Jerry West 30, 40 and 50-point games
How many 40-point games does Jerry West have?
Jerry West has scored 40 or more points 86 times: 66 in the regular season and 20 in the playoffs. 7 of those reached 50. His best is 63 points against the New York Knicks on Jan 17, 1962. He has 350 regular-season games of 30 or more and 74 in the playoffs.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Regular season | 932 | 350 | 66 | 5 | 1 | 63 |
| Playoffs | 153 | 74 | 20 | 2 | 0 | 53 |
| Total | 1,085 | 424 | 86 | 7 | 1 | 63 |
What the columns mean: GP
Every 40-point game, newest first
| PTS: Points scored — a free throw is worth 1, a shot inside the arc 2, beyond it 3. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 1, 1971 | W 124-111 | 45 | 6 REB, 5 AST, 19-27 FG | Regular season | |
| Feb 27, 1971 | W 112-107 | 42 | 5 REB, 10 AST, 13-29 FG | Regular season | |
| Jan 1, 1971 | L 117-106 | 41 | 10 REB, 7 AST, 17-34 FG | Regular season | |
| Nov 29, 1970 | W 130-112 | 41 | 2 REB, 16 AST, 16-27 FG | Regular season | |
| Nov 8, 1970 | W 124-105 | 41 | 5 REB, 7 AST, 17-28 FG | Regular season | |
| Mar 13, 1970 | W 128-117 | 43 | 4 REB, 11 AST, 14-25 FG | Regular season | |
| Mar 10, 1970 | W 106-104 | 42 | 4 REB, 10 AST, 14-31 FG | Regular season | |
| Feb 12, 1970 | vs HAW | W 136-114 | 42 | 6 REB, 14 AST, 17-27 FG | Regular season |
| Feb 11, 1970 | W 125-115 | 43 | 6 REB, 7 AST, 17-30 FG | Regular season | |
| Jan 27, 1970 | W 124-109 | 41 | 7 REB, 15 AST, 14-22 FG | Regular season | |
| Jan 22, 1970 | W 122-108 | 40 | 5 REB, 2 AST, 15-23 FG | Regular season | |
| Jan 3, 1970 | W 126-109 | 45 | 3 REB, 7 AST, 19-27 FG | Regular season | |
| Dec 26, 1969 | W 114-106 | 40 | 4 REB, 10 AST, 14-27 FG | Regular season | |
| Nov 28, 1969 | L 114-108 | 43 | 4 REB, 13 AST, 16-28 FG | Regular season | |
| Nov 25, 1969 | L 103-96 | 41 | 2 REB, 4 AST, 15-24 FG | Regular season | |
| Nov 22, 1969 | W 106-98 | 40 | 9 REB, 10 AST, 12-30 FG | Regular season | |
| Nov 16, 1969 | W 138-125 | 45 | 6 REB, 9 AST, 18-28 FG | Regular season | |
| Oct 18, 1969 | L 99-96 | 42 | 6 REB, 5 AST, 16-23 FG | Regular season | |
| May 5, 1969 | L 108-106 | 42 | 13 REB, 12 AST, 14-29 FG | Playoffs | |
| Apr 29, 1969 | L 89-88 | 40 | 6 REB, 4 AST, 15-30 FG | Playoffs | |
| Apr 25, 1969 | W 118-112 | 41 | 3 REB, 8 AST, 12-22 FG | Playoffs | |
| Apr 23, 1969 | W 120-118 | 53 | 3 REB, 10 AST, 21-41 FG | Playoffs | |
| Jan 21, 1969 | W 122-105 | 44 | 15-20 FG | Regular season | |
| Dec 30, 1968 | W 131-126 | 40 | 6 REB, 5 AST, 15-30 FG | Regular season | |
| Apr 11, 1968 | W 128-124 | 40 | 6 REB, 8 AST, 14-20 FG | Playoffs | |
| Feb 17, 1968 | L 135-134 | 49 | 6 REB, 8 AST, 19-32 FG | Regular season | |
| Feb 13, 1968 | W 119-116 | 47 | 8 REB, 2 AST, 15-28 FG | Regular season | |
| Feb 4, 1968 | W 137-131 | 43 | 6 REB, 7 AST, 15-22 FG | Regular season | |
