oldest nba center to score 40 points in a game

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest center in a game with 40+ points. He was 38 years and 334 days old versus the Rockets on March 16, 1986.

Interpreted as:

oldest NBA center to score 40 or more points in a regular-season game

	NAME	AGE	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38-334	43	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
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38-296	46	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
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38-292	40	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
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	37-295	40	2/5/1985	LAL	@	HOU	41	8	3	1	0	16	29	55.2	0	0		8	9	88.9	60.7	2	6	2	1
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	36-358	45	2/27/2009	PHX	vs	TOR	35	11	2	3	1	20	25	80.0	0	0		5	8	62.5	78.9	3	8	3	4	+17
6	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	34-316	41	2/26/1982	LAL	vs	PHI	49	19	3		5	17	27	63.0	0	0		7	11	63.6	64.4				2
7	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	34-188	46	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
8	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	34-137	41	1/5/1971	LAL		CIN	44	23				17	26	65.4				7	19	36.8	59.7				1
9	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	34-085	40	1/17/2025	CHI	vs	CHA	34	13	3	1	0	17	25	68.0	2	6	33.3	4	4	100.0	74.7	2	11	0	3	+5
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	34-067	45	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
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	34-009	48	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
12	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	34-004	41	1/25/1997	HOU	vs	UTA	46	15	6	2	2	14	29	48.3	1	1	100.0	12	14	85.7	58.3	3	12	7	0	-3
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	33-249	42	12/21/1980	LAL	vs	SAS	38	13	2	1	3	15	27	55.6	0	0		12	14	85.7	63.3	5	8	4	2
14	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	33-248	48	3/24/2019	SAS	@	BOS	37	13	6	0	1	20	31	64.5	1	1	100.0	7	8	87.5	69.5	3	10	3	5	+23
15	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	33-225	40	11/27/1980	LAL	@	GSW	38	11	4	1	1	15	22	68.2	0	0		10	14	71.4	71.0	3	8	4	3
16	Larry Foust L. Foust	33-202	40	1/12/1962	STL		NYK						13	16	81.3				14	16	87.5	86.8				5
17	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	33-175	56	1/10/2019	SAS	vs	OKC	49	9	4	0	4	20	33	60.6	0	0		16	16	100.0	69.9	4	5	5	2	+7
18	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	33-167	41	1/19/1996	NYK	@	SEA	45	16	2	3	2	18	28	64.3	0	0		5	7	71.4	66.0	4	12	4	4
19	Connie Dierking C. Dierking	33-143	45	2/22/1970	CIN	vs	PHI	46	15	1			14	22	63.6				17	21	81.0	72.0				6
20	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	33-140	40	12/23/1995	NYK	vs	TOR	41	9	2	0	3	15	19	78.9	0	0		10	14	71.4	79.5	2	7	3	1
21	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	33-126	40	1/25/1983	SAS	@	UTA	41	18	4	0	3	13	16	81.3	0	0		14	16	87.5	86.8	7	11	3	3
22	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	33-065	42	10/25/1969	LAL	@	SEA	44	23	6			19	31	61.3				4	10	40.0	59.3				1
23	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	33-062	46	3/23/1996	HOU	vs	MIN	44	19	8	3	3	16	23	69.6	0	0		14	18	77.8	74.4	7	12	6	3
24	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	33-062	43	10/22/1969	LAL	@	CIN	48	20	5			17	26	65.4				9	21	42.9	61.0				3
25	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	33-049	42	3/10/1996	HOU	@	VAN	43	18	3	2	3	16	26	61.5	0	1	0.0	10	11	90.9	68.1	4	14	1	2