Michael Jordan has played the most minutes by a 39-year-old player in a game, with 53 minutes on the court against the Pacers on January 4, 2003.

Interpreted as:

most minutes by a player 39 age in a regular-season game

	NAME	MIN	AGE	DATE	TM		OPP	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	53	39-321	1/4/2003	WAS	vs	IND	41	12	4	3	0	14	26	53.8	3	4	75.0	10	12	83.3	65.5	3	9	2	2	+15
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	48	39-180	1/20/2003	UTA	vs	NJN	24	11	5	0	3	8	21	38.1	0	0		8	12	66.7	45.7	4	7	1	4	+9
3	LeBron James L. James	48	39-028	1/27/2024	LAL	@	GSW	36	20	12	0	0	14	25	56.0	2	4	50.0	6	6	100.0	65.1	1	19	3	2	-6
4	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	45	39-024	4/16/2012	DAL	@	UTA	10	5	6	4	0	3	8	37.5	3	8	37.5	1	2	50.0	56.3	1	4	2	4	-1
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	45	39-254	4/4/2003	UTA	vs	NYK	23	11	8	0	0	9	20	45.0	0	0		5	7	71.4	49.8	1	10	1	2	+1
6	Karl Malone K. Malone	45	39-202	2/11/2003	UTA	@	HOU	33	5	9	3	0	13	23	56.5	0	0		7	8	87.5	62.2	1	4	2	3	+1
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	39-349	2/1/2003	WAS	vs	NOH	45	3	6	1	1	18	33	54.5	0	0		9	10	90.0	60.2	1	2	2	5	+14
8	LeBron James L. James	43	39-342	12/6/2024	LAL	@	ATL	39	10	11	2	3	14	25	56.0	6	11	54.5	5	6	83.3	70.5	0	10	4	3	+3
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	43	39-251	4/1/2003	UTA	@	LAC	25	6	4	2	0	9	19	47.4	0	0		7	8	87.5	55.5	0	6	4	0	+8
10	Karl Malone K. Malone	43	39-226	3/7/2003	UTA	vs	SAC	25	8	6	2	0	11	22	50.0	0	0		3	3	100.0	53.6	2	6	2	4	-4
11	Karl Malone K. Malone	43	39-215	2/24/2003	UTA	@	MEM	22	5	5	3	1	9	16	56.3	0	1	0.0	4	6	66.7	59.0	1	4	1	1	-11
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43	39-352	2/4/2003	WAS	vs	CLE	27	4	8	4	1	13	26	50.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	51.1	0	4	2	3	+8
13	Karl Malone K. Malone	43	39-182	1/22/2003	UTA	vs	LAC	23	8	4	0	0	10	19	52.6	0	1	0.0	3	5	60.0	54.2	2	6	3	3	-3
14	Karl Malone K. Malone	43	39-176	1/16/2003	UTA	vs	SEA	34	9	2	5	0	14	23	60.9	1	1	100.0	5	8	62.5	64.1	4	5	6	2	+6
15	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	43	39-286	1/27/1987	LAL	vs	POR	20	10	5	1	1	9	12	75.0	0	0		2	3	66.7	75.1	3	7	4	3
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	42	39-231	3/12/2003	UTA	@	ORL	40	9	7	4	0	12	19	63.2	0	0		16	22	72.7	69.7	0	9	1	2	+2
17	Karl Malone K. Malone	42	39-208	2/17/2003	UTA	vs	MIN	28	9	6	1	0	10	14	71.4	0	0		8	9	88.9	78.0	0	9	3	3	+10
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	42	39-337	1/20/2003	WAS	vs	DEN	25	5	6	1	1	11	22	50.0	0	2	0.0	3	4	75.0	52.6	1	4	3	3	+15
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	42	39-335	1/18/2003	WAS	vs	PHI	25	8	7	5	1	10	25	40.0	0	3	0.0	5	6	83.3	45.2	2	6	2	4	-14
20	Karl Malone K. Malone	42	39-119	11/20/2002	UTA	@	DEN	21	10	5	0	0	7	12	58.3	0	0		7	11	63.6	62.4	2	8	5	3	+11
21	John Stockton J. Stockton	42	39-245	11/26/2001	UTA	vs	PHX	18	4	7	1	1	6	13	46.2	0	1	0.0	6	6	100.0	57.5	1	3	4	6	+5
22	John Stockton J. Stockton	42	39-218	10/30/2001	UTA	vs	MIL	18	3	14	3	0	8	15	53.3	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	56.7	3	0	7	0	-14
23	Reggie Miller R. Miller	41	39-109	12/11/2004	IND	vs	SAC	13	3	3	2	0	5	16	31.3	1	9	11.1	2	2	100.0	38.5	0	3	2	1	-1
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	41	39-238	3/19/2003	UTA	@	PHX	34	8	4	4	0	11	24	45.8	0	0		12	13	92.3	57.2	0	8	6	4	+16
25	Karl Malone K. Malone	41	39-224	3/5/2003	UTA	vs	SEA	23	10	1	1	0	8	21	38.1	0	0		7	8	87.5	46.9	2	8	1	2	+11