Most games with 40+ points in an NBA season
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Wilt Chamberlain leads with 63 games with 40+ points in 1961-62, first of 25,761 player-seasons.
| # | Player and seasons | Value |
|---|---|---|
 Wilt Chamberlain (1961-62 PHW)1961-62 | 63 | |
| Wilt Chamberlain (1962-63 SFW)1962-63 | 52 | |
 Michael Jordan (1986-87 CHI)1986-87 | 37 | |
| Wilt Chamberlain (1960-61 PHW)1960-61 | 35 | |
| Wilt Chamberlain (1959-60 PHW)1959-60 | 32 | |
| Wilt Chamberlain (1963-64 SFW)1963-64 | 32 | |
| Rick Barry (1966-67 SFW)1966-67 | 28 | |
 James Harden (2018-19 HOU)2018-19 | 28 | |
 Kobe Bryant (2005-06 LAL)2005-06 | 27 | |
 Wilt Chamberlain (1964-65 SFW/PHI)1964-65 | 25 | |
| Elgin Baylor (1962-63 LAL)1962-63 | 23 | |
| Michael Jordan (1989-90 CHI)1989-90 | 22 | |
| Elgin Baylor (1960-61 LAL)1960-61 | 21 | |
 Bob McAdoo (1974-75 BUF)1974-75 | 21 | |
| James Harden (2019-20 HOU)2019-20 | 21 | |
 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (1971-72 MIL)1971-72 | 19 | |
| Kobe Bryant (2002-03 LAL)2002-03 | 19 | |
| Wilt Chamberlain (1965-66 PHI)1965-66 | 18 | |
 Nate Archibald (1972-73 KCK)1972-73 | 18 | |
 George Gervin (1979-80 SAS)1979-80 | 18 | |
| Michael Jordan (1987-88 CHI)1987-88 | 18 | |
| Kobe Bryant (2006-07 LAL)2006-07 | 18 | |
 Russell Westbrook (2016-17 OKC)2016-17 | 18 | |
| Allen Iverson (2000-01 PHI)2000-01 | 17 | |
| Elgin Baylor (1961-62 LAL)1961-62 | 16 |