oldest nba player to score exactly 39 pts in a game

Michael Jordan is the oldest in a game with exactly 39 points. He was 40 years and 20 days old versus the Knicks on March 9, 2003.

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oldest NBA player to score exactly 39 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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40-020	39	3/9/2003	WAS	@	NYK	43	8	1	1	0	13	22	59.1	0	0		13	15	86.7	68.2	1	7	3	3	+7
2	LeBron James L. James	39-342	39	12/6/2024	LAL	@	ATL	43	10	11	2	3	14	25	56.0	6	11	54.5	5	6	83.3	70.5	0	10	4	3	+3
3	LeBron James L. James	39-312	39	11/6/2024	LAL	@	MEM	35	7	6	1	0	15	24	62.5	6	11	54.5	3	4	75.0	75.7	0	7	5	2	-21
4	Reggie Miller R. Miller	39-206	39	3/18/2005	IND	vs	LAL	36	3	2	0	0	13	18	72.2	3	5	60.0	10	10	100.0	87.1	0	3	2	1	+16
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	38-137	39	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
6	LeBron James L. James	37-331	39	11/26/2022	LAL	@	SAS	35	11	3	1	1	11	21	52.4	7	12	58.3	10	10	100.0	76.8	0	11	4	3	-3
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	37-314	39	2/24/1985	LAL	@	NYK	35	10	3	1	1	16	22	72.7	0	0		7	10	70.0	73.9	4	6	2	5
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37-289	39	12/28/2025	GSW	@	TOR	41	3	4	1	1	12	30	40.0	4	11	36.4	11	11	100.0	56.0	2	1	4	2	0
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37-273	39	12/12/2025	GSW	vs	MIN	32	5	5	0	0	14	28	50.0	6	15	40.0	5	7	71.4	62.7	2	3	2	3	-3
10	Kevin Durant K. Durant	37-109	39	1/16/2026	HOU	vs	MIN	40	4	7	2	1	11	18	61.1	6	8	75.0	11	14	78.6	80.7	1	3	5	3	+15
11	LeBron James L. James	37-087	39	3/27/2022	LAL	@	NOP	42	9	5	0	1	14	27	51.9	7	13	53.8	4	6	66.7	65.8	1	8	4	1	-9
12	Johnny Green J. Green	37-012	39	12/20/1970	CIN		DET		11				17	21	81.0				5	7	71.4	81.0				6
13	LeBron James L. James	36-360	39	12/25/2021	LAL	vs	BKN	40	9	7	3	1	14	25	56.0	3	9	33.3	8	9	88.9	67.3	1	8	3	2	+9
14	LeBron James L. James	36-329	39	11/24/2021	LAL	@	IND	43	5	6	1	2	13	29	44.8	5	12	41.7	8	9	88.9	59.2	0	5	2	2	-3
15	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	36-216	39	3/11/2026	SAC	vs	CHA	41	4	6	2	1	17	22	77.3	0	1	0.0	5	5	100.0	80.6	0	4	4	3	+3
16	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	36-073	39	11/4/2014	LAL	vs	PHX	44	9	1	1	1	14	37	37.8	3	7	42.9	8	12	66.7	46.1	3	6	3	0	-5
17	Paul George P. George	35-334	39	4/1/2026	PHI	@	WAS	30	5	6	3	0	15	22	68.2	6	12	50.0	3	4	75.0	82.1	0	5	0	2	+26
18	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	35-237	39	11/24/2023	MIL	vs	WAS	32	6	1	2	3	14	17	82.4	4	7	57.1	7	7	100.0	97.1	0	6	1	2	+8
19	James Harden J. Harden	35-230	39	4/13/2025	LAC	@	GSW	48	7	10	2	2	13	23	56.5	5	8	62.5	8	9	88.9	72.3	1	6	6	3	+5
20	Sam Jones S. Jones	35-219	39	1/29/1969	BOS		SEA	42	4	3			18	32	56.3				3	3	100.0	58.5				4
21	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	35-159	39	2/22/1970	LAL	vs	BOS	48	17	8			13	30	43.3				13	17	76.5	52.0				3
22	James Harden J. Harden	35-097	39	12/1/2024	LAC	vs	DEN	38	9	11	1	0	10	26	38.5	6	15	40.0	13	13	100.0	61.5	2	7	5	4	+14
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	35-051	39	11/19/2023	PHX	@	UTA	46	8	10	2	2	14	27	51.9	4	9	44.4	7	7	100.0	64.8	0	8	7	2	+4
24	Kevin Durant K. Durant	35-027	39	10/26/2023	PHX	@	LAL	39	11	2	1	1	14	28	50.0	1	5	20.0	10	13	76.9	57.8	0	11	8	2	+18
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	35-014	39	3/28/2023	GSW	vs	NOP	37	8	8	3	0	14	25	56.0	8	15	53.3	3	4	75.0	72.9	2	6	4	0	+12

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