oldest nba player to score exactly 36 pts in a game

LeBron James is the oldest in a game with exactly 36 points. He was 40 years and 355 days old versus the Clippers on December 20.

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oldest NBA player to score exactly 36 pts 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	LeBron James L. James	40-355	36	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
2	Reggie Miller R. Miller	39-176	36	2/16/2005	IND	vs	POR	32	0	1	0	0	10	17	58.8	4	10	40.0	12	12	100.0	80.8	0	0	2	1	+13
3	LeBron James L. James	39-028	36	1/27/2024	LAL	@	GSW	48	20	12	0	0	14	25	56.0	2	4	50.0	6	6	100.0	65.1	1	19	3	2	-6
4	LeBron James L. James	38-100	36	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
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	37-115	36	1/22/2026	HOU	@	PHI	44	7	3	0	1	13	21	61.9	5	8	62.5	5	6	83.3	76.1	0	7	8	2	-15
6	LeBron James L. James	37-078	36	3/18/2022	LAL	@	TOR	45	9	7	0	2	15	26	57.7	2	7	28.6	4	7	57.1	61.9	4	5	3	2	-5
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37-030	36	4/13/2025	GSW	vs	LAC	38	3	6	2	0	10	20	50.0	7	12	58.3	9	9	100.0	75.1	1	2	8	2	-16
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37-021	36	4/4/2025	GSW	vs	DEN	32	2	5	2	0	13	24	54.2	7	15	46.7	3	3	100.0	71.1	1	1	2	2	+6
9	LeBron James L. James	36-358	36	12/23/2021	LAL	vs	SAS	35	9	6	1	2	15	26	57.7	2	7	28.6	4	6	66.7	62.8	2	7	3	2	-23
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	36-241	36	11/10/2024	GSW	@	OKC	37	5	7	1	1	13	23	56.5	7	13	53.8	3	4	75.0	72.7	1	4	3	2	+21
11	James Harden J. Harden	36-205	36	3/19/2026	CLE	@	CHI	37	7	9	2	1	10	23	43.5	7	13	53.8	9	11	81.8	64.7	1	6	5	5	+9
12	James Harden J. Harden	36-146	36	1/19/2026	LAC	@	WAS	37	7	9	1	1	9	17	52.9	0	5	0.0	18	20	90.0	69.8	1	6	3	2	-3
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	36-111	36	1/18/2025	PHX	@	DET	38	7	5	2	3	13	27	48.1	2	8	25.0	8	12	66.7	55.8	0	7	2	2	+12
14	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	36-101	36	11/15/1996	DEN	@	BOS	48	8	1	1	0	14	28	50.0	6	9	66.7	2	2	100.0	62.3	2	6	3	4	+2
15	Steve Nash S. Nash	35-322	36	12/26/2009	PHX	@	GSW	36	4	9	2	0	14	22	63.6	6	12	50.0	2	2	100.0	78.7	1	3	4	2	-6
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	35-294	36	1/2/2024	GSW	vs	ORL	35	2	6	4	1	12	20	60.0	4	9	44.4	8	11	72.7	72.5	1	1	2	4	+12
17	Dan Issel D. Issel	35-120	36	2/22/1984	DEN	vs	SAS	29	9	1	0	0	15	25	60.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	65.1	1	8	2	1
18	Walter Davis W. Davis	35-119	36	1/6/1990	DEN	vs	UTA	38	6	4	5	0	16	24	66.7	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	69.9	0	6	3	2
19	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	35-082	36	12/7/1969	LAL	vs	ATL	48	8	7			14	27	51.9				8	9	88.9	58.1				0
20	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	35-070	36	1/6/1973	CLE	vs	LAL	41	6	2			14	23	60.9				8	11	72.7	64.7				5
21	LeBron James L. James	35-036	36	2/4/2020	LAL	vs	SAS	34	7	9	1	0	12	20	60.0	6	9	66.7	6	9	66.7	75.1	1	6	2	1	+20
22	Alex English A. English	35-028	36	2/2/1989	DEN	vs	ATL	38	5	5	0	0	15	30	50.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	55.1	2	3	3	4
23	Stephen Curry S. Curry	34-362	36	3/11/2023	GSW	vs	MIL	43	6	4	2	1	13	27	48.1	6	15	40.0	4	4	100.0	62.6	1	5	5	1	+10
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34-303	36	12/17/1997	CHI	vs	LAL	35	5	4	1	1	12	22	54.5	1	2	50.0	11	12	91.7	66.0	2	3	4	4	+21
25	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	34-260	36	1/3/2024	DET	@	UTA	43	7	5	1	0	13	26	50.0	8	15	53.3	2	2	100.0	67.0	1	6	1	6	-5

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