most 40 point games by a player from 1975-76 to 2021-22

Between the 1975-76 and 2021-22 seasons, Michael Jordan had the most games with 40+ points, with 173 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point regular-season games by a player from 1975-76 to 2021-22

	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	101	4,584	39.6	45.4	7.5	8.2	2.2	0.7	13.3	26.4	50.4	5.6	12.8	43.6	13.2	15.0	88.1	68.8	1.2	6.3	4.9	4,003	757	824	220	75	497	308	+967
4	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
5	LeBron James L. James	69	3,090	42.2	44.8	8.6	7.1	1.8	1.0	15.8	26.9	58.7	3.6	7.2	49.6	9.6	12.2	78.7	69.3	1.6	7.0	3.7	2,908	591	488	127	66	254	137	+583
6	George Gervin G. Gervin	68	2,982	40.0	43.9	5.0	2.9	1.3	0.9	17.2	28.9	59.4	0.3	0.9	35.8	9.2	10.8	85.1	65.1				2,722	342	195	91	61		185
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	62	2,717	42.0	43.8	8.4	4.5	1.2	1.2	14.6	25.9	56.5	3.8	7.9	48.6	10.8	12.1	89.1	70.2	0.9	7.5	3.7	2,602	523	280	73	72	227	147	+385
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	56	2,527	36.5	45.1	5.4	5.8	1.4	0.3	14.6	25.1	58.2	8.6	15.1	57.1	7.2	7.8	93.1	79.0	0.7	4.7	3.5	2,046	302	326	81	18	195	115	+784
9	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
10	Adrian 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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Bernard 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
16	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
17	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	40	1,829	39.8	45.7	4.8	7.9	1.3	0.3	14.5	26.0	55.8	6.5	12.6	51.7	10.2	11.1	92.3	74.1	0.6	4.2	2.5	1,591	190	317	52	13	100	75	+298
18	Anthony Davis A. Davis	36	1,584	40.1	44.0	13.9	2.9	2.2	2.1	15.8	27.7	57.1	1.4	3.4	40.5	11.0	12.7	86.7	66.1	3.8	10.1	1.8	1,444	501	105	78	75	66	90	+319
19	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
20	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	34	1,467	41.9	43.1	6.2	6.2	2.5	1.4	15.0	26.4	56.8	1.6	3.8	43.4	11.4	14.1	81.2	66.1	1.4	4.8	3.9	1,426	212	212	84	48	134	81	+212
21	Alex 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
22	Vince Carter V. Carter	32	1,396	42.6	43.6	7.6	4.3	1.6	0.9	15.1	27.6	54.8	4.0	7.5	53.5	9.3	11.1	84.5	67.2	2.3	5.3	2.8	1,363	243	138	52	30	90	105	+270
23	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	32	1,371	43.3	42.8	13.1	3.4	1.9	3.3	16.4	27.2	60.2	0.1	0.3	25.0	10.0	12.5	80.5	65.5	3.6	9.5	3.7	1,385	420	110	61	107	119	111	+18
24	Bradley Beal B. Beal	30	1,335	41.1	44.5	4.9	5.4	1.1	0.4	15.8	28.2	56.0	4.6	9.6	48.1	8.3	9.7	85.9	68.5	1.4	3.5	3.1	1,234	146	163	34	12	94	79	+12
25	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	30	1,284	40.4	42.8	12.6	2.2	1.0	3.4	17.1	25.8	66.2	0.0	0.1	33.3	8.6	10.5	81.6	70.3	3.7	8.9	3.5	1,212	379	67	31	101	104	113