highest career ppg in 40 point games, minimum 42 games

Wilt Chamberlain had the most points per game when playing 42+ games, playing >0 games and scoring 40+ points, with 49.7 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest career ppg in 40 or more point games by a player, minimum 42 games

	NAME	PPG	PTS	GP	MPG	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	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	49.7	13,458	271		25.7				20.3	37.4	54.2				9.2	16.1	57.0	55.8					6,968					500
2	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	45.4	3,995	88						17.1						11.2	13.9	80.5											309
3	James Harden J. Harden	45.3	4,758	105	39.4	7.3	8.1	2.2	0.7	13.3	26.2	50.6	5.6	12.8	43.9	13.2	15.0	88.0	69.1	1.2	6.2	4.9	4,140	771	851	226	77	511	314	+1044
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	45.3	3,215	71	36.4	5.4	5.7	1.4	0.3	14.9	25.4	58.6	8.6	15.2	56.6	6.9	7.5	92.6	78.9	0.7	4.7	3.4	2,587	380	402	96	22	242	145	+841
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	45.2	2,713	60	39.3	4.9	7.3	1.2	0.3	14.1	25.3	55.7	6.5	12.9	50.2	10.6	11.5	92.6	74.5	0.6	4.3	2.6	2,356	293	438	71	20	156	115	+423
6	Rick Barry R. Barry	45.2	3,165	70	42.8	8.3	5.3	2.9		17.5	33.3	52.5				10.2	11.3	90.3	59.0			3.2	2,999	578	374	100		19	230
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45.2	7,813	173	41.4	6.5	5.1	2.8	1.1	16.9	29.5	57.2	0.7	1.9	35.0	10.8	12.5	86.2	64.6	1.9	4.6	2.7	7,157	1,116	886	489	192	472	494	+232
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	45.1	5,501	122	42.8	6.1	4.2	1.8	0.6	15.4	30.1	51.1	2.9	6.6	43.8	11.4	13.3	85.7	62.7	1.2	4.9	3.2	5,218	741	512	214	74	396	334	+759
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	45.1	2,433	54	36.6	12.9	5.3	1.1	1.2	16.6	25.0	66.2	1.4	3.5	38.8	10.6	14.6	72.2	71.6	2.8	10.2	3.3	1,977	699	288	61	65	177	156	+363
10	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	44.6	2,050	46	38.8	9.6	9.2	1.6	0.4	15.2	26.5	57.2	4.9	10.6	46.2	9.3	11.8	79.1	70.3	0.9	8.7	3.9	1,785	442	423	75	19	178	126	+391
11	LeBron James L. James	44.5	3,517	79	41.6	8.7	7.1	1.7	0.9	15.7	26.6	59.0	3.8	7.3	51.2	9.3	11.8	79.4	70.0	1.6	7.1	3.7	3,286	684	560	136	73	289	145	+651
12	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	44.5	2,493	56	41.0	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
13	Bernard King B. King	44.5	2,003	45	41.4	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
14	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	44.5	2,134	48	36.2	13.4	4.4	1.3	2.0	15.0	24.8	60.5	1.5	3.8	38.0	13.0	15.0	86.7	70.8	2.9	10.5	3.3	1,736	641	213	60	97	157	156	+533
15	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	44.4	3,507	79	44.9	4.3	6.3	2.3	0.2	15.5	30.5	51.0	2.0	5.0	40.6	11.3	13.6	83.4	60.9	1.0	3.3	3.7	3,546	339	494	185	14	294	177	+443
16	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	44.2	2,212	50	39.0	9.8	8.3	1.6	0.3	15.5	30.1	51.6	3.1	7.8	40.2	10.1	12.2	82.6	62.4	2.0	7.9	5.0	1,949	491	417	78	15	251	141	+74
17	Larry Bird L. Bird	44.2	2,077	47	42.5	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
18	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	44.2	1,987	45	41.8	7.7	5.1	1.7	0.9	15.7	29.5	53.4	3.5	7.4	47.1	9.2	11.9	77.4	63.6	1.8	5.9	2.9	1,880	347	228	78	41	129	88	+219
19	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	44.1	2,075	47						16.1						11.9	14.6	81.6											159
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	43.9	3,073	70		16.1	4.2		3.6	17.7			0.0	0.0		8.5	11.6	73.8						1,126	295		89
21	George Gervin G. Gervin	43.9	2,982	68	40.0	5.0	2.9	1.3	0.9	17.2	28.9	59.4	0.3	0.9	35.8	9.2	10.8	85.1	65.1				2,722	342	195	91	61		185
22	Jerry West J. West	43.8	2,891	66						15.8						12.2	14.4	84.8
23	Anthony Davis A. Davis	43.7	1,966	45	39.5	13.9	2.9	1.8	2.1	15.8	27.0	58.6	1.3	3.2	42.0	10.7	12.4	86.5	67.4	3.8	10.1	1.9	1,777	627	131	82	93	84	110	+385
24	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	43.7	2,271	52	42.1	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
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	43.7	3,143	72	41.4	8.1	4.6	1.2	1.2	14.8	25.9	57.2	3.8	7.8	48.5	10.2	11.4	89.4	70.5	0.9	7.2	3.8	2,984	584	332	84	86	270	171	+412