Ernie Nevers of the Chicago Cardinals.
Nevers scored 40 points against the Chicago Bears in a game played November 28, 1929. He scored 6 TDs and kicked 4 PATs.
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In the NFL, the most points scored in one game was 73 by the Chicago Bears in the 1940 NFL championship game against the Washington Redskins. In terms of regular season games, the Redskins scored the most points in beating the Giants 72-41 in 1966.
The oldest individual NFL records are most points scored in a game and most rushing touchdowns in a game, both held by Ernie Nevers of the Chicago Cardinals who scored 40 points and scored 6 rushing TDs in a game against the Chicago Bears on November 28, 1929. The other 4 points he scored in the game came on PATs.
Gail Goodrich of UCLA in 1965 scored 42 points as UCLA beat Michigan 91-80.
Kobe Bryant has 110 40+ point games so far in his career.
Jordan chamberlian Kobe McGrady Yao Shaq Magic and much more Dear Friends. Please answer more professional to these questions. There are more than 100 active players who have score 40 or more points in a single game even not the superstars, like (Al Harrington,B.Jennings, Ben Gordon, Jermaine Oneal, Antwan Jamison, Monta Ellis, Kevin Durant, Dany Granger, Kevin Martin, Ray Allen, and some many others .... ) So i only know that Micheal Jordan has 173 40+ games in his career and Kobe Bryant has 100 40+ games in his career. if someone knows about the whole list of 40+ scorer, we are waiting please.