Between the 1946-47 and 2007-08 seasons, Wilt Chamberlain had the most games with 40+ points, with 271 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40+ point regular-season games by a player 1946-47 to 2007-08

	NAME	GP	PTS	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	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	271	13,458		49.7	25.7				20.3	37.4	54.2				9.2	16.1	57.0	55.8					6,968					500
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	173	7,813	41.4	45.2	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
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	92	4,205	43.4	45.7	6.1	4.1	1.8	0.7	15.5	30.5	50.7	3.0	6.8	44.8	11.7	13.7	85.6	62.6	1.2	4.9	3.2	3,992	565	380	168	60	293	262	+660
4	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	88	3,995		45.4					17.1						11.2	13.9	80.5											309
5	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	79	3,507	44.9	44.4	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
6	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	77	3,288		42.7	9.3	10.9			15.0						12.7	14.4	88.2						718	836				268
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	70	3,073		43.9	16.1	4.2		3.6	17.7			0.0	0.0		8.5	11.6	73.8						1,126	295		89
8	Rick Barry R. Barry	70	3,165	42.8	45.2	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
9	George Gervin G. Gervin	68	2,982	40.0	43.9	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
10	Jerry West J. West	66	2,891		43.8					15.8						12.2	14.4	84.8
11	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	58	2,518		43.4	15.5				17.0	28.3	60.0				9.5	12.0	79.1	64.7					899
12	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	56	2,493	41.0	44.5	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	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	52	2,271	42.1	43.7	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
14	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	48	2,057	40.8	42.9	13.7	2.5	0.8	2.2	16.8	25.6	65.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.2	15.4	60.1	66.3	5.1	8.5	2.7	1,956	657	120	38	107	129	141	+302
15	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	2,077	42.5	44.2	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
16	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	47	2,075		44.1					16.1						11.9	14.6	81.6											159
17	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	45	1,987	41.8	44.2	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
18	Bernard King B. King	45	2,003	41.4	44.5	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
19	Karl Malone K. Malone	44	1,894	41.2	43.0	11.9	3.1	1.5	1.1	15.5	23.8	64.9	0.1	0.3	23.1	12.0	15.1	79.8	70.6	2.8	9.1	3.7	1,813	524	138	66	50	161	148	+103
20	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	37	1,634		44.2	3.2		3.2		16.3	28.8	56.4				11.6	13.4	86.9	63.6					120		16
21	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	37	1,585		42.8	17.9				17.1	30.4	56.2	0.0			8.7	11.7	74.4	60.3					664					106
22	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	35	1,554		44.4					16.7						11.0	12.7	86.7
23	Alex English A. English	33	1,425	40.9	43.2	6.2	5.0			17.5	27.8	63.0	0.0	0.1	33.3	8.1	9.1	88.4	67.8			3.1	1,351	203	166			101	112
24	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	32	1,371	43.3	42.8	13.1	3.4	1.9	3.3	16.4	27.2	60.2	0.1	0.3	25.0	10.0	12.5	80.5	65.5	3.6	9.5	3.7	1,385	420	110	61	107	119	111	+18
25	Vince Carter V. Carter	30	1,307	42.7	43.6	7.6	4.3	1.7	1.0	15.1	27.7	54.5	3.9	7.4	53.2	9.5	11.3	83.8	66.7	2.4	5.2	2.8	1,282	229	130	50	30	85	97	+244