most 40 point games, shooting guard, single season

Michael Jordan has the most games by a shooting guard with 40+ points in a season, with 37 games in 1986-87.

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most 40 or more point games, shooting guard, single season

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	27	1,241	2005-06	LAL	41.8	46.0	6.1	3.4	2.0	0.3	15.2	31.8	47.8	3.2	7.8	41.2	12.3	14.2	86.5	60.4	1.3	4.8	2.9	1,129	164	91	55	7	77	87	+182
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	22	1,007	1989-90	CHI	41.8	45.8	7.5	5.5	3.1	0.7	17.0	29.5	57.9	1.4	3.4	41.3	10.3	11.7	87.6	66.1	2.0	5.5	2.4	920	165	120	69	16	52	68
4	James Harden J. Harden	21	977	2019-20	HOU	38.9	46.5	7.7	7.8	1.8	1.1	13.5	27.9	48.3	6.5	15.4	42.0	13.1	14.8	88.7	67.6	1.3	6.4	4.5	817	162	163	38	24	95	70	+267
5	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	19	843	2002-03	LAL	42.8	44.4	5.2	4.0	2.2	0.8	15.8	32.3	48.9	2.9	6.1	48.7	9.8	11.5	85.8	59.5	0.5	4.6	3.4	814	98	76	41	15	65	46	+185
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	18	882	2006-07	LAL	45.6	49.0	7.2	4.4	1.3	0.7	16.2	30.9	52.3	3.6	7.3	49.2	13.1	15.2	86.1	65.2	1.4	5.8	2.9	822	129	79	24	12	53	53	+133
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	18	843	1987-88	CHI	41.1	46.8	4.8	6.4	3.3	1.9	17.7	28.9	61.2	0.1	0.9	5.9	11.4	13.3	86.2	67.4	1.6	3.2	2.8	740	86	116	60	35	50	60
8	George Gervin G. Gervin	18	787	1979-80	SAS	40.8	43.7	4.8	2.8	1.8	1.0	17.6	29.8	59.0	0.7	1.8	39.4	7.9	9.7	81.1	64.2				734	87	50	33	18		41
9	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	17	761	2000-01	PHI	45.1	44.8	4.1	4.1	2.8	0.4	16.1	31.8	50.5	2.1	4.9	42.2	10.6	12.4	85.7	60.1	1.0	3.1	3.5	767	69	69	47	6	60	39	+143
10	George Gervin G. Gervin	16	711	1981-82	SAS	40.7	44.4	5.8	3.1	1.3	0.5	17.8	30.8	57.7	0.3	0.6	40.0	8.7	9.8	88.5	63.4			2.7	651	92	50	20	8	43	39
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	15	684	1988-89	CHI	42.3	45.6	8.8	7.7	3.8	0.5	16.3	27.1	60.0	0.6	2.1	29.0	12.5	14.4	86.6	68.1	2.1	6.7	3.3	634	132	116	57	8	49	45
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	14	661	1992-93	CHI	40.9	47.2	6.6	5.6	3.6	1.0	18.4	32.1	57.5	1.1	3.4	33.3	9.2	11.0	83.8	64.0	1.6	5.1	2.7	572	93	78	51	14	38	34
13	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	13	578	2022-23	CLE	41.5	44.5	5.1	4.7	1.2	0.4	15.7	27.9	56.2	5.5	11.9	46.5	7.5	8.6	87.5	70.1	1.0	4.1	3.1	539	66	61	16	5	40	36	+99
14	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	13	582	2008-09	MIA	42.1	44.8	6.0	7.2	2.5	1.8	15.5	27.7	56.1	2.5	5.2	47.1	11.2	13.7	82.0	66.4	1.4	4.6	4.0	547	78	93	32	24	52	26	+82
15	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	13	607	1976-77	NOJ	45.9	46.7	6.5	5.3			18.0	35.3	51.0				10.7	12.3	86.9	57.3				597	85	69				34
16	James Harden J. Harden	12	515	2015-16	HOU	42.0	42.9	5.9	8.8	2.5	0.4	13.2	25.0	52.7	4.6	10.2	45.1	12.0	13.9	86.2	68.9	1.2	4.8	5.1	504	71	105	30	5	61	37	+127
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	12	517	1997-98	CHI	41.1	43.1	4.8	2.8	1.8	0.7	15.9	29.5	54.0	0.7	2.1	32.0	10.6	12.4	85.2	61.6	1.5	3.3	1.8	493	57	34	22	8	22	25	+95
18	James Harden J. Harden	11	518	2017-18	HOU	38.1	47.1	4.6	7.8	1.9	0.6	14.4	24.8	57.9	5.0	9.5	52.4	13.4	15.5	86.5	74.5	0.4	4.3	4.6	419	51	86	21	7	51	31	+72
19	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	11	488	2002-03	ORL	40.5	44.4	6.6	5.2	1.9	0.8	15.1	28.3	53.4	3.8	8.0	47.7	10.4	12.9	80.3	65.3	1.6	5.0	2.7	446	73	57	21	9	30	25	+103
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	11	485	1991-92	CHI	43.0	44.1	6.2	5.5	1.9	0.8	18.1	29.9	60.5	0.7	1.5	47.1	7.2	8.9	80.6	65.2	1.3	4.9	2.5	473	68	60	21	9	27	28
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	11	458	1990-91	CHI	38.1	41.6	6.2	5.1	2.2	1.4	16.1	25.8	62.3	0.3	0.9	30.0	9.2	10.9	84.2	68.0	1.4	4.8	2.5	419	68	56	24	15	27	35
22	Bradley Beal B. Beal	10	456	2019-20	WAS	39.5	45.6	3.7	6.3	1.5	0.3	15.3	27.5	55.6	4.2	8.9	47.2	10.8	12.4	87.1	69.2	0.9	2.8	4.1	395	37	63	15	3	41	29	-12
23	James Harden J. Harden	10	445	2014-15	HOU	40.6	44.5	6.1	7.2	2.8	0.5	12.5	24.0	52.1	4.3	9.3	46.2	15.2	17.4	87.4	70.3	1.5	4.6	3.9	406	61	72	28	5	39	22	+105
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	10	419	2004-05	LAL	43.3	41.9	4.7	5.6	1.8	0.7	13.3	24.8	53.6	3.4	7.4	45.9	11.9	14.1	84.4	67.6	0.8	3.9	4.2	433	47	56	18	7	42	31	+75
25	Jerry West J. West	10	449	1965-66	LAL		44.9	7.0	7.1			15.5						13.9	15.8	88.0						70	71