Players: Leaders / 30+ Points / 40+ / 50+
Games: Records / Schedule and Scores
Team Rankings: Points / 3-Pointers / Rebounds / Assists
Games: Records / Schedule and Scores
Team Rankings: Points / 3-Pointers / Rebounds / Assists
NBA Players with 40+ Point Games in the 1988-89 Regular Season
Players who scored 40 or more points the most times in the 1988-89 Regular Season. Summary of players with at least one performace of this kind and a full list with all the 40+ games by date.
Who had the most 40+ point games in the 1988-89 Regular Season?
Michael Jordan had 15 games of 40 or more points, more than anybody else in the 1988-89 NBA Regular Season. This also means that he scored at least 40 in 18.5% of the 81 games he played.
Most 40+ Point Games
15
Michael Jordan
(Chicago Bulls)
A total of 348 players scored points in the 1988-89 Regular Season and among them 23 players scored 40 or more points in a game at least once. While 14 of them scored 40 or more multiple times, the other 9 did it just once. Between those 23 players, they total 66 of such individual performances.
40+ Point Games by Player - 1988-89 Regular Season
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| Rk |
Player
(Team)
|
40+ Point Games |
Games played |
40+ % | Points Details | |||
| 40-49 | 50-59 | 60-69 | 70+ | |||||
| 1 |
(Bulls) |
15 | 81 | 18.5 | 10 | 5 | - | - |
| 2 |
(Trail Blazers) |
7 | 78 | 9.0 | 6 | 1 | - | - |
| 3 |
(Jazz) |
5 | 80 | 6.3 | 5 | - | - | - |
| 4 |
(Nuggets) |
4 | 82 | 4.9 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| 5 |
(76ers) |
3 | 79 | 3.8 | 3 | - | - | - |
|
(Supersonics) |
3 | 82 | 3.7 | 3 | - | - | - | |
|
(Knicks) |
3 | 80 | 3.8 | 3 | - | - | - | |
|
(Warriors) |
3 | 82 | 3.7 | 3 | - | - | - | |
|
(Pacers) |
3 | 80 | 3.8 | 3 | - | - | - | |
|
(Hornets) |
3 | 71 | 4.2 | 3 | - | - | - | |
| Rk |
Player
(Team)
|
40+ Point Games |
Games played |
40+ % | Points Details | |||
| 40-49 | 50-59 | 60-69 | 70+ | |||||
| 11 |
(multiple teams) |
2 | 73 | 2.7 | 2 | - | - | - |
|
(Suns) |
2 | 81 | 2.5 | 2 | - | - | - | |
|
(Rockets) |
2 | 82 | 2.4 | 2 | - | - | - | |
|
(Hawks) |
2 | 80 | 2.5 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| 15 |
(multiple teams) |
1 | 80 | 1.3 | 1 | - | - | - |
|
(Pistons) |
1 | 69 | 1.4 | 1 | - | - | - | |
|
(Suns) |
1 | 74 | 1.4 | 1 | - | - | - | |
|
(Jazz) |
1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | - | - | - | |
|
(Suns) |
1 | 70 | 1.4 | 1 | - | - | - | |
|
(Lakers) |
1 | 77 | 1.3 | 1 | - | - | - | |
|
(Suns) |
1 | 81 | 1.2 | 1 | - | - | - | |
|
(Bullets) |
1 | 81 | 1.2 | 1 | - | - | - | |
|
(Warriors) |
1 | 79 | 1.3 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Total: | 66 | Points Details | ||||||
