who has the most 24 point games before turning 40

LeBron James has the most games by a player younger than 40 with 24+ points, with 1,015 games.

Interpreted as:
Who has the most 24 or more point regular-season games before turning 40 years old?
NAMEGPPTSMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
1,015
31,688
39.2
31.2
7.7
7.4
1.6
0.8
11.4
21.4
53.4
2.0
5.2
38.1
6.4
8.5
74.8
62.0
1.2
6.5
3.6
39,740
7,860
7,465
1,613
787
3,614
1,891
+5643
2Karl Malone
K. Malone
872
26,374
39.3
30.2
11.0
3.6
1.5
0.8
11.0
20.1
54.9
0.1
0.3
30.3
8.1
10.6
76.4
61.0
2.7
8.3
3.1
34,271
9,605
3,122
1,297
729
2,711
2,806
+2202
3Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
848
26,272
31.0
13.4
12.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.4
7.5
72.6
11,349
4Kevin Durant
K. Durant
831
25,717
38.2
30.9
7.3
4.5
1.1
1.2
10.6
20.3
52.5
2.3
5.6
41.6
7.3
8.3
88.6
64.7
0.7
6.6
3.3
31,720
6,061
3,766
889
975
2,750
1,690
+4174
5Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
787
27,040
39.4
34.4
6.4
5.3
2.5
0.9
12.9
24.8
51.9
0.6
1.8
34.8
7.9
9.4
84.1
59.3
1.7
4.7
2.8
31,014
5,012
4,202
1,997
721
2,209
2,128
+1124
6Kobe 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
7Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
663
25,702
38.8
24.6
15.7
7.4
13.7
54.0
16,296
8Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
625
20,092
32.1
0.0
11.4
9.4
11.1
84.6
0.0
0.0
0
9Jerry West
J. West
619
19,751
31.9
11.5
8.9
10.8
82.4
10Dominique 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
11Shaquille 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
12James Harden
J. Harden
608
19,888
37.5
32.7
6.4
8.2
1.7
0.7
9.6
20.3
47.3
3.8
9.5
40.1
9.6
11.1
87.1
64.9
0.9
5.5
4.3
22,830
3,882
4,982
1,063
413
2,624
1,601
+3874
13Stephen Curry
S. Curry
588
18,762
35.6
31.9
5.1
6.3
1.5
0.3
10.7
20.9
51.4
5.3
11.4
46.9
5.1
5.6
91.7
68.4
0.7
4.4
3.2
20,928
2,994
3,685
896
157
1,875
1,252
+4781
14Carmelo 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
15Dirk 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
16Allen 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
17Alex 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
18Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
544
17,974
33.0
12.4
8.2
10.3
79.2
19Hakeem 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
20Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
514
15,589
30.3
12.2
0.0
5.9
8.5
69.2
21Moses 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
22Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
509
15,960
31.4
11.1
9.1
11.7
77.9
23Adrian Dantley
A. Dantley
507
16,180
31.9
11.3
0.0
9.3
11.2
83.4
24Giannis Antetokounmpo
G. Antetokounmpo
501
16,021
34.6
32.0
11.7
5.8
1.2
1.2
11.7
20.0
58.8
0.8
2.7
30.4
7.7
11.0
69.5
64.4
2.4
9.4
3.4
17,323
5,884
2,900
618
611
1,724
1,503
+3208
25DeMar DeRozan
D. DeRozan
500
14,880
37.6
29.8
4.9
4.6
1.1
0.3
10.6
20.2
52.3
0.8
2.2
36.7
7.8
9.1
86.2
61.5
0.8
4.1
2.1
18,803
2,440
2,311
572
163
1,042
1,141
+1231

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