most points scored by 38 year old in a game

Michael Jordan has put up the most points by a 38-year-old player in a game, with 51 points against the Hornets on December 29, 2001.

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most points by a player scored by 38 year old in a regular-season game

	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	51	38-315	12/29/2001	WAS	vs	CHA	38	7	4	3	0	21	38	55.3	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	60.1	2	5	4	3	+24
2	LeBron James L. James	48	38-017	1/16/2023	LAL	vs	HOU	36	8	9	0	0	16	26	61.5	5	10	50.0	11	12	91.7	76.7	1	7	0	1	+19
3	LeBron James L. James	47	38	12/30/2022	LAL	@	ATL	40	10	9	0	1	18	27	66.7	4	6	66.7	7	9	77.8	75.9	2	8	5	0	+12
4	LeBron James L. James	46	38-025	1/24/2023	LAL	vs	LAC	33	8	7	2	1	16	29	55.2	9	14	64.3	5	5	100.0	73.7	1	7	0	0	-14
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	46	38-296	2/6/1986	LAL	@	HOU	37	11	4	0	0	21	30	70.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	72.4	2	9	6	3
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	45	38-317	12/31/2001	WAS	vs	NJN	39	10	7	3	0	16	32	50.0	1	3	33.3	12	13	92.3	59.7	0	10	3	2	+26
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	44	38-272	11/16/2001	WAS	vs	UTA	41	7	3	1	0	17	33	51.5	1	2	50.0	9	11	81.8	58.1	3	4	0	0	-11
8	LeBron James L. James	43	38-003	1/2/2023	LAL	@	CHA	40	11	6	1	0	16	26	61.5	0	5	0.0	11	15	73.3	66.0	0	11	3	1	+9
9	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	43	38-334	3/16/1986	LAL	vs	HOU	40	7	3	2	1	16	24	66.7	0	0		11	16	68.8	69.3	3	4	4	4
10	LeBron James L. James	41	38-029	1/28/2023	LAL	@	BOS	44	9	8	0	0	15	30	50.0	6	12	50.0	5	6	83.3	62.8	1	8	2	2	+1
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	41	38-343	1/26/2002	WAS	vs	PHX	40	4	7	2	0	17	30	56.7	0	0		7	9	77.8	60.4	2	2	2	2	+18
12	LeBron James L. James	40	38-358	12/23/2023	LAL	@	OKC	37	7	7	2	2	13	20	65.0	5	5	100.0	9	9	100.0	83.5	2	5	3	0	+10
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40	38-341	1/24/2002	WAS	vs	CLE	40	8	2	2	0	18	29	62.1	0	0		4	7	57.1	62.3	1	7	0	2	+9
14	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	40	38-292	2/2/1986	LAL	vs	NYK	40	3	4	1	6	15	22	68.2	0	0		10	10	100.0	75.8	1	2	1	3
15	Karl Malone K. Malone	39	38-137	12/8/2001	UTA	vs	GSW	40	7	5	1	4	14	27	51.9	0	0		11	12	91.7	60.4	3	4	1	5	+16
16	LeBron James L. James	38	38-039	2/7/2023	LAL	vs	OKC	34	7	3	3	0	13	20	65.0	4	6	66.7	8	10	80.0	77.9	0	7	4	3	+8
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38	38-278	1/19/1986	LAL	@	DET	39	5	3	0	1	17	26	65.4	0	0		4	5	80.0	67.4	1	4	2	1
18	LeBron James L. James	37	38-324	11/19/2023	LAL	vs	HOU	40	6	8	3	0	14	19	73.7	2	5	40.0	7	9	77.8	80.6	1	5	2	0	+2
19	LeBron James L. James	37	38-095	4/4/2023	LAL	@	UTA	38	5	6	1	1	14	27	51.9	3	10	30.0	6	6	100.0	62.4	0	5	5	2	-7
20	LeBron James L. James	37	38-023	1/22/2023	LAL	@	POR	36	11	4	0	2	14	24	58.3	2	7	28.6	7	10	70.0	65.1	0	11	4	2	+17
21	LeBron James L. James	37	38-008	1/7/2023	LAL	@	SAC	38	8	7	1	0	14	28	50.0	1	6	16.7	8	9	88.9	57.9	1	7	4	2	+15
22	Karl Malone K. Malone	37	38-181	1/21/2002	UTA	@	GSW	43	11	0	3	1	10	23	43.5	1	2	50.0	16	19	84.2	59.0	3	8	3	5	+1
23	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	37	38-312	3/9/1998	HOU	@	UTA	42	3	2	2	0	13	18	72.2	4	7	57.1	7	7	100.0	87.8	0	3	3	2	-3
24	LeBron James L. James	36	38-100	4/9/2023	LAL	vs	UTA	33	6	6	1	1	13	25	52.0	8	14	57.1	2	2	100.0	69.6	1	5	2	0	+20
25	LeBron James L. James	35	38-322	11/17/2023	LAL	@	POR	35	5	9	2	0	13	22	59.1	5	9	55.6	4	6	66.7	71.0	0	5	3	3	+18

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