Kobe Bryant has scored the most points by a player older than 26 in a game, with 81 points against the Raptors on January 22, 2006.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game over 26 years old

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	81	27-152	1/22/2006	LAL	vs	TOR	42	6	2	3	1	28	46	60.9	7	13	53.8	18	20	90.0	73.9	2	4	3	1	+25
2	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	71	32-226	2/26/2023	POR	vs	HOU	39	6	6	0	0	22	38	57.9	13	22	59.1	14	14	100.0	80.4	1	5	2	0	+21
3	David Robinson D. Robinson	71	28-261	4/24/1994	SAS	@	LAC	44	14	5	0	2	26	41	63.4	1	2	50.0	18	25	72.0	68.3	4	10	8	2
4	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
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	69	27-039	3/28/1990	CHI	@	CLE	50	18	6	4	1	23	37	62.2	2	6	33.3	21	23	91.3	73.2	7	11	2	5
6	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
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	68	31-117	12/16/1967	PHI	@	CHI	48	34	2			30	40	75.0				8	22	36.4	68.4				1
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	66	32-172	2/9/1969	LAL	vs	PHX	48	27	4			29	35	82.9				8	18	44.4	76.9				1
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	65	28-205	3/16/2007	LAL	vs	POR	50	7	3	3	0	23	39	59.0	8	12	66.7	11	12	91.7	73.4	1	6	2	3	+4
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	63	28-097	11/26/1964	SFW	@	PHI	48	32	3			27	58	46.6				9	20	45.0	47.2				2
15	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	63	27-083	12/8/1961	LAL	@	PHI		31	7			23	55	41.8				17	24	70.8	48.0				4
16	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	63	27-107	2/10/1949	PHI	vs	IND			0			27	56	48.2				9	14	64.3	50.7				3
17	Devin Booker D. Booker	62	27-088	1/26/2024	PHX	@	IND	38	5	4	1	2	22	37	59.5	6	12	50.0	12	13	92.3	72.6	0	5	4	2	+1
18	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	62	28-068	1/22/2024	MIN	vs	CHA	38	8	2	0	0	21	35	60.0	10	15	66.7	10	14	71.4	75.3	3	5	7	2	0
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	62	32-295	1/3/2021	GSW	vs	POR	36	5	4	0	0	18	31	58.1	8	16	50.0	18	19	94.7	78.8	1	4	5	0	+20
20	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
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	62	27-119	12/20/2005	LAL	vs	DAL	33	8	0	3	0	18	31	58.1	4	10	40.0	22	25	88.0	73.8	3	5	2	3	+35
22	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
23	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	62	28-086	11/15/1964	SFW	@	CIN	48	22	1			26	44	59.1				10	21	47.6	58.2				1
24	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	61	30-041	4/1/2025	DEN	vs	MIN	53	10	10	2	0	18	29	62.1	6	11	54.5	19	24	79.2	77.1	2	8	4	5	+2
25	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	61	27-211	3/29/2024	NYK	@	SAS	43	4	6	1	0	25	47	53.2	5	13	38.5	6	6	100.0	61.4	1	3	1	2	+20