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Games: Records / Schedule and Scores
Team Rankings: Points / 3-Pointers / Rebounds / Assists
NBA Players with 40+ Point Games in the 1996-97 Regular Season
Players who scored 40 or more points the most times in the 1996-97 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 1996-97 Regular Season?
Michael Jordan had 8 games of 40 or more points, more than anybody else in the 1996-97 NBA Regular Season. This also means that he scored at least 40 in 9.8% of the 82 games he played.
Most 40+ Point Games
8
Michael Jordan
(Chicago Bulls)
A total of 436 players scored points in the 1996-97 Regular Season and among them 19 players scored 40 or more points in a game at least once. While 9 of them scored 40 or more multiple times, the other 10 did it just once. Between those 19 players, they total 49 of such individual performances.
40+ Point Games by Player - 1996-97 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) |
8 | 82 | 9.8 | 6 | 2 | - | - |
| 2 |
(Hornets) |
7 | 79 | 8.9 | 7 | - | - | - |
| 3 |
(Warriors) |
6 | 80 | 7.5 | 6 | - | - | - |
| 4 |
(76ers) |
5 | 76 | 6.6 | 4 | 1 | - | - |
| 5 |
(Jazz) |
3 | 82 | 3.7 | 3 | - | - | - |
|
(Rockets) |
3 | 78 | 3.8 | 3 | - | - | - | |
|
(Bucks) |
3 | 80 | 3.8 | 3 | - | - | - | |
| 8 |
(Lakers) |
2 | 51 | 3.9 | 2 | - | - | - |
|
(Kings) |
2 | 81 | 2.5 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| 10 |
(Lakers) |
1 | 77 | 1.3 | 1 | - | - | - |
|
(Nets) |
1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | - | - | - | |
|
(Heat) |
1 | 81 | 1.2 | 1 | - | - | - | |
|
(Nets) |
1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | - | - | - | |
|
(Pacers) |
1 | 81 | 1.2 | 1 | - | - | - | |
|
(Grizzlies) |
1 | 72 | 1.4 | 1 | - | - | - | |
|
(Bulls) |
1 | 82 | 1.2 | 1 | - | - | - | |
|
(Trail Blazers) |
1 | 76 | 1.3 | 1 | - | - | - | |
|
(Hawks) |
1 | 72 | 1.4 | 1 | - | - | - | |
|
(Pacers) |
1 | 52 | 1.9 | 1 | - | - | - | |
| Total: | 49 | Points Details | ||||||
40+ Point Games by Date - 1996-97 Regular Season
(games in descending order by date)
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Date |
Player
(Team) |
Pts | FG | 3P | FT | W/L Game |
| 1997-04-17 |
(Lakers) |
42 | 15-31 | 0-1 | 12-14 | |
| 1997-04-14 |
(76ers) |
40 | 15-29 | 6-13 | 4-9 | |
| 1997-04-13 |
(Nets) |
40 | 14-21 | 5-8 | 7-7 | |
| 1997-04-12 |
(76ers) |
50 | 17-32 | 5-9 | 11-18 | |
| 1997-04-11 |
(Bucks) |
40 | 14-22 | 3-4 | 9-11 | |
| 1997-04-11 |
(76ers) |
44 | 16-28 | 3-4 | 9-11 | |
| 1997-04-09 |
(76ers) |
