Damian Lillard has put up the most points by a player older than 28 in a game, with 71 points versus the Rockets on February 26, 2023.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game over 28 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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	61	30-027	8/11/2020	POR	@	DAL	41	5	8	1	0	17	32	53.1	9	17	52.9	18	18	100.0	76.4	2	3	3	2	+8
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	61	30-163	2/2/2009	LAL	@	NYK	37	0	3	0	1	19	31	61.3	3	6	50.0	20	20	100.0	76.6	0	0	2	1	+19
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	60	35-326	2/3/2024	GSW	@	ATL	41	6	4	0	1	22	38	57.9	10	23	43.5	6	6	100.0	73.8	1	5	2	1	-1
21	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	60	32-194	1/25/2023	POR	vs	UTA	40	7	8	3	0	21	29	72.4	9	15	60.0	9	10	90.0	89.8	0	7	4	1	+11
22	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
23	James Harden J. Harden	60	30-096	11/30/2019	HOU	vs	ATL	31	3	8	3	1	16	24	66.7	8	14	57.1	20	23	87.0	87.9	0	3	5	3	+50
24	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
25	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	60	37-234	4/13/2016	LAL	vs	UTA	42	4	4	1	1	22	50	44.0	6	21	28.6	10	12	83.3	54.3	0	4	2	1	+7