oldest players to score 30 points in a game before 1985

Before 1984-85, John Havlicek was the oldest in a game with 30+ points. He was 37 years and 343 days old versus the Suns on March 17, 1978.

Interpreted as:

oldest players to score 30 or more points in a regular-season game before 1985

	NAME	AGE	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	37-343	32	3/17/1978	BOS	vs	PHX	41	5	4	2	1	15	25	60.0			2	2	100.0	61.8	0	5	2	4
2	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	37-065	35	1/21/1983	HOU	@	KCK	39	8	1	1	2	16	24	66.7	0	0	3	6	50.0	65.7			5	4
3	Johnny Green J. Green	37-061	30	2/7/1971	CIN	@	ATL	42	14	1			13	19	68.4			4	4	100.0	72.3				2
4	Johnny Green J. Green	37-050	35	1/27/1971	CIN	vs	BAL	42	21	2			14	20	70.0			7	13	53.8	68.0				4
5	Johnny Green J. Green	37-028	34	1/5/1971	CIN		LAL		13				14	20	70.0			6	6	100.0	75.1				1
6	Johnny Green J. Green	37-012	39	12/20/1970	CIN		DET		11				17	21	81.0			5	7	71.4	81.0				6
7	Johnny Green J. Green	37-001	31	12/9/1970	CIN	vs	ATL	40	18	2			13	23	56.5			5	10	50.0	56.6				4
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36-363	32	4/13/1984	LAL	vs	DAL	35	11	3	0	0	15	23	65.2	0	0	2	2	100.0	67.0	5	6	3	2
9	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36-342	35	3/23/1984	LAL	vs	DET	36	3	4	0	4	15	22	68.2	0	0	5	6	83.3	71.0	2	1	3	3
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36-328	32	3/9/1984	LAL	@	DAL	50	12	2	1	1	14	28	50.0	0	0	4	4	100.0	53.8	6	6	4	2
11	Johnny Green J. Green	36-322	30	10/26/1970	CIN	vs	ATL		8				11	18	61.1			8	11	72.7	65.7				5
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36-321	30	3/2/1984	LAL	@	ATL	37	13	3	0	0	12	19	63.2	0	0	6	10	60.0	64.1	6	7	2	3
13	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	36-320	33	2/22/1977	BOS	@	POR	42	8	2	1	0	11	19	57.9			11	11	100.0	69.2	3	5		2
14	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36-314	31	2/24/1984	LAL	vs	BOS	40	7	5	1	3	11	18	61.1	0	0	9	10	90.0	69.2	2	5	4	3
15	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36-307	33	2/17/1984	LAL	vs	DEN	38	12	7	1	3	13	18	72.2	0	0	7	8	87.5	76.7	5	7	2	2
16	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36-297	33	2/7/1984	LAL	@	IND	37	9	3	1	0	15	24	62.5	0	0	3	3	100.0	65.2	3	6	5	1
17	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	36-295	33	1/28/1977	BOS	vs	MIL	43	6	11	0	0	14	21	66.7			5	5	100.0	71.1				5
18	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	36-292	30	1/25/1977	BOS	vs	DET	41	7	4			12	19	63.2			6	9	66.7	65.3				3
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36-267	30	1/8/1984	LAL	vs	HOU	32	7	5	0	0	12	20	60.0	0	0	6	10	60.0	61.5	3	4	4	5
20	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	36-205	31	10/30/1976	BOS	@	SAS	41	9	10	1	0	15	25	60.0			1	2	50.0	59.9				2
21	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	36-196	32	10/21/1976	BOS	@	IND	50	6	11	4	0	14	20	70.0			4	4	100.0	73.5				5
22	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	36-107	31	3/4/1982	HOU	@	UTA	44	12	3		0	11	18	61.1	0	0	9	12	75.0	66.6			4	2
23	Lenny Wilkens L. Wilkens	36-105	34	2/10/1974	CLE	vs	BUF	38	4	6	2		11	19	57.9			12	14	85.7	67.6	3	1		3
24	Johnny Green J. Green	36-098	30	3/16/1970	CIN		CHI	47	9	1			13	19	68.4			4	7	57.1	67.9				5
25	Johnny Green J. Green	36-093	32	3/11/1970	CIN	vs	BOS		14				12	22	54.5			8	13	61.5	57.7				5