Dwyane Wade had the most games with 40+ points in 2008-09, with 13 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point games by a player 08-09

	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	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
2	LeBron James L. James	9	413	2008-09	CLE	41.8	45.9	8.0	6.8	1.7	0.9	14.9	26.3	56.5	3.7	7.0	52.4	12.4	14.6	85.5	70.1	1.1	6.9	4.4	376	72	61	15	8	40	16	+91
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	4	191	2008-09	LAL	39.1	47.8	6.5	3.0	0.8	0.8	16.0	30.8	52.0	2.5	5.3	47.6	13.3	13.8	96.4	64.9	2.3	4.3	1.5	157	26	12	3	3	6	12	+18
4	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	4	175	2008-09	DAL	43.1	43.8	10.0	1.8	0.8	1.3	16.0	30.0	53.3	1.5	3.8	40.0	10.3	10.8	95.3	63.0	1.5	8.5	2.8	172	40	7	3	5	11	7	+16
5	Danny Granger D. Granger	3	125	2008-09	IND	41.5	41.7	8.3	5.0	1.0	1.3	12.3	25.0	49.3	2.3	6.0	38.9	14.7	14.7	100.0	66.2	1.0	7.3	3.3	124	25	15	3	4	10	12	-20
6	Kevin Durant K. Durant	3	134	2008-09	OKC	44.2	44.7	9.3	3.3	1.0	1.3	13.7	25.7	53.2	4.0	7.3	54.5	13.3	14.7	90.9	69.5	0.7	8.7	2.7	133	28	10	3	4	8	9	-6
7	Devin Harris D. Harris	3	130	2008-09	NJN	40.2	43.3	4.7	9.0	1.3	0.0	14.0	24.3	57.5	3.3	6.7	50.0	12.0	12.0	100.0	73.2	0.3	4.3	3.3	121	14	27	4	0	10	9	+49
8	Chris Paul C. Paul	2	85	2008-09	NOH	41.8	42.5	6.5	8.0	2.5	0.0	15.0	26.5	56.6	3.5	7.5	46.7	9.0	10.0	90.0	68.8	1.5	5.0	3.0	84	13	16	5	0	6	6	-4
9	JR Smith	2	85	2008-09	DEN	32.3	42.5	4.5	2.0	2.0	0.5	14.0	22.5	62.2	7.0	13.0	53.8	7.5	8.0	93.8	81.7	0.5	4.0	2.0	65	9	4	4	1	4	0	+34
10	Mo Williams M. Williams	2	87	2008-09	CLE	41.0	43.5	5.0	9.0	2.0	0.5	16.5	25.0	66.0	7.0	10.5	66.7	3.5	4.5	77.8	80.6	1.5	3.5	4.5	82	10	18	4	1	9	3	+20
11	David West D. West	2	80	2008-09	NOH	42.3	40.0	10.0	3.0	1.5	0.5	14.5	24.0	60.4	0.0	0.0		11.0	11.5	95.7	68.8	3.0	7.0	2.5	85	20	6	3	1	5	5	+7
12	Kevin Martin K. Martin	2	95	2008-09	SAC	41.5	47.5	2.5	4.5	1.5	0.0	12.0	23.0	52.2	6.0	11.5	52.2	17.5	19.0	92.1	75.7	0.5	2.0	5.0	83	5	9	3	0	10	4	-2
13	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	2	88	2008-09	DEN	40.2	44.0	11.0	2.0	2.5	0.0	17.0	29.0	58.6	3.0	5.5	54.5	7.0	9.0	77.8	66.7	2.0	9.0	1.5	80	22	4	5	0	3	7	+22
14	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	2	90	2008-09	GSW	48.1	45.0	1.5	6.0	0.0	0.5	12.5	24.0	52.1	4.5	8.0	56.3	15.5	17.0	91.2	71.5	0.5	1.0	1.0	96	3	12	0	1	2	2	+16
15	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	2	82	2008-09	TOR	44.6	41.0	13.5	4.0	1.0	0.5	14.0	23.0	60.9	0.5	0.5	100.0	12.5	15.5	80.6	68.7	5.0	8.5	2.5	89	27	8	2	1	5	3	-3
16	Tony Parker T. Parker	2	97	2008-09	SAS	44.9	48.5	5.0	10.0	0.5	0.0	20.0	30.5	65.6	1.0	1.5	66.7	7.5	8.0	93.8	71.3	0.0	5.0	3.0	90	10	20	1	0	6	2	+26
17	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	2	91	2008-09	PHX	40.1	45.5	11.0	3.5	2.5	1.0	16.0	20.5	78.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	13.5	14.0	96.4	85.3	3.0	8.0	2.5	80	22	7	5	2	5	6	+49
18	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	1	42	2008-09	GSW	48.9	42.0	9.0	9.0	2.0	1.0	16.0	35.0	45.7	0.0	1.0	0.0	10.0	12.0	83.3	52.1	1.0	8.0	4.0	49	9	9	2	1	4	3	+4
19	Vince Carter V. Carter	1	41	2008-09	NJN	43.0	41.0	7.0	6.0	2.0	0.0	13.0	26.0	50.0	5.0	9.0	55.6	10.0	10.0	100.0	67.4	2.0	5.0	3.0	43	7	6	2	0	3	3	+7
20	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	1	43	2008-09	CHI	49.7	43.0	3.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	14.0	23.0	60.9	8.0	11.0	72.7	7.0	8.0	87.5	81.1	1.0	2.0	5.0	50	3	3	1	1	5	2	+1
21	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1	45	2008-09	PHX	35.1	45.0	11.0	2.0	3.0	1.0	20.0	25.0	80.0	0.0	0.0		5.0	8.0	62.5	78.9	3.0	8.0	3.0	35	11	2	3	1	3	4	+17
22	Nate Robinson N. Robinson	1	41	2008-09	NYK	36.0	41.0	8.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	11.0	18.0	61.1	4.0	6.0	66.7	15.0	19.0	78.9	77.8	4.0	4.0	1.0	36	8	3	2	0	1	3	+7
23	Leandro Barbosa L. Barbosa	1	41	2008-09	PHX	41.7	41.0	7.0	7.0	6.0	0.0	16.0	21.0	76.2	5.0	7.0	71.4	4.0	4.0	100.0	90.1	0.0	7.0	1.0	42	7	7	6	0	1	3	+29
24	Dwight Howard D. Howard	1	45	2008-09	ORL	46.7	45.0	19.0	0.0	1.0	8.0	16.0	23.0	69.6	0.0	0.0		13.0	18.0	72.2	72.8	8.0	11.0	5.0	47	19	0	1	8	5	5	+17
25	Ramon Sessions R. Sessions	1	44	2008-09	MIL	46.8	44.0	5.0	12.0	0.0	0.0	13.0	18.0	72.2	0.0	0.0		18.0	21.0	85.7	80.8	0.0	5.0	4.0	47	5	12	0	0	4	4	-9