oldest player to average 25 points per game in a season before 2017

Before 2016-17, Karl Malone was the oldest with 25.0+ points per game in a season. He was 36 years old in 1999-00.

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oldest player to average 25 or higher points per game in a season before 2017

	NAME	Age	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	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	Karl Malone K. Malone	36	25.5	1999-00	UTA	82	35.9	9.5	3.7	1.0	0.9	9.2	18.0	50.9	0.0	0.1	25.0	7.2	9.0	79.7	58.2	2.1	7.4	2.8	2,947	2,095	779	304	79	71	231	229	+481
2	Alex English A. English	35	26.5	1988-89	DEN	82	36.5	4.0	4.7	0.8	0.1	11.3	22.9	49.1	0.0	0.1	25.0	4.0	4.6	85.8	53.1	1.8	2.2	2.4	2,990	2,175	326	383	66	12	198	174
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	34	27.3	2012-13	LAL	78	38.6	5.6	6.0	1.4	0.3	9.5	20.4	46.3	1.7	5.2	32.4	6.7	8.0	83.9	57.0	0.8	4.7	3.7	3,013	2,133	433	469	106	25	287	173	+139
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34	28.7	1997-98	CHI	82	38.8	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	10.7	23.1	46.5	0.4	1.5	23.8	6.9	8.8	78.4	53.3	1.6	4.2	2.3	3,181	2,357	475	283	141	45	185	151	+598
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	34	27.0	1997-98	UTA	81	37.4	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	9.6	18.2	53.0	0.0	0.1	33.3	7.8	10.2	76.1	59.7	2.3	8.0	3.0	3,030	2,190	834	316	96	70	247	237	+584
6	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	34	26.0	1993-94	TOT	74	35.6	6.5	2.3	1.2	0.4	9.4	21.5	44.0	1.1	4.0	28.8	6.0	7.1	84.7	52.9	2.5	4.0	2.3	2,635	1,923	481	169	92	30	172	126
7	Bernard King B. King	34	28.4	1990-91	WAS	64	37.5	5.0	4.6	0.9	0.3	11.1	23.6	47.2	0.1	0.6	21.6	6.0	7.6	79.0	52.7	1.8	3.2	4.0	2,401	1,817	319	292	56	16	255	187
8	Alex English A. English	34	25.0	1987-88	DEN	80	35.2	4.7	4.7	0.9	0.3	10.5	21.3	49.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	4.7	82.8	53.5	2.1	2.6	2.3	2,818	2,000	373	377	70	23	181	193
9	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33	27.9	2011-12	LAL	58	38.5	5.4	4.6	1.2	0.3	9.9	23.0	43.0	1.5	4.9	30.3	6.6	7.8	84.5	52.7	1.1	4.3	3.5	2,232	1,616	313	264	69	18	204	105	+137
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33	29.6	1996-97	CHI	82	37.9	5.9	4.3	1.7	0.5	11.2	23.1	48.6	1.4	3.6	37.4	5.9	7.0	83.3	56.7	1.4	4.5	2.0	3,106	2,431	482	352	140	44	166	156	+818
11	Karl Malone K. Malone	33	27.4	1996-97	UTA	82	36.6	9.9	4.5	1.4	0.6	10.5	19.2	55.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.4	8.4	75.5	60.0	2.4	7.5	2.8	2,998	2,249	809	368	113	48	233	217	+768
12	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	33	26.9	1995-96	HOU	72	38.8	10.9	3.6	1.6	2.9	10.7	20.8	51.4	0.0	0.2	21.4	5.5	7.6	72.4	55.8	2.4	8.4	3.4	2,797	1,936	784	257	113	207	247	242
13	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	33	29.9	1992-93	ATL	71	37.3	6.8	3.2	1.0	0.4	10.4	22.3	46.8	1.7	4.5	38.0	7.3	8.8	82.8	57.0	2.6	4.2	2.6	2,647	2,121	482	227	70	27	184	116
14	Alex English A. English	33	28.6	1986-87	DEN	82	37.6	4.2	5.1	0.9	0.3	11.8	23.4	50.3	0.0	0.2	26.7	5.0	5.9	84.4	54.9	1.8	2.4	2.6	3,085	2,345	344	422	73	21	214	216
15	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	33	26.2	1980-81	LAL	80	37.2	10.3	3.4	0.7	2.9	10.5	18.2	57.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	6.9	76.6	61.6	2.5	7.8	3.1	2,976	2,095	821	272	59	228	249	244
16	Jerry West J. West	33	25.8	1971-72	LAL	77	38.6	4.2	9.7			9.5	20.0	47.7				6.7	8.2	81.4	54.6				2,973	1,985	327	747				209
17	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	33	27.3	1969-70	LAL	12	42.1	18.4	4.1			10.8	18.9	56.8				5.8	13.1	44.6	55.4				505	328	221	49				31
18	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	33	26.0	1967-68	LAL	77	39.3	12.2	4.6			9.8	22.2	44.3				6.3	8.1	78.6	50.5				3,029	2,002	941	355				232
19	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	32	25.3	2010-11	LAL	82	33.9	5.1	4.7	1.2	0.1	9.0	20.0	45.1	1.4	4.3	32.3	5.9	7.1	82.8	54.8	1.0	4.1	3.0	2,779	2,078	419	388	99	12	243	172	+422
20	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	32	26.4	2007-08	DEN	82	41.8	3.0	7.1	2.0	0.1	8.7	19.0	45.8	1.2	3.4	34.5	7.9	9.7	80.9	56.7	0.6	2.4	3.0	3,424	2,164	243	586	160	12	245	109	+361
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	32	30.4	1995-96	CHI	82	37.7	6.6	4.3	2.2	0.5	11.2	22.6	49.5	1.4	3.2	42.7	6.7	8.0	83.4	58.2	1.8	4.8	2.4	3,090	2,491	543	352	180	42	197	195
22	Karl Malone K. Malone	32	25.7	1995-96	UTA	82	38.0	9.8	4.2	1.7	0.7	9.6	18.5	51.9	0.2	0.5	40.0	6.2	8.6	72.3	57.5	2.1	7.7	2.4	3,113	2,106	804	345	138	56	199	245
23	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	32	27.8	1994-95	HOU	72	39.6	10.8	3.5	1.8	3.4	11.1	21.5	51.7	0.0	0.2	18.8	5.6	7.5	75.6	56.3	2.4	8.4	3.3	2,853	2,005	775	255	133	242	237	250
24	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	32	28.1	1991-92	ATL	42	38.1	7.0	3.8	1.2	0.6	10.1	21.8	46.4	0.9	3.0	28.9	7.0	8.4	83.5	55.2	2.5	4.6	2.9	1,601	1,179	295	158	52	24	122	77
25	Alex English A. English	32	29.8	1985-86	DEN	81	37.3	5.0	4.0	0.9	0.4	11.7	23.3	50.4	0.0	0.1	20.0	6.3	7.3	86.2	56.2	2.4	2.6	3.1	3,024	2,414	405	320	73	29	249	235

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Before 2016-17, Karl Malone was the oldest with 25.0+ points per game in a season. He was 36 years old in 1999-00.

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