everyone who has had a 40 point game in 1970's

David Thompson scored 44 points versus the 76ers on April 8, 1979.

Interpreted as:

everyone who has had a 40 or more point regular-season game in 1970's

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	David Thompson D. Thompson	4/8/1979	44	DEN	@	PHI	39	4	3	1	4	18	26	69.2	8	9	88.9	73.4	1	3	3	2
2	George Gervin G. Gervin	4/3/1979	46	SAS	@	CLE	40	6	1	0	3	18	27	66.7	10	11	90.9	72.2	3	3	3	3
3	World B. Free W. B. Free	3/30/1979	42	SDC	@	DEN	34	3	6	0	2	16	33	48.5	10	12	83.3	54.9	1	2	3	6
4	Walter Davis W. Davis	3/30/1979	40	PHX	vs	SEA	41	7	4	4	0	17	33	51.5	6	7	85.7	55.4	2	5	2	3
5	George Gervin G. Gervin	3/30/1979	46	SAS	vs	HOU	35	5	1	0	2	15	24	62.5	16	18	88.9	72.1				3
6	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	3/27/1979	42	BOS	@	CLE	46	12	5	1	1	18	22	81.8	6	7	85.7	83.7	4	8	9	5
7	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	3/24/1979	41	CHI	@	NYK	52	15	4	0	2	15	26	57.7	11	18	61.1	60.4	4	11	3	3
8	Paul Westphal P. Westphal	3/16/1979	43	PHX	@	SAS	36	4	11	0	0	15	22	68.2	13	14	92.9	76.3	1	3	2	2
9	Campy Russell C. Russell	3/13/1979	41	CLE	vs	PHX	44	10	9	4	2	16	27	59.3	9	11	81.8	64.4	4	6	5	5
10	Bernard King B. King	2/24/1979	40	NJN	@	NYK	44	6	1			14	20	70.0	12	18	66.7	71.6				3
11	Moses Malone M. Malone	2/18/1979	45	HOU	@	NJN	48	15	1			14	23	60.9	17	19	89.5	71.7				5
12	John Williamson J. Williamson	2/18/1979	41	NJN	vs	HOU	46	3	8			17	30	56.7	7	10	70.0	59.6				4
13	World B. Free W. B. Free	2/13/1979	45	SDC	vs	WAS	51	3	2			16	32	50.0	13	14	92.9	59.0			3	3
14	World B. Free W. B. Free	2/2/1979	49	SDC	vs	DEN	39	6	4	1	0	18	33	54.5	13	14	92.9	62.6	3	3	5	6
15	Eric Money E. Money	2/1/1979	40	NJN	@	SEA	40	4	4			15	22	68.2	10	12	83.3	73.3	2	2		5
16	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1/28/1979	40	LAL	vs	MIL	40	16	5	0	4	15	25	60.0	10	14	71.4	64.2	5	11	2	2
17	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	1/23/1979	45	NYK	@	LAL	44	10	2	1	2	19	27	70.4	7	10	70.0	71.7	3	7	5	5
18	Jim McElroy J. McElroy	1/23/1979	40	NOJ	vs	KCK	42	4	5	4	4	15	25	60.0	10	10	100.0	68.0				5
19	World B. Free W. B. Free	1/13/1979	46	SDC	@	ATL	44	7	3	1	0	12	18	66.7	22	29	75.9	74.8			5	3
20	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	1/12/1979	46	POR	@	BOS	43	17	4	0	1	19	26	73.1	8	10	80.0	75.7	5	12	7	5
21	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	1/12/1979	41	DEN	vs	NYK	34	11	2	5	0	15	23	65.2	11	12	91.7	72.5	3	8	2	3
22	George Gervin G. Gervin	1/11/1979	52	SAS	vs	SDC	37	1	4	2	1	24	33	72.7	4	4	100.0	74.8			3	1
23	Bernard King B. King	1/7/1979	41	NJN	vs	PHX	44	11	5	1	0	15	20	75.0	11	16	68.8	75.8	4	7	4	3
24	John Drew J. Drew	12/30/1978	50	ATL	vs	DEN	33	5	1	2	1	19	32	59.4	12	16	75.0	64.0	2	3	3	2
25	Walter Davis W. Davis	12/28/1978	42	PHX	vs	POR	37	5	4	3	0	16	26	61.5	10	11	90.9	68.1	2	3	7	4