4 players were tied for the oldest in 2001-02. They were 39 years old. The first three are Patrick Ewing, Hakeem Olajuwon and John Stockton.

	NAME	Age	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	39	2001-02	ORL	65	13.9	6.0	4.0	0.5	0.3	0.7	2.3	5.1	44.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.4	2.1	70.1	49.7	0.9	3.1	1.0	901	390	263	35	22	45	65	129	-20
2	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	39	2001-02	TOR	61	22.6	7.1	6.0	1.1	1.2	1.5	3.2	6.9	46.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1.4	56.0	47.8	1.6	4.4	1.6	1,378	435	366	66	74	90	98	147	+28
3	John Stockton J. Stockton	39	2001-02	UTA	82	31.3	13.4	3.2	8.2	1.9	0.3	4.9	9.5	51.7	0.3	1.0	32.1	3.4	3.9	85.7	60.1	0.7	2.5	2.5	2,566	1,102	263	674	152	24	208	209	+166
4	Kevin Willis K. Willis	39	2001-02	HOU	52	16.6	6.1	5.8	0.3	0.5	0.4	2.4	5.5	44.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.7	74.7	48.9	2.0	3.7	0.8	865	315	299	14	25	23	41	98	-118
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	2001-02	WAS	60	34.9	22.9	5.7	5.2	1.4	0.4	9.2	22.1	41.6	0.2	0.9	18.9	4.4	5.6	79.0	46.8	0.8	4.8	2.7	2,093	1,375	339	310	85	26	162	119	+16
6	Karl Malone K. Malone	38	2001-02	UTA	80	38.0	22.4	8.6	4.3	1.9	0.7	7.9	17.5	45.4	0.1	0.3	36.0	6.4	8.0	79.7	53.2	1.8	6.8	3.3	3,040	1,788	686	341	152	59	263	229	+50
7	Sam Mitchell S. Mitchell	38	2001-02	MIN	74	9.8	3.3	1.1	0.6	0.2	0.1	1.3	3.1	43.2	0.1	0.5	28.6	0.5	0.7	77.6	49.1	0.2	0.9	0.4	726	244	82	45	12	4	26	79	+35
8	Johnny Newman J. Newman	38	2001-02	DAL	47	15.4	4.2	1.0	0.3	0.6	0.1	1.4	3.1	45.3	0.5	1.2	38.6	0.9	1.2	72.4	57.1	0.2	0.9	0.4	724	198	49	14	29	4	21	88	-3
9	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	38	2001-02	CHI	57	24.3	3.8	6.0	2.0	0.9	0.2	1.7	4.6	36.9	0.0	0.1	16.7	0.4	0.5	75.0	39.2	1.3	4.8	1.5	1,383	216	343	114	49	11	87	175	-333
10	Terry Porter T. Porter	38	2001-02	SAS	72	18.0	5.5	2.3	2.8	0.6	0.2	1.9	4.5	42.4	0.8	2.0	41.5	0.9	1.2	81.9	55.8	0.2	2.1	1.2	1,294	399	164	205	45	16	85	89	+368
11	Dell Curry D. Curry	37	2001-02	TOR	56	15.8	6.4	1.4	1.1	0.4	0.1	2.5	6.2	40.6	0.8	2.3	34.4	0.6	0.7	89.2	49.5	0.4	1.0	0.7	886	360	81	61	22	6	41	50	+16
12	Mark Bryant M. Bryant	36	2001-02	SAS	30	6.9	1.9	1.5	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.8	1.8	45.5	0.0	0.0		0.2	0.3	75.0	47.8	0.8	0.6	0.2	206	56	44	10	7	2	6	38	-19
13	Chris Dudley C. Dudley	36	2001-02	POR	43	7.6	1.1	1.9	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.5	1.2	40.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	53.3	42.4	0.6	1.2	0.3	327	48	80	13	3	14	14	42	+8
14	Horace Grant H. Grant	36	2001-02	ORL	76	29.1	8.0	6.3	1.4	0.8	0.6	3.5	6.8	51.3	0.0	0.0		1.1	1.5	72.1	53.9	2.1	4.2	0.7	2,210	608	481	104	57	49	51	118	+232
15	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	36	2001-02	NYK	82	28.9	8.4	3.8	7.4	0.9	0.0	3.2	7.2	43.9	1.0	2.4	40.5	1.1	1.3	79.1	53.6	0.7	3.1	1.8	2,367	686	309	605	74	1	150	162	-287
16	Avery Johnson A. Johnson	36	2001-02	TOT	68	19.9	7.9	1.0	4.2	0.6	0.1	3.0	6.4	47.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.8	2.4	74.2	53.1	0.2	0.8	1.1	1,352	535	69	286	40	9	76	86	-160
17	Steve Kerr S. Kerr	36	2001-02	POR	65	11.9	4.1	0.9	1.0	0.2	0.0	1.6	3.3	47.0	0.4	1.0	39.4	0.6	0.6	97.5	57.3	0.1	0.8	0.4	775	269	60	63	13	1	24	49	+62
18	Dan Majerle D. Majerle	36	2001-02	PHX	65	18.2	4.6	2.7	1.4	0.7	0.2	1.5	4.4	34.3	1.2	3.6	33.6	0.4	0.6	59.0	49.0	0.4	2.3	0.5	1,180	300	176	90	48	15	35	104	+62
19	Reggie Miller R. Miller	36	2001-02	IND	79	36.6	16.5	2.8	3.2	1.1	0.1	5.2	11.6	45.3	2.3	5.6	40.6	3.7	4.1	91.1	61.7	0.3	2.5	1.5	2,889	1,304	219	253	88	10	120	143	-7
20	Scottie Pippen S. Pippen	36	2001-02	POR	62	32.2	10.6	5.2	5.9	1.6	0.6	4.0	9.7	41.1	0.9	2.9	30.5	1.8	2.4	77.4	49.7	1.2	3.9	2.8	1,996	659	321	363	101	35	171	162	+89
21	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	36	2001-02	LAL	64	11.1	4.1	1.5	0.9	0.3	0.1	1.6	3.9	40.5	0.3	1.0	29.0	0.7	0.7	95.5	48.8	0.2	1.3	0.6	709	260	94	57	18	6	40	61	+130
22	David Robinson D. Robinson	36	2001-02	SAS	78	29.5	12.2	8.3	1.2	1.1	1.8	4.4	8.6	50.7	0.0	0.0		3.4	5.1	68.1	56.2	2.4	5.8	1.3	2,303	951	647	94	86	140	104	193	+428
23	John Starks J. Starks	36	2001-02	UTA	66	14.1	4.4	1.0	1.1	0.5	0.0	1.7	4.7	36.8	0.4	1.4	30.5	0.5	0.6	80.5	44.2	0.2	0.8	0.8	929	290	68	70	33	0	52	126	-34
24	Vinny Del Negro V. Del Negro	35	2001-02	PHX	2	3.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2.0	25.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		25.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	-1
25	Danny Ferry D. Ferry	35	2001-02	SAS	50	16.0	4.6	1.8	1.0	0.3	0.2	1.5	3.5	42.9	0.9	2.0	43.4	0.7	0.7	94.4	59.4	0.3	1.5	0.4	799	229	90	48	16	9	22	70	+133