who has the most points in an nba game at age 39 after 2005

Since 2005-06, LeBron James has dropped the most points by a player older than 39 in a game, with 42 points against the Warriors on February 6.

Interpreted as:

Who has the most points in an NBA regular-season game at age 39 after 2005?

	NAME	PTS	AGE	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	42	40-038	2/6/2025	LAL	vs	GSW	38	17	8	1	1	14	25	56.0	6	9	66.7	8	10	80.0	71.4	1	16	3	1	+7
2	LeBron James L. James	40	40-052	2/20/2025	LAL	@	POR	36	8	4	2	1	14	24	58.3	4	8	50.0	8	8	100.0	72.7	0	8	11	2	+8
3	LeBron James L. James	38	40-003	1/2/2025	LAL	vs	POR	36	3	8	0	0	15	25	60.0	7	10	70.0	1	2	50.0	73.4	1	2	4	1	+4
4	LeBron James L. James	34	40-064	3/4/2025	LAL	vs	NOP	33	8	6	1	2	10	18	55.6	5	10	50.0	9	9	100.0	77.4	1	7	4	1	+7
5	LeBron James L. James	33	40-094	4/3/2025	LAL	vs	GSW	40	5	9	1	1	10	15	66.7	5	8	62.5	8	9	88.9	87.0	1	4	4	2	-1
6	LeBron James L. James	33	40-059	2/27/2025	LAL	vs	MIN	37	17	6	1	1	11	21	52.4	4	9	44.4	7	10	70.0	65.0	5	12	4	1	+12
7	LeBron James L. James	33	40-033	2/1/2025	LAL	@	NYK	37	11	12	0	0	14	26	53.8	3	8	37.5	2	4	50.0	59.4	0	11	5	3	+12
8	LeBron James L. James	31	40-066	3/6/2025	LAL	vs	NYK	44	12	8	0	1	11	23	47.8	2	8	25.0	7	8	87.5	58.4	1	11	1	3	+4
9	LeBron James L. James	31	40-029	1/28/2025	LAL	@	PHI	33	8	9	1	0	10	16	62.5	1	4	25.0	10	11	90.9	74.4	1	7	8	1	-11
10	LeBron James L. James	30	40-004	1/3/2025	LAL	vs	ATL	30	3	8	0	0	13	20	65.0	2	5	40.0	2	2	100.0	71.8	0	3	3	3	+4
11	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	30	40-294	4/9/2019	DAL	vs	PHX	33	8	3	0	1	11	31	35.5	5	14	35.7	3	3	100.0	46.4	1	7	2	3	+11
12	LeBron James L. James	29	40-018	1/17/2025	LAL	vs	BKN	35	7	8	1	2	12	17	70.6	4	6	66.7	1	2	50.0	81.1	1	6	5	2	-11
13	LeBron James L. James	28	40-099	4/8/2025	LAL	@	OKC	35	7	3	1	0	8	19	42.1	3	6	50.0	9	10	90.0	59.8	0	7	6	1	-23
14	LeBron James L. James	28	40-060	2/28/2025	LAL	vs	LAC	37	13	3	1	0	12	21	57.1	2	7	28.6	2	3	66.7	62.7	1	12	4	0	-1
15	LeBron James L. James	27	40-100	4/9/2025	LAL	@	DAL	36	7	3	1	0	11	20	55.0	0	4	0.0	5	6	83.3	59.6	2	5	2	2	+18
16	LeBron James L. James	27	40-095	4/4/2025	LAL	vs	NOP	33	0	8	2	0	9	17	52.9	2	7	28.6	7	8	87.5	65.8	0	0	1	1	+7
17	LeBron James L. James	27	40-057	2/25/2025	LAL	vs	DAL	37	12	3	1	0	11	17	64.7	2	4	50.0	3	4	75.0	72.0	3	9	6	2	-5
18	LeBron James L. James	26	40-051	2/19/2025	LAL	vs	CHA	38	7	11	1	2	10	22	45.5	4	11	36.4	2	2	100.0	56.8	1	6	2	0	-4
19	LeBron James L. James	26	40-036	2/4/2025	LAL	@	LAC	31	8	9	3	0	8	13	61.5	2	4	50.0	8	11	72.7	72.9	0	8	3	4	+19
20	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	26	40-163	1/7/2018	SAS	@	POR	27	4	2	1	2	9	16	56.3	6	9	66.7	2	3	66.7	75.1	1	3	2	1	-3
21	LeBron James L. James	25	40-089	3/29/2025	LAL	@	MEM	37	6	8	3	1	10	21	47.6	2	5	40.0	3	4	75.0	54.9	1	5	3	3	-1
22	LeBron James L. James	25	40-054	2/22/2025	LAL	@	DEN	33	9	5	1	3	11	19	57.9	1	4	25.0	2	3	66.7	61.5	2	7	1	2	+9
23	LeBron James L. James	25	40-026	1/25/2025	LAL	@	GSW	35	5	12	1	0	12	25	48.0	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	48.3	1	4	3	0	+11
24	LeBron James L. James	25	40-020	1/19/2025	LAL	@	LAC	35	5	11	3	1	9	20	45.0	2	6	33.3	5	6	83.3	55.2	2	3	5	3	-3
25	LeBron James L. James	24	40-084	3/24/2025	LAL	@	ORL	38	6	7	0	0	9	18	50.0	0	3	0.0	6	7	85.7	56.9	3	3	2	0	-17