Since 1979-80, Michael Jordan has the most games with 20+ points in a season, with 79 games in 1987-88 and in 1986-87.

Interpreted as:

most 20 or more point games by a player since 79-80 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	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
2	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
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	78	2,517	1990-91	CHI	37.1	32.3	6.0	5.6	2.8	1.0	12.4	22.9	54.1	0.4	1.2	32.2	7.1	8.4	85.1	60.8	1.4	4.6	2.5	2,896	470	433	217	81	195	215
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	78	2,579	1988-89	CHI	40.3	33.1	8.1	8.0	2.9	0.8	12.1	22.5	54.0	0.3	1.3	27.6	8.4	9.9	84.9	61.6	1.8	6.3	3.6	3,145	632	625	229	60	280	240
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	77	2,526	2013-14	OKC	38.9	32.8	7.5	5.7	1.3	0.7	10.8	21.3	50.5	2.4	6.2	39.1	8.8	10.1	87.2	63.6	0.7	6.7	3.5	2,996	574	436	97	55	272	164	+480
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	77	2,786	2005-06	LAL	41.2	36.2	5.3	4.4	1.9	0.4	12.5	27.5	45.3	2.3	6.7	34.8	8.9	10.5	85.2	56.4	0.9	4.5	3.1	3,176	411	342	146	29	239	224	+335
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	77	2,674	1989-90	CHI	39.4	34.7	7.1	6.3	2.8	0.7	13.1	24.5	53.3	1.2	3.0	38.0	7.4	8.8	85.0	61.2	1.8	5.3	2.9	3,030	545	484	219	51	227	232
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	76	2,098	1997-98	UTA	37.6	27.6	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	9.9	18.4	53.5	0.0	0.1	33.3	7.9	10.3	76.2	60.1	2.4	7.9	3.1	2,861	783	298	91	66	236	222	+530
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	76	2,446	1989-90	UTA	38.6	32.2	11.3	2.8	1.6	0.6	11.6	20.2	57.3	0.2	0.6	38.1	8.8	11.5	76.9	63.7	2.9	8.4	3.7	2,935	856	210	118	47	279	244
10	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	75	2,466	2024-25	OKC	34.3	32.9	5.0	6.4	1.7	1.0	11.4	21.8	52.1	2.1	5.7	37.9	8.0	8.9	89.8	63.9	0.9	4.1	2.4	2,570	375	481	130	77	182	163	+915
11	James Harden J. Harden	75	2,766	2018-19	HOU	36.9	36.9	6.6	7.6	2.0	0.7	11.0	24.8	44.4	4.9	13.3	36.9	10.0	11.3	88.1	62.0	0.8	5.8	4.9	2,766	495	569	153	56	371	236	+420
12	Kevin Durant K. Durant	75	2,365	2009-10	OKC	40.2	31.5	7.9	2.9	1.4	1.0	10.1	20.7	49.0	1.6	4.2	38.3	9.7	10.6	90.7	62.2	1.3	6.6	3.3	3,014	590	221	108	75	247	157	+539
13	Moses Malone M. Malone	75	2,422	1981-82	HOU	42.4	32.3	14.9	1.7		1.7	12.1	22.8	53.1	0.0			8.1	10.5	76.8	58.9				3,180	1,119	130		124		192
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	74	2,310	1996-97	CHI	38.2	31.2	5.8	4.1	1.7	0.5	11.7	23.8	49.3	1.4	3.7	38.2	6.3	7.6	83.3	57.5	1.4	4.4	2.0	2,828	432	300	127	38	146	142	+726
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	74	2,368	1995-96	CHI	38.4	32.0	6.8	4.2	2.2	0.5	11.7	23.4	50.1	1.5	3.4	43.7	7.1	8.4	84.4	59.1	1.9	5.0	2.5	2,843	506	311	162	40	182	175
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	74	2,053	1994-95	UTA	38.5	27.7	10.7	3.3	1.6	1.0	10.5	19.4	54.5	0.1	0.5	26.3	6.5	8.7	74.9	59.8	1.9	8.8	2.9	2,852	795	247	115	71	213	250
17	Karl Malone K. Malone	74	2,245	1990-91	UTA	40.3	30.3	11.9	3.3	1.1	1.0	10.8	19.9	54.1	0.1	0.2	30.8	8.7	11.2	77.8	61.0	2.9	9.0	3.0	2,985	877	244	81	73	222	244
18	Karl Malone K. Malone	74	2,227	1988-89	UTA	39.3	30.1	10.9	2.8	1.8	0.9	10.4	19.9	52.6	0.1	0.2	33.3	9.1	11.9	77.0	60.0	3.3	7.6	3.6	2,907	810	208	132	68	265	264
19	George Gervin G. Gervin	74	2,513	1979-80	SAS	38.0	34.0	5.2	2.5	1.4	1.0	13.4	25.2	53.2	0.4	1.3	32.3	6.7	7.8	85.7	59.3				2,809	387	185	107	75		200
20	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	73	2,274	2000-01	DET	40.9	31.2	4.0	5.2	1.2	0.7	10.0	24.5	40.9	2.2	6.1	36.2	8.9	10.7	83.2	53.3	1.2	2.8	4.1	2,986	292	376	90	51	299	148	+35
21	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	73	2,232	1993-94	ORL	40.5	30.6	13.5	2.5	1.0	2.9	12.3	20.3	60.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.9	10.6	55.9	61.2	4.9	8.6	2.7	2,957	985	182	73	214	197	252
22	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	73	2,208	1989-90	NYK	39.0	30.2	11.1	2.3	1.0	4.1	11.9	21.2	56.3	0.0	0.1	25.0	6.4	8.1	79.0	61.2	2.9	8.2	3.4	2,848	811	166	70	297	249	291
23	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	73	2,064	1987-88	POR	38.7	28.3	6.8	5.9	2.7	0.7	10.9	21.2	51.5	0.1	0.6	20.5	6.3	7.7	81.4	57.4	3.4	3.4	3.0	2,826	493	429	195	50	219	227
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	73	2,138	1987-88	UTA	40.1	29.3	12.6	2.5	1.5	0.6	11.1	21.2	52.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.0	10.0	70.2	57.3	3.5	9.1	4.1	2,929	923	182	112	47	297	265
25	Alex English A. English	73	2,160	1984-85	DEN	36.9	29.6	5.8	4.3	1.3	0.6	12.3	23.1	53.0	0.0	0.1	20.0	5.1	6.1	82.9	57.3	2.6	3.1	3.1	2,692	420	312	96	42	223	233