nba most 40 point games 2002-03 to 2023-24

Between the 2002-03 and 2023-24 seasons, Kobe Bryant had the most games with 40+ points, with 114 games.

Interpreted as:

NBA most 40 or more point regular-season games by a player 2002-03 to 2023-24

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	114	5,135	42.6	45.0	6.1	4.2	1.8	0.6	15.3	30.2	50.8	3.0	6.8	44.0	11.4	13.4	85.3	62.5	1.1	5.0	3.2	4,861	691	474	206	63	366	313	+709
2	James Harden J. Harden	101	4,584	39.6	45.4	7.5	8.2	2.2	0.7	13.3	26.4	50.4	5.6	12.8	43.6	13.2	15.0	88.1	68.8	1.2	6.3	4.9	4,003	757	824	220	75	497	308	+967
3	LeBron James L. James	77	3,435	41.7	44.6	8.6	7.1	1.7	0.9	15.8	26.7	59.0	3.7	7.3	51.0	9.4	11.8	79.3	69.9	1.6	7.0	3.6	3,212	659	548	133	71	275	142	+636
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	70	3,058	41.5	43.7	8.2	4.5	1.2	1.2	14.8	25.9	57.2	3.8	7.8	48.6	10.3	11.6	89.2	70.6	0.9	7.3	3.7	2,907	573	318	82	85	259	166	+414
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	68	3,067	36.5	45.1	5.3	5.7	1.3	0.3	14.9	25.4	58.6	8.5	15.1	56.5	6.8	7.4	92.2	78.7	0.7	4.6	3.4	2,480	362	387	89	21	231	140	+825
6	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	58	2,629	39.2	45.3	4.9	7.3	1.2	0.3	14.1	25.3	55.8	6.4	12.8	49.8	10.8	11.6	92.9	74.6	0.6	4.3	2.6	2,274	282	421	69	19	151	110	+417
7	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	50	2,212	39.0	44.2	9.8	8.3	1.6	0.3	15.5	30.1	51.6	3.1	7.8	40.2	10.1	12.2	82.6	62.4	2.0	7.9	5.0	1,949	491	417	78	15	251	141	+74
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	49	2,207	36.4	45.0	13.0	5.2	1.1	1.2	16.4	24.7	66.4	1.4	3.7	39.0	10.7	14.7	73.0	72.2	2.8	10.2	3.4	1,785	637	253	55	57	165	146	+349
9	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	48	2,134	36.2	44.5	13.4	4.4	1.3	2.0	15.0	24.8	60.5	1.5	3.8	38.0	13.0	15.0	86.7	70.8	2.9	10.5	3.3	1,736	641	213	60	97	157	156	+533
10	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	42	1,875	38.9	44.6	9.6	9.5	1.6	0.4	15.2	26.6	57.3	4.8	10.5	45.5	9.4	11.9	79.0	70.1	0.9	8.7	3.9	1,634	402	397	66	15	164	115	+375
11	Anthony Davis A. Davis	42	1,844	39.8	43.9	13.7	3.0	1.9	2.1	15.9	27.1	58.5	1.4	3.2	42.9	10.8	12.5	87.0	67.4	3.7	10.0	1.8	1,671	576	125	79	88	74	101	+343
12	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	37	1,644	44.9	44.4	4.0	7.7	2.4	0.1	15.2	29.1	52.0	1.7	4.3	39.6	12.4	14.6	84.8	62.5	0.7	3.3	3.5	1,662	149	286	90	4	130	74	+260
13	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	36	1,586	42.3	44.1	7.6	2.9	1.2	0.6	15.9	27.6	57.7	3.0	5.6	53.2	9.2	10.6	86.4	68.2	2.1	5.4	2.5	1,521	272	103	42	22	91	130	+169
14	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	34	1,526	39.5	44.9	4.7	5.8	1.8	0.5	15.9	27.0	58.9	5.7	10.0	56.6	7.4	8.1	90.6	73.3	0.8	3.9	2.7	1,344	159	196	62	17	92	94	+307
15	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	34	1,467	41.9	43.1	6.2	6.2	2.5	1.4	15.0	26.4	56.8	1.6	3.8	43.4	11.4	14.1	81.2	66.1	1.4	4.8	3.9	1,426	212	212	84	48	134	81	+212
16	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	34	1,498	41.5	44.1	7.0	5.3	1.8	0.8	15.4	29.1	53.1	3.9	8.4	46.5	9.3	11.7	78.9	64.4	1.4	5.6	2.8	1,411	238	181	61	28	95	66	+179
17	Trae Young T. Young	33	1,444	38.1	43.8	4.2	9.2	1.1	0.2	13.7	25.4	54.0	5.2	11.0	47.0	11.2	12.6	88.5	70.6	0.8	3.5	4.8	1,256	139	305	36	5	158	55	+146
18	Devin Booker D. Booker	32	1,499	37.6	46.8	5.4	5.7	1.3	0.5	16.7	27.5	60.6	3.9	8.3	47.0	9.6	10.9	88.2	72.5	0.7	4.7	3.5	1,202	172	183	40	17	112	94	+263
19	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
20	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	29	1,277	42.7	44.0	4.0	5.7	1.9	0.2	13.7	25.5	53.7	4.7	9.6	48.6	12.0	14.4	83.1	69.1	1.0	3.0	3.9	1,238	117	165	56	7	114	97	+162
21	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	27	1,177	39.7	43.6	5.7	4.9	1.5	0.4	15.0	28.1	53.5	5.1	11.6	44.4	8.4	9.6	86.9	67.4	1.1	4.6	3.2	1,071	154	131	41	11	87	68	+241
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	25	1,113	38.9	44.5	8.0	4.2	1.0	0.7	14.5	25.0	58.0	5.8	10.8	54.3	9.6	10.8	89.6	74.8	0.8	7.2	2.0	973	201	104	25	18	51	55	+343
23	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	25	1,074	40.4	43.0	6.1	4.5	1.3	0.4	15.3	26.8	57.0	1.4	3.4	39.5	11.0	12.9	85.4	66.1	1.2	4.9	2.4	1,009	152	113	32	10	60	56	+190
24	Paul George P. George	22	954	39.3	43.4	8.6	5.0	2.0	0.3	14.9	25.8	57.7	6.0	11.6	51.6	7.6	9.0	84.8	72.9	1.1	7.5	2.7	865	189	109	43	6	60	66	+154
25	Vince Carter V. Carter	22	949	41.5	43.1	7.7	4.7	1.4	0.9	14.9	26.6	56.1	4.2	7.7	54.4	9.1	10.9	83.8	68.7	1.8	5.9	3.0	913	169	103	30	19	66	65	+215