which nba player has the highest season playoff ppg at age 39

LeBron James has scored the most points per game by a 39-year-old player in a single NBA playoff run, with 27.8 per game in 2023-24.

	NAME	PPG	Age	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	27.8	39	2023-24	LAL	5	40.8	6.8	8.8	2.4	1.0	11.2	19.8	56.6	2.0	5.2	38.5	3.4	4.6	73.9	63.7	0.8	6.0	3.8	204	139	34	44	12	5	19	11	-11
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	19.6	39	2002-03	UTA	5	38.2	6.8	4.0	1.6	0.4	6.8	16.8	40.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	6.0	8.2	73.2	48.0	1.4	5.4	4.0	191	98	34	20	8	2	20	15	-31
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	19.2	39	1986-87	LAL	18	31.1	6.8	2.0	0.4	1.9	6.9	13.0	53.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.4	6.8	79.5	60.0	2.2	4.7	2.2	559	345	123	36	8	35	40	56
4	Robert Parish R. Parish	17.0	39	1992-93	BOS	4	36.5	9.5	1.3	0.3	1.5	7.8	14.3	54.4	0.0	0.0		1.5	1.8	85.7	56.6	3.3	6.3	1.5	146	68	38	5	1	6	6	14
5	Reggie Miller R. Miller	14.8	39	2004-05	IND	13	33.1	3.1	1.5	0.8	0.1	4.8	11.0	43.4	1.6	5.1	31.8	3.7	3.9	94.1	58.3	0.3	2.8	1.6	430	193	40	20	10	1	21	28	-49
6	John Stockton J. Stockton	12.5	39	2001-02	UTA	4	35.3	4.0	10.0	2.8	0.3	4.5	10.0	45.0	0.5	1.8	28.6	3.0	3.3	92.3	54.7	0.8	3.3	2.0	141	50	16	40	11	1	8	16	+9
7	Vince Carter V. Carter	11.3	39	2015-16	MEM	4	22.8	3.8	1.3	0.5	0.3	3.8	8.3	45.5	1.8	2.5	70.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	61.6	1.3	2.5	0.8	91	45	15	5	2	1	3	9	-47
8	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	6.6	39	2016-17	SAS	16	17.8	2.4	2.4	1.0	0.1	2.5	6.1	41.2	0.6	2.5	22.5	1.1	1.4	73.9	49.5	0.6	1.8	0.8	284	106	39	39	16	2	12	28	+5
9	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	6.5	39	2001-02	ORL	4	16.8	5.5	1.0	0.3	1.0	2.0	6.3	32.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.5	4.3	58.8	40.0	1.3	4.3	0.5	67	26	22	4	1	4	2	12	-27
10	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	5.9	39	2015-16	SAS	10	21.8	4.8	1.4	0.2	1.3	2.2	5.2	42.3	0.0	0.0		1.5	2.1	71.4	48.2	1.0	3.8	1.0	218	59	48	14	2	13	10	18	+68
11	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	5.6	39	2001-02	TOR	5	17.2	3.8	0.4	1.4	0.8	2.4	4.4	54.5	0.0	0.0		0.8	1.2	66.7	56.8	1.8	2.0	1.2	86	28	19	2	7	4	6	9	-7
12	Clifford Robinson C. Robinson	4.5	39	2005-06	NJN	8	24.8	3.3	0.6	1.1	0.4	1.6	4.9	33.3	0.8	2.4	31.6	0.5	0.6	80.0	43.7	0.3	3.0	1.3	198	36	26	5	9	3	10	28	-9
13	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	3.8	39	2013-14	OKC	19	15.7	1.7	0.8	0.7	0.0	1.2	3.8	31.5	0.6	2.2	29.3	0.8	0.8	100.0	45.9	0.3	1.4	0.3	299	73	33	16	13	0	6	27	-37
14	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	3.0	39	2016-17	LAC	7	14.4	2.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	1.1	2.6	44.4	0.6	1.4	40.0	0.1	0.1	100.0	56.9	0.3	1.7	0.6	101	21	14	7	2	0	4	11	+12
15	Jason Terry J. Terry	2.5	39	2016-17	MIL	6	11.3	1.3	0.8	0.5	0.2	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.3	1.7	20.0	0.2	0.2	100.0	40.7	0.3	1.0	0.3	68	15	8	5	3	1	2	7	0
16	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	2.0	39	1998-99	ORL	1	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		50.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	-6
17	Andre Miller A. Miller	1.8	39	2015-16	SAS	5	7.0	1.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.6	1.4	42.9	0.2	0.6	33.3	0.4	0.4	100.0	57.1	0.4	0.6	0.0	35	9	5	7	0	0	0	4	+7
18	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	1.7	39	2000-01	IND	3	6.3	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.7	2.7	25.0	0.3	1.3	25.0	0.0	0.0		31.3	0.3	1.0	0.0	19	5	4	0	0	0	0	3	-15
19	Alton Lister A. Lister	1.0	39	1997-98	POR	2	5.5	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.5	1.5	33.3	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		33.3	0.5	0.5	1.0	11	2	2	0	0	1	2	5	-13
20	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	0.9	39	2012-13	NYK	12	20.6	3.5	2.0	1.0	0.3	0.3	2.1	12.0	0.3	1.4	17.6	0.2	0.2	100.0	21.3	0.6	2.9	1.1	247	11	42	24	12	4	13	12	-36
21	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	0.9	39	1989-90	SAS	9	7.3	1.4	0.2	0.0	0.3	0.4	1.0	44.4	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.1	0.0	42.4	0.7	0.8	0.3	66	8	13	2	0	3	3	10
22	Tree Rollins T. Rollins	0.5	39	1994-95	ORL	14	5.8	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.2	0.4	60.0	0.0	0.0		0.1	0.3	25.0	51.8	0.3	0.1	0.3	81	7	6	0	0	6	4	19

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Team Leaders

PPG

33.5

Dončić

RPG

8.0

Ayton

APG

8.3

Dončić

Team Rankings

ORTG

118.2

9th

DRTG

116.4

19th

NETRTG

1.8

14th

3P%

35.9

14th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	Spurs	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves	49	33	.598	15.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	GSW	@	LAL	10:00 PM
Fri 10/23	LAC	@	LAL	10:00 PM
Sun 10/25	LAL	@	UTA	5:00 PM
Tue 10/27	POR	@	LAL	11:00 PM
Wed 10/28	LAL	@	LAC	10:30 PM

Last Game

Thunder

4 - 0

115

Final

110

Lakers

0 - 4

Mon 11 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
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
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

LeBron James has scored the most points per game by a 39-year-old player in a single NBA playoff run, with 27.8 per game in 2023-24.

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2.0

2.0

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3,474

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