Allen Iverson had the most games with 40+ points in 2001-02, with 9 games.

Interpreted as:

NBA most 40 or more point games by a player 2001-2002

	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	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	9	403	2001-02	PHI	45.9	44.8	5.0	5.7	2.8	0.2	15.9	33.6	47.4	2.0	5.2	38.3	11.0	13.0	84.6	57.0	1.0	4.0	4.6	413	45	51	25	2	41	17	+56
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	7	287	2001-02	LAL	39.4	41.0	11.6	2.9	0.7	1.6	15.6	21.4	72.7	0.0	0.0		9.9	18.3	53.9	69.6	3.9	7.7	3.0	276	81	20	5	11	21	21	+70
3	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	6	269	2001-02	ORL	41.7	44.8	10.7	4.0	1.8	0.5	16.2	29.7	54.5	2.8	5.2	54.8	9.7	13.5	71.6	63.0	2.2	8.5	3.0	250	64	24	11	3	18	10	+23
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5	221	2001-02	WAS	39.6	44.2	7.2	4.6	2.2	0.0	17.8	32.4	54.9	0.4	1.4	28.6	8.2	10.0	82.0	60.1	1.6	5.6	1.8	198	36	23	11	0	9	9	+66
5	Vince Carter V. Carter	4	170	2001-02	TOR	45.8	42.5	8.5	4.0	2.5	1.0	15.3	31.0	49.2	4.3	8.3	51.5	7.8	9.3	83.8	60.6	3.0	5.5	2.0	183	34	16	10	4	8	13	+21
6	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	3	140	2001-02	NYK	49.7	46.7	6.0	4.3	1.3	0.0	17.3	31.3	55.3	6.7	11.0	60.6	5.3	6.3	84.2	68.4	1.7	4.3	4.3	149	18	13	4	0	13	8	+13
7	Cuttino Mobley C. Mobley	2	81	2001-02	HOU	44.0	40.5	5.0	1.5	2.5	0.5	13.0	25.0	52.0	3.5	7.5	46.7	11.0	11.0	100.0	67.9	1.0	4.0	3.5	88	10	3	5	1	7	5	+5
8	Jason Terry J. Terry	2	89	2001-02	ATL	49.5	44.5	4.0	7.5	1.5	1.0	15.5	28.5	54.4	4.0	8.5	47.1	9.5	13.5	70.4	64.6	1.5	2.5	4.5	99	8	15	3	2	9	8	+5
9	Allan Houston A. Houston	2	84	2001-02	NYK	41.5	42.0	2.5	4.5	1.0	1.0	13.0	26.5	49.1	4.5	9.0	50.0	11.5	13.0	88.5	65.2	0.5	2.0	2.0	83	5	9	2	2	4	5	+6
10	Jalen Rose J. Rose	2	87	2001-02	TOT	50.0	43.5	8.5	4.5	1.5	0.5	18.0	30.5	59.0	2.5	3.5	71.4	5.0	5.5	90.9	66.1	1.5	7.0	2.0	100	17	9	3	1	4	4	+7
11	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	1	40	2001-02	GSW	41.0	40.0	2.0	2.0	3.0	0.0	18.0	28.0	64.3	2.0	5.0	40.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	69.3	1.0	1.0	3.0	41	2	2	3	0	3	6	-5
12	Ray Allen R. Allen	1	47	2001-02	MIL	44.0	47.0	4.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	15.0	23.0	65.2	10.0	14.0	71.4	7.0	7.0	100.0	90.1	3.0	1.0	3.0	44	4	4	3	0	3	3	+10
13	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	1	40	2001-02	DET	40.0	40.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	1.0	17.0	28.0	60.7	1.0	5.0	20.0	5.0	6.0	83.3	65.3	0.0	1.0	3.0	40	1	3	2	1	3	1	+14
14	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	1	40	2001-02	DAL	48.0	40.0	11.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	12.0	22.0	54.5	6.0	15.0	40.0	10.0	13.0	76.9	72.2	0.0	11.0	0.0	48	11	1	1	1	0	2	+9
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1	56	2001-02	LAL	34.0	56.0	5.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	21.0	34.0	61.8	3.0	6.0	50.0	11.0	12.0	91.7	71.3	3.0	2.0	0.0	34	5	4	1	0	0	1	+40
16	Lamond Murray L. Murray	1	40	2001-02	CLE	38.0	40.0	4.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	16.0	23.0	69.6	3.0	5.0	60.0	5.0	5.0	100.0	79.4	0.0	4.0	2.0	38	4	4	0	0	2	3	+21
17	Gary Payton G. Payton	1	43	2001-02	SEA	45.0	43.0	8.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	18.0	27.0	66.7	1.0	3.0	33.3	6.0	7.0	85.7	71.5	2.0	6.0	0.0	45	8	6	0	0	0	4	+8
18	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	1	53	2001-02	SAS	50.0	53.0	11.0	4.0	0.0	3.0	19.0	28.0	67.9	0.0	0.0		15.0	15.0	100.0	76.6	4.0	7.0	6.0	50	11	4	0	3	6	5	-1
19	Antoine Walker A. Walker	1	42	2001-02	BOS	44.0	42.0	9.0	9.0	3.0	0.0	14.0	33.0	42.4	6.0	17.0	35.3	8.0	9.0	88.9	56.8	2.0	7.0	2.0	44	9	9	3	0	2	3	+16
20	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	1	48	2001-02	BOS	49.0	48.0	12.0	1.0	3.0	2.0	13.0	34.0	38.2	5.0	8.0	62.5	17.0	18.0	94.4	57.3	2.0	10.0	4.0	49	12	1	3	2	4	2	+14
21	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	1	50	2001-02	ATL	45.0	50.0	12.0	5.0	2.0	1.0	21.0	30.0	70.0	0.0	0.0		8.0	8.0	100.0	74.6	3.0	9.0	2.0	45	12	5	2	1	2	1	+12
22	Nick Van Exel N. Van Exel	1	44	2001-02	DEN	41.0	44.0	7.0	8.0	0.0	1.0	16.0	32.0	50.0	6.0	11.0	54.5	6.0	7.0	85.7	62.7	0.0	7.0	4.0	41	7	8	0	1	4	1	0