The 10 players with the most 40+ games in NBA history: Curry ranked 10th with 70 times, and ranked first with 271 times!

There are many ways to determine whether a player is a top scorer in the NBA, such as averaging more than 25 points per game in his career, winning a scoring title, etc. A top scorer must have high-scoring performance, such as 50 points or 40 points in a single game, and 50 points in a single game is difficult. There are very few players who can score in multiple games. Next, let’s take a look at the 10 players who have scored 40+ points in a single game the most times. Even Durant is not included in this list.

Tenth Curry

Curry has scored 40+ points in a single game 70 times in total. Although Curry has entered the end of his career, as the number one shooter in history, he can still easily score 40+ points when he is hot. Last season Against the Magic, he even scored 50 points in a single game. Curry is one of the players with the best scoring explosiveness in history. Sometimes he cannot score high points because the opponent puts all the defensive focus on him. The result is that his teammates get more opportunities to take easy shots.

Ninth Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar has scored 40+ points in 70 games in total in his career. As a center, he can win 40+ points in so many games, which is even more rare than for backcourt players, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar’s There was no three-point line in the era. He relied on free throws and inside kills to score high points. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar averaged 30+ points per game in his peak season. The reason why he became the second highest scorer in history was not only due to his seniority, but also his excellent scoring ability.

The eighth James

James has scored 40+ points in 74 games in his career. Although James has always said that he is not a scorer, he has averaged 27 points per game in his career and has also won the scoring title. , During his peak period, James had a performance of 60+ in a single game. Although when he was young, he was not good at shooting, he could not be guarded when he rushed into the inside. It also gave him a stable scoring method. In the future, it will be difficult for James to score more 40+ in a single game.

Seventh Oscar Robertson

Many fans may have this question. Big O only has one second-place champion and one regular season MVP in his career. Why is he considered the third point guard in history and a top 15 player in history? Because he is the best scoring point guard in history. He averaged more than 30 points per game in 6 seasons and even averaged 30+ triple-doubles in a single season. With such an existence, it seems reasonable that he has scored 40+ points in 77 games in his career, right?

Sixth Iverson

Iverson is the shortest scoring champion in history and the shortest MVP in history. He has a unique speed advantage. Iverson's first step is to look at the entire NBA history. He may be the fastest. Iverson has won 4 scoring titles and averaged 30+ points per game at his peak. He has scored 40+ points in 79 games in his career. Iverson is also the second highest scoring player in the playoffs in history, second only to the God of Basketball Jordan.

Fifth Elgin Baylor

By the way, this list only talks about the regular season. If you add the playoffs, then Lao Zhan will be amazing. Although Baylor has no championships in his career, many scoring records have his shadow. He averaged 38 points per game in his peak season and led the team to the finals 8 times. Under such circumstances, is it not surprising that he has scored 40+ points in 88 games in his career? Baylor is also frustrated enough. He was so outstanding but was born in Russell's era and has been suppressed.

Fourth Harden

During Harden's peak years with the Rockets, his firepower was comparable to that of Kobe Bryant at his peak. Harden averaged 36 points per game in a single season. During this period, Harden often scored 40+ points. Harden also relied on Outstanding personal firepower, without a championship, he is considered one of the top five shooting guards in history. Harden has scored 40+ points in 102 games in his career. If he had not left the Rockets to compete for the championship and sacrificed data for other teams, it is estimated that Harden would have scored more 40+ points.

The third Kobe Bryant

During the period between 2005 and 2007, Kobe played crazy statistics. There was a month when he averaged more than 40 points per game. Kobe was one of the most explosive scoring players in history. He had 8 points in a single game. The feat of 1 point is also the highest score in a single game in the league since the three-point line. Chamberlain's 100 points in a single game may be suspected, but Kobe's 81 points are real. He also had a feat of 62 points in three quarters, which was higher than the entire Mavericks team. A total of 122 games with 40+ points in his career.

Second Jordan

Regarding Jordan's high score in a single game, he really can't surpass one person, but he can be ranked second. Jordan averaged 30.12 points per game in his career, the highest in history. In the season with the highest points, he could score 37 points, which is very close to 40 points. Jordan scored a total of 173 games with 40+ points in a single game. Generally speaking, it is difficult for players who win the scoring title to win the championship. As a result, Jordan has achieved 6 single-season scoring titles + championships.

The first Chamberlain

Chamberlain averaged more than 50 points per game in one season and more than 40 points per game in one season. Just imagine how many 40+ games he scored in these two seasons? If he hadn't started focusing on team basketball in the eighth year of his career, perhaps Dashuai Zhang would have been ranked even higher. In his career, Dashuai has scored a total of 271 games with 40+ points and 100 points in a single game. It seems reasonable to rank first on the list. Having said that, what do you want to say about these 10 players? Welcome to leave a message for discussion.