highest points in a game for 29 year old in nba history by active player

Joel Embiid has put up the most points by a 29-year-old active player in a game, with 70 points versus the Spurs on January 22, 2024.

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highest points in a regular-season game for 29 year old in NBA history by active player

	NAME	PTS	AGE	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	70	29-312	1/22/2024	PHI	vs	SAS	37	18	5	1	1	24	41	58.5	1	2	50.0	21	23	91.3	68.5	9	9	1	2	+11
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	64	29-007	12/13/2023	MIL	vs	IND	37	14	3	4	1	20	28	71.4	0	3	0.0	24	32	75.0	76.0	3	11	4	1	+29
3	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	61	29-189	1/20/2020	POR	vs	GSW	45	10	7	1	0	17	37	45.9	11	20	55.0	16	16	100.0	69.3	0	10	2	1	+13
4	James Harden J. Harden	61	29-208	3/22/2019	HOU	vs	SAS	37	7	1	3	0	19	34	55.9	9	13	69.2	14	17	82.4	73.5	2	5	3	3	+18
5	James Harden J. Harden	61	29-150	1/23/2019	HOU	@	NYK	40	15	4	5	0	17	38	44.7	5	20	25.0	22	25	88.0	62.2	6	9	5	3	+19
6	LeBron James L. James	61	29-063	3/3/2014	MIA	vs	CHA	41	7	4	0	0	22	33	66.7	8	10	80.0	9	12	75.0	79.7	3	4	2	2	+16
7	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	60	29-357	3/15/2022	BKN	@	ORL	35	6	4	4	1	20	31	64.5	8	12	66.7	12	13	92.3	81.7	2	4	1	3	+36
8	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	60	29-116	11/8/2019	POR	vs	BKN	40	4	5	0	0	19	33	57.6	7	16	43.8	15	15	100.0	75.8	0	4	2	1	+4
9	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	59	29-343	11/13/2024	MIL	vs	DET	44	14	7	2	3	21	34	61.8	1	2	50.0	16	17	94.1	71.1	3	11	3	1	+7
10	James Harden J. Harden	58	29-186	2/28/2019	HOU	vs	MIA	44	7	10	4	1	16	32	50.0	8	18	44.4	18	18	100.0	72.6	2	5	4	1	+10
11	James Harden J. Harden	58	29-143	1/16/2019	HOU	vs	BKN	45	10	6	1	1	16	34	47.1	5	19	26.3	21	23	91.3	65.7	1	9	4	5	-8
12	James Harden J. Harden	57	29-206	3/20/2019	HOU	@	MEM	46	7	8	2	2	18	39	46.2	9	17	52.9	12	12	100.0	64.4	1	6	3	3	+11
13	James Harden J. Harden	57	29-141	1/14/2019	HOU	vs	MEM	34	9	2	2	1	17	33	51.5	6	15	40.0	17	18	94.4	69.6	2	7	5	4	+25
14	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	56	29-292	12/7/2024	DEN	@	WAS	39	16	8	1	0	22	39	56.4	3	6	50.0	9	13	69.2	62.6	7	9	5	5	-1
15	Anthony Davis A. Davis	55	29-268	12/4/2022	LAL	@	WAS	38	17	1	0	3	22	30	73.3	2	3	66.7	9	9	100.0	81.0	3	14	2	1	+17
16	James Harden J. Harden	54	29-092	11/26/2018	HOU	@	WAS	47	8	13	3	0	17	32	53.1	7	15	46.7	13	15	86.7	69.9	1	7	11	4	+7
17	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	52	29-019	4/4/2023	PHI	vs	BOS	39	13	6	0	2	20	25	80.0	0	1	0.0	12	13	92.3	84.6	2	11	3	3	+17
18	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	51	29-279	12/20/2023	PHI	vs	MIN	36	12	3	2	1	17	25	68.0	0	1	0.0	17	18	94.4	77.5	2	10	2	5	+4
19	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	51	29-201	2/1/2020	POR	vs	UTA	36	2	12	1	0	17	29	58.6	9	15	60.0	8	8	100.0	78.4	0	2	2	2	+17
20	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	50	29-265	12/6/2023	PHI	@	WAS	38	13	7	1	1	19	29	65.5	1	2	50.0	11	13	84.6	72.0	6	7	6	2	+8
21	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	50	29-350	3/8/2022	BKN	@	CHA	37	3	6	1	1	15	19	78.9	9	12	75.0	11	13	84.6	101.1	0	3	3	4	+14
22	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	50	29-195	1/26/2020	POR	vs	IND	38	6	13	1	0	14	23	60.9	8	12	66.7	14	16	87.5	83.2	0	6	1	0	+19
23	James Harden J. Harden	50	29-216	3/30/2019	HOU	vs	SAC	38	11	10	0	0	13	31	41.9	7	23	30.4	17	18	94.4	64.2	1	10	3	1	+17
24	James Harden J. Harden	50	29-109	12/13/2018	HOU	vs	LAL	35	10	11	2	0	14	26	53.8	4	12	33.3	18	19	94.7	72.8	2	8	6	4	+14
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	50	29-138	2/14/2018	GSW	@	POR	37	7	6	0	2	17	27	63.0	6	14	42.9	10	10	100.0	79.6	0	7	4	1	-6