who has the most 40 point games in a single season since 2000

Since 1999-00, James Harden has the most games with 40+ points in a season, with 28 games in 2018-19.

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Who has the most 40 or more point games in a single season since 2000?

	NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	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	James Harden J. Harden	28	1,317	2018-19	HOU	39.6	47.0	8.1	7.5	2.4	1.0	13.7	29.1	47.1	6.3	15.9	39.6	13.4	14.9	89.7	66.0	1.3	6.9	5.8	1,109	228	211	68	28	161	91	+242
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	27	1,241	2005-06	LAL	41.8	46.0	6.1	3.4	2.0	0.3	15.2	31.8	47.8	3.2	7.8	41.2	12.3	14.2	86.5	60.4	1.3	4.8	2.9	1,129	164	91	55	7	77	87	+182
3	James Harden J. Harden	21	977	2019-20	HOU	38.9	46.5	7.7	7.8	1.8	1.1	13.5	27.9	48.3	6.5	15.4	42.0	13.1	14.8	88.7	67.6	1.3	6.4	4.5	817	162	163	38	24	95	70	+267
4	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	19	843	2002-03	LAL	42.8	44.4	5.2	4.0	2.2	0.8	15.8	32.3	48.9	2.9	6.1	48.7	9.8	11.5	85.8	59.5	0.5	4.6	3.4	814	98	76	41	15	65	46	+185
5	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	18	835	2016-17	OKC	37.3	46.4	10.4	8.8	1.6	0.1	15.2	31.2	48.8	4.1	10.3	40.0	11.8	13.8	85.9	62.2	1.4	9.1	5.3	671	188	159	28	2	96	42	+73
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	18	882	2006-07	LAL	45.6	49.0	7.2	4.4	1.3	0.7	16.2	30.9	52.3	3.6	7.3	49.2	13.1	15.2	86.1	65.2	1.4	5.8	2.9	822	129	79	24	12	53	53	+133
7	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	17	761	2000-01	PHI	45.1	44.8	4.1	4.1	2.8	0.4	16.1	31.8	50.5	2.1	4.9	42.2	10.6	12.4	85.7	60.1	1.0	3.1	3.5	767	69	69	47	6	60	39	+143
8	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	15	674	2022-23	POR	38.0	44.9	5.3	5.7	0.8	0.4	13.3	24.1	55.4	6.1	13.6	45.1	12.1	13.1	92.9	75.4	0.7	4.5	3.0	570	79	85	12	6	45	29	+69
9	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	15	649	2005-06	PHI	45.3	43.3	4.5	8.6	1.9	0.1	15.0	29.0	51.7	1.3	3.8	35.1	11.9	13.9	86.1	61.6	0.8	3.7	3.4	679	68	129	28	1	51	29	+54
10	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	14	632	2022-23	DAL	40.1	45.1	10.1	8.9	2.1	0.4	15.6	26.6	58.6	3.6	8.9	40.3	10.4	14.1	74.1	68.9	1.1	9.1	3.6	562	142	125	29	6	50	41	+62
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	14	625	2013-14	OKC	43.1	44.6	6.6	5.7	1.6	0.9	14.4	27.4	52.3	3.9	8.6	44.6	12.1	14.4	83.7	66.1	0.4	6.2	3.9	603	93	80	23	12	54	29	+57
12	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	13	589	2024-25	OKC	35.9	45.3	5.3	5.8	2.1	1.2	15.6	26.8	58.2	3.2	7.1	45.7	10.8	11.6	93.4	70.9	1.1	4.2	2.1	467	69	76	27	16	27	35	+199
13	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	13	596	2023-24	DAL	38.0	45.8	9.0	9.8	1.7	0.2	15.7	26.3	59.6	5.8	11.6	50.3	8.6	9.8	87.5	74.8	0.5	8.5	3.2	494	117	128	22	3	42	28	+160
14	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	13	578	2022-23	CLE	41.5	44.5	5.1	4.7	1.2	0.4	15.7	27.9	56.2	5.5	11.9	46.5	7.5	8.6	87.5	70.1	1.0	4.1	3.1	539	66	61	16	5	40	36	+99
15	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	13	597	2022-23	PHI	37.0	45.9	10.8	4.5	1.2	2.2	15.6	25.7	60.8	1.2	3.8	32.7	13.5	15.2	88.8	71.0	2.2	8.5	3.5	481	140	59	16	29	45	41	+139
16	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	13	553	2021-22	PHI	36.5	42.5	13.8	4.3	1.1	1.9	14.1	23.7	59.4	1.9	3.7	52.1	12.5	15.2	82.2	70.1	2.5	11.3	3.8	475	180	56	14	25	49	43	+155
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	13	581	2015-16	GSW	35.0	44.7	6.0	5.8	1.9	0.2	14.8	24.5	60.4	8.4	14.2	58.9	6.8	7.2	93.6	80.8	0.8	5.2	4.4	455	78	76	25	2	57	27	+206
18	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	13	582	2008-09	MIA	42.1	44.8	6.0	7.2	2.5	1.8	15.5	27.7	56.1	2.5	5.2	47.1	11.2	13.7	82.0	66.4	1.4	4.6	4.0	547	78	93	32	24	52	26	+82
19	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	12	548	2022-23	MIL	35.4	45.7	13.8	4.4	0.7	0.8	17.1	27.5	62.1	1.2	3.5	33.3	10.3	15.2	68.1	66.8	3.1	10.7	4.1	425	165	53	8	10	49	39	+101
20	James Harden J. Harden	12	515	2015-16	HOU	42.0	42.9	5.9	8.8	2.5	0.4	13.2	25.0	52.7	4.6	10.2	45.1	12.0	13.9	86.2	68.9	1.2	4.8	5.1	504	71	105	30	5	61	37	+127
21	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	11	494	2023-24	NYK	39.5	44.9	5.1	5.9	1.5	0.3	15.9	29.5	53.8	3.9	8.5	45.7	9.2	10.5	87.1	65.7	1.2	3.9	3.0	435	56	65	16	3	33	19	+97
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	11	471	2022-23	BOS	39.2	42.8	8.5	4.2	0.9	0.6	13.6	23.9	57.0	5.5	10.8	51.3	10.0	11.3	88.7	74.2	1.0	7.5	2.3	431	93	46	10	7	25	20	+137
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	11	527	2020-21	GSW	35.7	47.9	5.4	5.2	0.7	0.1	15.1	26.9	56.1	9.5	17.7	53.3	8.3	9.0	91.9	77.6	0.4	5.0	4.2	392	59	57	8	1	46	25	+161
24	Trae Young T. Young	11	490	2019-20	ATL	40.4	44.5	4.6	10.0	1.0	0.3	13.0	25.9	50.2	5.7	12.3	46.7	12.8	14.7	87.0	68.8	0.8	3.8	5.6	444	51	110	11	3	62	21	+44
25	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	11	558	2019-20	POR	41.1	50.7	5.3	9.1	1.4	0.2	15.9	28.5	55.9	8.2	15.0	54.5	10.7	11.5	93.7	75.7	0.4	4.9	2.6	452	58	100	15	2	29	13	+88

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Thu 12/25	DAL	@	GSW	5:00 PM
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