most field goals attempted in a game after turning 40

Dirk Nowitzki has the most attempted shots by a player 40 or older in a game, with 31 attempts against the Suns on April 9, 2019.

Interpreted as:

most field goals attempted in a regular-season game after turning 40 years old by a player

	NAME	FGA	Age	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	31	40-294	4/9/2019	DAL	vs	PHX	33	30	8	3	0	1	11	35.5	5	14	35.7	3	3	100.0	46.4	1	7	2	3	+11
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30	40-004	2/21/2003	WAS	vs	NJN	43	43	10	3	4	1	18	60.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	64.1	0	10	1	2	+9
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	27	40-013	3/2/2003	WAS	@	MIA	39	21	8	2	1	3	9	33.3	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	37.1	1	7	0	2	+1
4	LeBron James L. James	26	40-033	2/1/2025	LAL	@	NYK	37	33	11	12	0	0	14	53.8	3	8	37.5	2	4	50.0	59.4	0	11	5	3	+12
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	26	40-053	4/11/2003	WAS	@	MIA	40	25	2	4	2	0	11	42.3	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	45.8	1	1	1	2	+2
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	26	40-010	2/27/2003	WAS	vs	HOU	50	35	11	6	0	0	15	57.7	0	0		5	7	71.4	60.2	0	11	3	3	0
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	26	40-006	2/23/2003	WAS	vs	DAL	52	30	9	3	2	1	14	53.8	0	0		2	2	100.0	55.8	2	7	6	3	-1
8	LeBron James L. James	25	40-038	2/6/2025	LAL	vs	GSW	38	42	17	8	1	1	14	56.0	6	9	66.7	8	10	80.0	71.4	1	16	3	1	+7
9	LeBron James L. James	25	40-026	1/25/2025	LAL	@	GSW	35	25	5	12	1	0	12	48.0	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	48.3	1	4	3	0	+11
10	LeBron James L. James	25	40-003	1/2/2025	LAL	vs	POR	36	38	3	8	0	0	15	60.0	7	10	70.0	1	2	50.0	73.4	1	2	4	1	+4
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	25	40-029	3/18/2003	WAS	vs	DET	50	23	11	3	0	0	10	40.0	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	43.0	1	10	2	2	-2
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	25	40-008	2/25/2003	WAS	@	IND	41	25	6	3	1	0	11	44.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	46.7	0	6	1	2	+13
13	LeBron James L. James	24	40-052	2/20/2025	LAL	@	POR	36	40	8	4	2	1	14	58.3	4	8	50.0	8	8	100.0	72.7	0	8	11	2	+8
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	24	40-018	3/7/2003	WAS	vs	MIL	43	27	9	3	2	0	11	45.8	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	50.7	0	9	1	2	+7
15	LeBron James L. James	23	40-068	3/8/2025	LAL	@	BOS	35	22	14	9	0	0	11	47.8	0	6	0.0	0	3	0.0	45.2	2	12	1	3	-11
16	LeBron James L. James	23	40-066	3/6/2025	LAL	vs	NYK	44	31	12	8	0	1	11	47.8	2	8	25.0	7	8	87.5	58.4	1	11	1	3	+4
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	23	40-045	4/3/2003	WAS	@	ATL	43	22	14	7	2	0	10	43.5	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	46.1	1	13	0	2	-3
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	23	40-041	3/30/2003	WAS	@	DEN	37	19	5	2	1	0	9	39.1	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	39.8	1	4	5	1	-20
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	23	40-034	3/23/2003	WAS	@	GSW	42	24	5	4	2	0	11	47.8	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	51.2	0	5	3	2	-5
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	23	40-002	2/19/2003	WAS	@	NOH	39	20	6	2	0	2	8	34.8	0	0		4	6	66.7	39.0	3	3	3	0	-21
21	LeBron James L. James	22	40-051	2/19/2025	LAL	vs	CHA	38	26	7	11	1	2	10	45.5	4	11	36.4	2	2	100.0	56.8	1	6	2	0	-4
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	22	40-056	4/14/2003	WAS	vs	NYK	37	21	8	1	1	0	9	40.9	0	3	0.0	3	3	100.0	45.0	1	7	2	1	-11
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	22	40-048	4/6/2003	WAS	@	BOS	47	25	13	7	2	0	10	45.5	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	52.6	2	11	2	3	-9
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	22	40-037	3/26/2003	WAS	@	SEA	44	26	10	4	2	1	12	54.5	0	0		2	3	66.7	55.7	1	9	4	3	+5
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	22	40-020	3/9/2003	WAS	@	NYK	43	39	8	1	1	0	13	59.1	0	0		13	15	86.7	68.2	1	7	3	3	+7