highest points in a game for 39 year old in nba history in regular and playoff karl malone

When he was 39 years old, Karl Malone put up his most points in a regular-season or postseason game versus the Magic on March 12, 2003, with 40 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	40	39-231	3/12/2003	UTA	@	ORL	42	9	7	4	0	12	19	63.2	0	0		16	22	72.7	69.7	0	9	1	2	+2
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	34	39-238	3/19/2003	UTA	@	PHX	41	8	4	4	0	11	24	45.8	0	0		12	13	92.3	57.2	0	8	6	4	+16
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	34	39-176	1/16/2003	UTA	vs	SEA	43	9	2	5	0	14	23	60.9	1	1	100.0	5	8	62.5	64.1	4	5	6	2	+6
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	33	39-202	2/11/2003	UTA	@	HOU	45	5	9	3	0	13	23	56.5	0	0		7	8	87.5	62.2	1	4	2	3	+1
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	33	39-164	1/4/2003	UTA	@	MIN	38	9	4	2	0	11	20	55.0	0	0		11	11	100.0	66.4	1	8	1	1	+8
6	Karl Malone K. Malone	31	39-196	2/5/2003	UTA	vs	MEM	39	6	8	4	2	14	21	66.7	0	0		3	4	75.0	68.1	3	3	2	4	+23
7	Karl Malone K. Malone	31	39-152	12/23/2002	UTA	@	HOU	41	9	6	2	0	14	26	53.8	0	0		3	4	75.0	55.8	3	6	1	3	-1
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	29	39-229	3/10/2003	UTA	@	MIA	39	13	5	1	0	10	22	45.5	0	0		9	11	81.8	54.0	1	12	4	4	+8
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	29	39-188	1/28/2003	UTA	@	SAC	41	10	6	1	0	12	20	60.0	0	0		5	7	71.4	62.8	2	8	0	4	+8
10	Karl Malone K. Malone	29	39-133	12/4/2002	UTA	vs	LAL	41	15	4	0	0	11	19	57.9	1	2	50.0	6	6	100.0	67.0	2	13	4	0	+14
11	Karl Malone K. Malone	28	39-208	2/17/2003	UTA	vs	MIN	42	9	6	1	0	10	14	71.4	0	0		8	9	88.9	78.0	0	9	3	3	+10
12	Karl Malone K. Malone	27	39-107	11/8/2002	UTA	vs	ATL	39	11	7	3	1	10	15	66.7	0	1	0.0	7	9	77.8	71.2	4	7	1	4	+22
13	Karl Malone K. Malone	26	39-192	2/1/2003	UTA	@	LAL	40	9	3	0	0	9	21	42.9	0	0		8	8	100.0	53.0	1	8	4	4	-5
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	26	39-191	1/31/2003	UTA	vs	GSW	40	12	6	1	1	10	17	58.8	0	0		6	8	75.0	63.4	3	9	4	0	+8
15	Karl Malone K. Malone	26	39-172	1/12/2003	UTA	@	PHX	37	7	3	0	2	11	18	61.1	0	0		4	5	80.0	64.4	1	6	2	5	-9
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	26	39-113	11/14/2002	UTA	@	WAS	40	6	3	1	1	9	20	45.0	0	0		8	9	88.9	54.3	1	5	2	1	-6
17	Karl Malone K. Malone	26	39-101	11/2/2002	UTA	vs	GSW	39	9	2	4	1	11	26	42.3	1	2	50.0	3	4	75.0	46.8	5	4	0	2	+5
18	Karl Malone K. Malone	25	39-269	4/19/2003	UTA	@	SAC	41	7	8	1	0	10	23	43.5	0	1	0.0	5	8	62.5	47.1	2	5	5	4	+3
19	Karl Malone K. Malone	25	39-251	4/1/2003	UTA	@	LAC	43	6	4	2	0	9	19	47.4	0	0		7	8	87.5	55.5	0	6	4	0	+8
20	Karl Malone K. Malone	25	39-226	3/7/2003	UTA	vs	SAC	43	8	6	2	0	11	22	50.0	0	0		3	3	100.0	53.6	2	6	2	4	-4
21	Karl Malone K. Malone	25	39-210	2/19/2003	UTA	vs	LAL	39	7	6	0	1	9	19	47.4	0	0		7	9	77.8	54.4	2	5	1	3	+4
22	Karl Malone K. Malone	24	39-278	4/28/2003	UTA	vs	SAC	44	8	3	1	1	6	12	50.0	0	0		12	14	85.7	66.1	3	5	4	4	-12
23	Karl Malone K. Malone	24	39-245	3/26/2003	UTA	vs	POR	34	6	7	1	0	9	17	52.9	0	0		6	6	100.0	61.1	1	5	3	3	+18
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	24	39-180	1/20/2003	UTA	vs	NJN	48	11	5	0	3	8	21	38.1	0	0		8	12	66.7	45.7	4	7	1	4	+9
25	Karl Malone K. Malone	24	39-168	1/8/2003	UTA	vs	PHX	35	7	2	2	0	8	17	47.1	0	1	0.0	8	10	80.0	56.1	1	6	3	1	-3