what nba player over age 38 season has scored the most points per game

50 players were 38 years old. The first three are LeBron James in 2022-23, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1985-86 and Michael Jordan in 2001-02.

	NAME	AGE	PPG	SEASON	TM	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	LeBron James L. James	38	28.9	2022-23	LAL	55	35.5	8.3	6.8	0.9	0.6	11.1	22.2	50.0	2.2	6.9	32.1	4.6	5.9	76.8	58.3	1.2	7.1	3.2	1,954	1,590	457	375	50	32	178	88	+214
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38	23.4	1985-86	LAL	79	33.3	6.1	3.5	0.8	1.6	9.6	16.9	56.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	5.6	76.5	60.3	1.7	4.4	2.6	2,629	1,846	478	280	67	130	203	248
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	22.9	2001-02	WAS	60	34.9	5.7	5.2	1.4	0.4	9.2	22.1	41.6	0.2	0.9	18.9	4.4	5.6	79.0	46.8	0.8	4.8	2.7	2,093	1,375	339	310	85	26	162	119	+16
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	38	22.4	2001-02	UTA	80	38.0	8.6	4.3	1.9	0.7	7.9	17.5	45.4	0.1	0.3	36.0	6.4	8.0	79.7	53.2	1.8	6.8	3.3	3,040	1,788	686	341	152	59	263	229	+50
5	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	38	14.2	2016-17	DAL	54	26.4	6.5	1.5	0.6	0.7	5.5	12.6	43.7	1.5	3.9	37.8	1.8	2.1	87.5	52.9	0.4	6.1	0.9	1,424	769	353	82	30	38	51	113	-14
6	Robert Parish R. Parish	38	14.1	1991-92	BOS	79	28.9	8.9	0.9	0.9	1.2	5.9	11.1	53.5	0.0	0.0		2.3	2.9	77.2	57.1	2.8	6.2	1.7	2,285	1,115	705	70	68	97	131	172
7	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	38	13.9	2014-15	SAS	77	28.9	9.1	3.0	0.8	2.0	5.4	10.6	51.2	0.0	0.1	28.6	3.0	4.0	74.0	56.0	2.2	6.9	1.7	2,227	1,070	704	230	63	151	131	165	+305
8	Grant Hill G. Hill	38	13.2	2010-11	PHX	80	30.1	4.2	2.5	0.8	0.4	5.0	10.3	48.4	0.6	1.4	39.5	2.7	3.2	82.9	56.3	1.0	3.3	1.7	2,409	1,056	338	200	64	35	134	184	+45
9	Steve Nash S. Nash	38	12.7	2012-13	LAL	50	32.5	2.8	6.7	0.6	0.1	4.7	9.5	49.7	1.1	2.6	43.8	2.1	2.3	92.2	60.5	0.5	2.3	2.5	1,627	636	142	333	30	5	126	70	+39
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	38	11.9	2000-01	HOU	58	26.6	7.4	1.2	1.2	1.5	4.9	9.8	49.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	3.4	62.1	52.6	2.1	5.3	1.4	1,545	689	431	72	70	88	81	141	+62
11	John Stockton J. Stockton	38	11.5	2000-01	UTA	82	29.2	2.8	8.7	1.6	0.3	4.0	7.9	50.4	0.7	1.6	46.2	2.8	3.4	81.7	61.0	0.7	2.1	2.5	2,397	944	227	713	132	21	203	194	+561
12	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	38	11.2	2007-08	TOT	55	23.2	2.5	3.9	0.7	0.1	4.2	9.7	43.8	0.4	1.4	30.3	2.3	2.6	88.2	51.7	0.3	2.2	1.8	1,274	616	136	214	37	6	97	98	-71
13	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	38	10.3	1998-99	SEA	48	25.7	2.4	0.8	0.5	0.1	3.6	8.2	44.1	2.0	4.5	43.3	1.1	1.5	75.7	58.1	0.5	1.9	0.9	1,232	495	115	38	25	3	45	77	+25
14	Reggie Miller R. Miller	38	10.0	2003-04	IND	80	28.2	2.4	3.1	0.8	0.1	3.3	7.4	43.8	1.7	4.2	40.1	1.8	2.1	88.5	60.0	0.2	2.1	0.9	2,254	800	188	249	65	11	68	96	+504
15	Johnny Green J. Green	38	9.8	1971-72	CIN	82	23.3	6.8	1.5			4.0	7.1	56.9				1.7	3.0	56.4	58.0				1,914	803	560	120				238
16	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	38	9.6	2000-01	SEA	79	26.7	7.4	1.2	0.7	1.2	3.7	8.7	43.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	3.2	68.5	47.8	1.6	5.8	1.9	2,107	760	585	92	53	91	151	229	-159
17	Ray Allen R. Allen	38	9.6	2013-14	MIA	73	26.5	2.8	2.0	0.7	0.1	3.3	7.4	44.2	1.6	4.2	37.5	1.4	1.6	90.5	59.0	0.3	2.5	1.2	1,936	701	205	143	54	8	84	115	+163
18	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	38	9.6	2015-16	SAS	58	19.6	2.5	3.1	1.1	0.2	3.4	7.5	45.3	1.2	3.1	39.1	1.6	1.9	81.3	57.3	0.4	2.1	1.7	1,134	555	146	177	66	11	99	99	+329
19	Kevin Willis K. Willis	38	9.3	2000-01	TOT	78	23.5	6.8	0.6	0.7	0.7	3.9	8.8	44.1	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.4	1.9	76.9	47.8	2.3	4.6	1.1	1,830	722	532	50	57	52	87	216	-258
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	38	9.2	2010-11	BOS	37	20.3	4.8	0.7	0.4	1.1	3.6	5.4	66.7	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.5	55.7	65.9	1.3	3.5	1.5	752	341	178	26	16	42	56	120	+193
21	Chris Paul C. Paul	38	9.2	2023-24	GSW	58	26.4	3.9	6.8	1.2	0.1	3.6	8.1	44.1	1.3	3.6	37.1	0.7	0.9	82.7	54.4	0.3	3.6	1.3	1,531	533	225	393	70	6	76	108	+110
22	Al Horford A. Horford	38	9.0	2024-25	BOS	60	27.6	6.2	2.1	0.6	0.9	3.3	7.7	42.3	1.9	5.2	36.3	0.6	0.6	89.5	56.3	1.3	4.8	0.8	1,658	538	369	128	36	51	46	81	+397
23	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	38	8.4	1997-98	HOU	75	19.9	2.0	1.2	0.4	0.0	3.0	7.3	41.7	0.9	2.6	33.3	1.5	1.8	83.1	52.4	0.7	1.4	0.8	1,490	633	153	88	32	3	62	89	-83
24	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	38	8.4	1999-00	GSW	22	18.1	4.9	1.0	0.6	0.4	3.5	8.0	42.9	0.0	0.0		1.5	1.8	82.1	47.4	2.0	2.8	1.2	398	184	107	21	13	8	27	74	-45
25	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	38	7.9	2018-19	PHX	64	18.9	1.3	3.6	0.5	0.2	2.7	6.8	39.7	1.0	3.2	33.2	1.5	1.7	84.5	52.2	0.1	1.2	1.5	1,211	508	85	229	33	12	99	75	-377