most 40+ point games in 1987 by a player

Michael Jordan had the most games with 40+ points in 1986-87, with 37 games.

	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	37	1,690	1986-87	CHI	41.4	45.7	5.5	4.2	3.0	1.7	16.4	31.2	52.5	0.1	0.8	12.9	12.8	14.5	88.3	60.7	2.3	3.2	3.4	1,531	204	156	111	64	124	108
2	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	9	418	1986-87	ATL	41.1	46.4	8.1	3.6	2.4	1.2	16.4	28.6	57.6	0.2	1.1	20.0	13.3	15.4	86.3	65.7	3.6	4.6	3.1	370	73	32	22	11	28	18
3	Larry Bird L. Bird	6	253	1986-87	BOS	42.8	42.2	9.3	7.7	2.7	1.0	17.0	28.7	59.3	1.7	3.8	43.5	6.5	7.3	88.6	66.1	2.7	6.7	2.7	257	56	46	16	6	16	15
4	Alex English A. English	6	258	1986-87	DEN	42.2	43.0	3.8	6.5	0.7	0.7	17.5	25.8	67.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	8.0	8.7	92.3	72.5	1.3	2.5	2.8	253	23	39	4	4	17	17
5	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	4	161	1986-87	SEA	43.5	40.3	7.3	4.3	0.8	0.8	14.5	23.3	62.4	0.5	2.5	20.0	10.8	11.8	91.5	70.8	2.0	5.3	2.5	174	29	17	3	3	10	12
6	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	3	124	1986-87	DAL	36.7	41.3	6.3	4.3	1.7	0.3	15.7	27.0	58.0	2.3	6.3	36.8	7.7	9.7	79.3	66.1	2.7	3.7	2.3	110	19	13	5	1	7	11
7	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	3	128	1986-87	LAL	43.3	42.7	9.0	7.7	1.3	0.7	14.7	29.3	50.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	13.3	15.3	87.0	59.1	2.7	6.3	4.0	130	27	23	4	2	12	8
8	Gerald Wilkins G. Wilkins	2	84	1986-87	NYK	45.5	42.0	5.0	2.0	4.5	0.0	17.0	29.0	58.6	2.0	3.5	57.1	6.0	8.0	75.0	64.6	4.0	1.0	5.5	91	10	4	9	0	11	5
9	Moses Malone M. Malone	2	91	1986-87	WAS	39.0	45.5	16.0	0.5	1.5	1.5	15.5	29.0	53.4	0.0	0.0		14.5	14.5	100.0	64.3	8.5	7.5	1.0	78	32	1	3	3	2	5
10	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	2	81	1986-87	PHI	45.0	40.5	16.5	5.5	2.0	1.5	15.0	23.5	63.8	1.0	2.5	40.0	9.5	14.0	67.9	68.3	5.5	11.0	5.5	90	33	11	4	3	11	7
11	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	2	88	1986-87	POR	44.0	44.0	2.5	2.5	0.0	0.5	18.0	29.0	62.1	0.0	0.5	0.0	8.0	9.5	84.2	66.3	0.5	2.0	1.0	88	5	5	0	1	2	3
12	John Long J. Long	2	86	1986-87	IND	41.0	43.0	4.5	5.0	3.0	0.0	15.5	28.5	54.4	1.5	1.5	100.0	10.5	10.5	100.0	64.9	2.5	2.0	3.0	82	9	10	6	0	6	6
13	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	1	40	1986-87	SEA	48.0	40.0	9.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	14.0	26.0	53.8	0.0	0.0		12.0	16.0	75.0	60.5	5.0	4.0	2.0	48	9	3	2	0	2	3
14	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	1	42	1986-87	SEA	50.0	42.0	13.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	14.0	27.0	51.9	3.0	3.0	100.0	11.0	12.0	91.7	65.1	5.0	8.0	6.0	50	13	2	2	2	6	2
15	Jeff Malone J. Malone	1	48	1986-87	WAS	45.0	48.0	4.0	7.0	1.0	1.0	17.0	27.0	63.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	15.0	93.3	71.4	1.0	3.0	4.0	45	4	7	1	1	4	1
16	Chuck Person C. Person	1	42	1986-87	IND	38.0	42.0	9.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	18.0	23.0	78.3	6.0	6.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		91.3	0.0	9.0	2.0	38	9	2	2	0	2	4
17	Ron Harper R. Harper	1	40	1986-87	CLE	46.0	40.0	6.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	15.0	21.0	71.4	2.0	3.0	66.7	8.0	11.0	72.7	77.4	2.0	4.0	4.0	46	6	9	1	1	4	6
18	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	1	43	1986-87	GSW	55.0	43.0	24.0	6.0	3.0	4.0	15.0	37.0	40.5	0.0	0.0		13.0	18.0	72.2	47.9	10.0	14.0	2.0	55	24	6	3	4	2	4
19	Walter Davis W. Davis	1	45	1986-87	PHX	37.0	45.0	4.0	7.0	2.0	0.0	18.0	32.0	56.3	0.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	12.0	75.0	60.4	2.0	2.0	5.0	37	4	7	2	0	5	4
20	Rolando Blackman R. Blackman	1	41	1986-87	DAL	41.0	41.0	4.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	18.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		17.0	19.0	89.5	77.8	1.0	3.0	2.0	41	4	6	0	0	2	1
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1	44	1986-87	HOU	42.0	44.0	14.0	2.0	3.0	3.0	19.0	27.0	70.4	0.0	0.0		6.0	8.0	75.0	72.1	3.0	11.0	4.0	42	14	2	3	3	4	4
22	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	1	43	1986-87	NYK	41.0	43.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	3.0	16.0	20.0	80.0	0.0	0.0		11.0	13.0	84.6	83.6	2.0	4.0	6.0	41	6	2	0	3	6	4
23	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	1	41	1986-87	GSW	43.0	41.0	5.0	10.0	3.0	0.0	13.0	17.0	76.5	3.0	4.0	75.0	12.0	14.0	85.7	88.5	2.0	3.0	3.0	43	5	10	3	0	3	5
24	Steve Johnson S. Johnson	1	40	1986-87	POR	35.0	40.0	10.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	12.0	17.0	70.6	0.0	0.0		16.0	17.0	94.1	81.7	2.0	8.0	4.0	35	10	1	0	0	4	6
25	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	1	41	1986-87	DET	48.0	41.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	17.0	27.0	63.0	0.0	0.0		7.0	8.0	87.5	67.2	4.0	4.0	2.0	48	8	1	0	0	2	4