Wilt Chamberlain had the most games with 40+ points, with 271 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40+ point regular-season games by a player total

	NAME	GP	PTS	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	271	13,458		6,968				5,488	10,132	54.2				2,482	4,357	57.0	55.8				500			49.7	25.7
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	173	7,813	7,157	1,116	886	489	192	2,917	5,100	57.2	117	334	35.0	1,862	2,159	86.2	64.6	327	789	472	494	+232	41.4	45.2	6.5	5.1	2.8	1.1	2.7
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	122	5,501	5,218	741	512	214	74	1,879	3,674	51.1	351	802	43.8	1,392	1,624	85.7	62.7	145	596	396	334	+759	42.8	45.1	6.1	4.2	1.8	0.6	3.2
4	James Harden J. Harden	105	4,758	4,140	771	851	226	77	1,393	2,752	50.6	588	1,339	43.9	1,384	1,572	88.0	69.1	123	648	511	314	+1044	39.4	45.3	7.3	8.1	2.2	0.7	4.9
5	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	88	3,995						1,505						985	1,223	80.5					309			45.4
6	LeBron James L. James	79	3,517	3,286	684	560	136	73	1,241	2,105	59.0	297	580	51.2	738	929	79.4	70.0	123	561	289	145	+651	41.6	44.5	8.7	7.1	1.7	0.9	3.7
7	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	79	3,507	3,546	339	494	185	14	1,227	2,406	51.0	159	392	40.6	894	1,072	83.4	60.9	82	257	294	177	+443	44.9	44.4	4.3	6.3	2.3	0.2	3.7
8	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	77	3,288		718	836			1,156						976	1,107	88.2					268			42.7	9.3	10.9
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	72	3,143	2,984	584	332	84	86	1,067	1,865	57.2	272	561	48.5	737	824	89.4	70.5	63	521	270	171	+412	41.4	43.7	8.1	4.6	1.2	1.2	3.8
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	71	3,215	2,587	380	402	96	22	1,057	1,805	58.6	611	1,079	56.6	490	529	92.6	78.9	49	331	242	145	+841	36.4	45.3	5.4	5.7	1.4	0.3	3.4
11	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	70	3,073		1,126	295		89	1,238			0	0		597	809	73.8								43.9	16.1	4.2		3.6
12	Rick Barry R. Barry	70	3,165	2,999	578	374	100		1,224	2,331	52.5				717	794	90.3	59.0			19	230		42.8	45.2	8.3	5.3	2.9		3.2
13	George Gervin G. Gervin	68	2,982	2,722	342	195	91	61	1,169	1,968	59.4	19	53	35.8	625	734	85.1	65.1				185		40.0	43.9	5.0	2.9	1.3	0.9
14	Jerry West J. West	66	2,891						1,043						805	949	84.8								43.8
15	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	60	2,713	2,356	293	438	71	20	845	1,518	55.7	387	771	50.2	636	687	92.6	74.5	35	258	156	115	+423	39.3	45.2	4.9	7.3	1.2	0.3	2.6
16	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	58	2,518		899				984	1,639	60.0				550	695	79.1	64.7							43.4	15.5
17	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	56	2,493	2,296	429	166	105	39	917	1,630	56.3	66	132	50.0	593	688	86.2	64.5	187	242	167	108		41.0	44.5	7.7	3.0	1.9	0.7	3.0
18	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	54	2,433	1,977	699	288	61	65	895	1,352	66.2	73	188	38.8	570	789	72.2	71.6	149	550	177	156	+363	36.6	45.1	12.9	5.3	1.1	1.2	3.3
19	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	52	2,271	2,188	369	236		4	819	1,231	66.5	1			632	747	84.6	72.8				171		42.1	43.7	7.1	4.5		0.1
20	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	50	2,212	1,949	491	417	78	15	776	1,504	51.6	156	388	40.2	504	610	82.6	62.4	98	393	251	141	+74	39.0	44.2	9.8	8.3	1.6	0.3	5.0
21	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	49	2,102	1,991	668	122	41	108	827	1,252	66.1	0	2	0.0	448	745	60.1	66.5	250	418	132	145	+319	40.6	42.9	13.6	2.5	0.8	2.2	2.7
22	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	48	2,134	1,736	641	213	60	97	720	1,190	60.5	70	184	38.0	624	720	86.7	70.8	139	502	157	156	+533	36.2	44.5	13.4	4.4	1.3	2.0	3.3
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	2,077	1,996	504	293	87		808	1,341	60.3	71	161	44.1	390	419	93.1	68.1				117		42.5	44.2	10.7	6.2	1.9
24	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	47	2,075						758						559	685	81.6					159			44.1
25	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	46	2,050	1,785	442	423	75	19	698	1,220	57.2	226	489	46.2	428	541	79.1	70.3	42	400	178	126	+391	38.8	44.6	9.6	9.2	1.6	0.4	3.9