| Feb 3, 1968 | W 133-122 | 42 | 6 REB, 9 AST, 15-25 FG | Regular season | |
| Feb 25, 1967 | @ HAW | W 134-133 | 42 | 3 REB, 5 AST, 14-25 FG | Regular season |
| Feb 8, 1967 | W 121-108 | 40 | 16-23 FG | Regular season | |
| Jan 25, 1967 | W 128-115 | 45 | 8 REB, 8 AST, 16-17 FG | Regular season | |
| Jan 11, 1967 | W 141-126 | 44 | 8 REB, 7 AST, 14-24 FG | Regular season | |
| Dec 21, 1966 | L 129-123 | 40 | 7 REB, 5 AST, 10-20 FG | Regular season | |
| Apr 22, 1966 | L 122-117 | 45 | 4 REB, 10 AST, 19-31 FG | Playoffs | |
| Apr 17, 1966 | W 133-129 | 41 | 8 REB, 2 AST, 15-27 FG | Playoffs | |
| Apr 9, 1966 | @ HAW | W 107-95 | 42 | 7 REB, 4 AST, 18-32 FG | Playoffs |
| Feb 26, 1966 | W 131-118 | 44 | 13 REB, 9 AST, 17-0 FG | Regular season | |
| Dec 29, 1965 | L 111-109 | 42 | 7 REB, 3 AST, 14-29 FG | Regular season | |
| Dec 25, 1965 | W 115-106 | 44 | 8 REB, 9 AST, 18-32 FG | Regular season | |
| Dec 10, 1965 | W 129-110 | 51 | 8 REB, 4 AST, 21-35 FG | Regular season | |
| Dec 7, 1965 | L 131-127 | 46 | 6 REB, 5 AST, 14-29 FG | Regular season | |
| Dec 3, 1965 | L 122-118 | 51 | 7 REB, 7 AST, 16-26 FG | Regular season | |
| Dec 1, 1965 | W 121-105 | 41 | 7 REB, 5 AST, 17-27 FG | Regular season | |
| Nov 17, 1965 | W 125-115 | 46 | 7 REB, 8 AST, 15-24 FG | Regular season | |
| Nov 10, 1965 | W 133-125 | 40 | 2 REB, 16 AST, 11-22 FG | Regular season | |
| Oct 30, 1965 | L 124-122 | 44 | 5 REB, 5 AST, 12-20 FG | Regular season | |
| Apr 21, 1965 | W 126-105 | 43 | 12 REB, 7 AST, 13-25 FG | Playoffs | |
| Apr 19, 1965 | L 129-123 | 45 | 5 REB, 5 AST, 17-38 FG | Playoffs | |
| Apr 13, 1965 | W 117-115 | 42 | 8 REB, 8 AST, 15-33 FG | Playoffs | |
| Apr 11, 1965 | W 120-112 | 43 | 6 REB, 7 AST, 17-34 FG | Playoffs | |
| Apr 9, 1965 | L 114-112 | 48 | 3 REB, 5 AST, 20-43 FG | Playoffs | |
| Apr 7, 1965 | L 122-115 | 44 | 7 REB, 4 AST, 13-29 FG | Playoffs | |
| Apr 5, 1965 | W 118-115 | 52 | 5 REB, 9 AST, 16-38 FG | Playoffs | |
| Apr 3, 1965 | W 121-115 | 49 | 6 REB, 8 AST, 15-35 FG | Playoffs | |
| Feb 28, 1965 | W 122-118 | 44 | 5 REB, 11 AST, 16-24 FG | Regular season | |
| Feb 21, 1965 | W 129-114 | 47 | 6 REB, 6 AST, 18-32 FG | Regular season | |
| Jan 29, 1965 | W 137-133 | 53 | 6 REB, 3 AST, 21-36 FG | Regular season | |
| Jan 27, 1965 | W 119-112 | 42 | 7 REB, 4 AST, 17-29 FG | Regular season | |
| Jan 26, 1965 | W 111-99 | 47 | 4 AST, 18-27 FG | Regular season | |
| Jan 11, 1965 | L 128-127 | 41 | 16-0 FG | Regular season | |
| Dec 26, 1964 | W 129-122 | 44 | 7 REB, 5 AST, 17-25 FG | Regular season | |
| Feb 22, 1964 | L 107-105 | 43 | 11 REB, 7 AST, 17-26 FG | Regular season | |
| Feb 18, 1964 | L 118-117 | 41 | 14-0 FG | Regular season | |
| Feb 11, 1964 | W 113-109 | 40 | 3 REB, 4 AST, 12-22 FG | Regular season | |
| Jan 22, 1964 | W 110-101 | 42 | 5 REB, 6 AST, 12-20 FG | Regular season | |
