top 100 players with 40 point games in nba history

Wilt Chamberlain had the most games with 40+ points, with 271 games.

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top 100 players with 40 or more point regular-season games in NBA history

	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	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	271	13,458		49.7	25.7				20.3	37.4	54.2				9.2	16.1	57.0	55.8					6,968					500
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	173	7,813	41.4	45.2	6.5	5.1	2.8	1.1	16.9	29.5	57.2	0.7	1.9	35.0	10.8	12.5	86.2	64.6	1.9	4.6	2.7	7,157	1,116	886	489	192	472	494	+232
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	122	5,501	42.8	45.1	6.1	4.2	1.8	0.6	15.4	30.1	51.1	2.9	6.6	43.8	11.4	13.3	85.7	62.7	1.2	4.9	3.2	5,218	741	512	214	74	396	334	+759
4	James Harden J. Harden	102	4,627	39.6	45.4	7.5	8.1	2.2	0.7	13.3	26.3	50.5	5.6	12.8	43.8	13.2	15.0	88.1	68.9	1.2	6.3	4.9	4,035	761	831	223	75	501	308	+992
5	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	88	3,995		45.4					17.1						11.2	13.9	80.5											309
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	79	3,507	44.9	44.4	4.3	6.3	2.3	0.2	15.5	30.5	51.0	2.0	5.0	40.6	11.3	13.6	83.4	60.9	1.0	3.3	3.7	3,546	339	494	185	14	294	177	+443
7	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
8	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	77	3,288		42.7	9.3	10.9			15.0						12.7	14.4	88.2						718	836				268
9	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
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	70	3,073		43.9	16.1	4.2		3.6	17.7			0.0	0.0		8.5	11.6	73.8						1,126	295		89
11	Rick Barry R. Barry	70	3,165	42.8	45.2	8.3	5.3	2.9		17.5	33.3	52.5				10.2	11.3	90.3	59.0			3.2	2,999	578	374	100		19	230
12	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
13	George Gervin G. Gervin	68	2,982	40.0	43.9	5.0	2.9	1.3	0.9	17.2	28.9	59.4	0.3	0.9	35.8	9.2	10.8	85.1	65.1				2,722	342	195	91	61		185
14	Jerry West J. West	66	2,891		43.8					15.8						12.2	14.4	84.8
15	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
16	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	58	2,518		43.4	15.5				17.0	28.3	60.0				9.5	12.0	79.1	64.7					899
17	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	56	2,493	41.0	44.5	7.7	3.0	1.9	0.7	16.4	29.1	56.3	1.2	2.4	50.0	10.6	12.3	86.2	64.5	3.3	4.3	3.0	2,296	429	166	105	39	167	108
18	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
19	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	52	2,271	42.1	43.7	7.1	4.5		0.1	15.8	23.7	66.5	0.0			12.2	14.4	84.6	72.8				2,188	369	236		4		171
20	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
21	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	49	2,102	40.6	42.9	13.6	2.5	0.8	2.2	16.9	25.6	66.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.1	15.2	60.1	66.5	5.1	8.5	2.7	1,991	668	122	41	108	132	145	+319
22	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
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	47	2,077	42.5	44.2	10.7	6.2	1.9		17.2	28.5	60.3	1.5	3.4	44.1	8.3	8.9	93.1	68.1				1,996	504	293	87			117
24	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	47	2,075		44.1					16.1						11.9	14.6	81.6											159
25	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	45	1,987	41.8	44.2	7.7	5.1	1.7	0.9	15.7	29.5	53.4	3.5	7.4	47.1	9.2	11.9	77.4	63.6	1.8	5.9	2.9	1,880	347	228	78	41	129	88	+219