Jerry West had the most games in the NBA Finals with 40+ points, with 10 games.

who has the most career games with 40 or more points in the nba finals

NAME	GP	PTS	SERIES	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
Jerry West	10	432	NBA Finals	45.8	43.2	6.7	6.3				15.6	29.6	52.7				12.0	14.1	85.1	458	67	63				27
LeBron James	8	338	NBA Finals	44.7	42.3	11.5	8.3	2.3	1.3	3.0	16.5	30.8	53.7	3.1	7.1	43.9	6.1	8.5	72.1	357	92	66	18	10	24	18	+13
Michael Jordan	6	273	NBA Finals	45.5	45.5	7.0	5.2	1.3	0.7	2.7	17.2	33.8	50.7	2.0	5.0	40.0	9.2	12.2	75.3	273	42	31	8	4	16	22	+2
Shaquille O'Neal	5	208	NBA Finals	46.0	41.6	17.4	4.4	0.2	2.2	2.4	16.4	26.4	62.1	0.0	0.0		8.8	18.6	47.3	230	87	22	1	11	12	14	+67
Elgin Baylor	4	186	NBA Finals	47.5	46.5	20.0	2.0				15.8	37.8	41.7				15.0	18.5	81.1	190	80	8				13
Giannis Antetokounmpo	3	133	NBA Finals	40.1	44.3	13.0	4.0	0.7	2.7	3.3	15.0	23.3	64.3	0.7	3.3	20.0	13.7	18.0	75.9	120	39	12	2	8	10	8	+33
Rick Barry	3	142	NBA Finals	45.0	47.3	8.3	3.3				18.3	42.3	43.3				10.7	14.7	72.7	135	25	10				14
Devin Booker	2	82	NBA Finals	40.0	41.0	2.5	2.5	1.0	1.0	3.0	17.0	30.5	55.7	1.0	3.5	28.6	6.0	7.0	85.7	80	5	5	2	2	6	10	+12
Stephen Curry	2	90	NBA Finals	42.0	45.0	9.0	5.5	1.0	0.0	4.0	14.0	28.5	49.1	6.5	14.0	46.4	10.5	11.5	91.3	84	18	11	2	0	8	4	+3
Kyrie Irving	2	81	NBA Finals	40.2	40.5	5.0	5.0	1.5	0.5	3.5	16.0	25.5	62.7	6.0	9.5	63.2	2.5	3.0	83.3	80	10	10	3	1	7	8	+27
Dwyane Wade	2	85	NBA Finals	46.6	42.5	8.5	3.0	2.5	0.0	2.0	12.5	27.0	46.3	0.5	2.0	25.0	17.0	21.5	79.1	93	17	6	5	0	4	6	+7
John Havlicek	2	83	NBA Finals	47.5	41.5	11.0	6.5				14.5	27.5	52.7				12.5	13.0	96.2	95	22	13				10
Bob Pettit	2	90	NBA Finals	44.0	45.0	18.5					16.5	28.5	57.9				12.0	13.5	88.9	88	37					5
George Mikan	2	82	NBA Finals		41.0						13.5	20.5	65.9				14.0	17.0	82.4							10
Nikola Jokic	1	41	NBA Finals	41.9	41.0	11.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	16.0	28.0	57.1	2.0	5.0	40.0	7.0	8.0	87.5	42	11	4	0	0	5	3	-11
Khris Middleton	1	40	NBA Finals	43.0	40.0	6.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	15.0	33.0	45.5	3.0	8.0	37.5	7.0	8.0	87.5	43	6	4	2	0	1	1	+10
Jimmy Butler	1	40	NBA Finals	44.9	40.0	11.0	13.0	2.0	2.0	5.0	14.0	20.0	70.0	0.0	0.0		12.0	14.0	85.7	45	11	13	2	2	5	0	+20
Kevin Durant	1	43	NBA Finals	43.3	43.0	13.0	7.0	1.0	1.0	3.0	15.0	23.0	65.2	6.0	9.0	66.7	7.0	7.0	100.0	43	13	7	1	1	3	3	+15
Russell Westbrook	1	43	NBA Finals	45.5	43.0	7.0	5.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	20.0	32.0	62.5	0.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	3.0	100.0	45	7	5	1	0	3	3	0
Kobe Bryant	1	40	NBA Finals	38.0	40.0	8.0	8.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	16.0	34.0	47.1	0.0	1.0	0.0	8.0	8.0	100.0	38	8	8	2	2	1	1	+25
Allen Iverson	1	48	NBA Finals	52.0	48.0	5.0	6.0	5.0	0.0	3.0	18.0	41.0	43.9	3.0	8.0	37.5	9.0	9.0	100.0	52	5	6	5	0	3	0	+6
Charles Barkley	1	42	NBA Finals	46.0	42.0	13.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	16.0	26.0	61.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	10.0	12.0	83.3	46	13	4	1	1	2	3
James Worthy	1	40	NBA Finals	46.0	40.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	17.0	26.0	65.4	2.0	3.0	66.7	4.0	6.0	66.7	46	3	3	0	3	1	3
Isiah Thomas	1	43	NBA Finals	44.0	43.0	3.0	8.0	6.0	1.0	5.0	18.0	32.0	56.3	2.0	3.0	66.7	5.0	7.0	71.4	44	3	8	6	1	5	4
Magic Johnson	1	42	NBA Finals	47.0	42.0	15.0	7.0	3.0	1.0	5.0	14.0	23.0	60.9	0.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	14.0	100.0	47	15	7	3	1	5	3