LeBron James, Michael Jordan and Karl Malone are tied for the oldest with 20.0+ points per game in a season. They were 39 years old.

oldest nba player to average 20 points per game

Interpreted as:

oldest NBA player to average 20 or higher points per game in a regular season

NAME	AGE	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
LeBron James	39	25.7	2023-24	LAL	71	35.3	7.3	8.3	1.3	0.5	3.5	9.6	17.9	54.0	2.1	5.1	41.0	4.3	5.7	75.0	2,504	1,822	518	589	89	38	245	78	+220
Michael Jordan	39	20.0	2002-03	WAS	82	37.0	6.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	2.1	8.3	18.6	44.5	0.2	0.7	29.1	3.2	4.0	82.1	3,031	1,640	497	311	123	39	173	171	+6
Karl Malone	39	20.6	2002-03	UTA	81	36.2	7.8	4.7	1.7	0.4	2.6	7.3	15.9	46.2	0.0	0.2	21.4	5.9	7.7	76.3	2,936	1,667	628	379	136	31	210	204	+172
LeBron James	38	28.9	2022-23	LAL	55	35.5	8.3	6.8	0.9	0.6	3.2	11.1	22.2	50.0	2.2	6.9	32.1	4.6	5.9	76.8	1,954	1,590	457	375	50	32	178	88	+214
Michael Jordan	38	22.9	2001-02	WAS	60	34.9	5.7	5.2	1.4	0.4	2.7	9.2	22.1	41.6	0.2	0.9	18.9	4.4	5.6	79.0	2,093	1,375	339	310	85	26	162	119	+16
Karl Malone	38	22.4	2001-02	UTA	80	38.0	8.6	4.3	1.9	0.7	3.3	7.9	17.5	45.4	0.1	0.3	36.0	6.4	8.0	79.7	3,040	1,788	686	341	152	59	263	229	+50
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	38	23.4	1985-86	LAL	79	33.3	6.1	3.5	0.8	1.6	2.6	9.6	16.9	56.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	5.6	76.5	2,629	1,846	478	280	67	130	203	248
LeBron James	37	30.3	2021-22	LAL	56	37.2	8.2	6.2	1.3	1.1	3.5	11.4	21.8	52.4	2.9	8.0	35.9	4.5	6.0	75.6	2,084	1,695	459	349	73	59	196	121	-117
Karl Malone	37	23.2	2000-01	UTA	81	35.7	8.3	4.5	1.1	0.8	3.0	8.3	16.6	49.8	0.0	0.1	40.0	6.6	8.3	79.3	2,895	1,878	669	361	93	62	244	216	+381
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	37	22.0	1984-85	LAL	79	33.3	7.9	3.2	0.8	2.1	2.5	9.2	15.3	59.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	5.0	73.2	2,630	1,735	622	249	63	162	197	238
LeBron James	36	25.0	2020-21	LAL	45	33.4	7.7	7.8	1.1	0.6	3.7	9.4	18.3	51.3	2.3	6.3	36.5	4.0	5.7	69.8	1,504	1,126	346	350	48	25	168	70	+287
Kobe Bryant	36	22.3	2014-15	LAL	35	34.5	5.7	5.6	1.3	0.2	3.7	7.6	20.4	37.3	1.5	5.3	29.3	5.6	6.9	81.3	1,207	782	199	197	47	7	128	65	-295
Karl Malone	36	25.5	1999-00	UTA	82	35.9	9.5	3.7	1.0	0.9	2.8	9.2	18.0	50.9	0.0	0.1	25.0	7.2	9.0	79.7	2,947	2,095	779	304	79	71	231	229	+481
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	36	21.5	1983-84	LAL	80	32.8	7.3	2.6	0.7	1.8	2.8	9.0	15.5	57.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	4.9	72.3	2,622	1,717	587	211	55	143	221	211
Stephen Curry	35	26.4	2023-24	GSW	74	32.7	4.5	5.1	0.7	0.4	2.8	8.8	19.5	45.0	4.8	11.8	40.8	4.0	4.4	92.3	2,421	1,956	330	379	54	28	210	117	+189
Kevin Durant	35	27.1	2023-24	PHX	75	37.2	6.6	5.0	0.9	1.2	3.2	10.0	19.2	52.3	2.2	5.4	41.3	4.8	5.6	85.6	2,791	2,032	495	378	68	91	243	133	+290
LeBron James	35	25.3	2019-20	LAL	67	34.6	7.8	10.2	1.2	0.5	3.9	9.6	19.4	49.3	2.2	6.3	34.8	3.9	5.7	69.3	2,316	1,698	525	684	78	36	261	118	+441
Dirk Nowitzki	35	21.7	2013-14	DAL	80	32.9	6.2	2.7	0.9	0.6	1.5	7.9	15.9	49.7	1.6	4.1	39.8	4.2	4.7	89.9	2,628	1,735	498	216	73	45	117	165	+323
Karl Malone	35	23.8	1998-99	UTA	49	37.4	9.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	3.3	8.0	16.3	49.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7	9.8	78.8	1,832	1,164	463	201	62	28	162	134	+355
Patrick Ewing	35	20.8	1997-98	NYK	26	32.6	10.2	1.1	0.6	2.2	3.0	7.8	15.5	50.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.2	7.2	72.0	848	540	265	28	16	58	77	74	+84
Larry Bird	35	20.2	1991-92	BOS	45	36.9	9.6	6.8	0.9	0.7	2.8	7.8	16.8	46.6	1.2	2.8	40.6	3.3	3.6	92.6	1,662	908	434	306	42	33	125	82
Alex English	35	26.5	1988-89	DEN	82	36.5	4.0	4.7	0.8	0.1	2.4	11.3	22.9	49.1	0.0	0.1	25.0	4.0	4.6	85.8	2,990	2,175	326	383	66	12	198	174
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	35	21.8	1982-83	LAL	79	32.3	7.5	2.5	0.8	2.2	2.5	9.1	15.5	58.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	4.7	74.9	2,554	1,722	592	200	61	170	200	220
Jerry West	35	20.3	1973-74	LAL	31	31.2	3.7	6.6	2.6	0.7		7.5	16.7	44.7				5.3	6.4	83.3	967	629	116	206	81	23		80
Lenny Wilkens	35	20.5	1972-73	CLE	75	39.6	4.6	8.4				7.6	17.0	44.9				5.3	6.3	82.8	2,973	1,538	346	628				221