most 40 point games in nba history by active players

James Harden has the most games by an active player with 40+ points, with 105 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	105	4,758	39.4	45.3	7.3	8.1	2.2	0.7	13.3	26.2	50.6	5.6	12.8	43.9	13.2	15.0	88.0	69.1	1.2	6.2	4.9	4,140	771	851	226	77	511	314	+1044
2	LeBron James L. James	79	3,517	41.6	44.5	8.7	7.1	1.7	0.9	15.7	26.6	59.0	3.8	7.3	51.2	9.3	11.8	79.4	70.0	1.6	7.1	3.7	3,286	684	560	136	73	289	145	+651
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	72	3,143	41.4	43.7	8.1	4.6	1.2	1.2	14.8	25.9	57.2	3.8	7.8	48.5	10.2	11.4	89.4	70.5	0.9	7.2	3.8	2,984	584	332	84	86	270	171	+412
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	71	3,215	36.4	45.3	5.4	5.7	1.4	0.3	14.9	25.4	58.6	8.6	15.2	56.6	6.9	7.5	92.6	78.9	0.7	4.7	3.4	2,587	380	402	96	22	242	145	+841
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	60	2,713	39.3	45.2	4.9	7.3	1.2	0.3	14.1	25.3	55.7	6.5	12.9	50.2	10.6	11.5	92.6	74.5	0.6	4.3	2.6	2,356	293	438	71	20	156	115	+423
6	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	54	2,433	36.6	45.1	12.9	5.3	1.1	1.2	16.6	25.0	66.2	1.4	3.5	38.8	10.6	14.6	72.2	71.6	2.8	10.2	3.3	1,977	699	288	61	65	177	156	+363
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	45	2,005	38.8	44.6	9.6	9.3	1.6	0.4	15.2	26.5	57.2	4.9	10.6	45.7	9.4	11.8	79.3	70.3	0.9	8.7	3.9	1,747	434	417	71	19	175	122	+365
10	Anthony Davis A. Davis	45	1,966	39.5	43.7	13.9	2.9	1.8	2.1	15.8	27.0	58.6	1.3	3.2	42.0	10.7	12.4	86.5	67.4	3.8	10.1	1.9	1,777	627	131	82	93	84	110	+385
11	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	37	1,657	39.4	44.8	4.7	5.5	1.8	0.5	15.9	26.8	59.4	5.7	10.0	56.9	7.2	7.9	91.2	73.9	0.8	3.9	2.7	1,458	173	203	66	19	100	98	+292
12	Devin Booker D. Booker	36	1,671	37.9	46.4	5.4	6.0	1.2	0.5	16.4	27.4	60.0	4.0	8.6	46.8	9.5	10.8	88.4	72.2	0.8	4.6	3.5	1,364	193	216	44	18	126	103	+304
13	Trae Young T. Young	34	1,487	38.1	43.7	4.2	9.1	1.1	0.1	13.7	25.6	53.6	5.2	11.0	47.1	11.1	12.6	88.1	70.2	0.8	3.4	4.8	1,294	142	310	39	5	164	57	+156
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	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	29	1,282	39.0	44.2	8.6	4.7	0.9	0.8	14.6	25.6	57.1	5.9	11.2	52.8	9.1	10.2	88.9	73.5	1.0	7.7	2.1	1,131	250	135	27	22	62	65	+391
16	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	29	1,274	38.8	43.9	12.2	7.7	1.9	1.0	16.6	27.0	61.5	2.6	5.7	45.1	8.1	9.9	82.2	70.0	3.5	8.7	3.2	1,125	353	223	54	29	92	87	+291
17	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	28	1,218	39.5	43.5	5.6	4.9	1.5	0.4	15.0	28.0	53.4	5.1	11.6	44.3	8.4	9.7	87.1	67.3	1.1	4.5	3.2	1,106	157	136	42	11	89	69	+241
18	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	26	1,116	40.3	42.9	6.1	4.5	1.2	0.4	15.3	26.6	57.4	1.5	3.5	41.3	10.9	12.7	85.8	66.6	1.1	5.0	2.3	1,047	159	116	32	10	61	58	+211
19	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	25	1,089	36.6	43.6	5.5	5.9	2.0	1.2	14.7	24.7	59.5	2.3	5.0	46.4	11.8	13.0	91.0	71.6	0.9	4.6	2.4	914	137	147	49	30	60	60	+349
20	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	22	953	38.7	43.3	5.4	3.5	1.4	0.3	15.8	25.9	61.0	6.6	11.5	57.1	5.2	6.2	83.2	75.7	0.9	4.5	3.7	852	119	78	31	7	82	49	+119
21	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
22	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	18	808	38.6	44.9	4.9	6.4	1.1	0.2	15.8	28.4	55.8	4.1	8.7	47.1	9.1	10.6	85.9	67.9	1.2	3.7	2.6	694	88	115	19	4	47	28	+152
23	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
24	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
25	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	17	758	37.9	44.6	5.9	4.2	1.6	0.8	14.9	27.3	54.5	6.0	12.5	48.1	8.8	10.6	82.9	69.7	1.2	4.7	3.5	645	100	71	27	14	60	30	+180