who has the most 24 point games before turning 39

LeBron James has the most games by a player younger than 39 with 24+ points, with 972 games.

Interpreted as:

Who has the most 24 or more point regular-season games before turning 39 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	972	30,419	39.3	31.3	7.8	7.3	1.6	0.8	11.4	21.5	53.3	1.9	5.1	37.9	6.5	8.7	74.6	61.9	1.3	6.5	3.6	38,178	7,559	7,083	1,562	766	3,458	1,836	+5524
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	848	25,695	39.3	30.3	11.1	3.5	1.5	0.8	11.1	20.1	54.9	0.1	0.3	29.9	8.1	10.6	76.3	61.1	2.8	8.3	3.1	33,314	9,397	3,003	1,254	717	2,650	2,742	+2058
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	838	26,012		31.0	13.5				12.8			0.0	0.0	0.0	5.5	7.5	72.6						11,281
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	793	24,569	38.2	31.0	7.4	4.5	1.1	1.2	10.6	20.3	52.4	2.3	5.5	41.3	7.4	8.4	88.6	64.5	0.7	6.7	3.3	30,297	5,829	3,581	864	929	2,633	1,628	+3961
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	772	26,582	39.4	34.4	6.4	5.4	2.6	0.9	12.9	24.9	51.9	0.6	1.9	34.6	8.0	9.5	84.2	59.3	1.7	4.7	2.8	30,451	4,937	4,134	1,971	716	2,179	2,092	+1069
6	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	734	23,961	39.9	32.6	5.9	4.9	1.6	0.5	11.4	23.8	47.8	1.8	4.9	36.6	8.1	9.6	84.5	58.3	1.3	4.6	3.2	29,266	4,311	3,581	1,192	380	2,313	1,930	+3379
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	663	25,702		38.8	24.6				15.7						7.4	13.7	54.0						16,296
8	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	625	20,092		32.1				0.0	11.4						9.4	11.1	84.6		0.0	0.0						0
9	Jerry West J. West	619	19,751		31.9					11.5						8.9	10.8	82.4
10	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	615	19,414	38.6	31.6	7.6	2.8		0.7	11.7	23.5	49.9	0.9			7.2	8.7	83.1	57.7				23,723	4,678	1,750		400		1,229	-25
11	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	613	18,856	38.6	30.8	12.4	2.9	0.7	2.6	12.2	20.2	60.5	0.0	0.0	5.6	6.3	11.6	54.5	60.8	4.2	8.3	2.9	23,638	7,626	1,794	435	1,579	1,774	2,075	+3104
12	James Harden J. Harden	594	19,471	37.6	32.8	6.4	8.2	1.8	0.7	9.6	20.4	47.3	3.8	9.6	40.2	9.7	11.1	87.0	64.9	0.9	5.5	4.3	22,323	3,821	4,876	1,046	405	2,575	1,565	+3823
13	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	575	17,413	38.1	30.3	6.8	3.1	1.2	0.5	10.8	21.8	49.5	1.7	4.1	40.7	7.0	8.5	83.1	59.3	1.9	4.9	2.8	21,892	3,894	1,781	666	314	1,619	1,729	+2210
14	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	574	16,889	38.8	29.4	9.0	2.8	1.0	1.0	10.3	19.7	52.2	1.8	3.8	46.1	7.1	7.9	89.4	63.5	1.3	7.7	2.0	22,269	5,175	1,632	568	585	1,132	1,461	+4111
15	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	573	18,604	43.1	32.5	3.9	6.3	2.4	0.2	11.2	24.6	45.4	1.5	4.2	35.3	8.6	10.8	79.8	55.3	0.8	3.1	3.7	24,705	2,260	3,625	1,379	99	2,123	1,121	+1856
16	Stephen Curry S. Curry	570	18,211	35.7	31.9	5.1	6.3	1.5	0.3	10.7	20.9	51.5	5.4	11.4	47.0	5.1	5.6	91.7	68.5	0.7	4.5	3.2	20,347	2,933	3,596	874	150	1,827	1,223	+4690
17	Alex English A. English	545	16,652	37.8	30.6	6.0	4.6			12.6	23.2	54.5	0.0			5.2	6.2	84.9	59.0				20,589	3,254	2,505				1,579
18	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	544	17,974		33.0					12.4						8.2	10.3	79.2
19	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	527	15,793	39.6	30.0	12.8	2.9	1.9	3.6	11.9	21.5	55.4	0.0	0.1	22.2	6.1	8.3	74.2	59.7	3.8	8.9	3.2	20,895	6,725	1,523	1,022	1,898	1,670	1,972	+227
20	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	514	15,589		30.3					12.2			0.0			5.9	8.5	69.2
21	Moses Malone M. Malone	512	15,381	39.6	30.0	15.1	1.6			10.4	19.1	54.6	0.0			9.2	11.7	78.7	62.0				20,255	7,720	813				1,323
22	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	509	15,960		31.4					11.1						9.1	11.7	77.9
23	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	507	16,180		31.9					11.3			0.0			9.3	11.2	83.4
24	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	489	15,665	34.7	32.0	11.8	5.8	1.2	1.2	11.8	20.0	58.7	0.8	2.8	30.5	7.7	11.0	69.6	64.4	2.4	9.4	3.5	16,982	5,776	2,839	607	607	1,689	1,477	+3141
25	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	485	14,416	37.6	29.7	4.9	4.6	1.1	0.3	10.6	20.2	52.2	0.8	2.2	36.7	7.8	9.0	86.1	61.4	0.8	4.2	2.1	18,240	2,388	2,219	554	160	1,017	1,106	+1248