| Jan 18, 1964 | W 115-111 | 41 | 6 REB, 5 AST, 14-23 FG | Regular season | |
| Dec 25, 1963 | W 134-126 | 47 | 19-30 FG | Regular season | |
| Apr 17, 1963 | W 119-99 | 42 | 8 REB, 1 AST, 17-30 FG | Playoffs | |
| Jan 9, 1963 | W 123-115 | 40 | 17-26 FG | Regular season | |
| Dec 1, 1962 | vs HAW | W 110-97 | 46 | 6 REB, 20-29 FG | Regular season |
| Nov 3, 1962 | W 127-115 | 49 | 9 REB, 5 AST, 21-35 FG | Regular season | |
| Apr 8, 1962 | W 129-122 | 40 | 5 REB, 4 AST, 13-23 FG | Playoffs | |
| Mar 29, 1962 | L 118-117 | 41 | 10 REB, 15-26 FG | Playoffs | |
| Mar 25, 1962 | W 127-112 | 40 | 13 REB, 16-34 FG | Playoffs | |
| Feb 16, 1962 | L 127-121 | 40 | 14-0 FG | Regular season | |
| Feb 5, 1962 | W 134-128 | 46 | 8 REB, 16-34 FG | Regular season | |
| Feb 3, 1962 | @ HAW | W 127-124 | 45 | 9 REB, 14-32 FG | Regular season |
| Jan 24, 1962 | W 136-123 | 50 | 8 REB, 10 AST, 17-30 FG | Regular season | |
| Jan 17, 1962 | W 129-121 | 63 | 3 REB, 3 AST, 22-36 FG | Regular season | |
| Jan 13, 1962 | @ HAW | W 108-107 | 43 | 8 REB, 15-33 FG | Regular season |
| Jan 3, 1962 | W 124-123 | 44 | 7 REB, 6 AST, 15-28 FG | Regular season | |
| Dec 17, 1961 | W 122-116 | 47 | 6 REB, 4 AST, 18-29 FG | Regular season | |
| Nov 8, 1961 | vs HAW | W 124-118 | 42 | 13 REB, 10 AST, 14-23 FG | Regular season |
| Nov 4, 1961 | W 125-112 | 42 | 0 REB, 11 AST, 14-0 FG | Regular season | |
| Oct 28, 1961 | W 135-126 | 40 | 8 REB, 13-28 FG | Regular season |
What the columns mean: PTS
By season
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-74 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 35 | |
| 1972-73 | 69 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 39 | |
| 1971-72 | 77 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 45 | |
| 1970-71 | 69 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 42 | |
| 1969-70 | 74 | 48 | 13 | 0 | 45 | |
| 1968-69 | 61 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 44 | |
| 1967-68 | 51 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 49 | |
| 1966-67 | 66 | 35 | 5 | 0 | 45 | |
| 1965-66 | 79 | 39 | 10 | 2 | 51 | |
| 1964-65 | 74 | 43 | 7 | 1 | 53 | |
| 1963-64 | 72 | 35 | 6 | 0 | 47 | |
| 1962-63 | 55 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 49 | |
| 1961-62 | 75 | 45 | 11 | 2 | 63 | |
| 1960-61 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 |
What the columns mean: GP
40-point games by opponent
| Boston Celtics | 14 | 53 |
| Golden State Warriors | 12 | 49 |
| Washington Wizards | 11 | 52 |
| Detroit Pistons | 11 | 47 |
| Sacramento Kings | 9 | 53 |
| New York Knicks | 8 | 63 |
| Waterloo Hawks | 7 | 46 |
| Philadelphia 76ers | 6 | 49 |
| Houston Rockets | 5 | 42 |
| Oklahoma City Thunder | 2 | 45 |
| Milwaukee Bucks | 1 | 44 |
Counted from the game logs on file, regular season and playoffs; NBA logs start in 1946-47. Each opponent links to every game against it.