Bob McAdoo has the most games with 18+ points in a season, with 82 games in 1974-75.

Interpreted as:

most 18+ point games by a player in a season

	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	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	82	2,831	1974-75	BUF		34.5	14.1	2.2			13.4						7.8	9.7	80.5						1,154	179
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	81	2,633	1988-89	CHI	40.2	32.5	8.0	8.0	2.9	0.8	11.9	22.2	53.8	0.3	1.2	27.6	8.3	9.8	85.0	61.4	1.8	6.2	3.6	3,255	652	650	234	65	290	247
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	80	2,173	1997-98	UTA	37.5	27.2	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	9.7	18.2	53.1	0.0	0.1	33.3	7.8	10.2	76.2	59.8	2.3	8.0	3.1	3,000	825	313	96	70	247	234	+600
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	80	2,805	1971-72	MIL		35.1	16.5	4.6			14.4						6.3	9.1	68.7						1,321	364
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	80	2,949	1963-64	SFW	46.1	36.9	22.3	5.0			15.1	28.7	52.4				6.8	12.7	53.2	53.7				3,689	1,785	403				182
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	80	4,029	1961-62	PHI	48.5	50.4	25.7	2.4			20.0	39.5	50.6				10.4	17.0	61.4	53.6				3,882	2,052	192				123
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	79	2,563	2013-14	OKC	38.7	32.4	7.5	5.6	1.3	0.7	10.6	21.1	50.5	2.4	6.1	39.4	8.8	10.1	87.3	63.6	0.7	6.7	3.5	3,056	589	441	101	56	278	168	+528
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	79	2,535	1990-91	CHI	37.0	32.1	6.0	5.5	2.8	1.0	12.3	22.8	54.0	0.4	1.2	31.5	7.1	8.3	85.3	60.7	1.4	4.6	2.5	2,926	473	434	219	81	197	217
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	79	2,501	1989-90	UTA	38.4	31.7	11.1	2.7	1.5	0.6	11.4	20.0	57.0	0.2	0.5	38.1	8.7	11.3	76.7	63.4	2.8	8.3	3.7	3,035	878	215	118	48	294	251
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	79	2,819	1987-88	CHI	40.5	35.7	5.5	5.9	3.2	1.6	13.3	24.6	54.1	0.1	0.7	13.2	9.0	10.6	84.4	60.9	1.7	3.7	3.1	3,198	432	468	253	127	242	262
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	79	3,000	1986-87	CHI	40.2	38.0	5.3	4.5	2.9	1.5	13.7	28.2	48.7	0.2	0.8	18.2	10.4	12.1	85.7	56.7	2.1	3.2	3.3	3,178	415	359	232	120	262	233
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	79	2,548	1970-71	MIL		32.3	16.1				13.2	22.7	58.1				5.9	8.6	69.2	61.0					1,275					252
13	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	79	2,480	1963-64	CIN		31.4	9.9	11.0			10.6	22.0	48.3				10.1	11.9	85.3	57.6					783	866				280
14	Kevin Durant K. Durant	78	2,233	2012-13	OKC	38.7	28.6	7.9	4.5	1.4	1.3	9.2	17.9	51.2	1.8	4.2	42.2	8.5	9.4	90.5	64.9	0.6	7.3	3.4	3,018	617	354	111	102	267	138	+681
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	78	2,804	2005-06	LAL	41.2	35.9	5.3	4.4	1.9	0.4	12.4	27.4	45.3	2.3	6.6	34.8	8.9	10.4	85.2	56.3	0.9	4.4	3.1	3,210	414	344	146	30	243	227	+308
16	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	78	2,327	1993-94	ORL	40.1	29.8	13.3	2.5	0.9	2.9	12.0	19.9	60.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.9	10.6	55.6	60.6	4.8	8.5	2.7	3,126	1,037	192	74	224	208	269
17	Moses Malone M. Malone	78	2,478	1981-82	HOU	42.3	31.8	14.8	1.8		1.6	11.9	22.7	52.5	0.0			7.9	10.4	76.5	58.3				3,296	1,153	138		125		200
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	78	2,231	1975-76	LAL		28.6	17.2	5.1			11.5	21.5	53.5				5.6	8.0	70.3	57.2					1,338	397				283
19	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	78	2,706	1972-73	KCO	46.7	34.7	2.8	11.5			13.1	26.7	49.0				8.5	10.0	84.7	55.7				3,642	222	900				204
20	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	78	2,299	1970-71	BOS		29.5	9.2	7.6			11.3						7.0	8.5	81.9						715	596
21	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	78	3,567	1962-63	SFW	48.2	45.7	24.8				18.6	35.3	52.8				8.4	14.2	59.3	55.0				3,762	1,933					134
22	James Harden J. Harden	77	2,803	2018-19	HOU	36.9	36.4	6.6	7.6	2.1	0.8	10.9	24.6	44.3	4.9	13.2	36.9	9.8	11.1	87.8	61.8	0.8	5.8	4.9	2,839	512	584	158	58	380	241	+384
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	77	2,403	2009-10	OKC	39.8	31.2	7.8	2.9	1.4	1.0	10.0	20.6	48.8	1.6	4.2	38.2	9.5	10.5	90.6	61.9	1.3	6.5	3.3	3,064	600	223	108	80	254	161	+511
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	77	2,365	1996-97	CHI	38.1	30.7	5.9	4.2	1.7	0.5	11.6	23.6	49.1	1.4	3.7	37.9	6.1	7.4	83.4	57.3	1.4	4.5	2.0	2,936	453	325	134	38	154	148	+755
25	Karl Malone K. Malone	77	2,174	1996-97	UTA	36.9	28.2	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	10.8	19.6	55.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.6	8.6	76.1	60.4	2.4	7.5	2.9	2,845	766	347	105	47	223	206	+713