highest points in a game for 38 year old in nba history in regular and playoff karl malone

When he was 38 years old, Karl Malone scored his most points in a regular-season or postseason game against the Warriors on December 8, 2001, with 39 points.

	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	Karl Malone K. Malone	39	38-137	12/8/2001	UTA	vs	GSW	40	7	5	1	4	14	27	51.9	0	0		11	12	91.7	60.4	3	4	1	5	+16
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	37	38-181	1/21/2002	UTA	@	GSW	43	11	0	3	1	10	23	43.5	1	2	50.0	16	19	84.2	59.0	3	8	3	5	+1
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	35	38-209	2/18/2002	UTA	@	CLE	40	8	7	3	1	11	24	45.8	0	0		13	16	81.3	56.4	1	7	4	3	+4
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	34	38-203	2/12/2002	UTA	@	IND	41	14	6	5	2	11	23	47.8	0	0		12	16	75.0	56.6	2	12	5	2	+18
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	34	38-120	11/21/2001	UTA	vs	NJN	45	12	4	3	0	13	25	52.0	0	2	0.0	8	12	66.7	56.1	2	10	5	4	+4
6	Karl Malone K. Malone	32	38-165	1/5/2002	UTA	@	CHI	46	6	6	3	1	10	23	43.5	1	2	50.0	11	14	78.6	54.9	2	4	4	2	+11
7	Karl Malone K. Malone	31	38-195	2/4/2002	UTA	@	HOU	41	13	6	3	0	13	26	50.0	0	0		5	5	100.0	55.0	4	9	2	5	-7
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	31	38-151	12/22/2001	UTA	@	NJN	41	8	4	3	0	9	23	39.1	0	0		13	16	81.3	51.6	3	5	3	0	+4
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	31	38-144	12/15/2001	UTA	@	SAS	33	8	1	2	0	12	24	50.0	0	0		7	7	100.0	57.2	1	7	3	2	-18
10	Karl Malone K. Malone	30	38-177	1/17/2002	UTA	@	SAS	45	14	6	1	0	11	17	64.7	1	1	100.0	7	10	70.0	70.1	3	11	3	3	-1
11	Karl Malone K. Malone	30	38-170	1/10/2002	UTA	vs	HOU	38	10	6	2	0	11	23	47.8	0	1	0.0	8	10	80.0	54.7	3	7	1	2	+5
12	Karl Malone K. Malone	30	38-139	12/10/2001	UTA	vs	DAL	42	12	5	0	0	9	17	52.9	0	0		12	16	75.0	62.4	1	11	1	3	+16
13	Karl Malone K. Malone	30	38-116	11/17/2001	UTA	@	MIL	44	10	2	2	0	13	25	52.0	1	2	50.0	3	4	75.0	56.1	2	8	3	2	0
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	30	38-115	11/16/2001	UTA	@	WAS	42	12	4	3	1	10	21	47.6	0	0		10	11	90.9	58.0	2	10	2	4	+10
15	Karl Malone K. Malone	29	38-136	12/7/2001	UTA	@	LAC	37	8	7	0	0	10	16	62.5	0	0		9	10	90.0	71.1	2	6	1	4	+18
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	29	38-111	11/12/2001	UTA	vs	ORL	39	9	4	2	1	10	23	43.5	0	0		9	12	75.0	51.3	3	6	3	2	+7
17	Karl Malone K. Malone	28	38-179	1/19/2002	UTA	@	DAL	40	7	5	2	1	10	19	52.6	0	0		8	9	88.9	61.0	2	5	2	5	-4
18	Karl Malone K. Malone	28	38-148	12/19/2001	UTA	@	ORL	40	9	3	3	0	11	25	44.0	0	1	0.0	6	7	85.7	49.9	2	7	4	3	-1
19	Karl Malone K. Malone	28	38-102	11/3/2001	UTA	@	SEA	40	11	5	4	0	9	21	42.9	0	0		10	13	76.9	52.4	1	10	7	3	+15
20	Karl Malone K. Malone	27	38-236	3/17/2002	UTA	@	MIN	42	12	3	1	3	9	15	60.0	0	0		9	11	81.8	68.0	1	11	4	3	+11
21	Karl Malone K. Malone	27	38-208	2/17/2002	UTA	@	NYK	42	16	6	1	2	10	23	43.5	1	1	100.0	6	12	50.0	47.7	3	13	6	3	+9
22	Karl Malone K. Malone	27	38-125	11/26/2001	UTA	vs	PHX	48	10	6	2	1	10	28	35.7	0	0		7	12	58.3	40.6	2	8	3	3	0
23	Karl Malone K. Malone	27	38-106	11/7/2001	UTA	vs	ATL	39	9	3	2	2	10	23	43.5	1	1	100.0	6	7	85.7	51.8	3	6	6	3	+7
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	26	38-261	4/11/2002	UTA	@	PHX	35	7	5	1	0	12	27	44.4	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	46.6	2	5	1	4	-3
25	Karl Malone K. Malone	26	38-205	2/14/2002	UTA	@	PHI	41	13	7	0	2	10	21	47.6	0	0		6	8	75.0	53.0	4	9	2	2	+7