most points in a single game by a 40 year old

Michael Jordan has scored the most points by a 40-year-old player in a game, with 43 points versus the New Jersey Nets on February 21, 2003.

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most points by a player in a single regular-season game by a 40 year 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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43	40-004	2/21/2003	WAS	vs	NJN	43	10	3	4	1	18	30	60.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	64.1	0	10	1	2	+9
2	LeBron James L. James	42	40-038	2/6/2025	LAL	vs	GSW	38	17	8	1	1	14	25	56.0	6	9	66.7	8	10	80.0	71.4	1	16	3	1	+7
3	LeBron James L. James	40	40-052	2/20/2025	LAL	@	POR	36	8	4	2	1	14	24	58.3	4	8	50.0	8	8	100.0	72.7	0	8	11	2	+8
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39	40-020	3/9/2003	WAS	@	NYK	43	8	1	1	0	13	22	59.1	0	0		13	15	86.7	68.2	1	7	3	3	+7
5	LeBron James L. James	38	40-003	1/2/2025	LAL	vs	POR	36	3	8	0	0	15	25	60.0	7	10	70.0	1	2	50.0	73.4	1	2	4	1	+4
6	LeBron James L. James	36	40-355	12/20/2025	LAL	@	LAC	38	4	3	2	1	15	28	53.6	3	7	42.9	3	5	60.0	59.6	1	3	3	1	-6
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35	40-010	2/27/2003	WAS	vs	HOU	50	11	6	0	0	15	26	57.7	0	0		5	7	71.4	60.2	0	11	3	3	0
8	LeBron James L. James	34	40-064	3/4/2025	LAL	vs	NOP	33	8	6	1	2	10	18	55.6	5	10	50.0	9	9	100.0	77.4	1	7	4	1	+7
9	LeBron James L. James	33	40-094	4/3/2025	LAL	vs	GSW	40	5	9	1	1	10	15	66.7	5	8	62.5	8	9	88.9	87.0	1	4	4	2	-1
10	LeBron James L. James	33	40-059	2/27/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	37	17	6	1	1	11	21	52.4	4	9	44.4	7	10	70.0	65.0	5	12	4	1	+12
11	LeBron James L. James	33	40-033	2/1/2025	LAL	@	NYK	37	11	12	0	0	14	26	53.8	3	8	37.5	2	4	50.0	59.4	0	11	5	3	+12
12	LeBron James L. James	31	40-066	3/6/2025	LAL	vs	NYK	44	12	8	0	1	11	23	47.8	2	8	25.0	7	8	87.5	58.4	1	11	1	3	+4
13	LeBron James L. James	31	40-029	1/28/2025	LAL	@	PHI	33	8	9	1	0	10	16	62.5	1	4	25.0	10	11	90.9	74.4	1	7	8	1	-11
14	LeBron James L. James	30	40-004	1/3/2025	LAL	vs	ATL	30	3	8	0	0	13	20	65.0	2	5	40.0	2	2	100.0	71.8	0	3	3	3	+4
15	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	30	40-294	4/9/2019	DAL	vs	PHX	33	8	3	0	1	11	31	35.5	5	14	35.7	3	3	100.0	46.4	1	7	2	3	+11
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30	40-006	2/23/2003	WAS	vs	DAL	52	9	3	2	1	14	26	53.8	0	0		2	2	100.0	55.8	2	7	6	3	-1
17	LeBron James L. James	29	40-342	12/7/2025	LAL	@	PHI	34	7	6	1	1	12	17	70.6	4	6	66.7	1	2	50.0	81.1	1	6	2	1	+1
18	LeBron James L. James	29	40-018	1/17/2025	LAL	vs	BKN	35	7	8	1	2	12	17	70.6	4	6	66.7	1	2	50.0	81.1	1	6	5	2	-11
19	LeBron James L. James	28	40-353	12/18/2025	LAL	@	UTA	33	7	10	1	0	8	17	47.1	0	5	0.0	12	13	92.3	61.6	1	6	2	1	-6
20	LeBron James L. James	28	40-099	4/8/2025	LAL	@	OKC	35	7	3	1	0	8	19	42.1	3	6	50.0	9	10	90.0	59.8	0	7	6	1	-23
21	LeBron James L. James	28	40-060	2/28/2025	LAL	vs	LAC	37	13	3	1	0	12	21	57.1	2	7	28.6	2	3	66.7	62.7	1	12	4	0	-1
22	LeBron James L. James	27	40-100	4/9/2025	LAL	@	DAL	36	7	3	1	0	11	20	55.0	0	4	0.0	5	6	83.3	59.6	2	5	2	2	+18
23	LeBron James L. James	27	40-095	4/4/2025	LAL	vs	NOP	33	0	8	2	0	9	17	52.9	2	7	28.6	7	8	87.5	65.8	0	0	1	1	+7
24	LeBron James L. James	27	40-057	2/25/2025	LAL	vs	DAL	37	12	3	1	0	11	17	64.7	2	4	50.0	3	4	75.0	72.0	3	9	6	2	-5
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	27	40-018	3/7/2003	WAS	vs	MIL	43	9	3	2	0	11	24	45.8	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	50.7	0	9	1	2	+7

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