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	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
6	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
7	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
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	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
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	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
19	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
20	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	20	861	38.4	43.1	12.4	7.7	1.9	1.1	16.4	25.6	64.2	2.2	4.6	47.3	8.1	9.9	82.2	72.0	3.6	8.8	3.0	768	247	153	37	21	60	60	+207
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	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
23	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	14	589	39.3	42.1	4.8	6.6	2.2	0.3	15.6	27.4	56.9	4.3	9.6	44.4	6.6	8.9	74.4	67.2	0.6	4.1	3.0	550	67	92	31	4	42	44	+5
24	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	13	542	37.2	41.7	5.7	5.9	1.7	1.2	13.8	22.7	60.7	1.6	3.2	50.0	12.5	14.2	88.6	72.1	0.8	4.9	2.6	483	74	77	22	15	34	30	+157
25	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	13	590	36.8	45.4	13.7	3.7	0.9	0.7	16.3	26.8	60.9	3.8	6.7	57.5	8.9	10.9	81.7	71.9	3.7	10.0	3.4	478	178	48	12	9	44	40	+80