oldest players to drop 35 points in nba game

LeBron James is the oldest in a game with 35+ points. He was 40 years and 355 days old against the Clippers on December 20.

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oldest players to drop 35 or more points in NBA 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	LeBron James L. James	40-355	36	12/20/2025	LAL	@	LAC	38	4	3	2	1	15	28	53.6	3	7	42.9	3	5	60.0	59.6	1	3	3	1	-6
2	LeBron James L. James	40-052	40	2/20/2025	LAL	@	POR	36	8	4	2	1	14	24	58.3	4	8	50.0	8	8	100.0	72.7	0	8	11	2	+8
3	LeBron James L. James	40-038	42	2/6/2025	LAL	vs	GSW	38	17	8	1	1	14	25	56.0	6	9	66.7	8	10	80.0	71.4	1	16	3	1	+7
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40-020	39	3/9/2003	WAS	@	NYK	43	8	1	1	0	13	22	59.1	0	0		13	15	86.7	68.2	1	7	3	3	+7
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40-010	35	2/27/2003	WAS	vs	HOU	50	11	6	0	0	15	26	57.7	0	0		5	7	71.4	60.2	0	11	3	3	0
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40-004	43	2/21/2003	WAS	vs	NJN	43	10	3	4	1	18	30	60.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	64.1	0	10	1	2	+9
7	LeBron James L. James	40-003	38	1/2/2025	LAL	vs	POR	36	3	8	0	0	15	25	60.0	7	10	70.0	1	2	50.0	73.4	1	2	4	1	+4
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39-349	45	2/1/2003	WAS	vs	NOH	44	3	6	1	1	18	33	54.5	0	0		9	10	90.0	60.2	1	2	2	5	+14
9	LeBron James L. James	39-342	39	12/6/2024	LAL	@	ATL	43	10	11	2	3	14	25	56.0	6	11	54.5	5	6	83.3	70.5	0	10	4	3	+3
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39-321	41	1/4/2003	WAS	vs	IND	53	12	4	3	0	14	26	53.8	3	4	75.0	10	12	83.3	65.5	3	9	2	2	+15
11	LeBron James L. James	39-319	35	11/13/2024	LAL	vs	MEM	37	12	14	1	0	13	22	59.1	4	7	57.1	5	8	62.5	68.6	1	11	6	2	+3
12	LeBron James L. James	39-312	39	11/6/2024	LAL	@	MEM	35	7	6	1	0	15	24	62.5	6	11	54.5	3	4	75.0	75.7	0	7	5	2	-21
13	Karl Malone K. Malone	39-231	40	3/12/2003	UTA	@	ORL	42	9	7	4	0	12	19	63.2	0	0		16	22	72.7	69.7	0	9	1	2	+2
14	Reggie Miller R. Miller	39-206	39	3/18/2005	IND	vs	LAL	36	3	2	0	0	13	18	72.2	3	5	60.0	10	10	100.0	87.1	0	3	2	1	+16
15	Reggie Miller R. Miller	39-176	36	2/16/2005	IND	vs	POR	32	0	1	0	0	10	17	58.8	4	10	40.0	12	12	100.0	80.8	0	0	2	1	+13
16	LeBron James L. James	39-104	37	4/12/2024	LAL	@	MEM	41	9	5	2	0	13	20	65.0	3	7	42.9	8	11	72.7	74.5	2	7	8	1	-3
17	LeBron James L. James	39-092	40	3/31/2024	LAL	@	BKN	37	7	5	0	0	13	17	76.5	9	10	90.0	5	6	83.3	101.8	1	6	4	0	+22
18	LeBron James L. James	39-077	40	3/16/2024	LAL	vs	GSW	38	8	9	1	1	15	23	65.2	3	5	60.0	7	8	87.5	75.4	3	5	4	1	-6
19	LeBron James L. James	39-028	36	1/27/2024	LAL	@	GSW	48	20	12	0	0	14	25	56.0	2	4	50.0	6	6	100.0	65.1	1	19	3	2	-6
20	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	39-020	51	4/9/2019	PHX	@	DAL	38	5	5	1	1	18	30	60.0	7	13	53.8	8	9	88.9	75.1	0	5	4	4	-5
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39-006	37	2/23/2002	WAS	vs	MIA	37	5	7	0	0	13	25	52.0	1	1	100.0	10	12	83.3	61.1	1	4	4	3	-2
22	LeBron James L. James	38-358	40	12/23/2023	LAL	@	OKC	37	7	7	2	2	13	20	65.0	5	5	100.0	9	9	100.0	83.5	2	5	3	0	+10
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38-343	41	1/26/2002	WAS	vs	PHX	40	4	7	2	0	17	30	56.7	0	0		7	9	77.8	60.4	2	2	2	2	+18
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38-341	40	1/24/2002	WAS	vs	CLE	40	8	2	2	0	18	29	62.1	0	0		4	7	57.1	62.3	1	7	0	2	+9
25	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38-334	43	3/16/1986	LAL	vs	HOU	40	7	3	2	1	16	24	66.7	0	0		11	16	68.8	69.3	3	4	4	4

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LeBron James is the oldest in a game with 35+ points. He was 40 years and 355 days old against the Clippers on December 20.

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