oldest player to start nba game since 1976

Since 1975-76, Robert Parish is the oldest in a start. He was 43 years and 118 days old against the Hawks on December 26, 1996.

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oldest player to regular-season start NBA game since 1976

	NAME	Age	GS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Robert Parish R. Parish	43-118	1	12/26/1996	CHI	@	ATL	23	8	10	1	0	2	3	6	50.0	0	0	2	4	50.0	51.5	6	4	2	2	-5
2	Robert Parish R. Parish	43-106	1	12/14/1996	CHI	vs	CHA	13	4	1	0	0	0	2	5	40.0	0	0	0	0		40.0	1	0	0	1	0
3	Robert Parish R. Parish	43-103	1	12/11/1996	CHI	vs	MIN	20	8	5	3	0	0	4	7	57.1	0	0	0	0		57.1	2	3	0	0	+20
4	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	42-289	1	4/10/2009	HOU	@	GSW	35	10	15	0	0	4	3	7	42.9	0	0	4	5	80.0	54.3	5	10	2	4	+5
5	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	42-264	1	3/16/2009	HOU	@	NOH	25	1	6	0	0	3	0	1	0.0	0	0	1	2	50.0	26.6	2	4	2	1	+8
6	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-235	1	4/21/1996	CHA	vs	ORL	26	11	4	0	0	3	5	13	38.5	0	0	1	2	50.0	39.6	2	2	1	3
7	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-233	1	4/19/1996	CHA	@	NYK	23	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	0	0	2	2	100.0	106.4	0	0	0	2
8	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-232	1	4/18/1996	CHA	vs	MIL	23	2	6	1	0	1	1	2	50.0	0	0	0	0		50.0	1	5	1	2
9	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-229	1	4/15/1996	CHA	@	IND	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0			0	2	0	2
10	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-228	1	4/14/1996	CHA	@	PHI	20	6	6	1	0	2	2	3	66.7	0	0	2	4	50.0	63.0	2	4	1	0
11	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-224	1	4/10/1996	CHA	vs	MIA	16	4	5	0	0	1	2	4	50.0	0	0	0	0		50.0	1	4	2	0
12	Kevin Willis K. Willis	42-222	1	4/16/2005	ATL	vs	CHI	27	8	4	1	1	0	4	9	44.4	0	0	0	0		44.4	1	3	0	5	-8
13	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-222	1	4/8/1996	CHA	@	CHI	32	5	11	2	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	0	1	2	50.0	51.2	4	7	3	2
14	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-220	1	4/6/1996	CHA	@	CLE	39	14	9	4	0	3	6	9	66.7	0	0	2	2	100.0	70.9	2	7	1	2
15	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-219	1	4/5/1996	CHA	vs	CHI	25	11	5	0	1	0	4	7	57.1	0	0	3	4	75.0	62.8	1	4	0	0
16	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-217	1	4/3/1996	CHA	@	DET	23	4	6	0	1	1	1	3	33.3	0	0	2	2	100.0	51.5	0	6	1	1
17	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-216	1	4/2/1996	CHA	vs	LAL	33	4	14	1	0	7	2	6	33.3	0	0	0	0		33.3	3	11	1	2
18	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-214	1	3/31/1996	CHA	@	VAN	19	8	4	0	0	4	3	5	60.0	0	0	2	2	100.0	68.0	1	3	0	1
19	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-212	1	3/29/1996	CHA	@	SAC	44	14	13	2	2	3	7	13	53.8	0	0	0	0		53.8	7	6	2	2
20	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-210	1	3/27/1996	CHA	@	SEA	19	8	4	0	2	1	4	8	50.0	0	0	0	0		50.0	1	3	0	3
21	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-209	1	3/26/1996	CHA	@	DEN	42	15	17	0	0	4	6	8	75.0	0	0	3	4	75.0	76.8	2	15	0	5
22	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-207	1	3/24/1996	CHA	@	LAL	30	13	10	1	1	2	5	8	62.5	0	0	3	4	75.0	66.6	2	8	0	2
23	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-205	1	3/22/1996	CHA	vs	ATL	27	5	7	0	0	1	2	6	33.3	0	0	1	2	50.0	36.3	3	4	0	2
24	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-203	1	3/20/1996	CHA	@	TOR	20	4	3	0	0	0	1	4	25.0	0	0	2	2	100.0	41.0	0	3	1	0
25	Robert Parish R. Parish	42-202	1	3/19/1996	CHA	vs	IND	24	9	7	1	0	2	4	8	50.0	0	0	1	2	50.0	50.7	4	3	1	2

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