oldest nba players to score 35 points in 1 game of the finals

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest with 35+ points in an NBA Finals game. He was 38 years and 52 days old against the Celtics on June 7, 1985.

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oldest NBA players to score 35 or more points in 1 game of the finals

	NAME	AGE	PTS	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	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	38-052	36	6/7/1985	1984-85	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	BOS	42	7	7	1	3	16	28	57.1	0	0		4	5	80.0	59.6	2	5	4	4
2	LeBron James L. James	35-284	40	10/9/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	MIA	42	13	7	3	0	15	21	71.4	6	9	66.7	4	6	66.7	84.6	3	10	4	1	+7
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35-117	45	6/14/1998	1997-98	NBA Finals	CHI	@	UTA	44	1	1	4	0	15	35	42.9	3	7	42.9	12	15	80.0	54.1	0	1	1	2	+2
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35-108	37	6/5/1998	1997-98	NBA Finals	CHI	@	UTA	40	5	3	1	1	14	33	42.4	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	49.5	3	2	0	2	+16
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	34-323	39	6/12/1998	1997-98	NBA Finals	UTA	@	CHI	44	9	5	1	1	17	27	63.0	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	65.8	4	5	1	2	+2
6	Reggie Miller R. Miller	34-295	35	6/14/2000	1999-00	NBA Finals	IND	vs	LAL	50	5	3	1	1	9	19	47.4	6	9	66.7	11	12	91.7	72.1	0	5	1	1	-2
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34-116	39	6/13/1997	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	vs	UTA	44	11	4	1	1	15	35	42.9	1	4	25.0	8	10	80.0	49.5	1	10	1	2	0
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34-114	38	6/11/1997	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	@	UTA	44	7	5	3	1	13	27	48.1	2	5	40.0	10	12	83.3	58.9	2	5	3	3	+4
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34-107	38	6/4/1997	1996-97	NBA Finals	CHI	vs	UTA	45	13	9	2	0	11	20	55.0	1	2	50.0	15	21	71.4	65.0	4	9	5	2	+15
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	34-088	43	6/10/2022	2021-22	NBA Finals	GSW	@	BOS	41	10	4	0	0	14	26	53.8	7	14	50.0	8	9	88.9	71.8	2	8	5	3	+11
11	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	34-032	36	5/10/1974	1973-74	NBA Finals	BOS	vs	MIL	58	9	4	0	0	14	29	48.3				8	10	80.0	53.9	2	7		2
12	Karl Malone K. Malone	33-317	37	6/6/1997	1996-97	NBA Finals	UTA	vs	CHI	42	10	3	4	0	15	29	51.7	0	0		7	10	70.0	55.4	3	7	2	4	+15
13	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	33-258	45	5/6/1970	1969-70	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	NYK	46	27	3			20	27	74.1				5	14	35.7	67.9				3
14	LeBron James L. James	33-152	51	5/31/2018	2017-18	NBA Finals	CLE	@	GSW	48	8	8	1	1	19	32	59.4	3	7	42.9	10	11	90.9	69.2	4	4	5	2	-13
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33-113	36	6/9/1996	1995-96	NBA Finals	CHI	@	SEA	41	3	5	2	0	11	23	47.8	3	4	75.0	11	11	100.0	64.7	2	1	3	1
16	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	33-028	40	5/14/1980	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	41	15	1	0	4	16	24	66.7	0	0		8	9	88.9	71.5	4	11	5	4
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	33-021	38	5/7/1980	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	PHI	41	14	3	2	5	19	31	61.3	0	0		0	2	0.0	59.6	4	10	4	4
18	Sam Jones S. Jones	32-300	36	4/20/1966	1965-66	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	38	5	2			12	22	54.5				12	13	92.3	64.9				4
19	LeBron James L. James	32-164	41	6/12/2017	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	@	GSW	46	13	8	2	1	19	30	63.3	2	5	40.0	1	4	25.0	64.5	2	11	2	3	-13
20	LeBron James L. James	32-159	39	6/7/2017	2016-17	NBA Finals	CLE	vs	GSW	46	11	9	1	1	15	27	55.6	4	9	44.4	5	6	83.3	65.8	3	8	5	2	+7
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	32-144	35	6/14/1995	1994-95	NBA Finals	HOU	vs	ORL	44	15	6	3	0	15	30	50.0	1	1	100.0	4	5	80.0	54.3	3	12	4	4
22	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	32-099	36	6/13/2004	2003-04	NBA Finals	LAL	@	DET	47	20	2	0	1	16	21	76.2	0	0		4	11	36.4	69.7	3	17	2	4	-8
23	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	32-081	35	6/12/2024	2023-24	NBA Finals	DAL	vs	BOS	45	3	2	0	0	13	28	46.4	4	6	66.7	5	5	100.0	57.9	0	3	2	3	-3
24	Jerry West J. West	31-338	37	5/1/1970	1969-70	NBA Finals	LAL	vs	NYK	52	5	18			13	26	50.0				11	12	91.7	59.1				4
25	Sam Jones S. Jones	31-303	37	4/23/1965	1964-65	NBA Finals	BOS	@	LAL	43	6	3			16	27	59.3				5	5	100.0	63.4				3