oldest nba players to score 45 points in a game

Michael Jordan is the oldest in a game with 45+ points. He was 39 years and 349 days old against the New Orleans Hornets on February 1, 2003.

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oldest NBA players to score 45 or more points 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	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
2	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	39-020	51	4/9/2019	PHX	@	DAL	38	5	5	1	1	18	30	60.0	7	13	53.8	8	9	88.9	75.1	0	5	4	4	-5
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38-317	45	12/31/2001	WAS	vs	NJN	39	10	7	3	0	16	32	50.0	1	3	33.3	12	13	92.3	59.7	0	10	3	2	+26
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38-315	51	12/29/2001	WAS	vs	CHA	38	7	4	3	0	21	38	55.3	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	60.1	2	5	4	3	+24
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38-296	46	2/6/1986	LAL	@	HOU	37	11	4	0	0	21	30	70.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	72.4	2	9	6	3
6	LeBron James L. James	38-025	46	1/24/2023	LAL	vs	LAC	33	8	7	2	1	16	29	55.2	9	14	64.3	5	5	100.0	73.7	1	7	0	0	-14
7	LeBron James L. James	38-017	48	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
8	LeBron James L. James	38	47	12/30/2022	LAL	@	ATL	40	10	9	0	1	18	27	66.7	4	6	66.7	7	9	77.8	75.9	2	8	5	0	+12
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37-245	49	11/14/2025	GSW	@	SAS	36	4	2	2	0	16	26	61.5	9	17	52.9	8	8	100.0	83.0	0	4	3	2	+9
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37-243	46	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
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	37-234	60	4/13/2016	LAL	vs	UTA	42	4	4	1	1	22	50	44.0	6	21	28.6	10	12	83.3	54.3	0	4	2	1	+7
12	LeBron James L. James	37-071	50	3/11/2022	LAL	vs	WAS	36	7	6	0	1	18	25	72.0	6	9	66.7	8	8	100.0	87.7	0	7	3	3	+22
13	LeBron James L. James	37-065	56	3/5/2022	LAL	vs	GSW	39	10	3	0	1	19	31	61.3	6	11	54.5	12	13	92.3	76.3	2	8	4	0	+13
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37-018	52	4/1/2025	GSW	@	MEM	37	10	8	5	1	16	31	51.6	12	20	60.0	8	8	100.0	75.3	1	9	2	2	+17
15	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	36-358	45	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
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	36-350	56	2/27/2025	GSW	@	ORL	34	4	3	2	0	16	25	64.0	12	19	63.2	12	12	100.0	92.5	0	4	4	0	+15
17	James Harden J. Harden	36-088	55	11/22/2025	LAC	@	CHA	35	3	7	1	0	17	26	65.4	10	16	62.5	11	14	78.6	85.5	1	2	2	1	+22
18	LeBron James L. James	36-026	46	1/25/2021	LAL	@	CLE	38	8	6	2	2	19	26	73.1	7	11	63.6	1	2	50.0	85.6	0	8	3	1	+11
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	35-326	60	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
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	35-319	46	1/27/2024	GSW	vs	LAL	43	3	7	1	0	17	35	48.6	9	21	42.9	3	3	100.0	63.3	0	3	4	4	-2
21	James Harden J. Harden	35-191	50	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
22	Kevin Durant K. Durant	35-162	45	3/9/2024	PHX	vs	BOS	37	10	6	1	0	18	26	69.2	4	7	57.1	5	7	71.4	77.4	1	9	6	2	-1
23	Larry Bird L. Bird	35-099	49	3/15/1992	BOS	vs	POR	54	14	12	4	1	19	35	54.3	2	8	25.0	9	10	90.0	62.2	0	14	5	5
24	Alex English A. English	35-064	51	3/10/1989	DEN	@	MIA	51	3	9	2	0	24	35	68.6	0	0		3	4	75.0	69.4	1	2	3	5
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	35-001	50	3/15/2023	GSW	@	LAC	39	2	6	2	0	20	28	71.4	8	14	57.1	2	4	50.0	84.0	0	2	2	1	-11