most points in one single nba game 34 years old player

Karl Malone has dropped the most points by a 34-year-old player in a game, with 56 points versus the Warriors on April 7, 1998.

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most points in one single NBA regular-season game 34 years old player

	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	Karl Malone K. Malone	56	34-257	4/7/1998	UTA	@	GSW	42	9	2	1	4	18	29	62.1	1	1	100.0	19	23	82.6	71.6	2	7	3	2	+1
2	Bernard King B. King	52	34-025	12/29/1990	WAS	vs	DEN	39	8	6	1	0	20	35	57.1	0	0		12	14	85.7	63.2	3	5	4	3
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	50	34-247	11/16/2022	GSW	@	PHX	36	9	6	0	1	17	28	60.7	7	11	63.6	9	9	100.0	78.2	0	9	3	2	-14
4	Bernard King B. King	50	34-092	3/6/1991	WAS	vs	UTA	48	6	2	4	0	18	31	58.1	0	2	0.0	14	16	87.5	65.7	3	3	4	2
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	34-277	11/21/1997	CHI	@	LAC	52	5	5	1	1	18	38	47.4	0	2	0.0	13	19	68.4	52.8	2	3	4	3	+15
6	Bernard King B. King	49	34-058	1/31/1991	WAS	@	NYK	43	11	5	1	0	20	35	57.1	0	0		9	10	90.0	62.2	3	8	3	3
7	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	48	34-009	1/30/1997	HOU	vs	DEN	43	10	3	0	2	24	40	60.0	0	0		0	0		60.0	3	7	3	3	-1
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	47	34-238	11/7/2022	GSW	vs	SAC	38	8	8	0	0	17	24	70.8	7	12	58.3	6	7	85.7	86.8	0	8	0	2	+20
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	47	34	3/14/2022	GSW	vs	WAS	35	6	6	1	0	16	25	64.0	7	14	50.0	8	8	100.0	82.4	0	6	2	1	+17
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	47	34-230	4/10/2013	LAL	@	POR	48	8	5	3	4	14	27	51.9	1	5	20.0	18	18	100.0	67.3	0	8	1	4	+7
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	47	34-313	12/27/1997	CHI	vs	ATL	36	4	2	3	1	18	26	69.2	0	0		11	13	84.6	74.1	2	2	4	2	+11
12	Bernard King B. King	47	34-065	2/7/1991	WAS	vs	NJN	40	8	7	2	0	19	35	54.3	0	0		9	11	81.8	59.0	3	5	6	5
13	CJ McCollum	46	34-067	11/25/2025	WAS	vs	ATL	37	5	4	1	0	17	25	68.0	10	13	76.9	2	4	50.0	85.9	0	5	2	1	+19
14	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	46	34-219	3/13/2024	CHI	@	IND	44	9	3	2	1	15	24	62.5	1	6	16.7	15	17	88.2	73.1	0	9	2	1	+18
15	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	46	34-188	1/10/2015	CHI	vs	MIL	39	18	3	1	0	17	30	56.7	0	0		12	13	92.3	64.4	8	10	3	3	+5
16	Bernard King B. King	46	34-030	1/3/1991	WAS	vs	CHA	36	6	1	4	0	17	24	70.8	0	1	0.0	12	15	80.0	75.2	2	4	5	2
17	Bernard King B. King	46	34-018	12/22/1990	WAS	@	CLE	42	6	6	0	1	20	30	66.7	0	0		6	6	100.0	70.5	4	2	1	3
18	Kevin Durant K. Durant	45	34-060	11/28/2022	BKN	vs	ORL	39	7	5	2	2	19	24	79.2	3	5	60.0	4	4	100.0	87.3	1	6	6	4	+11
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	34-335	1/18/1998	CHI	vs	HOU	41	3	3	3	1	16	29	55.2	2	2	100.0	11	12	91.7	65.6	0	3	4	2	+9
20	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	45	34-067	3/29/1997	HOU	vs	DEN	39	11	4	0	2	14	24	58.3	1	1	100.0	16	17	94.1	71.5	1	10	2	5	+22
21	Bernard King B. King	45	34-037	1/10/1991	WAS	vs	LAC	39	5	4	2	1	18	30	60.0	2	3	66.7	7	9	77.8	66.3	1	4	4	2
22	Kevin Durant K. Durant	44	34-097	1/4/2023	BKN	@	CHI	38	4	5	1	2	15	22	68.2	5	10	50.0	9	9	100.0	84.7	0	4	3	2	-3
23	Karl Malone K. Malone	44	34-264	4/14/1998	UTA	vs	MIN	36	14	6	0	2	14	28	50.0	0	0		16	19	84.2	60.5	2	12	5	5	+19
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	34-326	1/9/1998	CHI	@	NYK	41	4	2	3	1	17	33	51.5	1	4	25.0	9	10	90.0	58.8	1	3	1	3	+6
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	34-319	1/2/1998	CHI	vs	MIL	43	5	1	2	0	15	22	68.2	1	1	100.0	13	15	86.7	76.9	1	4	0	1	+15