who is the oldest nba player to average 17 points per game in a season

LeBron James is the oldest with 17.0+ points per game in a season. He was 40 years old in 2024-25.

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Who is the oldest NBA player to average 17 or higher points per game in a season?

	NAME	Age	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	LeBron James L. James	40	24.4	2024-25	LAL	70	34.9	7.8	8.2	1.0	0.6	9.3	18.1	51.3	2.1	5.7	37.6	3.7	4.7	78.2	60.4	1.0	6.8	3.7	2,444	1,710	546	575	70	39	260	99	-54
2	LeBron James L. James	39	25.7	2023-24	LAL	71	35.3	7.3	8.3	1.3	0.5	9.6	17.9	54.0	2.1	5.1	41.0	4.3	5.7	75.0	63.0	0.9	6.4	3.5	2,504	1,822	518	589	89	38	245	78	+220
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39	20.0	2002-03	WAS	82	37.0	6.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	8.3	18.6	44.5	0.2	0.7	29.1	3.2	4.0	82.1	49.1	0.9	5.2	2.1	3,031	1,640	497	311	123	39	173	171	+6
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	39	20.6	2002-03	UTA	81	36.2	7.8	4.7	1.7	0.4	7.3	15.9	46.2	0.0	0.2	21.4	5.9	7.7	76.3	53.4	1.4	6.4	2.6	2,936	1,667	628	379	136	31	210	204	+172
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	39	17.5	1986-87	LAL	78	31.3	6.7	2.6	0.6	1.2	7.2	12.7	56.4	0.0	0.0	33.3	3.1	4.4	71.4	59.7	1.9	4.8	2.4	2,441	1,366	523	203	49	97	186	245
6	LeBron James L. James	38	28.9	2022-23	LAL	55	35.5	8.3	6.8	0.9	0.6	11.1	22.2	50.0	2.2	6.9	32.1	4.6	5.9	76.8	58.3	1.2	7.1	3.2	1,954	1,590	457	375	50	32	178	88	+214
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	22.9	2001-02	WAS	60	34.9	5.7	5.2	1.4	0.4	9.2	22.1	41.6	0.2	0.9	18.9	4.4	5.6	79.0	46.8	0.8	4.8	2.7	2,093	1,375	339	310	85	26	162	119	+16
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	38	22.4	2001-02	UTA	80	38.0	8.6	4.3	1.9	0.7	7.9	17.5	45.4	0.1	0.3	36.0	6.4	8.0	79.7	53.2	1.8	6.8	3.3	3,040	1,788	686	341	152	59	263	229	+50
9	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38	23.4	1985-86	LAL	79	33.3	6.1	3.5	0.8	1.6	9.6	16.9	56.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.3	5.6	76.5	60.3	1.7	4.4	2.6	2,629	1,846	478	280	67	130	203	248
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37	27.9	2025-26	GSW	16	31.1	3.7	4.0	1.3	0.6	9.1	19.4	47.1	4.7	12.0	39.1	4.9	5.4	91.9	64.1	0.3	3.4	3.1	497	446	59	64	21	9	50	35	+28
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	37	25.3	2025-26	HOU	19	35.3	4.8	3.9	1.0	0.6	8.8	17.4	50.5	1.7	4.5	38.4	5.9	6.7	89.0	62.0	0.3	4.5	2.8	671	480	91	74	19	12	54	47	+167
12	LeBron James L. James	37	30.3	2021-22	LAL	56	37.2	8.2	6.2	1.3	1.1	11.4	21.8	52.4	2.9	8.0	35.9	4.5	6.0	75.6	61.9	1.1	7.1	3.5	2,084	1,695	459	349	73	59	196	121	-117
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	37	17.6	2015-16	LAL	66	28.2	3.7	2.8	0.9	0.2	6.0	16.9	35.8	2.0	7.1	28.5	3.5	4.3	82.6	46.9	0.6	3.1	2.0	1,863	1,161	247	184	62	13	129	115	-571
14	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	37	18.3	2015-16	DAL	75	31.5	6.5	1.8	0.7	0.7	6.6	14.8	44.8	1.7	4.6	36.8	3.3	3.7	89.3	55.5	0.7	5.8	1.1	2,364	1,372	489	132	52	52	84	161	+257
15	Karl Malone K. Malone	37	23.2	2000-01	UTA	81	35.7	8.3	4.5	1.1	0.8	8.3	16.6	49.8	0.0	0.1	40.0	6.6	8.3	79.3	57.2	1.4	6.9	3.0	2,895	1,878	669	361	93	62	244	216	+381
16	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	37	18.2	1996-97	SAS	63	30.9	6.4	1.9	0.6	0.5	6.3	15.1	41.7	1.1	3.8	29.3	4.5	5.6	80.3	51.7	2.7	3.7	2.1	1,945	1,145	402	119	39	31	135	100	-402
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	37	22.0	1984-85	LAL	79	33.3	7.9	3.2	0.8	2.1	9.2	15.3	59.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	5.0	73.2	62.8	2.1	5.8	2.5	2,630	1,735	622	249	63	162	197	238
18	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	36	19.5	2025-26	GSW	21	30.8	5.7	5.0	1.6	0.2	6.0	11.5	51.9	1.0	2.0	46.5	6.6	7.8	84.8	65.3	2.2	3.5	1.4	646	409	120	105	33	5	29	25	+110
19	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	36	17.9	2025-26	SAC	23	33.0	3.0	3.5	1.3	0.2	6.5	13.0	49.8	0.8	2.0	38.3	4.1	4.6	89.6	59.5	0.5	2.6	1.1	758	411	70	81	30	4	25	47	-172
20	James Harden J. Harden	36	26.8	2025-26	LAC	23	35.3	5.4	8.3	1.2	0.4	7.7	17.5	44.3	3.5	9.6	36.7	7.8	8.7	89.9	62.9	0.5	4.9	4.0	813	616	125	190	27	10	91	49	-60
21	Stephen Curry S. Curry	36	24.5	2024-25	GSW	70	32.2	4.4	6.0	1.1	0.4	8.1	18.0	44.8	4.4	11.2	39.7	4.0	4.3	93.3	61.8	0.6	3.9	2.9	2,252	1,718	310	421	80	30	200	95	+299
22	Kevin Durant K. Durant	36	26.6	2024-25	PHX	62	36.5	6.0	4.2	0.8	1.2	9.5	18.1	52.7	2.6	6.0	43.0	4.9	5.8	83.9	64.2	0.4	5.7	3.1	2,265	1,647	374	263	50	77	190	104	-39
23	LeBron James L. James	36	25.0	2020-21	LAL	45	33.4	7.7	7.8	1.1	0.6	9.4	18.3	51.3	2.3	6.3	36.5	4.0	5.7	69.8	60.2	0.6	7.0	3.7	1,504	1,126	346	350	48	25	168	70	+287
24	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	36	22.3	2014-15	LAL	35	34.5	5.7	5.6	1.3	0.2	7.6	20.4	37.3	1.5	5.3	29.3	5.6	6.9	81.3	47.7	0.7	4.9	3.7	1,207	782	199	197	47	7	128	65	-295
25	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	36	17.3	2014-15	DAL	77	29.6	5.9	1.9	0.5	0.4	6.3	13.8	45.9	1.4	3.6	38.0	3.3	3.8	88.2	56.0	0.6	5.4	1.1	2,282	1,333	457	143	39	33	82	160	+240