who is the oldest player in nba history to play 45 minutes in a game

Karl Malone and Robert Parish are tied for the oldest in a game with 45+ minutes played. They were 40 years and 235 days old.

Interpreted as:

Who is the oldest player in NBA history to play 45 or more minutes in a regular-season game?

	NAME	AGE	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Karl Malone K. Malone	40-235	45	3/15/2004	LAL	vs	ORL	9	8	4	0	2	3	8	37.5	0	0		3	8	37.5	39.1	1	7	0	4	+3
2	Robert Parish R. Parish	40-235	51	4/22/1994	BOS	@	CHI	14	7	2	2	1	4	19	21.1	0	0		6	8	75.0	31.1	2	5	2	3
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40-050	46	4/8/2003	WAS	@	CLE	26	10	3	3	1	10	19	52.6	1	1	100.0	5	5	100.0	61.3	3	7	1	0	+11
4	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40-048	47	4/6/2003	WAS	@	BOS	25	13	7	2	0	10	22	45.5	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	52.6	2	11	2	3	-9
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40-029	50	3/18/2003	WAS	vs	DET	23	11	3	0	0	10	25	40.0	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	43.0	1	10	2	2	-2
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40-010	50	2/27/2003	WAS	vs	HOU	35	11	6	0	0	15	26	57.7	0	0		5	7	71.4	60.2	0	11	3	3	0
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	40-006	52	2/23/2003	WAS	vs	DAL	30	9	3	2	1	14	26	53.8	0	0		2	2	100.0	55.8	2	7	6	3	-1
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39-321	53	1/4/2003	WAS	vs	IND	41	12	4	3	0	14	26	53.8	3	4	75.0	10	12	83.3	65.5	3	9	2	2	+15
9	Karl Malone K. Malone	39-254	45	4/4/2003	UTA	vs	NYK	23	11	8	0	0	9	20	45.0	0	0		5	7	71.4	49.8	1	10	1	2	+1
10	Karl Malone K. Malone	39-202	45	2/11/2003	UTA	@	HOU	33	5	9	3	0	13	23	56.5	0	0		7	8	87.5	62.2	1	4	2	3	+1
11	Karl Malone K. Malone	39-180	48	1/20/2003	UTA	vs	NJN	24	11	5	0	3	8	21	38.1	0	0		8	12	66.7	45.7	4	7	1	4	+9
12	LeBron James L. James	39-028	48	1/27/2024	LAL	@	GSW	36	20	12	0	0	14	25	56.0	2	4	50.0	6	6	100.0	65.1	1	19	3	2	-6
13	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	39-024	45	4/16/2012	DAL	@	UTA	10	5	6	4	0	3	8	37.5	3	8	37.5	1	2	50.0	56.3	1	4	2	4	-1
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38-280	45	11/24/2001	WAS	vs	BOS	17	11	6	1	0	7	24	29.2	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	33.6	1	10	2	3	+2
15	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	38-236	48	12/17/2014	SAS	vs	MEM	23	16	5	2	3	9	22	40.9	0	0		5	15	33.3	40.2	6	10	4	4	-19
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	38-177	45	1/17/2002	UTA	@	SAS	30	14	6	1	0	11	17	64.7	1	1	100.0	7	10	70.0	70.1	3	11	3	3	-1
17	Karl Malone K. Malone	38-172	53	1/12/2002	UTA	vs	MEM	23	15	7	1	0	9	24	37.5	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	43.2	2	13	4	3	+4
18	Karl Malone K. Malone	38-165	46	1/5/2002	UTA	@	CHI	32	6	6	3	1	10	23	43.5	1	2	50.0	11	14	78.6	54.9	2	4	4	2	+11
19	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	38-148	53	4/13/1984	HOU	vs	SAS	16	17	11	0	1	7	20	35.0	0	0		2	5	40.0	36.0	7	10	2	5
20	Karl Malone K. Malone	38-125	48	11/26/2001	UTA	vs	PHX	27	10	6	2	1	10	28	35.7	0	0		7	12	58.3	40.6	2	8	3	3	0
21	Karl Malone K. Malone	38-120	45	11/21/2001	UTA	vs	NJN	34	12	4	3	0	13	25	52.0	0	2	0.0	8	12	66.7	56.1	2	10	5	4	+4
22	Grant Hill G. Hill	38-050	47	11/24/2010	PHX	vs	CHI	27	8	1	0	0	12	20	60.0	0	0		3	4	75.0	62.0	3	5	1	3	+6
23	LeBron James L. James	38-013	47	1/12/2023	LAL	vs	DAL	24	16	9	2	0	9	28	32.1	0	7	0.0	6	10	60.0	37.0	6	10	3	0	-3
24	Eddie Johnson E. Johnson	37-352	48	4/18/1997	HOU	vs	DAL	11	4	1	2	0	4	12	33.3	2	8	25.0	1	2	50.0	42.7	1	3	2	3	+16
25	Danny Schayes D. Schayes	37-344	45	4/19/1997	ORL	vs	MIA	7	13	4	1	4	3	10	30.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	33.5	6	7	2	2	-8