LeBron James has the most career points per game by a 40-year-old player, with 24.6 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest points per game by a player 40 years old

	NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	24.6	45	34.7	7.6	7.8	1.1	0.5	9.4	17.9	52.4	2.2	5.6	38.6	3.7	4.8	78.0	61.6	1.0	6.5	3.5	1,560	1,106	341	349	50	23	158	67	+54
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	22.4	30	39.9	7.2	3.4	1.3	0.5	9.5	20.5	46.2	0.1	0.6	22.2	3.3	3.9	83.9	50.3	1.0	6.2	2.2	1,198	671	215	103	39	14	66	59	-40
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	14.5	78	29.1	6.0	1.7	0.6	1.2	6.0	11.3	52.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.4	75.2	56.7	1.5	4.5	2.0	2,271	1,129	467	132	47	91	157	212
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	13.2	42	32.7	8.7	3.9	1.2	0.5	4.6	9.5	48.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.4	74.7	55.5	1.5	7.3	2.5	1,373	554	367	163	50	20	103	116	+219
5	John Stockton J. Stockton	12.0	82	28.6	2.6	7.9	1.8	0.2	4.2	8.3	50.4	0.4	0.9	38.2	3.3	3.9	84.1	59.9	0.7	1.9	2.4	2,349	983	212	650	147	19	195	196	+269
6	Robert Parish R. Parish	11.7	74	26.9	7.3	1.1	0.6	1.3	4.8	9.8	49.1	0.0	0.0		2.1	2.8	74.0	53.0	1.9	5.4	1.5	1,987	866	542	82	42	96	108	190
7	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	8.9	65	20.0	2.2	2.5	0.7	0.2	3.1	7.1	43.4	1.0	3.0	33.3	1.7	2.0	84.0	55.3	0.3	1.9	1.6	1,299	576	142	163	43	16	105	126	+72
8	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	7.3	51	15.6	3.1	0.7	0.2	0.4	2.6	7.4	35.9	1.3	4.0	31.2	0.8	1.0	78.0	46.9	0.1	3.0	0.4	795	373	158	35	9	18	18	76	-67
9	Steve Nash S. Nash	6.9	8	19.1	2.4	6.0	0.5	0.1	2.6	5.3	50.0	0.3	1.1	22.2	1.4	1.5	91.7	58.2	0.3	2.1	2.1	153	55	19	48	4	1	17	7	-28
10	Andre Miller A. Miller	6.5	6	21.3	3.3	3.5	1.0	0.0	2.7	6.5	41.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.2	1.8	63.6	44.5	0.8	2.5	1.7	128	39	20	21	6	0	10	9	+31
11	Vince Carter V. Carter	6.3	62	21.2	2.4	1.6	0.9	0.6	2.1	5.5	39.1	1.3	3.2	39.6	0.8	1.0	78.7	53.4	0.4	2.0	0.6	1,315	392	151	98	53	37	39	119	+48
12	Udonis Haslem U. Haslem	5.5	2	13.1	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.5	71.4	0.5	0.5	100.0	0.0	0.0		78.6	0.5	4.0	0.5	26	11	9	0	0	0	1	3	-2
13	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	5.0	1	6.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	50.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		62.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	6	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	+4
14	Kevin Willis K. Willis	4.2	71	11.8	3.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	1.7	3.6	47.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	1.2	61.4	50.6	1.2	2.0	0.8	840	297	226	24	20	20	60	120	-116
15	John Long J. Long	4.0	32	11.6	1.3	0.7	0.3	0.1	1.4	3.7	39.3	0.4	1.1	35.3	0.8	0.9	89.3	49.9	0.2	1.1	0.8	370	129	40	21	9	2	24	28	-63
16	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	3.8	43	18.8	2.4	1.0	0.2	0.5	1.5	4.4	34.9	0.5	1.4	37.3	0.3	0.7	39.3	41.0	0.7	1.8	0.6	808	165	105	44	10	21	26	85	-220
17	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	3.6	14	25.5	4.6	2.6	1.5	0.1	1.3	3.7	34.6	1.1	3.3	32.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	48.6	0.6	4.0	0.6	358	51	65	37	21	2	9	29	+92
18	James Edwards J. Edwards	3.5	26	9.8	1.5	0.4	0.0	0.3	1.5	4.0	37.5	0.0	0.0		0.5	0.9	58.3	40.2	0.6	1.0	0.7	255	92	40	10	1	7	18	57
19	Jason Terry J. Terry	3.3	51	16.0	0.9	1.2	0.8	0.3	1.2	3.0	38.3	0.8	2.3	34.8	0.2	0.2	88.9	52.5	0.1	0.8	0.5	814	166	48	59	42	13	25	52	+19
20	Grant Hill G. Hill	3.2	29	15.1	1.7	0.9	0.4	0.2	1.3	3.4	38.8	0.1	0.4	27.3	0.5	0.8	58.3	42.8	0.2	1.5	0.9	437	93	49	26	11	7	25	39	+1
21	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	3.1	75	17.2	6.5	0.2	0.3	1.0	1.1	2.0	55.6	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.2	69.0	60.1	2.2	4.3	0.5	1,289	230	488	13	22	76	38	156	+101
22	Juwan Howard J. Howard	3.0	7	7.2	1.1	0.9	0.0	0.0	1.4	2.7	52.6	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.1	100.0	54.0	0.0	1.1	0.6	51	21	8	6	0	0	4	9	-13
23	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.6	13	14.4	1.8	3.6	0.8	0.0	1.0	3.2	31.0	0.5	2.0	26.9	0.1	0.2	50.0	39.6	0.5	1.4	1.1	187	34	24	47	10	0	14	18	-74
24	Kurt Thomas K. Thomas	2.5	39	10.1	2.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.2	2.1	54.2	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.2	0.3	46.2	54.7	0.6	1.7	0.2	392	97	89	21	10	16	8	52	-22
25	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	2.0	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5