most points in a game by a 29 year old nba

Joel Embiid has put up the most points by a 29-year-old player in a game, with 70 points against the Spurs on January 22, 2024.

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most points by a player in a regular-season game by a 29 year old NBA

	NAME	PTS	Age	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	70	29-312	1/22/2024	PHI	vs	SAS	37	18	5	1	1	24	41	58.5	1	2	50.0	21	23	91.3	68.5	9	9	1	2	+11
2	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	68	29-248	2/25/1977	NOJ	vs	NYK	43	6	6	3	2	26	43	60.5				16	19	84.2	66.2	1	5		6
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	65	29-170	2/7/1966	PHI	vs	LAL	47	29	2			28	43	65.1				9	20	45.0	62.7				3
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	64	29-007	12/13/2023	MIL	vs	IND	37	14	3	4	1	20	28	71.4	0	3	0.0	24	32	75.0	76.0	3	11	4	1	+29
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	64	29-334	1/16/1993	CHI	vs	ORL	47	6	1	5	0	27	49	55.1	1	5	20.0	9	11	81.8	59.4	4	2	2	5
6	Rick Barry R. Barry	64	29-363	3/26/1974	GSW	vs	POR	43	10	9	5	0	30	45	66.7				4	5	80.0	67.8	0	10		4
7	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	62	29-240	1/24/2014	NYK	vs	CHA	39	13	0	0	0	23	35	65.7	6	11	54.5	10	10	100.0	78.7	1	12	0	1	+34
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	62	29-194	3/3/1966	PHI	vs	SFW	48	37	3			26	39	66.7				10	19	52.6	65.5				2
9	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	61	29-189	1/20/2020	POR	vs	GSW	45	10	7	1	0	17	37	45.9	11	20	55.0	16	16	100.0	69.3	0	10	2	1	+13
10	James Harden J. Harden	61	29-208	3/22/2019	HOU	vs	SAS	37	7	1	3	0	19	34	55.9	9	13	69.2	14	17	82.4	73.5	2	5	3	3	+18
11	James Harden J. Harden	61	29-150	1/23/2019	HOU	@	NYK	40	15	4	5	0	17	38	44.7	5	20	25.0	22	25	88.0	62.2	6	9	5	3	+19
12	LeBron James L. James	61	29-063	3/3/2014	MIA	vs	CHA	41	7	4	0	0	22	33	66.7	8	10	80.0	9	12	75.0	79.7	3	4	2	2	+16
13	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	60	29-357	3/15/2022	BKN	@	ORL	35	6	4	4	1	20	31	64.5	8	12	66.7	12	13	92.3	81.7	2	4	1	3	+36
14	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	60	29-116	11/8/2019	POR	vs	BKN	40	4	5	0	0	19	33	57.6	7	16	43.8	15	15	100.0	75.8	0	4	2	1	+4
15	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	60	29-250	2/12/2005	PHI	vs	ORL	42	4	6	5	1	17	36	47.2	2	5	40.0	24	27	88.9	62.7	1	3	3	1	+27
16	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	59	29-343	11/13/2024	MIL	vs	DET	44	14	7	2	3	21	34	61.8	1	2	50.0	16	17	94.1	71.1	3	11	3	1	+7
17	James Harden J. Harden	58	29-186	2/28/2019	HOU	vs	MIA	44	7	10	4	1	16	32	50.0	8	18	44.4	18	18	100.0	72.6	2	5	4	1	+10
18	James Harden J. Harden	58	29-143	1/16/2019	HOU	vs	BKN	45	10	6	1	1	16	34	47.1	5	19	26.3	21	23	91.3	65.7	1	9	4	5	-8
19	James Harden J. Harden	57	29-206	3/20/2019	HOU	@	MEM	46	7	8	2	2	18	39	46.2	9	17	52.9	12	12	100.0	64.4	1	6	3	3	+11
20	James Harden J. Harden	57	29-141	1/14/2019	HOU	vs	MEM	34	9	2	2	1	17	33	51.5	6	15	40.0	17	18	94.4	69.6	2	7	5	4	+25
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	57	29-310	12/23/1992	CHI	vs	WAS	42	2	10	3	1	22	37	59.5	6	8	75.0	7	8	87.5	70.3	0	2	1	3
22	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	57	29-313	3/18/1978	HOU	vs	NJN	48	6	2	3	0	24	40	60.0				9	12	75.0	62.9				4
23	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	56	29-292	12/7/2024	DEN	@	WAS	39	16	8	1	0	22	39	56.4	3	6	50.0	9	13	69.2	62.6	7	9	5	5	-1
24	Anthony Davis A. Davis	55	29-268	12/4/2022	LAL	@	WAS	38	17	1	0	3	22	30	73.3	2	3	66.7	9	9	100.0	81.0	3	14	2	1	+17
25	James Harden J. Harden	54	29-092	11/26/2018	HOU	@	WAS	47	8	13	3	0	17	32	53.1	7	15	46.7	13	15	86.7	69.9	1	7	11	4	+7