who is the oldest player in nba history to get 16 points in a playoff game

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest with 16+ points in a playoff game. He was 42 years and 56 days old in Game 3 of the 1989 NBA Finals against the Pistons.

	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42-056	24	6/11/1989	LAL	vs	DET	33	13	2	1	0	10	19	52.6	0	0		4	4	100.0	57.8	3	10	2	1
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42-021	16	5/7/1989	LAL	vs	SEA	28	0	1	0	1	8	14	57.1	0	0		0	0		57.1	0	0	1	2
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	42-017	22	5/3/1989	LAL	@	POR	29	6	0	0	0	9	17	52.9	0	0		4	8	50.0	53.6	2	4	1	0
4	LeBron James L. James	41-132	24	5/11/2026	LAL	vs	OKC	40	12	3	0	1	8	18	44.4	2	6	33.3	6	8	75.0	55.8	0	12	4	1	-17
5	LeBron James L. James	41-130	19	5/9/2026	LAL	vs	OKC	37	6	8	1	0	7	19	36.8	2	6	33.3	3	4	75.0	45.8	0	6	3	1	-24
6	LeBron James L. James	41-128	23	5/7/2026	LAL	@	OKC	38	2	6	3	0	9	18	50.0	1	4	25.0	4	4	100.0	58.2	1	1	3	1	-9
7	LeBron James L. James	41-126	27	5/5/2026	LAL	@	OKC	36	4	6	1	0	12	17	70.6	3	6	50.0	0	1	0.0	77.4	1	3	2	1	-6
8	LeBron James L. James	41-122	28	5/1/2026	LAL	@	HOU	37	7	8	0	0	10	25	40.0	2	5	40.0	6	8	75.0	49.1	1	6	3	2	+26
9	LeBron James L. James	41-120	25	4/29/2026	LAL	vs	HOU	39	3	7	2	0	9	20	45.0	0	6	0.0	7	10	70.0	51.2	0	3	2	1	-5
10	LeBron James L. James	41-115	29	4/24/2026	LAL	@	HOU	45	13	6	3	1	10	22	45.5	4	9	44.4	5	6	83.3	58.8	0	13	8	1	0
11	LeBron James L. James	41-112	28	4/21/2026	LAL	vs	HOU	39	8	7	1	0	8	20	40.0	2	5	40.0	10	14	71.4	53.5	1	7	3	3	+6
12	LeBron James L. James	41-109	19	4/18/2026	LAL	vs	HOU	38	8	13	2	1	9	15	60.0	1	2	50.0	0	2	0.0	59.8	0	8	2	3	+11
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-061	26	6/16/1988	LAL	@	DET	34	6	0	0	1	12	21	57.1	0	0		2	4	50.0	57.1	3	3	4	3
14	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-049	17	6/4/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	35	7	4	2	2	8	14	57.1	0	0		1	1	100.0	58.9	1	6	0	4
15	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-045	21	5/31/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	35	5	1	1	2	10	16	62.5	0	0		1	2	50.0	62.2	2	3	1	5
16	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-043	16	5/29/1988	LAL	@	DAL	31	4	3	0	0	7	13	53.8	0	0		2	2	100.0	57.6	3	1	2	1
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-039	19	5/25/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	24	7	2	1	0	8	15	53.3	0	0		3	3	100.0	58.2	3	4	2	2
18	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-037	17	5/23/1988	LAL	vs	DAL	33	5	0	0	2	7	10	70.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	72.3	3	2	2	2
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-029	20	5/15/1988	LAL	@	UTA	35	11	1	0	3	9	16	56.3	0	0		2	4	50.0	56.3	5	6	0	5
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-022	16	5/8/1988	LAL	vs	UTA	28	10	4	1	2	7	14	50.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	53.8	4	6	2	3
21	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-015	20	5/1/1988	LAL	vs	SAS	31	5	3	0	1	10	15	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	2	3	1	2
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41-013	19	4/29/1988	LAL	vs	SAS	21	4	1	0	4	8	13	61.5	0	0		3	5	60.0	62.5	2	2	2	5
23	Karl Malone K. Malone	40-310	17	5/29/2004	LAL	@	MIN	40	9	3	0	0	7	10	70.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	72.3	0	9	2	5	-10
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	40-302	17	5/21/2004	LAL	@	MIN	44	11	4	3	0	8	13	61.5	0	0		1	2	50.0	61.2	1	10	0	2	+10
25	Karl Malone K. Malone	40-279	18	4/28/2004	LAL	vs	HOU	32	9	5	0	0	7	14	50.0	0	0		4	10	40.0	48.9	2	7	3	3	+16

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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is the oldest with 16+ points in a playoff game. He was 42 years and 56 days old in Game 3 of the 1989 NBA Finals against the Pistons.

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