oldest player to score 50 points in a game before 1990

Before 1989-90, Alex English was the oldest in a game with 50+ points. He was 35 years and 64 days old versus the Heat on March 10, 1989.

Interpreted as:

oldest player to score 50 or more points in a regular-season game before 1990

	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	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
2	Rick Barry R. Barry	33-362	55	3/25/1978	GSW	vs	NYK	44	9	9	3	0	19	31	61.3				17	18	94.4	70.7	1	8	2	3
3	Rick Barry R. Barry	33-215	51	10/29/1977	GSW	vs	PHI	43	5	5	1	0	22	38	57.9				7	8	87.5	61.4	0	5	2	4
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	32-172	66	2/9/1969	LAL	vs	PHX	48	27	4			29	35	82.9				8	18	44.4	76.9				1
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	32-158	60	1/26/1969	LAL		CIN		21				22	36	61.1				16	24	66.7	64.4				1
6	Sam Jones S. Jones	32-127	51	10/29/1965	BOS	@	DET						21	35	60.0				9	9	100.0	65.5
7	Moses Malone M. Malone	32-016	50	4/8/1987	WAS	@	NJN	38	12	0	2	1	18	31	58.1	0	0		14	14	100.0	67.3	7	5	0	2
8	Chet Walker C. Walker	31-349	56	2/6/1972	CHI	vs	CIN	36	4	2			22	30	73.3				12	13	92.3	78.4				1
9	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	31-339	53	3/28/1975	LAL	vs	KCO	44	3	2	1		21	38	55.3				11	12	91.7	61.2				5
10	Alex English A. English	31-318	54	11/19/1985	DEN	vs	HOU	37	4	1	0	0	21	30	70.0	0	0		12	12	100.0	76.5	1	3	1	3
11	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31-210	53	3/18/1968	PHI	vs	LAL	48	32	14			24	29	82.8				5	10	50.0	79.3				0
12	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31-121	53	12/20/1967	PHI	@	SEA	45	38	6			20	23	87.0				13	26	50.0	76.9				2
13	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31-117	68	12/16/1967	PHI	@	CHI	48	34	2			30	40	75.0				8	22	36.4	68.4				1
14	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	31-102	52	12/1/1967	PHI		SEA	48	37	2			22	29	75.9				8	30	26.7	61.6				3
15	Mike Newlin M. Newlin	30-348	52	12/16/1979	NJN	vs	BOS	49	6	3	1	0	19	28	67.9	1	3	33.3	13	15	86.7	75.1	3	3	4	3
16	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	30-339	52	11/16/1963	STL	vs	BAL	44	13	4			20	29	69.0				12	13	92.3	74.9				3
17	Rick Barry R. Barry	30-301	55	1/23/1975	GSW	vs	PHI	46	5	5	7	1	23	49	46.9				9	10	90.0	51.5	2	3		0
18	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	30-258	50	2/1/1959	SYR	@	BOS	53	23				18	34	52.9				14	17	82.4	60.3				6
19	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	30-176	58	2/13/1967	PHI	vs	CIN	48	25	6			26	34	76.5				6	14	42.9	72.2				3
20	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	30-064	55	2/11/1962	STL	vs	CIN	48	14				19	39	48.7				17	17	100.0	59.2				4
21	Rick Barry R. Barry	29-363	64	3/26/1974	GSW	vs	POR	43	10	9	5	0	30	45	66.7				4	5	80.0	67.8	0	10		4
22	Rick Barry R. Barry	29-332	51	2/23/1974	GSW	vs	PHI	46	6	11	4		22	40	55.0				7	8	87.5	58.6	2	4		3
23	George Gervin G. Gervin	29-313	50	3/6/1982	SAS	vs	MIL	56	8	5	1	0	21	31	67.7	0	0		8	8	100.0	72.4	1	7	4	3
24	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	29-313	57	3/18/1978	HOU	vs	NJN	48	6	2	3	0	24	40	60.0				9	12	75.0	62.9				4
25	Richie Guerin R. Guerin	29-272	50	2/25/1962	NYK	@	PHI		11	13			17	28	60.7				16	19	84.2	68.8				3