oldest player to score 59 points in a game

Kobe Bryant is the oldest in a game with 59+ points. He was 37 years and 234 days old against the Jazz on April 13, 2016.

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oldest player to score 59 or more points in a regular-season game

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	37-234	60	4/13/2016	LAL	vs	UTA	42	4	4	1	1	22	50	44.0	6	21	28.6	10	12	83.3	54.3	0	4	2	1	+7
2	Stephen Curry S. Curry	35-326	60	2/3/2024	GSW	@	ATL	41	6	4	0	1	22	38	57.9	10	23	43.5	6	6	100.0	73.8	1	5	2	1	-1
3	Stephen Curry S. Curry	32-295	62	1/3/2021	GSW	vs	POR	36	5	4	0	0	18	31	58.1	8	16	50.0	18	19	94.7	78.8	1	4	5	0	+20
4	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	32-226	71	2/26/2023	POR	vs	HOU	39	6	6	0	0	22	38	57.9	13	22	59.1	14	14	100.0	80.4	1	5	2	0	+21
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	32-194	60	1/25/2023	POR	vs	UTA	40	7	8	3	0	21	29	72.4	9	15	60.0	9	10	90.0	89.8	0	7	4	1	+11
6	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
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	32-158	60	1/26/1969	LAL		CIN		21				22	36	61.1				16	24	66.7	64.4				1
8	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
9	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	30-276	60	3/24/1990	PHX	vs	SEA	42	6	4	1	2	22	32	68.8	0	0		16	18	88.9	75.2	1	5	1	5
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	30-163	61	2/2/2009	LAL	@	NYK	37	0	3	0	1	19	31	61.3	3	6	50.0	20	20	100.0	76.6	0	0	2	1	+19
11	James Harden J. Harden	30-096	60	11/30/2019	HOU	vs	ATL	31	3	8	3	1	16	24	66.7	8	14	57.1	20	23	87.0	87.9	0	3	5	3	+50
12	James Harden J. Harden	30-065	59	10/30/2019	HOU	@	WAS	38	3	9	1	0	18	32	56.3	6	14	42.9	17	18	94.4	73.9	1	2	4	3	+6
13	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	30-041	61	4/1/2025	DEN	vs	MIN	53	10	10	2	0	18	29	62.1	6	11	54.5	19	24	79.2	77.1	2	8	4	5	+2
14	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	30-027	61	8/11/2020	POR	@	DAL	41	5	8	1	0	17	32	53.1	9	17	52.9	18	18	100.0	76.4	2	3	3	2	+8
15	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
16	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	29-357	60	3/15/2022	BKN	@	ORL	35	6	4	4	1	20	31	64.5	8	12	66.7	12	13	92.3	81.7	2	4	1	3	+36
17	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	29-343	59	11/13/2024	MIL	vs	DET	44	14	7	2	3	21	34	61.8	1	2	50.0	16	17	94.1	71.1	3	11	3	1	+7
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29-334	64	1/16/1993	CHI	vs	ORL	47	6	1	5	0	27	49	55.1	1	5	20.0	9	11	81.8	59.4	4	2	2	5
19	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	29-312	70	1/22/2024	PHI	vs	SAS	37	18	5	1	1	24	41	58.5	1	2	50.0	21	23	91.3	68.5	9	9	1	2	+11
20	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	29-250	60	2/12/2005	PHI	vs	ORL	42	4	6	5	1	17	36	47.2	2	5	40.0	24	27	88.9	62.7	1	3	3	1	+27
21	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	29-248	68	2/25/1977	NOJ	vs	NYK	43	6	6	3	2	26	43	60.5				16	19	84.2	66.2	1	5		6
22	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	29-240	62	1/24/2014	NYK	vs	CHA	39	13	0	0	0	23	35	65.7	6	11	54.5	10	10	100.0	78.7	1	12	0	1	+34
23	James Harden J. Harden	29-208	61	3/22/2019	HOU	vs	SAS	37	7	1	3	0	19	34	55.9	9	13	69.2	14	17	82.4	73.5	2	5	3	3	+18
24	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	29-194	62	3/3/1966	PHI	vs	SFW	48	37	3			26	39	66.7				10	19	52.6	65.5				2
25	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	29-189	61	1/20/2020	POR	vs	GSW	45	10	7	1	0	17	37	45.9	11	20	55.0	16	16	100.0	69.3	0	10	2	1	+13

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Sat 1/24	LAL	@	DAL	8:30 PM
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Wed 1/28	LAL	@	CLE	7:00 PM
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1	Pistons	31	10	.756
2	Celtics	26	16	.619	5.5
3	Knicks	25	18	.581	7.0
4	Raptors	25	19	.568	7.5
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10	Hawks	20	25	.444	13.0
11	Bucks	18	24	.429	13.5
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2	Spurs	30	13	.698	5.5
3	Nuggets	29	14	.674	6.5
4	Timberwolves	27	16	.628	8.5
5	Rockets	25	15	.625	9.0
6	Suns	27	17	.614	9.0
7	Lakers	25	16	.610	9.5
8	Warriors	25	19	.568	11.0
9	Trail Blazers	22	22	.500	14.0
10	Clippers	19	23	.452	16.0
11	Grizzlies	18	23	.439	16.5
12	Mavericks	18	26	.409	18.0
13	Jazz	14	29	.326	21.5
14	Kings	12	31	.279	23.5
15	Pelicans	10	35	.222	26.5

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Wed 12/24	CLE	@	NYK	124-126
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Wed 12/24	DAL	@	GSW	116-126
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Wed 1/21	CLE	@	CHA	7:00 PM
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