who has the most 20 point games before turning 40

LeBron James has the most games by a player younger than 40 with 20+ points, with 1,254 games.

Interpreted as:

Who has the most 20 or more point regular-season games before turning 40 years old?

	NAME	GP	PTS	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	1,254	36,853	38.6	29.4	7.7	7.4	1.6	0.8	10.8	20.6	52.3	1.8	4.9	36.6	6.1	8.2	74.3	60.8	1.2	6.5	3.5	48,365	9,636	9,297	1,967	969	4,390	2,290	+6990
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	1,130	31,920	38.6	28.2	10.7	3.6	1.5	0.8	10.3	19.3	53.5	0.1	0.2	29.2	7.5	9.9	75.4	59.6	2.6	8.1	3.1	43,667	12,143	4,094	1,650	938	3,504	3,571	+2726
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	1,106	31,826		28.8	12.7				11.9			0.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	7.0	72.2						14,024
4	Kevin 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
5	Kobe 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
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	906	29,610	39.0	32.7	6.3	5.4	2.5	0.9	12.3	24.0	51.0	0.6	1.8	34.1	7.5	9.0	83.9	58.4	1.6	4.7	2.8	35,367	5,719	4,871	2,270	799	2,543	2,440	+1367
7	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	858	22,973	37.7	26.8	8.7	2.8	0.9	1.0	9.4	18.5	50.8	1.6	3.7	43.3	6.3	7.1	88.8	61.7	1.2	7.5	1.9	32,349	7,440	2,370	768	820	1,629	2,150	+5794
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	826	23,446	37.7	28.4	12.0	2.8	0.7	2.5	11.3	18.9	59.5	0.0	0.0	5.0	5.9	10.9	53.9	59.8	4.0	8.1	2.8	31,163	9,940	2,308	546	2,080	2,352	2,821	+4006
9	Carmelo 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
10	James 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
11	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	771	28,028		36.4	24.2				14.7						6.9	13.2	52.7						18,624
12	Dominique 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
13	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	754	22,881		30.3				0.1	10.7						8.9	10.6	84.4									1
14	Jerry West J. West	752	22,614		30.1					10.8						8.5	10.4	82.1
15	Stephen Curry S. Curry	748	22,213	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	91.7	66.7	0.7	4.3	3.2	26,394	3,696	4,786	1,151	197	2,396	1,632	+5823
16	Moses 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
17	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	747	20,501	39.0	27.4	12.4	2.8	1.9	3.5	10.9	20.2	54.2	0.0	0.1	20.5	5.6	7.6	73.4	58.4	3.7	8.7	3.3	29,101	9,234	2,118	1,455	2,578	2,429	2,786	+426
18	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	728	20,189		27.7					11.2			0.0			5.4	7.8	68.9
19	DeMar 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
20	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	711	18,772		26.4					10.5						5.4	6.6	82.8
21	Alex 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
22	Allen 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
23	Russell 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
24	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	679	18,525	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	26,043	7,546	1,473	745	1,964	2,239	2,447	+513
25	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	677	20,823		30.8					11.6						7.6	9.6	79.0

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2	Celtics	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
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13.2

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	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
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12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
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14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

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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