lebron james was the youngest player to score 40 points in a game

LeBron James was the youngest in a game with 40+ points versus the New Jersey Nets on March 27, 2004. He was 19 years and 88 days old.

Interpreted as:
LeBron James was the youngest player to score 40 or more points in a regular-season game
NAMEAgePTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
19-088
41
3/27/2004
vs
43
6
13
3
0
15
29
51.7
1
2
50.0
10
10
100.0
61.4
2
4
2
1
+10
2LeBron James
L. James
19-330
43
11/24/2004
vs
38
6
5
3
1
15
22
68.2
2
3
66.7
11
12
91.7
78.8
3
3
3
3
+12
3LeBron James
L. James
19-364
40
12/28/2004
@
46
9
7
1
0
13
25
52.0
3
5
60.0
11
14
78.6
64.2
1
8
1
2
+8
4LeBron James
L. James
20-080
56
3/20/2005
@
48
10
5
2
0
18
36
50.0
6
12
50.0
14
15
93.3
65.7
2
8
4
0
-7
5LeBron James
L. James
20-088
44
3/28/2005
@
53
6
3
4
0
16
29
55.2
3
10
30.0
9
11
81.8
65.0
2
4
10
3
+1
6LeBron James
L. James
20-100
40
4/9/2005
vs
47
10
10
2
1
15
26
57.7
7
13
53.8
3
3
100.0
73.2
1
9
3
2
+13
7LeBron James
L. James
20-345
52
12/10/2005
@
43
7
7
2
0
19
29
65.5
5
9
55.6
9
10
90.0
77.8
0
7
3
5
-3
8LeBron James
L. James
20-352
41
12/17/2005
vs
46
5
10
1
0
12
19
63.2
2
4
50.0
15
16
93.8
78.7
0
5
4
3
+9
9LeBron James
L. James
21-015
46
1/14/2006
@
44
7
8
1
0
18
28
64.3
5
8
62.5
5
5
100.0
76.2
0
7
1
1
-5
10LeBron James
L. James
21-022
51
1/21/2006
@
43
5
8
2
0
19
35
54.3
4
8
50.0
9
11
81.8
64.0
0
5
3
4
+19
11LeBron James
L. James
21-030
44
1/29/2006
vs
43
11
7
1
1
17
33
51.5
3
7
42.9
7
12
58.3
57.5
1
10
6
1
+5
12LeBron James
L. James
21-045
44
2/13/2006
vs
41
3
5
4
0
19
33
57.6
1
3
33.3
5
8
62.5
60.2
2
1
2
0
+12
13LeBron James
L. James
21-047
43
2/15/2006
@
54
12
11
2
4
16
32
50.0
0
5
0.0
11
15
73.3
55.7
1
11
2
5
+5
14LeBron James
L. James
21-072
47
3/12/2006
@
45
7
4
0
1
11
27
40.7
1
6
16.7
24
28
85.7
59.8
2
5
5
2
-7
15LeBron James
L. James
21-089
46
3/29/2006
vs
43
5
4
3
0
16
23
69.6
4
7
57.1
10
13
76.9
80.1
0
5
2
3
+16
16LeBron James
L. James
21-092
47
4/1/2006
vs
45
12
9
2
0
16
25
64.0
2
6
33.3
13
14
92.9
75.4
4
8
4
3
+13
17LeBron James
L. James
22-067
41
3/7/2007
@
51
7
8
3
1
17
31
54.8
1
3
33.3
6
8
75.0
59.4
2
5
4
4
+8
18LeBron James
L. James
22-307
45
11/2/2007
vs
44
7
7
3
1
13
28
46.4
3
5
60.0
16
22
72.7
59.7
3
4
3
1
+4
19LeBron James
L. James
22-321
40
11/16/2007
vs
40
10
9
0
3
13
27
48.1
1
3
33.3
13
15
86.7
59.5
2
8
5
3
+13
20LeBron James
L. James
22-326
45
11/21/2007
@
39
8
5
3
2
17
26
65.4
6
10
60.0
5
8
62.5
76.2
2
6
3
2
+14
21LeBron James
L. James
23-016
51
1/15/2008
@
47
8
9
3
1
18
28
64.3
6
12
50.0
9
16
56.3
72.8
3
5
4
1
+10
22LeBron James
L. James
23-028
41
1/27/2008
@
44
9
4
2
0
16
32
50.0
1
5
20.0
8
12
66.7
55.0
3
6
5
4
-3
23LeBron James
L. James
23-066
50
3/5/2008
@
44
8
10
4
0
16
30
53.3
7
13
53.8
11
16
68.8
67.5
1
7
2
3
+11
24LeBron James
L. James
23-073
42
3/12/2008
@
46
11
7
1
2
12
23
52.2
2
7
28.6
16
23
69.6
63.4
3
8
6
5
-4
25LeBron James
L. James
23-311
41
11/5/2008
vs
36
9
6
4
0
13
23
56.5
0
2
0.0
15
16
93.8
68.2
2
7
5
1
+22

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1/6
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7:00 PM
Thu
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Sat
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Mon
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23
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.676
6.5
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21
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.656
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19
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11.5
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17.5
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17.5
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