highest ppg season by a nba player with 40 years of age

LeBron James has the most points per game by a 40-year-old player in a season, with 24.4 per game in 2024-25.

Interpreted as:
highest ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games season by a NBA player with 40 years of age
NAMEPPGAgeSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
24.4
40
2024-25
70
34.9
7.8
8.2
1.0
0.6
9.3
18.1
51.3
2.1
5.7
37.6
3.7
4.7
78.2
60.4
1.0
6.8
3.7
2,444
1,710
546
575
70
39
260
99
-54
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
14.6
40
1987-88
80
28.9
6.0
1.7
0.6
1.2
6.0
11.3
53.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.6
3.4
76.2
57.0
1.5
4.5
2.0
2,308
1,165
478
135
48
92
159
216
3Robert Parish
R. Parish
11.7
40
1993-94
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
4John Stockton
J. Stockton
10.8
40
2002-03
82
27.7
2.5
7.7
1.7
0.2
3.8
7.8
48.3
0.4
1.0
36.3
2.9
3.5
82.6
57.7
0.6
1.8
2.2
2,275
884
201
629
137
16
182
184
+241
5Manu Ginobili
M. Ginobili
8.9
40
2017-18
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
6Vince Carter
V. Carter
8.0
40
2016-17
73
24.7
3.1
1.8
0.8
0.5
2.6
6.7
39.4
1.5
4.1
37.8
1.2
1.6
76.5
54.2
0.5
2.6
0.7
1,800
586
227
133
60
36
50
163
+158
7Kevin Willis
K. Willis
4.2
40
2002-03
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
8Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
3.1
40
2006-07
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

More Lakers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

34.1

Dončić

Luka Dončić

RPG

9.0

Ayton

Deandre Ayton

APG

8.8

Dončić

Luka Dončić
Team Rankings

ORTG

119.0

7th

DRTG

117.8

22nd

NETRTG

1.2

14th

3P%

34.5

23rd

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
2
20
7
.741
4.5
3
20
7
.741
4.5
4
Lakers Lakers
19
8
.704
5.5
5
17
8
.680
6.5
6
18
10
.643
7.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
12/23
@
9:00 PM
Thu
12/25
@
8:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
9:30 PM
Tue
12/30
@
10:30 PM
Fri
1/2
@
10:30 PM
Last Game
LAL Lakers

19 - 8

88

Final

103

LAC Clippers

7 - 21

Sat 20 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
22
6
.786
2
19
8
.704
2.5
3
17
11
.607
5.0
4
16
11
.593
5.5
5
17
12
.586
5.5
6
16
12
.571
6.0
7
15
13
.536
7.0
8
15
14
.517
7.5
9
15
14
.517
7.5
10
12
15
.444
9.5
11
11
17
.393
11.0
12
9
19
.321
13.0
13
7
19
.269
14.0
14
6
22
.214
16.0
15
5
21
.192
16.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
25
3
.893
2
20
7
.741
4.5
3
20
7
.741
4.5
4
19
8
.704
5.5
5
17
8
.680
6.5
6
18
10
.643
7.0
7
15
13
.536
10.0
8
14
15
.483
11.5
9
13
15
.464
12.0
10
12
16
.429
13.0
11
11
18
.379
14.5
12
10
17
.370
14.5
13
7
21
.250
18.0
14
7
22
.241
18.5
15
6
22
.214
19.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
11/18
@
125-118
Tue
11/18
@
99-113
Tue
11/18
@
109-120
Tue
11/18
@
113-111
Tue
11/18
@
122-121

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/21
@
3:30 PM
Sun
12/21
@
6:00 PM
Sun
12/21
@
6:00 PM
Sun
12/21
@
7:00 PM
Sun
12/21
@
7:00 PM