highest points in a game for 38 year old in nba history in regular and playoff lebron james

When he was 38 years old, LeBron James scored his most points in a regular-season or postseason game versus the Rockets on January 16, 2023, with 48 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	LeBron James L. James	48	38-017	1/16/2023	LAL	vs	HOU	36	8	9	0	0	16	26	61.5	5	10	50.0	11	12	91.7	76.7	1	7	0	1	+19
2	LeBron James L. James	47	38	12/30/2022	LAL	@	ATL	40	10	9	0	1	18	27	66.7	4	6	66.7	7	9	77.8	75.9	2	8	5	0	+12
3	LeBron James L. James	46	38-025	1/24/2023	LAL	vs	LAC	33	8	7	2	1	16	29	55.2	9	14	64.3	5	5	100.0	73.7	1	7	0	0	-14
4	LeBron James L. James	43	38-003	1/2/2023	LAL	@	CHA	40	11	6	1	0	16	26	61.5	0	5	0.0	11	15	73.3	66.0	0	11	3	1	+9
5	LeBron James L. James	41	38-029	1/28/2023	LAL	@	BOS	44	9	8	0	0	15	30	50.0	6	12	50.0	5	6	83.3	62.8	1	8	2	2	+1
6	LeBron James L. James	40	38-358	12/23/2023	LAL	@	OKC	37	7	7	2	2	13	20	65.0	5	5	100.0	9	9	100.0	83.5	2	5	3	0	+10
7	LeBron James L. James	40	38-143	5/22/2023	LAL	vs	DEN	48	10	9	2	0	15	25	60.0	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	71.2	2	8	1	1	-2
8	LeBron James L. James	38	38-039	2/7/2023	LAL	vs	OKC	34	7	3	3	0	13	20	65.0	4	6	66.7	8	10	80.0	77.9	0	7	4	3	+8
9	LeBron James L. James	37	38-324	11/19/2023	LAL	vs	HOU	40	6	8	3	0	14	19	73.7	2	5	40.0	7	9	77.8	80.6	1	5	2	0	+2
10	LeBron James L. James	37	38-095	4/4/2023	LAL	@	UTA	38	5	6	1	1	14	27	51.9	3	10	30.0	6	6	100.0	62.4	0	5	5	2	-7
11	LeBron James L. James	37	38-023	1/22/2023	LAL	@	POR	36	11	4	0	2	14	24	58.3	2	7	28.6	7	10	70.0	65.1	0	11	4	2	+17
12	LeBron James L. James	37	38-008	1/7/2023	LAL	@	SAC	38	8	7	1	0	14	28	50.0	1	6	16.7	8	9	88.9	57.9	1	7	4	2	+15
13	LeBron James L. James	36	38-100	4/9/2023	LAL	vs	UTA	33	6	6	1	1	13	25	52.0	8	14	57.1	2	2	100.0	69.6	1	5	2	0	+20
14	LeBron James L. James	35	38-322	11/17/2023	LAL	@	POR	35	5	9	2	0	13	22	59.1	5	9	55.6	4	6	66.7	71.0	0	5	3	3	+18
15	LeBron James L. James	35	38-306	11/1/2023	LAL	vs	LAC	42	12	7	1	2	13	19	68.4	4	8	50.0	5	10	50.0	74.8	0	12	4	3	+6
16	LeBron James L. James	35	38-016	1/15/2023	LAL	vs	PHI	35	8	10	1	1	15	23	65.2	1	5	20.0	4	5	80.0	69.4	0	8	3	1	+19
17	LeBron James L. James	33	38-347	12/12/2023	LAL	@	DAL	40	8	9	3	1	14	27	51.9	3	8	37.5	2	3	66.7	58.3	2	6	4	1	-4
18	LeBron James L. James	33	38-096	4/5/2023	LAL	@	LAC	35	8	7	1	1	13	20	65.0	4	6	66.7	3	5	60.0	74.3	0	8	6	0	-10
19	LeBron James L. James	32	38-315	11/10/2023	LAL	@	PHX	36	11	6	1	1	11	17	64.7	3	4	75.0	7	11	63.6	73.3	1	10	4	1	+2
20	LeBron James L. James	32	38-019	1/18/2023	LAL	vs	SAC	37	8	9	1	1	11	25	44.0	2	9	22.2	8	9	88.9	55.2	0	8	1	0	-16
21	LeBron James L. James	31	38-340	12/5/2023	LAL	vs	PHX	40	8	11	5	0	12	25	48.0	2	4	50.0	5	6	83.3	56.1	3	5	2	3	+12
22	LeBron James L. James	30	38-342	12/7/2023	LAL	vs	NOP	23	5	8	0	0	9	12	75.0	4	4	100.0	8	8	100.0	96.6	0	5	0	1	+36
23	LeBron James L. James	30	38-311	11/6/2023	LAL	@	MIA	37	4	3	1	3	13	23	56.5	0	4	0.0	4	4	100.0	60.6	0	4	5	4	+6
24	LeBron James L. James	30	38-133	5/12/2023	LAL	vs	GSW	43	9	9	2	1	10	14	71.4	2	3	66.7	8	11	72.7	79.6	0	9	2	2	+21
25	LeBron James L. James	28	38-320	11/15/2023	LAL	vs	SAC	35	10	12	4	1	9	15	60.0	3	7	42.9	7	8	87.5	75.6	2	8	6	1	0

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Tue 5/5	LAL	@	OKC	8:30 PM
Thu 5/7	LAL	@	OKC	9:30 PM
Sat 5/9	OKC	@	LAL	8:30 PM
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