most games with 40+ points since 2017, including playoffs

Since 2016-17, James Harden has the most games in the regular-season and playoffs with 40+ points, with 87 games.

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most games by a player with 40+ points since 2017, including playoffs

	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	James Harden J. Harden	87	3,965	39.0	45.6	7.5	8.2	1.9	0.8	13.5	26.9	50.1	5.9	13.7	43.4	12.7	14.4	88.4	68.6	1.1	6.4	4.9	3,394	655	713	168	67	423	269	+734
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	62	2,773	37.1	44.7	13.0	5.2	1.1	1.3	16.3	25.1	65.1	1.4	3.6	37.5	10.7	14.7	72.5	70.8	2.8	10.2	3.3	2,299	803	325	68	82	207	181	+424
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	56	2,554	39.4	45.6	5.1	7.3	1.1	0.4	14.1	25.3	55.9	6.6	13.1	50.6	10.7	11.6	92.4	75.0	0.6	4.4	2.6	2,207	283	410	62	21	146	101	+373
4	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	54	2,394	39.2	44.3	9.6	9.3	1.6	0.4	15.1	26.7	56.5	4.9	10.6	46.1	9.2	11.7	78.7	69.5	0.9	8.7	4.1	2,118	518	501	86	24	221	145	+362
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	53	2,401	36.1	45.3	5.5	5.3	1.2	0.3	14.9	25.8	57.7	8.7	15.8	54.7	6.8	7.5	91.6	77.8	0.7	4.8	3.2	1,914	293	283	61	16	171	104	+593
6	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	50	2,224	36.2	44.5	13.2	4.4	1.2	2.0	14.9	24.7	60.5	1.5	3.9	39.3	13.1	15.1	86.5	71.0	2.8	10.4	3.3	1,811	662	219	62	99	163	164	+563
7	Devin Booker D. Booker	45	2,068	38.8	46.0	5.6	5.9	1.3	0.6	16.5	27.3	60.3	3.9	8.1	47.5	9.1	10.2	88.9	72.2	0.8	4.8	3.3	1,747	251	266	57	25	149	138	+345
8	Anthony Davis A. Davis	41	1,787	39.0	43.6	13.6	2.8	1.9	2.1	15.6	26.9	58.1	1.5	3.5	42.7	10.8	12.6	86.2	67.2	3.8	9.9	1.8	1,598	558	115	78	85	72	103	+366
9	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	38	1,699	38.7	44.7	10.7	8.2	1.5	0.2	15.8	31.2	50.5	3.7	9.3	39.7	9.5	11.6	81.7	61.6	1.9	8.8	5.4	1,472	408	313	57	9	207	114	+113
10	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	37	1,621	39.2	43.8	12.2	7.8	1.8	0.9	16.7	27.2	61.3	2.6	5.8	45.3	7.8	9.6	81.9	69.7	3.5	8.7	3.3	1,450	450	290	65	35	122	108	+281
11	LeBron James L. James	36	1,589	40.1	44.1	9.8	7.6	1.5	0.9	16.3	26.5	61.6	4.3	7.8	54.4	7.3	9.6	75.5	71.9	1.8	8.0	3.6	1,443	351	274	53	31	131	58	+257
12	Trae Young T. Young	35	1,535	38.1	43.9	4.3	9.2	1.1	0.1	13.8	25.8	53.4	5.1	11.1	46.5	11.1	12.6	88.0	69.9	0.8	3.5	4.9	1,335	149	321	40	5	170	60	+166
13	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	35	1,556	39.4	44.5	5.6	5.1	1.5	0.4	15.3	28.4	53.7	5.1	11.5	44.1	8.9	10.2	86.6	67.5	1.3	4.4	3.3	1,379	197	178	52	14	116	86	+287
14	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	34	1,511	39.3	44.4	8.6	4.7	1.1	0.8	14.7	25.9	56.6	5.9	11.3	51.9	9.2	10.4	88.7	72.9	0.9	7.8	2.1	1,336	293	160	36	28	73	77	+428
15	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	33	1,461	39.2	44.3	4.9	5.3	1.5	0.5	15.7	26.0	60.4	5.8	10.3	56.3	7.1	7.8	90.3	75.3	0.8	4.1	2.6	1,293	162	174	49	18	85	89	+256
16	Kevin Durant K. Durant	33	1,471	39.9	44.6	7.4	5.8	1.0	1.2	15.7	26.4	59.5	4.4	8.7	50.9	8.8	9.4	92.9	73.1	0.6	6.8	3.7	1,315	245	192	32	41	122	84	+171
17	Bradley Beal B. Beal	31	1,378	40.8	44.5	4.8	5.5	1.2	0.4	15.8	28.0	56.5	4.6	9.4	48.6	8.3	9.6	86.2	69.0	1.4	3.4	3.1	1,265	148	169	36	12	96	80	+29
18	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	27	1,188	40.2	44.0	4.6	6.5	0.9	0.2	15.6	28.5	54.8	3.7	8.5	43.9	9.0	10.6	85.0	66.3	0.9	3.7	2.7	1,086	125	176	24	6	73	50	+220
19	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	27	1,171	36.7	43.4	5.6	6.0	1.9	1.1	14.6	25.0	58.6	2.4	5.2	46.1	11.7	12.9	90.5	70.8	1.0	4.6	2.4	990	152	163	50	31	66	69	+361
20	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	25	1,075	40.5	43.0	6.1	4.6	1.2	0.4	15.4	27.0	57.0	1.4	3.6	39.3	10.9	12.4	88.0	66.4	1.1	5.0	2.1	1,013	152	116	31	10	53	58	+206
21	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	24	1,056	39.1	44.0	6.0	4.3	1.5	1.0	14.7	26.5	55.4	5.9	12.0	49.1	8.7	10.4	83.2	70.7	1.3	4.6	3.1	937	143	103	37	25	75	45	+237
22	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	23	996	39.0	43.3	5.3	3.6	1.4	0.3	15.8	26.0	60.8	6.7	11.5	57.7	5.1	6.1	83.0	75.6	0.9	4.4	3.6	896	122	82	32	7	83	53	+125
23	Paul George P. George	19	819	39.4	43.1	9.3	5.3	1.9	0.3	14.9	25.4	58.7	5.7	11.5	50.0	7.6	8.8	85.7	73.7	1.1	8.2	2.9	748	176	101	36	6	55	57	+153
24	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	18	808	37.7	44.9	13.3	3.7	1.2	0.5	16.2	26.7	60.8	4.1	7.2	56.6	8.4	10.3	81.2	71.9	3.5	9.8	3.4	679	239	66	21	9	62	62	+115
25	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	16	698	39.4	43.6	4.6	6.8	2.3	0.3	16.0	28.0	57.1	4.3	9.3	46.3	7.3	9.7	75.5	67.6	0.7	3.9	3.3	630	73	108	36	5	52	50	+7