Joel Embiid had the most games with 30+ points in 2021-22, with 40 games.

Interpreted as:

most 30 or more point games by a player in the NBA 2022

	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	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	40	1,451	2021-22	PHI	34.5	36.3	12.1	4.1	1.2	1.5	11.9	21.6	55.1	1.6	3.6	42.8	10.9	13.4	81.8	66.0	2.4	9.7	3.6	1,380	483	163	46	58	143	112	+306
2	Trae Young T. Young	35	1,256	2021-22	ATL	35.3	35.9	3.8	9.7	0.9	0.1	11.9	22.5	53.0	4.2	9.2	46.1	7.8	8.6	91.3	68.3	0.7	3.1	3.8	1,237	133	338	31	2	134	60	+297
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	34	1,212	2021-22	MIL	34.0	35.6	12.4	6.0	1.1	1.4	12.5	20.8	60.0	1.1	3.4	33.3	9.6	12.9	74.0	67.3	2.4	10.0	3.0	1,158	422	205	38	47	103	110	+263
4	LeBron James L. James	34	1,190	2021-22	LAL	37.7	35.0	8.4	6.3	1.2	1.1	13.4	23.5	56.9	3.3	8.2	39.9	5.0	6.4	78.1	66.5	1.3	7.1	3.4	1,282	287	215	42	38	116	75	-11
5	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	29	1,037	2021-22	BOS	36.1	35.8	7.3	4.8	1.1	0.7	12.7	22.7	55.8	4.9	10.3	47.2	5.6	6.3	89.0	70.2	0.9	6.4	2.5	1,047	212	139	31	19	73	62	+453
6	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	28	1,019	2021-22	CHI	37.8	36.4	5.7	5.0	0.9	0.3	13.4	23.2	57.8	0.8	1.7	48.9	8.7	9.7	89.7	66.2	0.7	5.0	2.6	1,059	159	141	26	7	72	69	+123
7	Devin Booker D. Booker	28	973	2021-22	PHX	36.0	34.8	4.8	4.6	1.1	0.5	12.9	24.4	52.9	3.4	7.9	43.0	5.6	6.6	84.8	63.8	0.6	4.1	2.2	1,009	133	129	32	14	61	79	+214
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	27	977	2021-22	DAL	36.5	36.2	9.7	8.5	1.1	0.7	12.5	24.2	51.8	4.4	10.3	43.2	6.7	9.0	74.5	64.3	0.9	8.8	4.3	985	263	230	30	18	117	58	+176
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	25	920	2021-22	BKN	38.6	36.8	7.9	6.2	0.8	1.0	13.0	23.2	56.0	2.8	6.6	42.8	8.0	8.8	91.0	68.0	0.5	7.4	4.2	964	198	154	20	25	105	54	+123
10	Ja Morant J. Morant	24	872	2021-22	MEM	36.2	36.3	6.1	6.7	1.2	0.4	13.5	25.7	52.4	2.5	5.8	42.8	7.0	8.9	78.4	61.3	1.6	4.5	3.6	868	146	160	29	10	86	45	+147
11	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	23	782	2021-22	UTA	35.4	34.0	3.9	5.3	1.5	0.1	11.9	23.5	50.5	4.3	11.1	39.1	5.9	6.8	86.6	64.1	1.0	3.0	3.6	814	90	122	34	3	82	59	+78
12	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	22	790	2021-22	DEN	35.9	35.9	13.9	7.6	1.6	1.2	14.0	21.5	65.0	1.4	3.7	37.8	6.5	8.2	79.0	71.3	2.9	11.0	3.8	791	306	168	36	27	84	62	+189
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	21	775	2021-22	GSW	36.1	36.9	5.1	5.6	1.5	0.4	12.2	23.7	51.5	6.7	14.6	45.8	5.9	6.0	96.9	70.1	0.2	4.9	3.3	759	108	118	32	8	69	45	+199
14	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	20	658	2021-22	OKC	35.9	32.9	5.1	7.0	1.4	1.0	11.4	20.9	54.5	1.8	4.6	38.0	8.4	10.2	81.9	64.8	0.6	4.5	3.0	718	101	140	28	19	59	66	-73
15	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	17	554	2021-22	CHI	36.4	32.6	5.4	4.8	0.7	0.5	11.3	21.4	52.7	4.3	9.6	44.8	5.7	6.8	84.3	66.8	0.4	5.1	2.8	619	92	81	12	8	47	29	+27
16	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	17	565	2021-22	BOS	36.2	33.2	6.4	3.1	1.4	0.4	12.4	22.3	55.7	3.7	8.2	45.0	4.7	5.6	84.2	67.1	0.7	5.6	2.6	615	108	52	24	7	44	46	+166
17	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	16	564	2021-22	MIN	34.7	35.3	11.3	3.8	1.0	0.9	12.0	21.3	56.5	3.1	6.4	49.0	8.1	9.3	87.8	69.6	3.0	8.3	3.3	556	180	60	16	14	52	60	+137
18	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	14	465	2021-22	TOR	38.1	33.2	8.7	5.1	1.1	0.4	12.6	21.2	59.6	2.2	4.2	52.5	5.7	7.2	79.2	68.1	1.6	7.1	2.4	534	122	72	15	6	34	45	+77
19	Julius Randle J. Randle	14	458	2021-22	NYK	38.7	32.7	11.4	4.9	0.8	1.3	11.6	23.4	49.8	2.9	7.0	41.8	6.5	7.9	82.0	60.9	2.2	9.1	4.3	542	159	68	11	18	60	53	+28
20	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	12	409	2021-22	SAC	38.7	34.1	3.9	6.6	1.3	0.4	13.3	24.6	53.9	2.3	5.2	43.5	5.3	6.3	85.3	62.3	0.5	3.4	2.8	465	47	79	16	5	33	39	-12
21	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	11	422	2021-22	BKN	39.1	38.4	4.5	5.9	1.5	0.5	13.3	24.1	55.1	5.0	9.9	50.5	6.8	7.5	91.5	70.1	0.5	4.0	2.9	430	50	65	17	5	32	35	+76
22	RJ Barrett	11	365	2021-22	NYK	39.6	33.2	6.7	3.8	0.8	0.2	11.4	21.5	52.7	4.0	7.8	51.2	6.5	8.7	74.0	65.4	1.0	5.7	2.3	435	74	42	9	2	25	26	+57
23	Gary Trent Jr. G. Trent Jr.	10	336	2021-22	TOR	40.0	33.6	3.6	2.0	1.6	0.0	11.8	22.3	52.9	6.0	11.5	52.2	4.0	4.9	81.6	68.7	0.3	3.3	0.9	400	36	20	16	0	9	16	+41
24	James Harden J. Harden	10	353	2021-22	TOT	39.1	35.3	9.6	10.7	1.5	0.9	10.5	22.0	47.7	3.3	8.9	37.1	11.0	12.8	85.9	63.9	1.4	8.2	4.5	391	96	107	15	9	45	30	+52
25	Jordan Poole J. Poole	10	320	2021-22	GSW	34.3	32.0	5.0	5.1	0.8	0.2	10.5	19.4	54.1	6.1	12.2	50.0	4.9	5.3	92.5	73.6	0.8	4.2	3.0	343	50	51	8	2	30	31	+123