retired nba players since 2004 highest ppg by a 40 year old

Since 2003-04, Karl Malone has averaged the most points per game by a 40-year-old inactive or retired player, with 13.2 per game.

	NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Karl Malone K. Malone	13.2	42	32.7	8.7	3.9	1.2	0.5	4.6	9.5	48.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.4	74.7	55.5	1.5	7.3	2.5	1,373	554	367	163	50	20	103	116	+219
2	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	8.9	65	20.0	2.2	2.5	0.7	0.2	3.1	7.1	43.4	1.0	3.0	33.3	1.7	2.0	84.0	55.3	0.3	1.9	1.6	1,299	576	142	163	43	16	105	126	+72
3	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	7.3	51	15.6	3.1	0.7	0.2	0.4	2.6	7.4	35.9	1.3	4.0	31.2	0.8	1.0	78.0	46.9	0.1	3.0	0.4	795	373	158	35	9	18	18	76	-67
4	Steve Nash S. Nash	6.9	8	19.1	2.4	6.0	0.5	0.1	2.6	5.3	50.0	0.3	1.1	22.2	1.4	1.5	91.7	58.2	0.3	2.1	2.1	153	55	19	48	4	1	17	7	-28
5	Andre Miller A. Miller	6.5	6	21.3	3.3	3.5	1.0	0.0	2.7	6.5	41.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	1.2	1.8	63.6	44.5	0.8	2.5	1.7	128	39	20	21	6	0	10	9	+31
6	Vince Carter V. Carter	6.3	62	21.2	2.4	1.6	0.9	0.6	2.1	5.5	39.1	1.3	3.2	39.6	0.8	1.0	78.7	53.4	0.4	2.0	0.6	1,315	392	151	98	53	37	39	119	+48
7	Udonis Haslem U. Haslem	5.5	2	13.1	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	3.5	71.4	0.5	0.5	100.0	0.0	0.0		78.6	0.5	4.0	0.5	26	11	9	0	0	0	1	3	-2
8	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	5.0	1	6.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	50.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		62.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	6	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	+4
9	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	3.8	43	18.8	2.4	1.0	0.2	0.5	1.5	4.4	34.9	0.5	1.4	37.3	0.3	0.7	39.3	41.0	0.7	1.8	0.6	808	165	105	44	10	21	26	85	-220
10	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	3.6	14	25.5	4.6	2.6	1.5	0.1	1.3	3.7	34.6	1.1	3.3	32.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	48.6	0.6	4.0	0.6	358	51	65	37	21	2	9	29	+92
11	Jason Terry J. Terry	3.3	51	16.0	0.9	1.2	0.8	0.3	1.2	3.0	38.3	0.8	2.3	34.8	0.2	0.2	88.9	52.5	0.1	0.8	0.5	814	166	48	59	42	13	25	52	+19
12	Grant Hill G. Hill	3.2	29	15.1	1.7	0.9	0.4	0.2	1.3	3.4	38.8	0.1	0.4	27.3	0.5	0.8	58.3	42.8	0.2	1.5	0.9	437	93	49	26	11	7	25	39	+1
13	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	3.1	75	17.2	6.5	0.2	0.3	1.0	1.1	2.0	55.6	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.2	69.0	60.1	2.2	4.3	0.5	1,289	230	488	13	22	76	38	156	+101
14	Juwan Howard J. Howard	3.0	7	7.2	1.1	0.9	0.0	0.0	1.4	2.7	52.6	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.1	100.0	54.0	0.0	1.1	0.6	51	21	8	6	0	0	4	9	-13
15	Chris Paul C. Paul	2.9	16	14.2	1.8	3.3	0.7	0.0	1.1	3.5	32.1	0.6	1.9	33.3	0.1	0.1	50.0	41.3	0.4	1.4	1.0	228	47	28	53	11	0	16	23	-84
16	Kurt Thomas K. Thomas	2.5	39	10.1	2.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.2	2.1	54.2	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.2	0.3	46.2	54.7	0.6	1.7	0.2	392	97	89	21	10	16	8	52	-22
17	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	2.0	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		100.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-5
18	Charles Oakley C. Oakley	1.3	7	3.6	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.9	33.3	0.0	0.0		0.7	0.9	83.3	52.1	0.0	0.7	0.1	25	9	5	2	0	0	1	8	+4

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4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
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