40 | 12-29 | 1-4 | 15-18 | |
| 1997-04-07 |
(76ers) |
44 | 16-32 | 6-14 | 6-8 | |
| 1997-04-07 |
(Hornets) |
42 | 11-21 | 5-9 | 15-16 | |
| 1997-04-05 |
(Hornets) |
41 | 14-22 | 3-3 | 10-10 |
Date |
Player
(Team) |
Pts | FG | 3P | FT | W/L Game |
| 1997-03-30 |
(Pacers) |
40 | 17-28 | 0-0 | 6-7 | |
| 1997-03-29 |
(Rockets) |
45 | 14-24 | 1-1 | 16-17 | |
| 1997-03-10 |
(Warriors) |
41 | 9-17 | 1-4 | 22-25 | |
| 1997-03-07 |
(Heat) |
45 | 13-25 | 6-12 | 13-14 | |
| 1997-03-07 |
(Jazz) |
41 | 15-26 | 0-0 | 11-15 | |
| 1997-03-06 |
(Hornets) |
48 | 18-27 | 5-8 | 7-8 | |
| 1997-03-03 |
(Jazz) |
41 | 16-25 | 0-0 | 9-11 | |
| 1997-03-01 |
(Warriors) |
40 | 11-24 | 3-4 | 15-18 | |
| 1997-02-23 |
(Lakers) |
40 | 12-24 | 1-1 | 15-19 | |
| 1997-02-19 |
(Warriors) |
41 | 16-25 | 3-6 | 6-8 |
Date |
Player
(Team) |
Pts | FG | 3P | FT | W/L Game |
| 1997-02-18 |
(Bulls) |
47 | 19-27 | 2-5 | 7-7 | |
| 1997-02-17 |
(Hornets) |
40 | 12-24 | 6-11 | 10-10 | |
| 1997-02-16 |
(Trail Blazers) |
40 | 13-19 | 2-2 | 12-13 | |
| 1997-02-13 |
(Kings) |
41 | 12-22 | 7-12 | 10-12 | |
| 1997-02-11 |
(Bulls) |
43 | 16-24 | 1-2 | 10-14 | |
| 1997-02-04 |
(Grizzlies) |
40 | 13-28 | 6-12 | 8-8 | |
| 1997-02-02 |
(Bulls) |
45 | 19-28 | 2-3 | 5-6 | |
| 1997-02-02 |
(Hornets) |
40 | 12-20 | 4-5 | 12-15 | |
| 1997-02-01 |
(Warriors) |
40 | 12-22 | 5-8 | 11-12 | |
| 1997-01-31 |
(Hornets) |
43 | 13-20 | 5-5 | 12-13 |
Date |
Player
(Team) |
Pts | FG | 3P | FT | W/L Game |
| 1997-01-30 |
(Rockets) |
48 | 24-40 | 0-0 | 0-0 | |
| 1997-01-30 |
(Hawks) |
41 | 13-25 | 5-11 | 10-11 | |
| 1997-01-29 |
(Pacers) |
40 | 14-22 | 6-9 | 6-7 | |
| 1997-01-25 |
(Rockets) |
41 | 14-29 | 1-1 | 12-14 | |
| 1997-01-22 |
(Jazz) |
41 | 16-28 | 0-0 | 9-12 | |
| 1997-01-21 |
(Bulls) |
51 | 18-30 | 5-8 | 10-11 | |
| 1997-01-21 |
(Hornets) |
42 | 13-25 | 2-6 | 14-16 | |
| 1997-01-21 |
(Warriors) |
46 | 16-27 | 6-10 | 8-9 | |
| 1997-01-13 |
(Nets) |
41 | 17-25 | 3-4 | 4-4 | |
| 1996-12-30 |
(Kings) |
40 | 13-23 | 2-7 | 12-12 |
Date |
Player
(Team) |
Pts | FG | 3P | FT | W/L Game |
| 1996-12-28 |
(Bulls) |
45 | 13-25 | 0-1 | 19-20 | |
| 1996-12-18 |
(Bucks) |
42 | 19-30 | 2-3 | 2-2 | |
| 1996-12-18 |
(Lakers) |
41 | 15-25 | 0-0 | 11-16 | |
| 1996-12-15 |
(Warriors) |
43 | 14-23 | 6-7 | 9-15 | |
| 1996-12-07 |
(Bucks) |
44 | 16-23 | 2-4 | 10-11 | |
| 1996-12-03 |
(Bulls) |
40 | 13-27 | 0-0 | 14-17 | |
| 1996-11-25 |
(Bulls) |
40 | 14-26 | 1-3 | 11-12 | |
| 1996-11-23 |
(Bulls) |
44 | 17-32 | 0-6 | 10-12 | |
| 1996-11-06 |
(Bulls) |
50 | 18-33 | 1-2 | 13-14 |