most 40 point game by a small forward all-time

Elgin Baylor had the most games by a small forward with 40+ points, with 88 games.

Interpreted as:
most 40 or more point regular-season game by a small forward all-time
NAMEGPPTSMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
88
3,995
45.4
17.1
11.2
13.9
80.5
309
2LeBron James
L. James
73
3,244
41.6
44.4
8.8
7.0
1.7
0.9
15.6
26.7
58.5
3.7
7.4
50.1
9.5
11.9
79.4
69.4
1.5
7.2
3.8
3,036
640
511
125
67
277
137
+573
3Kevin Durant
K. Durant
70
3,059
41.5
43.7
8.1
4.5
1.2
1.2
14.7
25.9
57.0
3.8
7.9
48.5
10.4
11.6
89.4
70.5
0.9
7.2
3.7
2,903
565
318
83
83
262
170
+391
4Rick 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
5Dominique 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
6Adrian 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
7Bernard 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
8Larry Bird
L. Bird
44
1,940
42.1
44.1
10.8
5.9
1.8
17.2
28.5
60.5
1.5
3.3
44.9
8.2
8.8
93.0
68.2
1,854
474
260
79
110
9Alex 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
10Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
23
1,004
42.2
43.7
7.5
3.0
1.5
0.7
15.8
27.5
57.6
2.0
3.9
50.6
10.0
11.7
85.6
66.9
2.2
5.3
2.7
971
173
68
34
15
61
92
+68
11Mark Aguirre
M. Aguirre
22
932
39.5
42.4
6.3
3.2
1.0
0.5
16.4
28.2
58.1
1.0
2.6
38.6
8.6
10.7
80.9
64.4
2.8
3.5
2.6
869
139
70
21
11
57
75
12Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
21
917
39.1
43.7
8.4
4.7
0.9
0.6
14.3
25.1
57.0
6.2
11.8
52.8
8.8
9.9
88.5
74.0
0.9
7.6
2.2
820
177
98
19
12
46
42
+291
13Paul George
P. George
21
908
39.3
43.2
8.8
4.9
2.0
0.3
14.8
25.5
57.8
6.0
11.5
52.3
7.7
9.1
84.8
73.2
1.1
7.6
2.6
826
184
102
41
6
54
61
+153
14Lou Hudson
L. Hudson
19
827
43.5
18.0
7.5
9.2
82.2
15Jaylen Brown
J. Brown
18
769
37.3
42.7
7.3
3.8
1.3
0.5
15.8
26.0
60.9
4.1
8.6
47.7
6.9
8.7
79.6
71.6
1.6
5.7
3.4
672
132
69
23
9
61
39
+248
16Purvis Short
P. Short
18
796
42.2
44.2
5.7
3.2
1.2
0.1
16.9
28.7
59.0
0.9
2.2
41.0
9.4
10.6
89.5
66.3
2.6
3.1
2.9
759
102
58
22
2
53
62
17Vince Carter
V. Carter
17
745
42.3
43.8
7.9
4.4
1.6
1.2
15.2
27.5
55.2
3.8
7.6
50.4
9.6
11.2
86.3
67.7
2.5
5.4
2.7
719
134
74
27
20
46
58
+165
18Glen Rice
G. Rice
16
692
44.9
43.3
5.2
2.6
1.1
0.2
14.8
24.6
60.2
4.3
6.9
61.3
9.4
10.4
89.8
74.0
1.1
4.1
2.1
719
83
41
17
3
34
38
+93
19John Drew
J. Drew
16
686
38.3
42.9
12.4
2.4
15.3
26.8
57.2
0.0
0.3
0.0
12.3
16.0
76.6
63.4
612
199
39
63
20Jack Twyman
J. Twyman
16
711
44.4
16.6
11.2
13.6
82.5
62
21Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
14
592
42.1
42.3
6.0
3.3
2.0
1.0
13.4
23.6
56.7
3.1
6.1
51.8
12.4
15.0
82.9
70.1
0.9
5.1
3.0
590
84
46
28
14
42
47
+90
22Mike Mitchell
M. Mitchell
14
594
45.4
42.4
8.5
1.6
1.4
1.1
17.9
29.9
60.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
6.6
8.0
82.1
63.6
2.1
635
119
22
20
16
30
38
23Kawhi Leonard
K. Leonard
13
564
38.3
43.4
7.2
3.6
1.7
1.0
14.8
25.2
58.8
4.4
8.2
53.8
9.3
10.2
91.0
73.0
1.3
5.8
2.8
498
93
47
22
13
37
23
+193
24George Yardley
G. Yardley
12
548
45.7
16.5
12.7
15.3
83.1
39
25Kelly Tripucka
K. Tripucka
10
438
41.0
43.8
5.4
3.1
16.0
25.3
63.2
0.8
1.0
80.0
11.0
12.9
85.3
70.7
410
54
31
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