oldest player in nba history to get a 40 point double double in the playoffs

LeBron James is the oldest in a double-double with 40+ points in a playoff game. He was 38 years and 143 days old in Game 4 of the 2023 Western Conference Finals against the Nuggets.

Interpreted as:
oldest player in NBA history to get a 40 or more point in a game double double in the playoffs
NAME AGE PTS DD2 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
38-143
40
1
5/22/2023
LAL LAL
vs
DEN DEN
48
10
9
2
0
15
25
60.0
4
7
57.1
6
7
85.7
71.2
2
8
1
1
-2
2 Karl Malone
K. Malone
36-273
50
1
4/22/2000
UTA UTA
vs
SEA SEA
43
12
0
3
1
18
32
56.3
1
1
100.0
13
14
92.9
65.5
3
9
1
2
+12
3 LeBron James
L. James
35-284
40
1
10/9/2020
LAL LAL
vs
MIA 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
4 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
34-088
43
1
6/10/2022
GSW GSW
@
BOS 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
5 John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
33-360
43
1
4/3/1974
BOS BOS
vs
BUF BUF
46
12
8
18
30
60.0
7
7
100.0
65.0
1
6 Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
33-341
43
1
3/16/1962
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
10
5
16
28
57.1
11
15
73.3
62.1
5
7 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
33-258
45
1
5/6/1970
LAL LAL
vs
NYK NYK
46
27
3
20
27
74.1
5
14
35.7
67.9
3
8 LeBron James
L. James
33-146
46
1
5/25/2018
CLE CLE
vs
BOS BOS
46
11
9
3
1
17
33
51.5
5
7
71.4
7
11
63.6
60.8
3
8
3
2
+15
9 LeBron James
L. James
33-136
42
1
5/15/2018
CLE CLE
@
BOS BOS
39
10
12
0
1
16
29
55.2
5
11
45.5
5
10
50.0
62.9
1
9
6
3
-9
10 LeBron James
L. James
33-124
43
1
5/3/2018
CLE CLE
@
TOR TOR
41
8
14
1
0
19
28
67.9
1
3
33.3
4
8
50.0
68.2
1
7
1
1
+20
11 LeBron James
L. James
33-116
44
1
4/25/2018
CLE CLE
vs
IND IND
42
10
8
1
1
14
24
58.3
1
4
25.0
15
15
100.0
71.9
3
7
5
3
+2
12 LeBron James
L. James
33-109
46
1
4/18/2018
CLE CLE
vs
IND IND
40
12
5
2
0
17
24
70.8
2
5
40.0
10
13
76.9
77.4
1
11
3
1
+7
13 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
33-028
40
1
5/14/1980
LAL LAL
vs
PHI PHI
41
15
1
0
4
16
24
66.7
0
0
8
9
88.9
71.5
4
11
5
4
14 Chris Paul
C. Paul
33-002
41
1
5/8/2018
HOU HOU
vs
UTA UTA
38
7
10
1
0
13
22
59.1
8
10
80.0
7
8
87.5
80.3
0
7
0
1
+20
15 Kevin Durant
K. Durant
32-259
49
1
6/15/2021
BKN BKN
vs
MIL MIL
48
17
10
3
2
16
23
69.6
4
9
44.4
13
16
81.3
81.6
0
17
3
3
+6
16 Khris Middleton
K. Middleton
32-258
42
1
4/26/2024
MIL MIL
@
IND IND
41
10
5
0
0
16
29
55.2
4
9
44.4
6
6
100.0
66.4
3
7
3
5
+2
17 LeBron James
L. James
32-164
41
1
6/12/2017
CLE CLE
@
GSW 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
18 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
32-125
43
1
5/26/1995
HOU HOU
vs
SAS SAS
46
11
4
0
5
19
32
59.4
1
1
100.0
4
4
100.0
63.7
3
8
2
5
19 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
32-123
41
1
5/24/1995
HOU HOU
@
SAS SAS
41
16
4
3
2
18
31
58.1
0
0
5
6
83.3
60.9
4
12
4
5
20 LeBron James
L. James
32-111
41
1
4/20/2017
CLE CLE
@
IND IND
45
13
12
1
2
14
27
51.9
6
12
50.0
7
14
50.0
61.8
1
12
3
4
+13
21 Charles Barkley
C. Barkley
32-071
47
1
5/2/1995
PHX PHX
@
POR POR
46
12
2
2
2
16
26
61.5
4
8
50.0
11
13
84.6
74.1
1
11
4
5
22 Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
31-360
40
1
4/19/2008
SAS SAS
vs
PHX PHX
51
15
5
1
3
16
24
66.7
1
1
100.0
7
12
58.3
68.3
6
9
4
3
+3
23 Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
31-337
40
1
3/11/1960
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
12
5
13
24
54.2
14
14
100.0
66.3
4
24 Dolph Schayes
D. Schayes
31-299
40
1
3/13/1960
SYR SYR
vs
PHI PHI
22
4
13
27
48.1
14
15
93.3
59.5
5
25 James Harden
J. Harden
31-275
41
1
5/28/2021
BKN BKN
@
BOS BOS
39
7
10
1
0
11
18
61.1
7
12
58.3
12
13
92.3
86.4
1
6
2
1
+13
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for double-doubles going back to the 1983 playoffs.

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68
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Rockets Rockets
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Lakers Lakers
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50
32
.610
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7:00 PM
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