40+ Point Games by Date - 1988-89 Regular Season
(games in descending order by date)
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Date |
Player
(Team) |
Pts | W/L Game |
| 1989-04-23 |
(Trail Blazers) |
40 | |
| 1989-04-21 |
(Trail Blazers) |
43 | |
| 1989-04-18 |
(Pistons) |
42 | |
| 1989-04-13 |
(Warriors) |
47 | |
| 1989-04-13 |
(Bulls) |
47 | |
| 1989-04-12 |
(Jazz) |
40 | |
| 1989-04-09 |
(Bulls) |
40 | |
| 1989-04-08 |
(Rockets) |
43 | |
| 1989-04-07 |
(Bulls) |
40 | |
| 1989-04-06 |
(Warriors) |
41 |
Date |
Player
(Team) |
Pts | W/L Game |
| 1989-04-04 |
(Bullets) |
43 | |
| 1989-03-27 |
(Knicks) |
45 | |
| 1989-03-16 |
(76ers) |
43 | |
| 1989-03-14 |
(Rockets) |
40 | |
| 1989-03-14 |
(Pacers) |
40 | |
| 1989-03-10 |
(Nuggets) |
51 | |
| 1989-03-07 |
(Knicks) |
40 | |
| 1989-03-04 |
(Warriors) |
47 | |
| 1989-03-04 |
(Kings) |
45 | |
| 1989-02-28 |
(Suns) |
42 | |
| 1989-02-28 |
(Pacers) |
45 |
Date |
Player
(Team) |
Pts | W/L Game |
| 1989-02-25 |
(Hornets) |
40 | |
| 1989-02-24 |
(Knicks) |
45 | |
| 1989-02-17 |
(Suns) |
40 | |
| 1989-02-16 |
(Bulls) |
50 | |
| 1989-02-02 |
(Bulls) |
40 | |
| 1989-01-31 |
(Pacers) |
47 | |
| 1989-01-28 |
(Jazz) |
41 | |
| 1989-01-24 |
(Nuggets) |
43 | |
| 1989-01-24 |
(Hawks) |
41 | |
| 1989-01-22 |
(Trail Blazers) |
48 |
Date |
Player
(Team) |
Pts | W/L Game |
| 1989-01-21 |
(Bulls) |
53 | |
| 1989-01-16 |
(Hornets) |
40 | |
| 1989-01-15 |
(Bulls) |
42 | |
| 1989-01-14 |
(Jazz) |
41 | |
| 1989-01-11 |
(Mavericks) |
41 | |
| 1989-01-10 |
(Bulls) |
48 | |
| 1989-01-06 |
(Trail Blazers) |
50 | |
| 1989-01-05 |
(Supersonics) |
49 | |
| 1989-01-03 |
(Supersonics) |
42 | |
| 1989-01-03 |
(Bulls) |
41 |
Date |
Player
(Team) |
Pts | W/L Game |
| 1988-12-27 |
(Bulls) |
43 | |
| 1988-12-20 |
(Nuggets) |
41 | |
| 1988-12-20 |
(Trail Blazers) |
43 | |
| 1988-12-20 |
(Bulls) |
42 | |
| 1988-12-17 |
(Jazz) |
44 | |
| 1988-12-16 |
(Suns) |
41 | |
| 1988-12-16 |
(Trail Blazers) |
42 | |
| 1988-12-14 |
(Hornets) |
40 | |
| 1988-12-11 |
(Trail Blazers) |
41 | |
| 1988-12-09 |
(Celtics) |
45 |
Date |
Player
(Team) |
Pts | W/L Game |
| 1988-12-03 |
(Suns) |
41 | |
| 1988-11-30 |
(Lakers) |
40 | |
| 1988-11-30 |
(76ers) |
41 | |
| 1988-11-29 |
(Nuggets) |
41 | |
| 1988-11-26 |
(Bulls) |
52 | |
| 1988-11-23 |
(Hawks) |
41 | |
| 1988-11-19 |
(Jazz) |
42 | |
| 1988-11-17 |
(Jazz) |
40 | |
| 1988-11-16 |
(Bulls) |
52 | |
| 1988-11-16 |
(76ers) |
42 |
Date |
Player
(Team) |
Pts | W/L Game |
| 1988-11-12 |
(Warriors) |
42 | |
| 1988-11-12 |
(Suns) |
45 | |
| 1988-11-12 |
(Bulls) |
42 | |
| 1988-11-09 |
(Bulls) |
52 | |
| 1988-11-04 |
(Supersonics) |
46 |