who has the most 20 point games before turning 38

LeBron James has the most games by a player younger than 38 with 20+ points, with 1,156 games.

Interpreted as:
Who has the most 20 or more point regular-season games before turning 38 years old?
NAMEGPPTSMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
1,156
34,003
38.8
29.4
7.7
7.3
1.6
0.8
10.7
20.6
52.1
1.8
4.9
36.2
6.2
8.3
74.1
60.6
1.2
6.4
3.5
44,817
8,879
8,480
1,853
910
4,053
2,167
+6577
2Karl Malone
K. Malone
1,030
29,356
38.6
28.5
10.9
3.5
1.4
0.8
10.4
19.4
53.9
0.1
0.2
28.6
7.5
10.0
75.2
59.9
2.7
8.2
3.1
39,741
11,252
3,621
1,462
875
3,220
3,296
+2355
3Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
1,027
29,812
29.0
13.2
12.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.0
7.0
71.9
13,522
4Kevin Durant
K. Durant
1,024
29,876
37.6
29.2
7.1
4.5
1.1
1.2
10.1
19.5
51.7
2.2
5.3
40.4
6.9
7.8
88.4
63.7
0.7
6.5
3.2
38,452
7,317
4,615
1,081
1,184
3,296
2,016
+5146
5Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
941
28,388
39.0
30.2
5.8
4.9
1.6
0.5
10.5
22.4
46.9
1.6
4.6
35.5
7.5
8.9
84.0
57.2
1.3
4.5
3.1
36,738
5,412
4,657
1,499
474
2,954
2,463
+4232
6Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
848
27,980
39.1
33.0
6.4
5.4
2.5
0.9
12.4
24.0
51.4
0.6
1.8
34.2
7.7
9.1
84.1
58.8
1.7
4.7
2.8
33,180
5,387
4,581
2,162
772
2,400
2,314
+1148
7Dirk Nowitzki
D. Nowitzki
842
22,615
37.9
26.9
8.7
2.8
0.9
1.0
9.5
18.6
50.8
1.6
3.7
43.0
6.4
7.2
88.8
61.7
1.2
7.5
1.9
31,873
7,333
2,341
761
806
1,614
2,114
+5782
8Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
824
23,398
37.7
28.4
12.0
2.8
0.7
2.5
11.3
19.0
59.5
0.0
0.0
5.0
5.9
10.9
53.9
59.8
4.0
8.1
2.9
31,096
9,924
2,306
545
2,075
2,349
2,812
+3978
9Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
796
22,191
37.2
27.9
6.7
3.0
1.1
0.6
10.0
20.7
48.2
1.6
4.0
39.5
6.4
7.7
82.4
57.9
1.8
4.9
2.7
29,638
5,330
2,422
885
439
2,152
2,357
+2795
10James Harden
J. Harden
783
23,633
37.2
30.2
6.2
8.1
1.7
0.6
8.9
19.3
46.2
3.5
9.1
38.9
8.8
10.2
86.8
63.6
0.8
5.3
4.2
29,106
4,817
6,364
1,306
496
3,266
2,005
+4555
11Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
771
28,028
36.4
24.2
14.7
6.9
13.2
52.7
18,624
12Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
756
22,448
38.2
29.7
7.4
2.8
0.6
11.1
22.7
48.6
0.8
6.8
8.2
82.6
56.3
28,862
5,581
2,106
490
1,501
-60
13Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
754
22,881
30.3
0.1
10.7
8.9
10.6
84.4
1
14Jerry West
J. West
752
22,614
30.1
10.8
8.5
10.4
82.1
15Moses Malone
M. Malone
748
20,457
38.7
27.3
14.3
1.6
9.5
18.0
52.6
0.0
8.4
10.7
78.3
60.2
28,927
10,707
1,190
1,902
16Stephen Curry
S. Curry
746
22,160
35.3
29.7
4.9
6.4
1.5
0.3
10.0
20.0
50.1
4.9
10.8
45.4
4.8
5.2
91.8
66.7
0.7
4.3
3.2
26,339
3,688
4,779
1,149
196
2,392
1,631
+5798
17Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
743
20,404
39.0
27.5
12.4
2.8
2.0
3.5
10.9
20.2
54.1
0.0
0.1
20.5
5.6
7.6
73.5
58.3
3.7
8.7
3.3
28,971
9,191
2,104
1,450
2,575
2,420
2,777
+403
18Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
726
20,146
27.7
11.2
0.0
5.4
7.8
68.9
19DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
725
19,707
37.0
27.2
4.7
4.6
1.1
0.3
9.6
19.1
50.6
0.7
2.1
34.7
7.2
8.3
85.9
59.8
0.7
4.0
2.0
26,806
3,417
3,299
784
237
1,468
1,634
+1243
20John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
709
18,722
26.4
10.5
5.4
6.6
82.8
21Alex English
A. English
708
20,164
36.9
28.5
6.0
4.5
11.8
22.1
53.5
0.0
4.9
5.8
84.2
57.9
26,148
4,257
3,161
2,014
22Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
700
21,348
42.7
30.5
3.9
6.3
2.3
0.2
10.6
23.7
44.7
1.4
4.0
33.9
8.0
10.1
79.1
54.2
0.8
3.0
3.7
29,855
2,707
4,428
1,628
122
2,557
1,368
+1963
23Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
689
19,152
35.9
27.8
7.7
8.6
1.7
0.3
9.9
20.9
47.5
1.6
4.4
35.1
6.4
8.0
79.6
56.9
1.7
6.0
4.3
24,763
5,325
5,937
1,178
232
2,945
1,808
+2343
24Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
677
18,482
38.4
27.3
11.1
2.2
1.1
2.9
10.7
19.9
53.6
0.0
0.1
18.4
5.9
7.8
75.9
58.4
2.7
8.4
3.3
25,984
7,523
1,471
745
1,964
2,235
2,441
+506
25Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
677
20,823
30.8
11.6
7.6
9.6
79.0

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