Since 1979-80, Michael Jordan has the most games with 40+ points, with 173 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40+ points regular-season games by a player since 1980

	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	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
2	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	122	5,501	42.8	45.1	6.1	4.2	1.8	0.6	15.4	30.1	51.1	2.9	6.6	43.8	11.4	13.3	85.7	62.7	1.2	4.9	3.2	5,218	741	512	214	74	396	334	+759
3	James Harden J. Harden	107	4,854	39.5	45.4	7.4	8.1	2.1	0.7	13.3	26.2	50.8	5.6	12.8	44.2	13.1	14.9	87.9	69.2	1.2	6.2	4.8	4,226	788	869	228	79	516	318	+1074
4	LeBron James L. James	79	3,517	41.6	44.5	8.7	7.1	1.7	0.9	15.7	26.6	59.0	3.8	7.3	51.2	9.3	11.8	79.4	70.0	1.6	7.1	3.7	3,286	684	560	136	73	289	145	+651
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	Stephen Curry S. Curry	74	3,352	36.4	45.3	5.3	5.6	1.4	0.3	14.9	25.4	58.5	8.5	15.2	56.1	7.0	7.6	92.9	78.8	0.7	4.7	3.4	2,693	395	416	103	23	248	150	+870
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	72	3,143	41.4	43.7	8.1	4.6	1.2	1.2	14.8	25.9	57.2	3.8	7.8	48.5	10.2	11.4	89.4	70.5	0.9	7.2	3.8	2,984	584	332	84	86	270	171	+412
8	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	60	2,713	39.3	45.2	4.9	7.3	1.2	0.3	14.1	25.3	55.7	6.5	12.9	50.2	10.6	11.5	92.6	74.5	0.6	4.3	2.6	2,356	293	438	71	20	156	115	+423
9	George Gervin G. Gervin	57	2,480	40.4	43.5	5.2	3.0	1.3	0.8	17.2	29.2	58.9	0.3	0.9	35.8	8.8	10.4	84.9	64.5				2,302	297	173	76	47		151
10	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	56	2,514	36.6	44.9	13.0	5.5	1.2	1.2	16.5	25.1	65.9	1.3	3.4	39.1	10.5	14.6	72.2	71.3	2.8	10.2	3.3	2,048	728	306	65	69	183	158	+374
11	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
12	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	51	2,231	42.1	43.7	7.0	4.5		0.1	15.8	23.7	66.6	0.0			12.2	14.4	84.6	72.8				2,147	357	231		4		168
13	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	50	2,227	38.8	44.5	9.7	9.0	1.6	0.4	15.0	26.3	57.1	4.9	10.7	45.4	9.6	12.1	79.4	70.4	0.9	8.8	3.8	1,938	486	452	78	22	192	135	+424
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	50	2,212	39.0	44.2	9.8	8.3	1.6	0.3	15.5	30.1	51.6	3.1	7.8	40.2	10.1	12.2	82.6	62.4	2.0	7.9	5.0	1,949	491	417	78	15	251	141	+74
15	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	49	2,102	40.6	42.9	13.6	2.5	0.8	2.2	16.9	25.6	66.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.1	15.2	60.1	66.5	5.1	8.5	2.7	1,991	668	122	41	108	132	145	+319
16	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	48	2,134	36.2	44.5	13.4	4.4	1.3	2.0	15.0	24.8	60.5	1.5	3.8	38.0	13.0	15.0	86.7	70.8	2.9	10.5	3.3	1,736	641	213	60	97	157	156	+533
17	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
18	Anthony Davis A. Davis	45	1,966	39.5	43.7	13.9	2.9	1.8	2.1	15.8	27.0	58.6	1.3	3.2	42.0	10.7	12.4	86.5	67.4	3.8	10.1	1.9	1,777	627	131	82	93	84	110	+385
19	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
20	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
21	Bernard King B. King	40	1,796	41.3	44.9	7.5	3.7			17.1	28.2	60.7	0.1	0.4	28.6	10.6	13.5	78.7	65.8	2.7	4.8		1,653	298	148				136
22	Devin Booker D. Booker	37	1,711	38.0	46.2	5.3	5.9	1.2	0.5	16.4	27.5	59.8	3.9	8.5	46.3	9.4	10.7	88.4	71.9	0.8	4.5	3.5	1,405	197	219	45	18	130	107	+295
23	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	37	1,657	39.4	44.8	4.7	5.5	1.8	0.5	15.9	26.8	59.4	5.7	10.0	56.9	7.2	7.9	91.2	73.9	0.8	3.9	2.7	1,458	173	203	66	19	100	98	+292
24	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	36	1,586	42.3	44.1	7.6	2.9	1.2	0.6	15.9	27.6	57.7	3.0	5.6	53.2	9.2	10.6	86.4	68.2	2.1	5.4	2.5	1,521	272	103	42	22	91	130	+169
25	Trae Young T. Young	34	1,487	38.1	43.7	4.2	9.1	1.1	0.1	13.7	25.6	53.6	5.2	11.0	47.1	11.1	12.6	88.1	70.2	0.8	3.4	4.8	1,294	142	310	39	5	164	57	+156