highest points in a game for 36 year old in nba history in regular and playoff by active player

Stephen Curry has put up the most points by a 36-year-old active player in a regular-season or postseason game, with 56 points versus the Magic on February 27.

	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	Stephen Curry S. Curry	56	36-350	2/27/2025	GSW	@	ORL	34	4	3	2	0	16	25	64.0	12	19	63.2	12	12	100.0	92.5	0	4	4	0	+15
2	James Harden J. Harden	55	36-088	11/22/2025	LAC	@	CHA	35	3	7	1	0	17	26	65.4	10	16	62.5	11	14	78.6	85.5	1	2	2	1	+22
3	LeBron James L. James	46	36-026	1/25/2021	LAL	@	CLE	38	8	6	2	2	19	26	73.1	7	11	63.6	1	2	50.0	85.6	0	8	3	1	+11
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	43	36-083	12/21/2024	PHX	vs	DET	39	5	6	2	0	14	26	53.8	4	9	44.4	11	11	100.0	69.7	1	4	8	4	-9
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	42	36-173	3/21/2025	PHX	vs	CLE	39	6	8	0	1	17	29	58.6	4	9	44.4	4	4	100.0	68.3	0	6	3	1	+7
6	James Harden J. Harden	41	36-080	11/14/2025	LAC	@	DAL	51	14	11	1	2	13	25	52.0	6	12	50.0	9	11	81.8	68.7	2	12	3	3	+8
7	Chris Paul C. Paul	41	36-055	6/30/2021	PHX	@	LAC	35	4	8	3	0	16	24	66.7	7	8	87.5	2	3	66.7	81.0	1	3	0	2	+22
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	40	36-357	3/6/2025	GSW	@	BKN	36	4	4	0	0	12	20	60.0	7	13	53.8	9	9	100.0	83.5	2	2	5	3	-16
9	LeBron James L. James	39	36-360	12/25/2021	LAL	vs	BKN	40	9	7	3	1	14	25	56.0	3	9	33.3	8	9	88.9	67.3	1	8	3	2	+9
10	LeBron James L. James	39	36-329	11/24/2021	LAL	@	IND	43	5	6	1	2	13	29	44.8	5	12	41.7	8	9	88.9	59.2	0	5	2	2	-3
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	38	36-176	3/24/2025	PHX	vs	MIL	37	8	5	0	3	11	21	52.4	7	9	77.8	9	10	90.0	74.8	0	8	5	3	+4
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	38	36-333	2/10/2025	GSW	@	MIL	34	6	4	0	0	12	24	50.0	6	16	37.5	8	9	88.9	68.0	0	6	2	0	+8
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	38	36-286	12/25/2024	GSW	vs	LAL	36	1	6	0	0	14	24	58.3	8	15	53.3	2	2	100.0	76.4	0	1	4	3	-1
14	LeBron James L. James	38	36-062	3/2/2021	LAL	vs	PHX	38	5	6	2	1	16	24	66.7	3	8	37.5	3	5	60.0	72.5	0	5	3	1	+2
15	James Harden J. Harden	37	36-082	11/16/2025	LAC	@	BOS	38	7	8	1	0	9	22	40.9	5	11	45.5	14	15	93.3	64.7	1	6	3	3	-8
16	Kevin Durant K. Durant	37	36-136	2/12/2025	PHX	@	HOU	42	5	9	2	0	15	22	68.2	2	5	40.0	5	5	100.0	76.4	0	5	7	5	+5
17	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37	36-329	2/6/2025	GSW	@	LAL	37	7	4	1	1	13	35	37.1	6	20	30.0	5	5	100.0	49.7	2	5	4	3	-3
18	Kevin Durant K. Durant	37	36-081	12/19/2024	PHX	vs	IND	38	10	6	1	0	15	27	55.6	3	6	50.0	4	6	66.7	62.4	0	10	5	1	-12
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37	36-243	11/12/2024	GSW	vs	DAL	35	6	9	1	2	14	27	51.9	5	12	41.7	4	5	80.0	63.4	0	6	4	2	+24
20	LeBron James L. James	37	36-364	12/29/2021	LAL	@	MEM	38	13	7	2	2	13	25	52.0	8	14	57.1	3	3	100.0	70.3	2	11	5	1	0
21	Chris Paul C. Paul	37	36-038	6/13/2021	PHX	@	DEN	40	3	7	2	0	14	19	73.7	0	0		9	9	100.0	80.6	0	3	2	2	+1
22	LeBron James L. James	37	36-078	3/18/2021	LAL	vs	CHA	37	8	6	1	1	14	23	60.9	4	9	44.4	5	6	83.3	72.2	1	7	3	2	+7
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	36	36-111	1/18/2025	PHX	@	DET	38	7	5	2	3	13	27	48.1	2	8	25.0	8	12	66.7	55.8	0	7	2	2	+12
24	Stephen Curry S. Curry	36	36-241	11/10/2024	GSW	@	OKC	37	5	7	1	1	13	23	56.5	7	13	53.8	3	4	75.0	72.7	1	4	3	2	+21
25	LeBron James L. James	36	36-358	12/23/2021	LAL	vs	SAS	35	9	6	1	2	15	26	57.7	2	7	28.6	4	6	66.7	62.8	2	7	3	2	-23