oldest player to average 26 points per game in a season

LeBron James is the oldest with 26.0+ points per game in a season. He was 38 years old in 2022-23.

Interpreted as:

oldest player to average 26 or higher points per game in a season

	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	LeBron James L. James	38	28.9	2022-23	LAL	55	35.5	8.3	6.8	0.9	0.6	11.1	22.2	50.0	2.2	6.9	32.1	4.6	5.9	76.8	58.3	1.2	7.1	3.2	1,954	1,590	457	375	50	32	178	88	+214
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37	29.6	2025-26	GSW	18	31.3	3.7	3.9	1.3	0.6	9.8	20.2	48.4	5.2	12.6	41.2	4.9	5.4	90.7	65.5	0.4	3.3	3.1	564	533	67	71	24	10	55	38	+17
3	LeBron James L. James	37	30.3	2021-22	LAL	56	37.2	8.2	6.2	1.3	1.1	11.4	21.8	52.4	2.9	8.0	35.9	4.5	6.0	75.6	61.9	1.1	7.1	3.5	2,084	1,695	459	349	73	59	196	121	-117
4	James Harden J. Harden	36	26.6	2025-26	LAC	24	35.5	5.3	8.2	1.3	0.4	7.7	17.5	44.0	3.5	9.6	36.8	7.6	8.5	89.7	62.6	0.5	4.8	4.0	853	638	128	197	30	10	95	52	-56
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	36	26.6	2024-25	PHX	62	36.5	6.0	4.2	0.8	1.2	9.5	18.1	52.7	2.6	6.0	43.0	4.9	5.8	83.9	64.2	0.4	5.7	3.1	2,265	1,647	374	263	50	77	190	104	-39
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	35	26.4	2023-24	GSW	74	32.7	4.5	5.1	0.7	0.4	8.8	19.5	45.0	4.8	11.8	40.8	4.0	4.4	92.3	61.6	0.5	4.0	2.8	2,421	1,956	330	379	54	28	210	117	+189
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	35	27.1	2023-24	PHX	75	37.2	6.6	5.0	0.9	1.2	10.0	19.2	52.3	2.2	5.4	41.3	4.8	5.6	85.6	62.6	0.5	6.1	3.2	2,791	2,032	495	378	68	91	243	133	+290
8	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
9	Stephen Curry S. Curry	34	29.4	2022-23	GSW	56	34.7	6.1	6.3	0.9	0.4	10.0	20.2	49.3	4.9	11.4	42.7	4.6	5.0	91.5	65.6	0.7	5.4	3.2	1,941	1,648	341	352	52	20	179	117	+268
10	Kevin Durant K. Durant	34	29.1	2022-23	TOT	47	35.6	6.7	5.0	0.7	1.4	10.3	18.3	56.0	2.0	4.9	40.4	6.5	7.1	91.9	67.7	0.4	6.3	3.3	1,671	1,366	313	235	34	67	156	99	+258
11	LeBron James L. James	34	27.4	2018-19	LAL	55	35.2	8.5	8.3	1.3	0.6	10.1	19.9	51.0	2.0	5.9	33.9	5.1	7.6	66.5	58.8	1.0	7.4	3.6	1,937	1,505	465	454	72	33	197	94	+115
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Kevin Durant K. Durant	33	29.9	2021-22	BKN	55	37.2	7.4	6.4	0.9	0.9	10.5	20.3	51.8	2.1	5.5	38.3	6.8	7.4	91.0	63.4	0.5	6.9	3.5	2,047	1,643	407	351	48	52	191	113	+269
17	LeBron James L. James	33	27.5	2017-18	CLE	82	36.9	8.6	9.1	1.4	0.9	10.5	19.3	54.2	1.8	5.0	36.7	4.7	6.5	73.1	62.1	1.2	7.5	4.2	3,026	2,251	709	747	116	71	347	136	+104
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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