most 40 points and 15 rebounds games since 1985:

Since 1984-85, Joel Embiid has posted the most points in a game with more than 0 games played and 15+ rebounds, with 70 points versus the Spurs on January 22, 2024.

Interpreted as:

most 40 points and 15 or more rebounds regular-season games by a player since 1985:

	NAME	PTS	REB	GP	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	70	18	1	1/22/2024	PHI	vs	SAS	37	5	1	1	24	41	58.5	1	2	50.0	21	23	91.3	68.5	9	9	1	2	+11
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	69	18	1	3/28/1990	CHI	@	CLE	50	6	4	1	23	37	62.2	2	6	33.3	21	23	91.3	73.2	7	11	2	5
3	James Harden J. Harden	61	15	1	1/23/2019	HOU	@	NYK	40	4	5	0	17	38	44.7	5	20	25.0	22	25	88.0	62.2	6	9	5	3	+19
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	61	23	1	3/6/2000	LAL	@	LAC	45	3	0	0	24	35	68.6	0	0		13	22	59.1	68.3	7	16	4	2	+16
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	61	18	1	1/27/1990	UTA	vs	MIL	33	2	3	0	21	26	80.8	0	0		19	23	82.6	84.4	9	9	2	2
6	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	60	21	1	12/27/2022	DAL	vs	NYK	47	10	2	1	21	31	67.7	2	6	33.3	16	22	72.7	73.7	5	16	4	5	+7
7	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	60	17	1	3/14/2022	MIN	@	SAS	36	3	1	0	19	31	61.3	7	11	63.6	15	16	93.8	78.9	2	15	6	5	+16
8	Anthony Davis A. Davis	59	20	1	2/21/2016	NOP	@	DET	43	4	0	1	24	34	70.6	2	2	100.0	9	10	90.0	76.8	6	14	2	1	+17
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	56	16	1	12/7/2024	DEN	@	WAS	39	8	1	0	22	39	56.4	3	6	50.0	9	13	69.2	62.6	7	9	5	5	-1
10	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	56	15	1	3/28/2018	MIN	vs	ATL	41	4	0	1	19	32	59.4	6	8	75.0	12	15	80.0	72.5	4	11	2	4	+7
11	Kevin McHale K. McHale	56	16	1	3/3/1985	BOS	vs	DET	41	4	1	3	22	28	78.6	0	0		12	13	92.3	83.0	10	6	4	3
12	Anthony Davis A. Davis	55	17	1	12/4/2022	LAL	@	WAS	38	1	0	3	22	30	73.3	2	3	66.7	9	9	100.0	81.0	3	14	2	1	+17
13	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	54	19	1	2/2/2023	MIL	vs	LAC	36	2	0	0	21	39	53.8	2	8	25.0	10	15	66.7	59.2	4	15	3	2	+10
14	Anthony Davis A. Davis	53	18	1	2/26/2018	NOP	vs	PHX	39	3	1	5	16	29	55.2	0	1	0.0	21	26	80.8	65.5	8	10	1	3	+9
15	James Harden J. Harden	53	16	1	12/31/2016	HOU	vs	NYK	42	17	0	0	14	26	53.8	9	16	56.3	16	18	88.9	78.1	3	13	8	2	+13
16	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	53	16	1	12/2/2004	DAL	vs	HOU	49	2	3	4	15	32	46.9	2	5	40.0	21	22	95.5	63.6	4	12	1	2	+12
17	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	53	18	1	4/20/1994	ORL	vs	MIN	36	4	2	2	22	31	71.0	0	0		9	13	69.2	72.2	7	11	3	3
18	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	52	16	1	3/17/2019	MIL	vs	PHI	36	7	2	1	15	26	57.7	3	8	37.5	19	21	90.5	73.8	1	15	1	1	+12
19	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	52	18	1	4/19/1990	HOU	vs	DEN	42	4	3	3	21	34	61.8	0	0		10	13	76.9	65.5	6	12	11	6
20	Karl Malone K. Malone	52	17	1	12/22/1989	UTA	@	CHA	43	3	2	0	22	28	78.6	0	0		8	12	66.7	78.1	3	14	2	3
21	Chris Webber C. Webber	51	26	1	1/5/2001	SAC	vs	IND	50	5	3	2	24	47	51.1	0	1	0.0	3	6	50.0	51.4	10	16	4	4	-1
22	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	51	18	1	3/24/1990	NYK	vs	BOS	41	1	1	0	20	29	69.0	0	0		11	13	84.6	73.4	5	13	5	6
23	Moses Malone M. Malone	51	17	1	11/14/1984	PHI	vs	DET	41	1	1	0	18	32	56.3	0	0		15	18	83.3	63.9	9	8	7	4
24	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	50	17	1	2/19/2021	PHI	vs	CHI	35	5	2	4	17	26	65.4	1	2	50.0	15	17	88.2	74.7	6	11	2	2	+22
25	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	50	16	1	4/9/2017	OKC	@	DEN	37	10	1	0	17	32	53.1	5	12	41.7	11	11	100.0	67.9	2	14	2	1	+10