most 40 point games in nba history by active players

James Harden has the most games by an active player with 40+ points, with 103 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	103	4,668	39.5	45.3	7.4	8.1	2.2	0.7	13.3	26.3	50.6	5.6	12.8	43.9	13.2	15.0	88.1	69.0	1.2	6.2	4.9	4,066	762	837	224	76	505	310	+1019
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	71	3,101	41.5	43.7	8.1	4.6	1.2	1.2	14.8	25.9	57.2	3.8	7.8	48.6	10.3	11.5	89.4	70.6	0.9	7.3	3.8	2,946	578	324	84	85	267	170	+405
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	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	44	1,960	38.9	44.5	9.6	9.4	1.6	0.4	15.2	26.5	57.3	4.8	10.6	45.5	9.4	11.8	79.2	70.3	0.9	8.7	3.8	1,712	423	414	69	18	169	120	+381
10	Anthony Davis A. Davis	44	1,924	39.6	43.7	13.7	2.9	1.9	2.1	15.8	27.0	58.6	1.4	3.2	42.6	10.8	12.4	86.7	67.4	3.8	10.0	1.8	1,741	604	129	82	91	80	106	+369
11	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	36	1,615	39.4	44.9	4.6	5.6	1.8	0.5	15.9	26.9	59.4	5.7	10.0	56.5	7.3	8.0	91.0	73.8	0.8	3.9	2.7	1,418	166	203	65	19	97	96	+284
12	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
13	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
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	26	1,156	38.8	44.5	8.3	4.4	1.0	0.7	14.6	25.0	58.3	6.0	10.9	54.6	9.3	10.4	89.7	75.1	0.8	7.5	2.1	1,008	216	114	25	18	55	57	+356
17	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	26	1,133	38.5	43.6	12.4	7.5	1.8	1.0	16.7	27.0	61.6	2.5	5.3	47.1	7.8	9.5	81.5	69.8	3.7	8.7	3.1	1,002	323	196	48	26	80	77	+261
18	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
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	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	18	753	36.6	41.8	5.5	5.9	2.1	1.2	14.1	22.9	61.4	2.0	3.9	50.7	11.7	13.1	89.8	73.1	0.8	4.7	2.4	659	99	107	37	22	44	40	+243
22	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
23	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	17	766	38.7	45.1	4.8	6.2	1.0	0.2	15.9	28.5	56.0	4.3	9.0	47.7	8.9	10.4	85.3	68.2	1.1	3.7	2.5	658	82	105	17	4	43	27	+140
24	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
25	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	16	724	37.1	45.3	13.6	3.6	1.0	0.6	16.5	27.0	61.1	3.9	6.9	56.8	8.3	10.4	80.1	71.7	3.6	9.9	3.3	593	217	58	16	9	53	53	+94