre
M. Aguirre
22
932
39.5
42.4
6.3
3.2
1.0
0.5
16.4
28.2
58.1
1.0
2.6
38.6
8.6
10.7
80.9
64.4
2.8
3.5
2.6
869
139
70
21
11
57
75
14Paul George
P. George
21
908
39.3
43.2
8.8
4.9
2.0
0.3
14.8
25.5
57.8
6.0
11.5
52.3
7.7
9.1
84.8
73.2
1.1
7.6
2.6
826
184
102
41
6
54
61
+153
15Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
21
893
43.0
42.5
13.8
3.1
2.3
0.9
14.9
22.7
65.6
1.1
3.0
35.9
11.6
14.8
78.7
72.8
5.8
8.0
3.9
903
289
66
49
18
82
66
+16
16Jaylen Brown
J. Brown
18
769
37.3
42.7
7.3
3.8
1.3
0.5
15.8
26.0
60.9
4.1
8.6
47.7
6.9
8.7
79.6
71.6
1.6
5.7
3.4
672
132
69
23
9
61
39
+248
17Purvis Short
P. Short
18
796
42.2
44.2
5.7
3.2
1.2
0.1
16.9
28.7
59.0
0.9
2.2
41.0
9.4
10.6
89.5
66.3
2.6
3.1
2.9
759
102
58
22
2
53
62
18Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
17
726
42.1
42.7
10.2
2.6
1.1
1.2
13.9
25.9
53.6
2.2
4.6
48.1
12.7
13.7
92.7
66.9
2.1
8.1
2.2
716
173
45
18
21
38
40
+146
19Vince Carter
V. Carter
17
745
42.3
43.8
7.9
4.4
1.6
1.2
15.2
27.5
55.2
3.8
7.6
50.4
9.6
11.2
86.3
67.7
2.5
5.4
2.7
719
134
74
27
20
46
58
+165
20Glen 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
21Kiki VanDeWeghe
K. VanDeWeghe
15
660
40.6
44.0
4.6
3.1
0.8
0.7
17.8
26.3
67.6
0.3
0.7
40.0
8.1
8.7
93.1
72.9
1.3
3.3
1.9
609
69
46
12
10
28
40
22Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
14
592
42.1
42.3
6.0
3.3
2.0
1.0
13.4
23.6
56.7
3.1
6.1
51.8
12.4
15.0
82.9
70.1
0.9
5.1
3.0
590
84
46
28
14
42
47
+90
23Mike Mitchell
M. Mitchell
14
594
45.4
42.4
8.5
1.6
1.4
1.1
17.9
29.9
60.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
6.6
8.0
82.1
63.6
2.1
635
119
22
20
16
30
38
24Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
13
564
38.3
43.4
7.2
3.6
1.7
1.0
14.8
25.2
58.8
4.4
8.2
53.8
9.3
10.2
91.0
73.0
1.3
5.8
2.8
498
93
47
22
13
37
23
+193
25John Drew
J. Drew
13
561
38.4
43.2
10.5
2.0
0.5
15.5
27.3
56.9
0.0
0.3
0.0
12.1
15.7
77.0
63.1
499
136
26
6
50

More Cavaliers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

27.9

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell

RPG

9.0

Mobley

Evan Mobley

APG

5.7

Mitchell

Donovan Mitchell
Team Rankings

ORTG

119.1

6th

DRTG

115.1

15th

NETRTG

4.0

9th

3P%

35.9

14th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
55
26
.679
4.0
3
53
28
.654
6.0
4
Cavaliers Cavaliers
51
30
.630
8.0
5
46
35
.568
13.0
6
45
36
.556
14.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Last Game
CLE Cavaliers

51 - 30

102

Final

124

ATL Hawks

46 - 35

Fri 10 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
59
22
.728
2
55
26
.679
4.0
3
53
28
.654
6.0
4
51
30
.630
8.0
5
Hawks Hawks - x
46
35
.568
13.0
6
45
36
.556
14.0
7
45
36
.556
14.0
8
44
37
.543
15.0
9
43
38
.531
16.0
10
42
39
.519
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
49
.395
27.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
50
.383
28.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
61
.247
39.0
14
19
62
.235
40.0
15
17
64
.210
42.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
17
.790
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
19
.765
2.0
3
53
28
.654
11.0
4
52
29
.642
12.0
5
51
30
.630
13.0
6
48
33
.593
16.0
7
44
37
.543
20.0
8
41
40
.506
23.0
9
41
40
.506
23.0
10
37
44
.457
27.0
11
26
55
.321
38.0
12
25
56
.309
39.0
13
25
56
.309
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
22
59
.272
42.0
15
Jazz Jazz - e
22
59
.272
42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
3/15
@
112-120
Sun
3/15
@
107-132
Sun
3/15
@
100-92
Sun
3/15
@
119-115
Mon
3/16
@
106-136

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM