who is the oldest player to score 20 ppg in a season

LeBron James is the oldest with 20.0+ points per game in a season. He was 41 years old this season.

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Who is the oldest player to score 20 or higher ppg 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	41	20.9	2025-26	LAL	60	33.2	6.1	7.2	1.2	0.6	7.9	15.3	51.5	1.3	4.1	31.7	3.9	5.3	73.7	59.4	0.7	5.4	3.0	1,989	1,256	364	432	72	35	179	81	+119
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
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	26.6	2025-26	GSW	43	30.9	3.6	4.7	1.1	0.4	8.7	18.6	46.8	4.4	11.3	39.3	4.7	5.1	92.3	63.7	0.4	3.2	2.8	1,329	1,142	154	203	49	17	121	75	+89
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	37	26.0	2025-26	HOU	78	36.4	5.5	4.8	0.8	0.9	9.2	17.6	52.0	2.4	5.8	41.3	5.2	6.0	87.4	64.1	0.5	4.9	3.2	2,840	2,026	426	372	62	71	246	142	+340
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	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
14	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
15	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	36	20.0	2025-26	GSW	38	31.1	5.6	4.9	1.4	0.2	6.3	12.2	51.9	0.8	2.2	37.6	6.5	7.6	86.4	64.6	2.3	3.2	1.6	1,182	760	211	185	55	8	60	46	+185
16	James Harden J. Harden	36	23.6	2025-26	TOT	70	34.8	4.8	8.0	1.1	0.4	7.0	16.0	43.4	3.1	8.2	37.5	6.6	7.5	88.4	61.0	0.6	4.2	3.5	2,438	1,652	336	557	79	28	245	137	+99
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36	21.5	1983-84	LAL	80	32.8	7.3	2.6	0.7	1.8	9.0	15.5	57.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	4.9	72.3	60.8	2.1	5.2	2.8	2,622	1,717	587	211	55	143	221	211
23	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	35	22.2	2024-25	SAC	77	35.9	3.9	4.4	0.8	0.4	8.1	17.0	47.7	1.1	3.3	32.8	4.9	5.7	85.7	56.9	0.6	3.2	1.4	2,768	1,710	298	342	62	32	105	150	+110
24	James Harden J. Harden	35	22.8	2024-25	LAC	79	35.3	5.8	8.7	1.5	0.7	6.7	16.4	41.0	3.0	8.5	35.2	6.4	7.3	87.4	58.2	0.7	5.1	4.3	2,789	1,802	456	687	118	55	341	162	+344
25	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

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2	Spurs	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves	49	33	.598	15.0

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29.2

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29.1

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27.4

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Playoffs RPG Leaders

13.2

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10.7

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9.5

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7.5

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Playoffs SPG Leaders

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Playoffs BPG Leaders

4.2

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3.6

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551.3

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2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
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1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
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11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
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14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
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Fri 3/27	DAL	@	POR	100-93
Fri 3/27	WAS	@	GSW	126-131
Fri 3/27	BKN	@	LAL	99-116
Sat 3/28	SAS	@	MIL	127-95
Sat 3/28	DET	@	MIN	109-87

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LeBron James is the oldest with 20.0+ points per game in a season. He was 41 years old this season.

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