Joel Embiid had the most games with 31+ points in 2021-22, with 36 games.

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most 31+ points games by a player 2021 22

	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	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	36	1,331	2021-22	PHI	34.5	37.0	11.9	4.2	1.1	1.4	12.1	21.8	55.5	1.6	3.6	43.5	11.2	13.6	82.4	66.6	2.3	9.6	3.5	1,244	429	152	41	52	126	103	+266
2	Trae Young T. Young	28	1,046	2021-22	ATL	35.6	37.4	3.9	9.9	0.9	0.1	12.8	23.4	54.6	4.3	9.1	46.5	7.6	8.4	90.3	69.0	0.6	3.2	4.0	996	108	278	25	2	112	46	+226
3	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	27	989	2021-22	CHI	37.9	36.6	5.8	5.0	0.9	0.2	13.4	23.2	57.8	0.9	1.7	48.9	9.0	9.9	90.6	66.5	0.7	5.1	2.5	1,023	157	134	25	5	68	65	+113
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	27	1,002	2021-22	MIL	34.4	37.1	12.7	6.0	1.2	1.3	13.1	21.2	61.9	1.4	3.7	36.6	9.5	13.1	72.4	68.8	2.7	10.0	3.1	929	343	162	33	34	85	89	+222
5	LeBron James L. James	27	980	2021-22	LAL	37.4	36.3	8.6	6.1	1.3	1.2	13.7	24.1	57.1	3.4	8.4	40.4	5.4	6.9	78.9	67.0	1.3	7.3	3.0	1,009	233	164	34	33	82	58	+2
6	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	26	947	2021-22	BOS	36.4	36.4	7.4	4.8	1.1	0.7	12.9	23.0	56.1	5.0	10.4	48.0	5.6	6.3	88.4	70.5	1.0	6.5	2.4	946	193	125	28	19	63	55	+386
7	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	25	917	2021-22	DAL	36.7	36.7	9.7	8.5	1.2	0.6	12.7	24.5	51.7	4.4	10.3	43.0	6.9	9.0	76.1	64.4	0.9	8.8	4.4	918	243	212	29	14	111	57	+126
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	23	860	2021-22	BKN	39.0	37.4	8.0	6.3	0.9	1.1	13.2	23.9	55.4	3.0	7.1	42.3	8.0	8.7	91.0	67.5	0.5	7.4	4.1	897	183	146	20	25	94	49	+114
9	Devin Booker D. Booker	21	763	2021-22	PHX	36.5	36.3	5.1	4.2	1.0	0.4	13.6	25.2	53.8	3.5	8.1	42.7	5.7	6.7	85.1	64.4	0.7	4.4	2.0	767	107	88	20	9	43	61	+165
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	20	730	2021-22	DEN	36.0	36.5	14.1	7.8	1.7	1.2	14.5	22.1	65.4	1.4	3.8	36.8	6.2	8.0	78.0	71.3	3.1	11.1	4.1	721	282	155	34	23	82	54	+184
11	Ja Morant J. Morant	20	752	2021-22	MEM	36.6	37.6	5.8	6.6	1.2	0.5	13.9	26.8	51.9	2.6	6.0	42.9	7.3	9.1	79.7	61.0	1.7	4.2	3.5	732	116	132	23	9	70	39	+106
12	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	19	662	2021-22	UTA	35.7	34.8	3.8	5.3	1.6	0.1	12.3	24.0	51.3	4.5	11.2	39.9	5.7	6.8	84.5	64.6	1.1	2.7	3.5	679	72	101	30	2	67	49	+46
13	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	18	598	2021-22	OKC	35.8	33.2	5.4	6.8	1.5	0.9	11.6	21.1	54.9	1.7	4.7	36.5	8.4	10.2	82.1	65.0	0.7	4.8	3.1	645	98	123	27	17	55	58	-76
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	18	685	2021-22	GSW	36.2	38.1	5.3	6.1	1.7	0.3	12.3	23.7	52.0	7.1	15.1	46.9	6.3	6.5	97.4	71.6	0.2	5.1	3.1	652	96	109	31	6	55	38	+205
15	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	14	504	2021-22	MIN	35.7	36.0	11.6	4.1	1.0	0.8	12.4	22.1	55.8	3.3	6.8	48.4	8.0	9.3	86.2	68.6	2.9	8.6	3.1	500	162	57	14	11	43	53	+86
16	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	13	434	2021-22	CHI	36.3	33.4	5.4	4.6	0.8	0.5	11.3	21.0	53.8	4.3	9.5	45.5	6.5	7.5	85.7	68.6	0.4	5.0	2.9	471	70	60	10	6	38	25	+20
17	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	12	405	2021-22	TOR	38.5	33.8	9.3	4.8	1.1	0.5	12.8	21.5	59.3	2.3	4.3	51.9	6.0	7.3	82.8	68.3	1.8	7.5	2.2	462	111	58	13	6	26	34	+68
18	James Harden J. Harden	10	353	2021-22	TOT	39.1	35.3	9.6	10.7	1.5	0.9	10.5	22.0	47.7	3.3	8.9	37.1	11.0	12.8	85.9	63.9	1.4	8.2	4.5	391	96	107	15	9	45	30	+52
19	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	10	355	2021-22	BOS	38.2	35.5	6.1	4.1	1.2	0.5	13.1	22.0	59.5	4.1	8.0	51.3	5.2	5.9	88.1	72.2	0.4	5.7	2.9	382	61	41	12	5	29	29	+109
20	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	9	362	2021-22	BKN	39.7	40.2	4.6	5.9	1.7	0.6	13.6	24.7	55.0	5.6	10.3	53.8	7.6	8.3	90.7	71.0	0.6	4.0	2.9	358	41	53	15	5	26	31	+75
21	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	9	305	2021-22	NOP	35.9	33.9	5.8	6.4	0.7	0.4	12.1	22.1	54.8	2.3	4.8	48.8	7.3	8.8	83.5	65.2	0.4	5.3	2.7	323	52	58	6	4	24	21	+32
22	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	9	319	2021-22	SAC	39.6	35.4	3.9	6.9	1.6	0.6	13.8	25.3	54.4	2.7	5.8	46.2	5.2	6.0	87.0	63.4	0.3	3.6	2.9	356	35	62	14	5	26	32	-7
23	CJ McCollum	9	300	2021-22	TOT	36.3	33.3	5.7	5.4	1.2	0.2	13.1	23.0	57.0	4.3	9.1	47.6	2.8	4.0	69.4	67.3	1.1	4.6	3.1	326	51	49	11	2	28	20	+8
24	Julius Randle J. Randle	9	308	2021-22	NYK	38.1	34.2	10.7	4.4	0.8	1.3	12.0	24.0	50.0	3.8	7.9	47.9	6.4	7.4	86.6	62.7	2.2	8.4	4.0	343	96	40	7	12	36	35	+24
25	Gary Trent Jr. G. Trent Jr.	8	276	2021-22	TOR	39.9	34.5	3.4	1.9	1.8	0.0	12.0	22.3	53.9	6.3	11.9	52.6	4.3	5.1	82.9	70.4	0.4	3.0	1.0	319	27	15	14	0	8	13	+31