which nba player has the highest season ppg at age 40

LeBron James has put up the most points per game by a 40-year-old player in a season, with 24.4 per game in 2024-25.

Interpreted as:
Which NBA player has the highest season ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games at age 40?
NAMEPPGAgeSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
24.4
40
2024-25
LAL LAL
70
34.9
7.8
8.2
1.0
0.6
9.3
18.1
51.3
2.1
5.7
37.6
3.7
4.7
78.2
60.4
1.0
6.8
3.7
2,444
1,710
546
575
70
39
260
99
-54
2Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
14.6
40
1987-88
LAL LAL
80
28.9
6.0
1.7
0.6
1.2
6.0
11.3
53.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.6
3.4
76.2
57.0
1.5
4.5
2.0
2,308
1,165
478
135
48
92
159
216
3Robert Parish
R. Parish
11.7
40
1993-94
BOS BOS
74
26.9
7.3
1.1
0.6
1.3
4.8
9.8
49.1
0.0
0.0
2.1
2.8
74.0
53.0
1.9
5.4
1.5
1,987
866
542
82
42
96
108
190
4John Stockton
J. Stockton
10.8
40
2002-03
UTA UTA
82
27.7
2.5
7.7
1.7
0.2
3.8
7.8
48.3
0.4
1.0
36.3
2.9
3.5
82.6
57.7
0.6
1.8
2.2
2,275
884
201
629
137
16
182
184
+241
5Manu Ginobili
M. Ginobili
8.9
40
2017-18
SAS SAS
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
6Vince Carter
V. Carter
8.0
40
2016-17
MEM MEM
73
24.7
3.1
1.8
0.8
0.5
2.6
6.7
39.4
1.5
4.1
37.8
1.2
1.6
76.5
54.2
0.5
2.6
0.7
1,800
586
227
133
60
36
50
163
+158
7Kevin Willis
K. Willis
4.2
40
2002-03
SAS SAS
71
11.8
3.2
0.3
0.3
0.3
1.7
3.6
47.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.7
1.2
61.4
50.6
1.2
2.0
0.8
840
297
226
24
20
20
60
120
-116
8Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
3.1
40
2006-07
HOU HOU
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

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Thunder Thunder
22
1
.957
2
Lakers Lakers
16
6
.727
5.5
3
Nuggets Nuggets
16
6
.727
5.5
4
Rockets Rockets
15
6
.714
6.0
5
Spurs Spurs
15
7
.682
6.5
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Sun
12/7
LAL LAL
@
PHI PHI
7:30 PM
Wed
12/10
SAS SAS
@
LAL LAL
10:00 PM
Thu
12/18
LAL LAL
@
UTA UTA
9:00 PM
Sat
12/20
LAL LAL
@
LAC LAC
10:30 PM
Tue
12/23
LAL LAL
@
PHX PHX
9:00 PM
Last Game
LAL Lakers

16 - 6

105

Final

126

BOS Celtics

14 - 9

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NBA 2025-26 Conference Standings

WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
22
1
.957
2
Lakers Lakers
16
6
.727
5.5
3
Nuggets Nuggets
16
6
.727
5.5
4
Rockets Rockets
15
6
.714
6.0
5
Spurs Spurs
15
7
.682
6.5
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
15
8
.652
7.0
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Pistons Pistons
19
5
.792
2
Knicks Knicks
15
7
.682
3.0
3
Raptors Raptors
15
9
.625
4.0
4
Celtics Celtics
14
9
.609
4.5
5
Magic Magic
14
9
.609
4.5
6
76ers 76ers
13
9
.591
5.0

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Sun
11/9
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Sun
11/9
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CHA CHA
121-111
Sun
11/9
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DET DET
135-137
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11/9
CLE CLE
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MIA MIA
138-140
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11/9
SAS SAS
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CHI CHI
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12/7
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TOR TOR
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12/7
POR POR
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MEM MEM
6:00 PM
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12/7
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CHA CHA
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12/7
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CHI CHI
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12/7
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@
PHI PHI
7:30 PM