Wilt Chamberlain played in 271 games with 40+ points.

all-time nba centers with the most 40 point performances

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all-time NBA centers with the most 40 or more point regular-season performances

NAME	GP	PTS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
Wilt Chamberlain	271	13,458		49.7	25.7					20.3	37.4	54.2				9.2	16.1	57.0		6,968					500
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	70	3,073		43.9	16.1	4.2		3.6		17.7			0.0	0.0		8.5	11.6	73.8		1,126	295		89
Bob McAdoo	54	2,346		43.4	15.6					17.0	28.3	60.0				9.5	11.9	79.7		842
Joel Embiid	48	2,134	36.2	44.5	13.4	4.4	1.3	2.0	3.3	15.0	24.8	60.5	1.5	3.8	38.0	13.0	15.0	86.7	1,736	641	213	60	97	157	156	+533
Shaquille O'Neal	49	2,102	40.6	42.9	13.6	2.5	0.8	2.2	2.7	16.9	25.6	66.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.1	15.2	60.1	1,991	668	122	41	108	132	145	+319
Hakeem Olajuwon	32	1,371	43.3	42.8	13.1	3.4	1.9	3.3	3.7	16.4	27.2	60.2	0.1	0.3	25.0	10.0	12.5	80.5	1,385	420	110	61	107	119	111	+18
Patrick Ewing	29	1,241	40.4	42.8	12.9	2.2	1.1	3.4	3.4	17.1	26.0	65.8	0.0	0.1	33.3	8.5	10.4	81.5	1,171	373	65	31	98	98	109
Walt Bellamy	27	1,182		43.8						17.6						8.6	11.9	72.5
Moses Malone	26	1,151	42.9	44.3	16.6	1.5				15.9	26.5	60.0	0.0			12.4	15.0	82.6	1,116	432	38				74
Elvin Hayes	26	1,112		42.8	18.2					16.8	31.5	53.4				9.1	12.4	73.3		474					68
George Mikan	23	1,041		45.3						16.1						13.0	15.7	82.6
David Robinson	22	980	42.8	44.5	12.4	3.5	1.9	4.4	3.5	16.0	25.6	62.5	0.1	0.5	27.3	12.4	15.3	81.3	942	272	78	42	97	77	67
Bob Lanier	21	879		41.9						17.3						7.3	8.9	82.3
Nikola Jokic	20	861	38.4	43.1	12.4	7.7	1.9	1.1	3.0	16.4	25.6	64.2	2.2	4.6	47.3	8.1	9.9	82.2	768	247	153	37	21	60	60	+207
Anthony Davis	15	653	39.4	43.5	13.8	3.2	1.9	1.9	1.3	16.1	28.3	56.7	1.3	3.2	39.6	10.1	11.9	85.4	591	207	48	28	28	20	41	+124
Amar'e Stoudemire	14	594	39.4	42.4	10.6	2.7	1.0	1.5	2.4	15.3	23.7	64.5	0.1	0.4	20.0	11.8	14.1	83.3	551	148	38	14	21	34	56	+109
Karl-Anthony Towns	13	590	36.8	45.4	13.7	3.7	0.9	0.7	3.4	16.3	26.8	60.9	3.8	6.7	57.5	8.9	10.9	81.7	478	178	48	12	9	44	40	+80
DeMarcus Cousins	13	574	39.5	44.2	15.8	4.0	1.5	1.5	4.5	14.8	26.3	56.4	2.5	5.5	45.1	12.0	15.0	80.0	514	205	52	20	20	58	57	+89
Bob Rule	9	399		44.3	12.1	1.2				16.0						12.3	16.2	76.0		109	11
Chris Bosh	9	371	41.2	41.2	10.2	3.0	1.4	0.3	2.1	13.3	22.7	58.8	0.3	0.7	50.0	14.2	16.2	87.7	371	92	27	13	3	19	20	+52
Neil Johnston	5	218		43.6						16.0	25.6	62.5				11.6	14.8	78.4							20
Joe Barry Carroll	4	181	46.3	45.3	16.3	2.3	2.3	2.5	3.5	17.0	30.5	55.7	0.0	0.0		11.3	15.5	72.6	185	65	9	9	10	14	13
Alonzo Mourning	4	178	38.5	44.5	13.0	1.0	0.8	4.5	3.5	15.8	22.8	69.2	0.0	0.0		13.0	17.8	73.2	154	52	4	3	18	14	15	+6
Dwight Howard	4	170	43.7	42.5	18.0	1.3	2.8	4.8	4.0	14.5	21.0	69.0	0.0	0.0		13.5	21.3	63.5	175	72	5	11	19	16	10	+41
Nikola Vucevic	4	169	36.4	42.3	13.3	3.8	1.5	0.3	1.8	17.3	26.0	66.3	5.3	9.0	58.3	2.5	3.3	76.9	146	53	15	6	1	7	9	+46