who is the 8th youngest player to score 40 points in a game

LeBron James is the 8th youngest in a game with 40+ points. He was 19 years and 330 days old versus the Pistons on November 24, 2004.

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Who is the 8th youngest player to score 40 or more points in a regular-season game?

	NAME	Age	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	18-359	42	12/15/2025	DAL	@	UTA	42	7	6	1	2	13	27	48.1	1	4	25.0	15	20	75.0	58.7	1	6	4	3	-9
2	LeBron James L. James	19-088	41	3/27/2004	CLE	vs	NJN	43	6	13	3	0	15	29	51.7	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	61.4	2	4	2	1	+10
3	GG Jackson	19-119	44	4/14/2024	MEM	vs	DEN	44	12	1	2	1	17	36	47.2	4	13	30.8	6	7	85.7	56.3	6	6	3	1	-13
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	19-200	42	4/16/2008	SEA	@	GSW	43	13	6	1	2	18	25	72.0	1	2	50.0	5	6	83.3	76.0	3	10	5	0	+14
5	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	19-225	42	3/18/2021	MIN	@	PHX	38	7	3	2	0	15	31	48.4	4	13	30.8	8	13	61.5	57.2	3	4	2	2	+9
6	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	19-273	42	5/5/2021	MIN	vs	MEM	38	6	7	1	1	17	22	77.3	8	9	88.9	0	1	0.0	93.6	1	5	3	4	+11
7	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	19-306	41	3/30/2004	DEN	vs	SEA	44	5	0	2	1	19	29	65.5	2	3	66.7	1	1	100.0	69.6	0	5	4	5	+3
8	LeBron James L. James	19-330	43	11/24/2004	CLE	vs	DET	38	6	5	3	1	15	22	68.2	2	3	66.7	11	12	91.7	78.8	3	3	3	3	+12
9	Cliff Robinson C. Robinson	19-362	45	3/9/1980	NJN	vs	DET	36	10	4			19	28	67.9	1			6	7	85.7	72.4				3
10	LeBron James L. James	19-364	40	12/28/2004	CLE	@	ATL	46	9	7	1	0	13	25	52.0	3	5	60.0	11	14	78.6	64.2	1	8	1	2	+8
11	John Drew J. Drew	20-022	41	10/22/1974	ATL	vs	PHI	35	18	1	3		15	29	51.7				11	17	64.7	56.2				4
12	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	20-029	41	1/23/2009	LAC	vs	OKC	44	2	4	1	0	12	19	63.2	5	7	71.4	12	14	85.7	81.5	0	2	2	4	0
13	John Drew J. Drew	20-047	44	11/16/1974	ATL	vs	NOJ	39	20	5	5		16	20	80.0				12	16	75.0	81.4	3	17		5
14	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	20-052	55	11/14/2009	MIL	vs	GSW	41	5	5	0	0	21	34	61.8	7	8	87.5	6	8	75.0	73.3	1	4	4	1	+11
15	Jalen Green J. Green	20-060	41	4/10/2022	HOU	vs	ATL	40	1	3	1	0	14	26	53.8	4	11	36.4	9	11	81.8	66.5	0	1	0	1	0
16	Kevin Durant K. Durant	20-070	41	12/8/2008	OKC	vs	GSW	44	10	4	1	3	15	27	55.6	6	10	60.0	5	5	100.0	70.2	0	10	4	3	0
17	Carl Braun C. Braun	20-072	47	12/6/1947	NYK	@	PRO						18	35	51.4				11
18	LeBron James L. James	20-080	56	3/20/2005	CLE	@	TOR	48	10	5	2	0	18	36	50.0	6	12	50.0	14	15	93.3	65.7	2	8	4	0	-7
19	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	20-085	40	3/29/2024	SAS	vs	NYK	38	20	7	2	1	13	22	59.1	4	9	44.4	10	12	83.3	73.3	5	15	4	2	+1
20	LeBron James L. James	20-088	44	3/28/2005	CLE	@	NOH	53	6	3	4	0	16	29	55.2	3	10	30.0	9	11	81.8	65.0	2	4	10	3	+1
21	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	20-089	43	12/13/2019	MEM	vs	MIL	29	5	1	0	1	14	21	66.7	9	15	60.0	6	9	66.7	86.1	0	5	3	5	-5
22	John Drew J. Drew	20-089	40	12/28/1974	ATL	vs	LAL	39	25	7			12	24	50.0				16	19	84.2	61.8	13	12		4
23	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	20-097	48	11/10/2021	MIN	@	GSW	42	6	5	2	0	16	27	59.3	7	13	53.8	9	12	75.0	74.3	2	4	6	1	-3
24	LeBron James L. James	20-100	40	4/9/2005	CLE	vs	MIL	47	10	10	2	1	15	26	57.7	7	13	53.8	3	3	100.0	73.2	1	9	3	2	+13
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	20-116	46	1/23/2009	OKC	@	LAC	46	15	4	2	1	10	23	43.5	2	6	33.3	24	26	92.3	66.8	2	13	2	3	-7

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Fri 12/19	CHI	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Mon 12/22	CHA	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Tue 12/23	NOP	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Thu 12/25	CLE	@	NYK	12:00 PM
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11	Trail Blazers	10	16	.385	14.0
12	Mavericks	10	17	.370	14.5
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Fri 11/14	LAL	@	MIL	119-95
Sat 11/15	LAC	@	BOS	118-121
Sat 11/15	SAC	@	SAS	110-123
Sat 11/15	BKN	@	WAS	129-106
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Thu 12/18	ATL	@	CHA	7:00 PM
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Thu 12/18	MIA	@	BKN	7:30 PM
Thu 12/18	LAC	@	OKC	8:00 PM
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