most 40 point games from 1983-84 to 2002-03

Between the 1983-84 and 2002-03 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 1983-84 to 2002-03

	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	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
3	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	47	2,069	44.9	44.0	4.5	4.9	2.4	0.2	15.6	31.2	50.0	2.3	5.4	41.7	10.6	12.9	82.1	59.7	1.3	3.2	3.8	2,111	211	232	111	10	177	112	+207
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	47	2,017	40.8	42.9	13.7	2.5	0.8	2.2	16.9	25.6	65.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.2	15.3	60.1	66.3	5.1	8.6	2.7	1,918	645	117	38	102	128	138	+278
5	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
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	43	1,898	42.6	44.1	10.6	6.3	1.8	0.9	17.0	28.4	60.0	1.5	3.4	43.5	8.6	9.2	92.9	68.0	2.0	8.6	3.3	1,831	454	273	78	38	144	102
7	Bernard King B. King	34	1,536	41.0	45.2	7.1	3.8	1.3	0.3	17.1	28.8	59.4	0.1	0.4	23.1	10.9	13.8	78.5	64.7	2.6	4.5	3.4	1,394	242	129	43	10	114	119
8	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
9	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
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	27	1,209	43.4	44.8	5.5	4.2	1.8	1.0	16.0	31.4	50.8	2.5	5.3	46.5	10.4	11.8	87.8	61.2	1.1	4.4	3.5	1,171	148	114	49	26	95	67	+235
11	Alex English A. English	26	1,133	41.5	43.6	5.6	5.3	1.0	0.5	17.4	27.8	62.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.7	9.9	88.0	67.7	2.3	3.3	2.9	1,078	146	137	26	12	75	83
12	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	22	977	41.6	44.4	8.3	4.7	1.7	1.0	15.9	29.5	53.8	3.0	6.1	48.9	9.7	12.6	76.6	63.3	2.3	6.0	2.9	915	182	104	38	22	64	47	+143
13	David Robinson D. Robinson	22	980	42.8	44.5	12.4	3.5	1.9	4.4	16.0	25.6	62.5	0.1	0.5	27.3	12.4	15.3	81.3	68.9	3.5	8.8	3.5	942	272	78	42	97	77	67
14	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	21	893	43.0	42.5	13.8	3.1	2.3	0.9	14.9	22.7	65.6	1.1	3.0	35.9	11.6	14.8	78.7	72.8	5.8	8.0	3.9	903	289	66	49	18	82	66	+16
15	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	21	891	42.8	42.4	8.0	6.5	3.2	0.6	16.4	25.5	64.3	1.4	3.1	43.9	8.3	10.2	81.3	70.8	3.4	4.7	2.5	899	169	136	68	12	53	67	+29
16	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	21	896	41.1	42.7	5.7	4.4	0.8	0.0	14.9	22.3	66.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	12.9	15.3	84.1	73.5	2.8	2.9	2.9	863	120	93	17	0	61	61
17	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	19	803	39.1	42.3	6.4	3.5	1.0	0.4	16.2	27.4	59.2	1.0	2.5	39.6	8.8	10.9	81.2	65.7	2.7	3.7	2.8	742	122	66	19	7	53	64
18	Glen 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
19	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	14	594	42.9	42.4	7.3	2.8	2.4	1.1	13.1	24.5	53.6	3.1	6.4	47.8	13.1	15.4	84.7	67.8	1.4	5.9	3.6	600	102	39	33	16	50	36	+136
20	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	14	588	41.4	42.0	3.4	4.1	1.0	0.1	15.1	24.6	61.3	4.4	7.2	61.4	7.4	8.6	86.0	74.0	1.1	2.3	2.9	580	48	57	14	1	41	27
21	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	14	611	45.3	43.6	6.1	2.7	1.3	0.5	16.1	26.9	59.8	2.7	5.2	52.1	8.8	9.7	90.4	70.1	2.4	3.7	2.5	634	86	38	18	7	35	33
22	Purvis Short P. Short	14	631	42.1	45.1	5.9	2.9	1.4	0.1	16.9	28.9	58.7	1.0	2.6	38.9	10.2	11.5	88.8	66.4	2.9	3.0	3.3	589	83	41	20	2	46	47
23	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	12	517	45.6	43.1	4.8	4.9	2.1	0.3	14.8	26.3	56.5	4.5	7.7	58.7	8.9	10.8	82.3	69.5	1.0	3.8	3.3	547	58	59	25	4	39	28	-2
24	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	12	534	42.5	44.5	7.4	2.3	0.9	1.1	15.6	26.9	57.9	0.7	1.5	44.4	12.7	14.0	90.5	67.3	2.4	5.0	2.6	510	89	28	11	13	31	41
25	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	12	531	40.9	44.3	4.8	3.2	0.7	0.8	18.2	26.9	67.5	0.3	0.7	37.5	7.7	8.3	92.0	72.3	1.3	3.5	1.7	491	57	38	8	10	20	30