Dwyane Wade had the most games with 45+ points in 2008-09, with 5 games.

Interpreted as:

most 45+ point games by a player in 2009

	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	5	249	2008-09	MIA	44.0	49.8	7.6	8.0	2.6	2.2	17.2	29.8	57.7	3.8	7.8	48.7	11.6	13.4	86.6	69.8	2.0	5.6	3.4	220	38	40	13	11	17	9	+46
2	LeBron James L. James	4	205	2008-09	CLE	43.1	51.3	6.3	8.3	0.8	1.5	16.0	28.3	56.6	4.5	9.0	50.0	14.8	18.0	81.9	70.8	0.3	6.0	4.8	172	25	33	3	6	19	7	+33
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	2	110	2008-09	LAL	37.9	55.0	5.5	2.5	0.5	1.0	18.5	34.5	53.6	3.0	7.5	40.0	15.0	15.0	100.0	66.9	2.0	3.5	1.5	76	11	5	1	2	3	6	+8
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	2	93	2008-09	OKC	44.4	46.5	9.0	3.0	1.0	0.5	13.0	25.0	52.0	3.0	6.0	50.0	17.5	19.5	89.7	69.2	1.0	8.0	2.0	89	18	6	2	1	4	6	-6
5	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
6	JR Smith	1	45	2008-09	DEN	29.5	45.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	22.0	59.1	11.0	18.0	61.1	8.0	8.0	100.0	88.2	0.0	4.0	0.0	30	4	1	1	0	0	0	+23
7	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
8	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
9	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	1	50	2008-09	GSW	45.9	50.0	2.0	5.0	0.0	1.0	14.0	26.0	53.8	5.0	8.0	62.5	17.0	18.0	94.4	73.7	0.0	2.0	1.0	46	2	5	0	1	1	2	+15
10	Brandon Roy B. Roy	1	52	2008-09	POR	43.8	52.0	5.0	6.0	0.0	1.0	14.0	27.0	51.9	5.0	7.0	71.4	19.0	21.0	90.5	71.7	1.0	4.0	0.0	44	5	6	0	1	0	1	+12
11	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1	46	2008-09	DAL	39.8	46.0	8.0	4.0	0.0	2.0	17.0	30.0	56.7	2.0	4.0	50.0	10.0	10.0	100.0	66.9	1.0	7.0	5.0	40	8	4	0	2	5	2	+6
12	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	1	45	2008-09	DEN	38.8	45.0	11.0	3.0	4.0	0.0	16.0	29.0	55.2	4.0	8.0	50.0	9.0	12.0	75.0	65.6	3.0	8.0	2.0	39	11	3	4	0	2	3	+14
13	Devin Harris D. Harris	1	47	2008-09	NJN	40.6	47.0	7.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	14.0	25.0	56.0	2.0	3.0	66.7	17.0	17.0	100.0	72.4	1.0	6.0	4.0	41	7	8	1	0	4	2	+10
14	Tony Parker T. Parker	1	55	2008-09	SAS	50.5	55.0	7.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	22.0	36.0	61.1	2.0	3.0	66.7	9.0	10.0	90.0	68.1	0.0	7.0	4.0	51	7	10	0	0	4	0	+7
15	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	1	49	2008-09	PHX	44.0	49.0	11.0	6.0	5.0	2.0	17.0	21.0	81.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	15.0	15.0	100.0	88.8	1.0	10.0	4.0	44	11	6	5	2	4	3	+11