most 40 point games in nba history by active players

James Harden has the most games by an active player with 40+ points, with 101 games.

Interpreted as:

most 40 or more point regular-season games in NBA history by active players

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	59	2,670	39.2	45.3	4.8	7.3	1.2	0.3	14.1	25.3	55.7	6.4	12.8	50.1	10.7	11.5	92.5	74.6	0.6	4.3	2.6	2,313	286	430	69	20	152	114	+420
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	52	2,350	36.6	45.2	12.9	5.3	1.1	1.2	16.6	25.0	66.3	1.4	3.6	39.0	10.7	14.7	72.8	71.9	2.8	10.2	3.3	1,903	673	273	58	62	170	152	+357
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	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
9	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	43	1,915	38.9	44.5	9.6	9.3	1.5	0.4	15.2	26.6	57.1	4.8	10.6	45.3	9.4	11.9	79.3	70.1	0.9	8.7	3.9	1,674	412	401	66	16	166	119	+363
10	Anthony Davis A. Davis	43	1,884	39.7	43.8	13.7	3.0	1.9	2.1	15.8	27.1	58.4	1.4	3.2	43.1	10.8	12.4	86.9	67.3	3.7	9.9	1.8	1,707	588	127	80	90	76	102	+355
11	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	35	1,569	39.4	44.8	4.7	5.7	1.8	0.5	15.9	26.9	59.3	5.7	10.0	57.0	7.3	8.0	90.7	73.7	0.7	3.9	2.7	1,379	164	201	63	18	93	95	+301
12	Devin Booker D. Booker	34	1,583	37.6	46.6	5.4	5.8	1.3	0.5	16.5	27.3	60.3	4.0	8.4	47.2	9.6	10.9	88.2	72.5	0.8	4.6	3.5	1,279	183	198	43	18	118	99	+287
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	22	942	38.6	42.8	12.1	7.3	1.8	1.1	16.4	25.6	63.8	2.4	4.9	49.1	7.7	9.4	81.6	71.9	3.5	8.5	3.1	849	266	161	40	24	68	64	+223
19	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
20	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	21	911	39.1	43.4	5.5	3.6	1.4	0.3	15.8	26.2	60.2	6.5	11.7	55.9	5.3	6.4	83.6	74.8	1.0	4.6	3.8	821	116	76	30	7	79	49	+83
21	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	18	803	33.5	44.6	3.8	1.8	0.9	0.7	15.6	24.9	62.6	8.8	14.3	61.2	4.6	5.0	92.2	82.2	0.4	3.4	1.9	603	69	33	16	12	34	23	+421
22	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
23	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	15	667	39.0	44.5	4.9	6.0	1.1	0.3	15.8	28.5	55.5	4.3	8.8	49.2	8.5	10.1	84.2	67.5	1.2	3.7	2.6	585	74	90	16	4	39	26	+116
24	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	15	680	37.1	45.3	13.4	3.5	1.0	0.6	16.5	26.9	61.3	4.0	6.9	57.7	8.4	10.4	80.8	72.1	3.5	9.9	3.3	556	201	53	15	9	50	50	+99
25	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	14	587	37.3	41.9	5.5	6.1	1.9	1.2	13.7	22.6	60.8	1.8	3.6	50.0	12.7	14.3	89.0	72.6	0.7	4.8	2.5	522	77	86	27	17	35	33	+165