oldest nba players to score 31 points in a game

LeBron James is the oldest in a game with 31+ points. He was 41 years and 14 days old against the Hawks on January 13.

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	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	41-014	31	1/13/2026	LAL	vs	ATL	33	9	10	1	1	12	20	60.0	2	4	50.0	5	6	83.3	68.5	1	8	4	1	+17
2	LeBron James L. James	41-003	31	1/2/2026	LAL	vs	MEM	36	9	6	0	0	12	18	66.7	1	5	20.0	6	6	100.0	75.1	0	9	4	3	+11
3	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
4	LeBron James L. James	40-094	33	4/3/2025	LAL	vs	GSW	40	5	9	1	1	10	15	66.7	5	8	62.5	8	9	88.9	87.0	1	4	4	2	-1
5	LeBron James L. James	40-066	31	3/6/2025	LAL	vs	NYK	44	12	8	0	1	11	23	47.8	2	8	25.0	7	8	87.5	58.4	1	11	1	3	+4
6	LeBron James L. James	40-064	34	3/4/2025	LAL	vs	NOP	33	8	6	1	2	10	18	55.6	5	10	50.0	9	9	100.0	77.4	1	7	4	1	+7
7	LeBron James L. James	40-059	33	2/27/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	37	17	6	1	1	11	21	52.4	4	9	44.4	7	10	70.0	65.0	5	12	4	1	+12
8	LeBron James L. James	40-052	40	2/20/2025	LAL	@	POR	36	8	4	2	1	14	24	58.3	4	8	50.0	8	8	100.0	72.7	0	8	11	2	+8
9	LeBron James L. James	40-038	42	2/6/2025	LAL	vs	GSW	38	17	8	1	1	14	25	56.0	6	9	66.7	8	10	80.0	71.4	1	16	3	1	+7
10	LeBron James L. James	40-033	33	2/1/2025	LAL	@	NYK	37	11	12	0	0	14	26	53.8	3	8	37.5	2	4	50.0	59.4	0	11	5	3	+12
11	LeBron James L. James	40-029	31	1/28/2025	LAL	@	PHI	33	8	9	1	0	10	16	62.5	1	4	25.0	10	11	90.9	74.4	1	7	8	1	-11
12	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
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40-010	35	2/27/2003	WAS	vs	HOU	50	11	6	0	0	15	26	57.7	0	0		5	7	71.4	60.2	0	11	3	3	0
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40-004	43	2/21/2003	WAS	vs	NJN	43	10	3	4	1	18	30	60.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	64.1	0	10	1	2	+9
15	LeBron James L. James	40-003	38	1/2/2025	LAL	vs	POR	36	3	8	0	0	15	25	60.0	7	10	70.0	1	2	50.0	73.4	1	2	4	1	+4
16	LeBron James L. James	39-361	31	12/25/2024	LAL	@	GSW	37	4	10	2	1	12	22	54.5	2	4	50.0	5	5	100.0	64.0	0	4	1	3	+4
17	LeBron James L. James	39-357	32	12/21/2024	LAL	@	SAC	34	7	6	4	0	13	24	54.2	1	8	12.5	5	6	83.3	60.1	0	7	4	2	+10
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39-349	45	2/1/2003	WAS	vs	NOH	44	3	6	1	1	18	33	54.5	0	0		9	10	90.0	60.2	1	2	2	5	+14
19	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
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39-333	32	1/16/2003	WAS	vs	ORL	39	6	8	2	0	12	25	48.0	0	1	0.0	8	10	80.0	54.4	1	5	1	3	+11
21	LeBron James L. James	39-327	31	11/21/2024	LAL	vs	ORL	37	10	7	0	1	12	22	54.5	5	9	55.6	2	4	50.0	65.2	2	8	4	0	-8
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39-321	41	1/4/2003	WAS	vs	IND	53	12	4	3	0	14	26	53.8	3	4	75.0	10	12	83.3	65.5	3	9	2	2	+15
23	LeBron James L. James	39-319	35	11/13/2024	LAL	vs	MEM	37	12	14	1	0	13	22	59.1	4	7	57.1	5	8	62.5	68.6	1	11	6	2	+3
24	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
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39-304	33	12/18/2002	WAS	vs	MEM	35	5	2	3	0	14	23	60.9	2	3	66.7	3	3	100.0	67.8	0	5	3	0	+4

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Sun 11/8	LAL	@	DET	6:00 PM
Mon 11/9	LAL	@	ATL	7:00 PM
Wed 11/11	LAL	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Sun 11/15	LAL	@	PHX	4:00 PM
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2	Celtics	7	2	.778	0.5
3	Pistons	6	2	.750	1.0
4	Hawks	6	4	.600	2.0
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Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
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