oldest nba players to score 40 points in back to back games

LeBron James is the oldest in a game on no rest and with 40+ points. He was 40 years and 52 days old against the Trail Blazers on February 20.

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oldest NBA players to score 40 or more points in regular-season back to back games

	NAME	Age	PTS	DR	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	40-052	40	0	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
2	LeBron James L. James	38-017	48	0	1/16/2023	LAL	vs	HOU	36	8	9	0	0	16	26	61.5	5	10	50.0	11	12	91.7	76.7	1	7	0	1	+19
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37-243	46	0	11/12/2025	GSW	@	SAS	34	5	5	2	0	13	25	52.0	5	16	31.3	15	16	93.8	71.8	0	5	1	2	+5
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	37-149	41	0	12/20/2000	UTA	@	PHI	43	13	3	2	4	13	18	72.2	0	0		15	20	75.0	76.5	1	12	3	2	+1
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	36-358	45	0	2/27/2009	PHX	vs	TOR	35	11	2	3	1	20	25	80.0	0	0		5	8	62.5	78.9	3	8	3	4	+17
6	Karl Malone K. Malone	36-119	40	0	11/20/1999	UTA	@	MIL	35	8	4	1	0	17	25	68.0	0	0		6	7	85.7	71.2	1	7	7	4	+6
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	35-331	42	0	2/8/2024	GSW	@	IND	30	2	2	0	1	15	22	68.2	11	16	68.8	1	2	50.0	91.8	0	2	2	2	+13
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	35-326	60	0	2/3/2024	GSW	@	ATL	41	6	4	0	1	22	38	57.9	10	23	43.5	6	6	100.0	73.8	1	5	2	1	-1
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	35-230	42	0	10/30/2023	GSW	@	NOP	30	5	5	2	0	15	22	68.2	7	13	53.8	5	7	71.4	83.7	0	5	3	1	+13
10	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	35-206	40	0	1/11/2014	DAL	vs	NOP	33	4	4	2	0	10	20	50.0	5	9	55.6	15	16	93.8	74.0	0	4	1	2	+11
11	James Harden J. Harden	35-191	50	0	3/5/2025	LAC	vs	DET	38	4	5	1	1	14	24	58.3	6	13	46.2	16	20	80.0	76.2	0	4	5	2	+13
12	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	35-148	43	0	2/11/1970	LAL	@	SFW	43	11	2			18	28	64.3				7	10	70.0	66.4				4
13	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	35-144	41	0	2/7/1970	LAL	@	PHX	42	9	2			18	32	56.3				5	7	71.4	58.4				4
14	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	35-136	43	0	11/5/1997	HOU	@	LAC	34	4	6	2	0	15	25	60.0	3	5	60.0	10	11	90.9	72.1	1	3	2	2	+29
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	35-115	43	0	1/22/2024	PHX	vs	CHI	41	6	8	1	2	16	32	50.0	6	15	40.0	5	6	83.3	62.1	1	5	1	2	+3
16	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	35-067	40	0	12/19/2012	BOS	vs	CLE	34	8	5	3	1	13	16	81.3	6	7	85.7	8	8	100.0	102.5	0	8	1	2	+29
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35-060	44	0	4/18/1998	CHI	vs	NYK	40	3	3	1	0	11	24	45.8	0	0		22	24	91.7	63.7	0	3	1	1	-6
18	Kevin Durant K. Durant	35-037	41	0	11/5/2023	PHX	@	DET	35	4	5	1	2	14	27	51.9	1	3	33.3	12	12	100.0	63.5	0	4	3	1	+7
19	Alex English A. English	35-019	43	0	1/24/1989	DEN	@	NJN	40	3	4	1	0	17	33	51.5	0	0		9	9	100.0	58.2	0	3	2	1
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	34-316	41	0	2/26/1982	LAL	vs	PHI	49	19	3		5	17	27	63.0	0	0		7	11	63.6	64.4				2
21	Stephen Curry S. Curry	34-308	41	0	1/16/2023	GSW	@	WAS	38	7	2	0	0	12	28	42.9	6	15	40.0	11	12	91.7	61.6	1	6	4	1	+14
22	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	34-282	43	0	11/29/1997	HOU	@	GSW	39	15	3	4	0	15	20	75.0	1	1	100.0	12	14	85.7	82.2	6	9	6	4	+16
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34-277	49	0	11/21/1997	CHI	@	LAC	52	5	5	1	1	18	38	47.4	0	2	0.0	13	19	68.4	52.8	2	3	4	3	+15
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	34-230	47	0	4/10/2013	LAL	@	POR	48	8	5	3	4	14	27	51.9	1	5	20.0	18	18	100.0	67.3	0	8	1	4	+7
25	Karl Malone K. Malone	34-226	40	0	3/7/1998	UTA	@	MIL	42	8	5	3	1	11	19	57.9	0	0		18	19	94.7	73.1	0	8	6	4	+23