most points in a game by an 18 year old nba

LeBron James has posted the most points by an 18-year-old player in a game, with 37 points versus the Celtics on December 13, 2003.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game by an 18 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	LeBron James L. James	37	18-348	12/13/2003	CLE	vs	BOS	45	3	4	0	0	10	20	50.0	1	5	20.0	16	18	88.9	66.3	1	2	2	2	-2
2	LeBron James L. James	36	18-354	12/19/2003	CLE	@	PHI	42	4	5	4	0	14	24	58.3	5	7	71.4	3	3	100.0	71.1	1	3	4	1	+9
3	LeBron James L. James	34	18-360	12/25/2003	CLE	@	ORL	47	2	6	2	1	13	28	46.4	4	10	40.0	4	5	80.0	56.3	1	1	8	0	-9
4	LeBron James L. James	33	18-334	11/29/2003	CLE	vs	MEM	55	16	7	1	1	14	28	50.0	3	6	50.0	2	3	66.7	56.3	2	14	8	1	-10
5	LeBron James L. James	32	18-363	12/28/2003	CLE	vs	POR	39	10	9	3	0	15	23	65.2	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	67.0	3	7	5	1	+11
6	LeBron James L. James	32	18-355	12/20/2003	CLE	@	CHI	42	6	10	2	2	11	22	50.0	0	5	0.0	10	12	83.3	58.7	1	5	4	2	+9
7	LeBron James L. James	28	18-324	11/19/2003	CLE	@	WAS	40	7	8	2	1	10	18	55.6	2	4	50.0	6	8	75.0	65.1	2	5	4	2	-5
8	LeBron James L. James	27	18-350	12/15/2003	CLE	@	IND	44	4	6	3	3	10	16	62.5	0	3	0.0	7	8	87.5	69.2	1	3	6	1	-12
9	LeBron James L. James	25	18-303	10/29/2003	CLE	@	SAC	42	6	9	4	0	12	20	60.0	0	2	0.0	1	3	33.3	58.6	2	4	2	3	-9
10	Dwight Howard D. Howard	24	18-354	11/26/2004	ORL	@	ATL	42	9	2	2	0	8	11	72.7	0	0		8	12	66.7	73.7	3	6	4	2	+12
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	24	18-228	4/8/1997	LAL	@	GSW	25	2	3	1	0	9	11	81.8	2	3	66.7	4	7	57.1	85.2	1	1	5	3	+23
12	Dwight Howard D. Howard	23	18-364	12/6/2004	ORL	@	DEN	42	10	4	4	0	7	12	58.3	0	0		9	15	60.0	61.8	4	6	4	0	-4
13	LeBron James L. James	23	18-346	12/11/2003	CLE	vs	DET	43	3	9	1	1	8	21	38.1	1	3	33.3	6	8	75.0	46.9	1	2	4	3	+9
14	LeBron James L. James	23	18-312	11/7/2003	CLE	@	IND	44	5	3	0	0	8	18	44.4	1	2	50.0	6	7	85.7	54.6	0	5	7	2	-7
15	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	22	18-309	10/26/2025	DAL	vs	TOR	29	4	4	0	1	8	14	57.1	2	6	33.3	4	4	100.0	69.8	0	4	0	5	+5
16	LeBron James L. James	22	18-358	12/23/2003	CLE	vs	NOH	39	6	2	6	1	7	22	31.8	1	6	16.7	7	8	87.5	43.1	2	4	5	1	+9
17	LeBron James L. James	22	18-320	11/15/2003	CLE	vs	PHI	47	5	8	1	2	10	19	52.6	0	1	0.0	2	4	50.0	53.0	0	5	5	2	+8
18	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	22	18-265	2/13/1998	TOR	@	NJN	37	8	1	1	1	7	16	43.8	0	0		8	10	80.0	53.9	3	5	1	1	-9
19	LeBron James L. James	21	18-304	10/30/2003	CLE	@	PHX	41	12	8	1	0	8	17	47.1	1	5	20.0	4	7	57.1	52.3	2	10	7	1	-3
20	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	21	18-148	1/18/1997	LAL	vs	DET	32	2	5	1	0	8	13	61.5	3	5	60.0	2	2	100.0	75.6	0	2	4	1	-1
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	21	18-133	1/3/1997	LAL	vs	SAC	22	5	1	2	2	6	10	60.0	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	72.9	2	3	0	1	+10
22	Tracy McGrady T. McGrady	20	18-323	4/12/1998	TOR	vs	NJN	35	7	6	3	1	9	13	69.2	0	0		2	2	100.0	72.0	4	3	3	2	-15
23	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	20	18-216	3/27/1997	LAL	@	VAN	43	8	4	3	0	6	16	37.5	1	5	20.0	7	7	100.0	52.4	4	4	3	3	+14
24	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	20	18-101	1/22/1997	POR	@	SEA	25	6	0	0	2	8	10	80.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	85.0	2	4	1	4	+19
25	Bill Willoughby B. Willoughby	20	18-326	4/10/1976	ATL	vs	PHI	42	18	4	2	3	7	14	50.0				6	11	54.5	53.1				2