Who is the oldest player with 30+ points in an NBA game?

Dirk Nowitzki is now the oldest player to score 30+ points in a game at 40 years and 294 days old, breaking the mark previously held by Michael Jordan.

Interpreted as:
Who is the oldest player with 30+ points in an NBA regular season game?
NAME DATE TM OPP AGE PTS MIN REB AST STL BLK 3PM FG% FT% TOV FGM FGA 3PA 3P% FTM FTA PF
1 Dirk Nowitzki
Dirk Nowitzki
4/9/2019
DAL DAL
vs. PHX vs. PHX
40-294
30
33
8
3
0
1
5
35.5
100.0
2
11
31
14
35.7
3
3
3
2 Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
3/9/2003
WAS WAS
@ NYK @ NYK
40-020
39
43
8
1
1
0
0
59.1
86.7
3
13
22
0
13
15
3
3 Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
2/27/2003
WAS WAS
vs. HOU vs. HOU
40-010
35
50
11
6
0
0
0
57.7
71.4
3
15
26
0
5
7
3
4 Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
2/23/2003
WAS WAS
vs. DAL vs. DAL
40-006
30
52
9
3
2
1
0
53.8
100.0
6
14
26
0
2
2
3
5 Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
2/21/2003
WAS WAS
vs. NJN vs. NJN
40-004
43
43
10
3
4
1
0
60.0
87.5
1
18
30
0
7
8
2
6 Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
2/1/2003
WAS WAS
vs. NOH vs. NOH
39-349
45
44
3
6
1
1
0
54.5
90.0
2
18
33
0
9
10
5
7 Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
1/16/2003
WAS WAS
vs. ORL vs. ORL
39-333
32
39
6
8
2
0
0
48.0
80.0
1
12
25
1
0.0
8
10
3
8 Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
1/4/2003
WAS WAS
vs. IND vs. IND
39-321
41
53
12
4
3
0
3
53.8
83.3
2
14
26
4
75.0
10
12
2
9 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
2/27/1987
LAL LAL
vs. GSW vs. GSW
39-317
30
35
8
2
0
0
0
87.5
50.0
3
14
16
0
2
4
2
10 Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
12/18/2002
WAS WAS
vs. MEM vs. MEM
39-304
33
35
5
2
3
0
2
60.9
100.0
3
14
23
3
66.7
3
3
0
11 Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
12/17/2002
WAS WAS
@ ATL @ ATL
39-303
30
38
3
2
0
0
0
66.7
100.0
1
12
18
0
6
6
3
12 Karl Malone
Karl Malone
3/19/2003
UTA UTA
@ PHX @ PHX
39-238
34
41
8
4
4
0
0
45.8
92.3
6
11
24
0
12
13
4
13 Karl Malone
Karl Malone
3/12/2003
UTA UTA
@ ORL @ ORL
39-231
40
42
9
7
4
0
0
63.2
72.7
1
12
19
0
16
22
2
14 Reggie Miller
Reggie Miller
4/10/2005
IND IND
vs. NYK vs. NYK
39-229
34
38
4
3
0
0
3
52.4
100.0
0
11
21
9
33.3
9
9
3
15 Reggie Miller
Reggie Miller
3/31/2005
IND IND
vs. MIA vs. MIA
39-219
31
36
3
4
0
0
1
61.1
100.0
3
11
18
3
33.3
8
8
2
16 Reggie Miller
Reggie Miller
3/18/2005
IND IND
vs. LAL vs. LAL
39-206
39
36
3
2
0
0
3
72.2
100.0
2
13
18
5
60.0
10
10
1
17 Karl Malone
Karl Malone
2/11/2003
UTA UTA
@ HOU @ HOU
39-202
33
45
5
9
3
0
0
56.5
87.5
2
13
23
0
7
8
3
18 Karl Malone
Karl Malone
2/5/2003
UTA UTA
vs. MEM vs. MEM
39-196
31
39
6
8
4
2
0
66.7
75.0
2
14
21
0
3
4
4
19 Reggie Miller
Reggie Miller
2/16/2005
IND IND
vs. POR vs. POR
39-176
36
32
0
1
0
0
4
58.8
100.0
2
10
17
10
40.0
12
12
1
20 Karl Malone
Karl Malone
1/16/2003
UTA UTA
vs. SEA vs. SEA
39-176
34
43
9
2
5
0
1
60.9
62.5
6
14
23
1
100.0
5
8
2
21 Karl Malone
Karl Malone
1/4/2003
UTA UTA
@ MIN @ MIN
39-164
33
38
9
4
2
0
0
55.0
100.0
1
11
20
0
11
11
1
22 Karl Malone
Karl Malone
12/23/2002
UTA UTA
@ HOU @ HOU
39-152
31
41
9
6
2
0
0
53.8
75.0
1
14
26
0
3
4
3
23 Reggie Miller
Reggie Miller
12/22/2004
IND IND
vs. PHI vs. PHI
39-120
30
36
4
1
0
0
3
66.7
87.5
3
10
15
6
50.0
7
8
1
24 Reggie Miller
Reggie Miller
12/7/2004
IND IND
vs. MIL vs. MIL
39-105
32
39
4
2
2
0
4
61.1
100.0
1
11
18
7
57.1
6
6
2
25 Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan
3/29/2002
WAS WAS
vs. MIL vs. MIL
39-040
34
26
3
1
0
0
0
54.5
83.3
0
12
22
0
10
12
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