who is the oldest nba player to average 24 points per game

LeBron James is the oldest with 24.0+ 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 24 or higher points per game in a regular 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	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
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	37	26.6	2025-26	GSW	7	30.9	3.6	4.4	1.6	0.6	8.6	18.4	46.5	4.3	11.1	38.5	5.1	5.4	94.7	63.8	0.1	3.4	3.0	216	186	25	31	11	4	21	12	+9
5	Kevin Durant K. Durant	37	27.2	2025-26	HOU	5	35.0	5.4	1.8	1.2	1.0	8.6	15.6	55.1	1.8	4.4	40.9	8.2	9.6	85.4	68.6	0.2	5.2	2.2	175	136	27	9	6	5	11	17	+50
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	Karl Malone K. Malone	36	25.5	1999-00	UTA	82	35.9	9.5	3.7	1.0	0.9	9.2	18.0	50.9	0.0	0.1	25.0	7.2	9.0	79.7	58.2	2.1	7.4	2.8	2,947	2,095	779	304	79	71	231	229	+481
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	35	26.4	2023-24	GSW	74	32.7	4.5	5.1	0.7	0.4	8.8	19.5	45.0	4.8	11.8	40.8	4.0	4.4	92.3	61.6	0.5	4.0	2.8	2,421	1,956	330	379	54	28	210	117	+189
12	Kevin Durant K. Durant	35	27.1	2023-24	PHX	75	37.2	6.6	5.0	0.9	1.2	10.0	19.2	52.3	2.2	5.4	41.3	4.8	5.6	85.6	62.6	0.5	6.1	3.2	2,791	2,032	495	378	68	91	243	133	+290
13	LeBron James L. James	35	25.3	2019-20	LAL	67	34.6	7.8	10.2	1.2	0.5	9.6	19.4	49.3	2.2	6.3	34.8	3.9	5.7	69.3	57.7	1.0	6.9	3.9	2,316	1,698	525	684	78	36	261	118	+441
14	Alex English A. English	35	26.5	1988-89	DEN	82	36.5	4.0	4.7	0.8	0.1	11.3	22.9	49.1	0.0	0.1	25.0	4.0	4.6	85.8	53.1	1.8	2.2	2.4	2,990	2,175	326	383	66	12	198	174
15	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	35	24.0	1969-70	LAL	54	41.0	10.4	5.4			9.5	19.5	48.6				5.1	6.6	77.3	53.7				2,213	1,298	559	292				132
16	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	34	24.9	2024-25	MIL	58	36.1	4.7	7.1	1.2	0.2	7.7	17.1	44.8	3.4	9.0	37.6	6.2	6.8	92.1	62.1	0.5	4.2	2.8	2,093	1,447	272	410	70	10	162	97	+53
17	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	34	24.0	2023-24	CHI	79	37.8	4.3	5.3	1.1	0.6	8.2	17.2	48.0	0.9	2.8	33.3	6.6	7.7	85.3	58.4	0.5	3.8	1.7	2,989	1,897	340	421	90	45	135	161	-62
18	Stephen Curry S. Curry	34	29.4	2022-23	GSW	56	34.7	6.1	6.3	0.9	0.4	10.0	20.2	49.3	4.9	11.4	42.7	4.6	5.0	91.5	65.6	0.7	5.4	3.2	1,941	1,648	341	352	52	20	179	117	+268
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	34	29.1	2022-23	TOT	47	35.6	6.7	5.0	0.7	1.4	10.3	18.3	56.0	2.0	4.9	40.4	6.5	7.1	91.9	67.7	0.4	6.3	3.3	1,671	1,366	313	235	34	67	156	99	+258
20	LeBron James L. James	34	27.4	2018-19	LAL	55	35.2	8.5	8.3	1.3	0.6	10.1	19.9	51.0	2.0	5.9	33.9	5.1	7.6	66.5	58.8	1.0	7.4	3.6	1,937	1,505	465	454	72	33	197	94	+115
21	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	34	27.3	2012-13	LAL	78	38.6	5.6	6.0	1.4	0.3	9.5	20.4	46.3	1.7	5.2	32.4	6.7	8.0	83.9	57.0	0.8	4.7	3.7	3,013	2,133	433	469	106	25	287	173	+139
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34	28.7	1997-98	CHI	82	38.8	5.8	3.5	1.7	0.5	10.7	23.1	46.5	0.4	1.5	23.8	6.9	8.8	78.4	53.3	1.6	4.2	2.3	3,181	2,357	475	283	141	45	185	151	+598
23	Karl Malone K. Malone	34	27.0	1997-98	UTA	81	37.4	10.3	3.9	1.2	0.9	9.6	18.2	53.0	0.0	0.1	33.3	7.8	10.2	76.1	59.7	2.3	8.0	3.0	3,030	2,190	834	316	96	70	247	237	+584
24	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	34	26.0	1993-94	TOT	74	35.6	6.5	2.3	1.2	0.4	9.4	21.5	44.0	1.1	4.0	28.8	6.0	7.1	84.7	52.9	2.5	4.0	2.3	2,635	1,923	481	169	92	30	172	126
25	Bernard King B. King	34	28.4	1990-91	WAS	64	37.5	5.0	4.6	0.9	0.3	11.1	23.6	47.2	0.1	0.6	21.6	6.0	7.6	79.0	52.7	1.8	3.2	4.0	2,401	1,817	319	292	56	16	255	187