most 40 point games from 1984-85 to 1997-98

Between the 1984-85 and 1997-98 seasons, Michael Jordan had the most games with 40+ points, with 165 games.

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	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	165	7,463	41.3	45.2	6.4	5.2	2.8	1.2	16.8	29.4	57.3	0.7	2.0	34.7	10.9	12.6	86.3	64.7	1.9	4.5	2.8	6,819	1,055	850	470	190	458	476	+128
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	Larry Bird L. Bird	42	1,857	42.5	44.2	10.5	6.3	1.8	0.9	17.1	28.4	60.1	1.5	3.5	43.4	8.5	9.2	92.7	68.1	1.9	8.5	3.3	1,786	440	266	77	36	139	99
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	41	1,773	41.3	43.2	12.0	3.0	1.4	1.1	15.6	24.1	64.7	0.1	0.3	23.1	12.0	15.0	80.1	70.5	3.0	9.1	3.7	1,693	494	124	59	46	150	140	+94
5	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
6	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
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26	1,124	41.1	43.2	13.9	2.0	0.9	2.4	17.4	26.9	64.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	8.5	14.0	60.6	65.4	5.6	8.3	2.7	1,069	362	52	23	62	70	69	+76
8	Bernard King B. King	26	1,187	41.8	45.7	7.3	4.4	1.5	0.4	17.0	29.3	58.0	0.1	0.5	23.1	11.5	14.5	79.4	63.9	2.7	4.6	3.7	1,086	190	115	39	10	95	87
9	Alex English A. English	23	1,001	41.1	43.5	5.6	5.2	1.0	0.4	17.2	27.8	62.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.1	10.3	88.2	67.3	2.3	3.3	3.1	946	128	120	24	9	72	72
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	Glen Rice G. Rice	15	652	45.4	43.5	5.2	2.5	1.1	0.2	14.9	24.9	59.6	4.0	6.7	59.4	9.7	10.9	89.6	73.1	1.1	4.1	2.3	681	78	38	17	3	34	36	+62
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	12	510	38.8	42.5	6.7	3.3	0.8	0.5	16.1	26.6	60.5	1.2	3.3	35.9	9.2	11.4	80.3	67.2	2.7	4.0	2.9	466	80	40	10	6	35	44
18	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	11	468	40.7	42.5	4.9	4.0	0.9	0.0	16.0	24.0	66.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	10.5	13.0	81.1	71.6	2.6	2.3	3.5	448	54	44	10	0	39	32
19	Purvis Short P. Short	10	444	42.4	44.4	5.2	3.0	1.6	0.2	16.5	28.7	57.5	0.8	2.6	30.8	10.6	11.6	91.4	65.7	2.7	2.5	3.5	424	52	30	16	2	35	34
20	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	9	377	44.2	41.9	4.4	5.1	2.3	0.4	14.0	24.6	57.0	3.8	6.6	57.6	10.1	12.3	82.0	69.9	0.8	3.7	2.9	398	40	46	21	4	26	20	-15
21	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	9	380	42.8	42.2	6.4	5.0	2.6	0.0	15.0	24.6	61.1	2.8	5.6	50.0	9.4	11.0	85.9	71.8	1.6	4.9	3.2	385	58	45	23	0	29	19	+1
22	Jeff Malone J. Malone	9	384	41.7	42.7	3.9	3.4	0.9	0.1	16.6	25.7	64.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	9.6	10.6	90.5	70.4	0.9	3.0	2.2	375	35	31	8	1	20	17
23	Reggie Miller R. Miller	8	344	38.4	43.0	4.0	3.4	1.0	0.0	13.8	22.3	61.8	4.1	7.5	55.0	11.4	12.9	88.3	77.0	1.5	2.5	1.3	307	32	27	8	0	10	15	+8
24	Michael Adams M. Adams	7	306	41.0	43.7	4.7	10.0	3.7	0.1	14.3	27.6	51.8	4.9	10.6	45.9	10.3	12.3	83.7	66.3	1.0	3.7	4.4	287	33	70	26	1	31	17
25	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	7	298	44.7	42.6	5.4	3.7	2.7	1.6	15.7	26.4	59.5	1.0	2.1	46.7	10.1	11.3	89.9	67.8	1.4	4.0	3.4	313	38	26	19	11	24	15

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Team Leaders

PPG

17.0

Giddey

RPG

9.0

Vučević

APG

9.1

Giddey

Team Rankings

ORTG

113.0

23rd

DRTG

118.1

22nd

NETRTG

-5.1

22nd

3P%

35.6

19th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers	19	63	.232	41.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	CHI	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Fri 10/23	CHI	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/24	WAS	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	NYK	@	CHI	8:00 PM

Last Game

Bulls

31 - 51

128

Final

149

Mavericks

26 - 56

Sun 12 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0