oldest players to score 40 points in a game before 2000

Before 1999-00, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the oldest in a game with 40+ points. He was 38 years and 334 days old versus the Rockets on March 16, 1986.

Interpreted as:

oldest players to score 40 or more points in a regular-season game before 2000

	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	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
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38-296	46	2/6/1986	LAL	@	HOU	37	11	4	0	0	21	30	70.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	72.4	2	9	6	3
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38-292	40	2/2/1986	LAL	vs	NYK	40	3	4	1	6	15	22	68.2	0	0		10	10	100.0	75.8	1	2	1	3
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	37-295	40	2/5/1985	LAL	@	HOU	41	8	3	1	0	16	29	55.2	0	0		8	9	88.9	60.7	2	6	2	1
5	Walter Davis W. Davis	36-061	41	11/9/1990	DEN	vs	SEA	33	8	2	1	0	18	32	56.3	2	2	100.0	3	4	75.0	60.7	5	3	1	4
6	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	35-164	42	2/27/1970	LAL	vs	CHI	48	15	1			19	29	65.5				4	5	80.0	67.3				3
7	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	35-148	43	2/11/1970	LAL	@	SFW	43	11	2			18	28	64.3				7	10	70.0	66.4				4
8	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	35-144	41	2/7/1970	LAL	@	PHX	42	9	2			18	32	56.3				5	7	71.4	58.4				4
9	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	35-136	43	11/5/1997	HOU	@	LAC	34	4	6	2	0	15	25	60.0	3	5	60.0	10	11	90.9	72.1	1	3	2	2	+29
10	Larry Bird L. Bird	35-099	49	3/15/1992	BOS	vs	POR	54	14	12	4	1	19	35	54.3	2	8	25.0	9	10	90.0	62.2	0	14	5	5
11	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
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35-060	44	4/18/1998	CHI	vs	NYK	40	3	3	1	0	11	24	45.8	0	0		22	24	91.7	63.7	0	3	1	1	-6
13	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35-047	40	4/5/1998	CHI	@	HOU	37	4	3	3	0	18	31	58.1	0	0		4	4	100.0	61.1	2	2	2	3	+15
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35-045	41	4/3/1998	CHI	vs	MIN	38	6	4	1	0	16	25	64.0	2	6	33.3	7	8	87.5	71.9	3	3	0	1	+19
15	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35-019	42	3/8/1998	CHI	@	NYK	43	8	6	3	1	17	33	51.5	1	2	50.0	7	9	77.8	56.8	3	5	2	1	+5
16	Alex English A. English	35-019	43	1/24/1989	DEN	@	NJN	40	3	4	1	0	17	33	51.5	0	0		9	9	100.0	58.2	0	3	2	1
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34-352	40	2/4/1998	CHI	@	UTA	43	7	3	2	1	17	37	45.9	1	5	20.0	5	6	83.3	50.5	2	5	1	2	-13
18	Alex English A. English	34-350	41	12/20/1988	DEN	vs	POR	42	5	6	1	0	18	29	62.1	0	0		5	6	83.3	64.8	2	3	3	1
19	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	34-339	43	12/17/1994	BOS	@	HOU	41	9	2	1	0	16	27	59.3	5	6	83.3	6	9	66.7	69.4	5	4	7	5
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34-335	45	1/18/1998	CHI	vs	HOU	41	3	3	3	1	16	29	55.2	2	2	100.0	11	12	91.7	65.6	0	3	4	2	+9
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34-330	40	1/13/1998	CHI	vs	SEA	38	1	2	0	0	12	27	44.4	0	2	0.0	16	18	88.9	57.3	1	0	1	5	+5
22	Alex English A. English	34-329	41	11/29/1988	DEN	vs	NYK	43	6	1	1	0	16	27	59.3	0	0		9	9	100.0	66.2	5	1	1	3
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34-326	44	1/9/1998	CHI	@	NYK	41	4	2	3	1	17	33	51.5	1	4	25.0	9	10	90.0	58.8	1	3	1	3	+6
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34-319	44	1/2/1998	CHI	vs	MIL	43	5	1	2	0	15	22	68.2	1	1	100.0	13	15	86.7	76.9	1	4	0	1	+15
25	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	34-316	41	2/26/1982	LAL	vs	PHI	49	19	3		5	17	27	63.0	0	0		7	11	63.6	64.4				2