who is the youngest player to score 26 points in a game

Cooper Flagg and LeBron James are tied for the youngest in a game with 26+ points. They were 18 years and 324 days old.

Interpreted as:

Who is the youngest player to score 26 or more points in a regular-season game?

	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	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	18-324	26	11/10/2025	DAL	vs	MIL	35	9	4	2	1	9	15	60.0	1	5	20.0	7	10	70.0	67.0	2	7	1	2	-7
2	LeBron James L. James	18-324	28	11/19/2003	CLE	@	WAS	40	7	8	2	1	10	18	55.6	2	4	50.0	6	8	75.0	65.1	2	5	4	2	-5
3	LeBron James L. James	18-334	33	11/29/2003	CLE	vs	MEM	55	16	7	1	1	14	28	50.0	3	6	50.0	2	3	66.7	56.3	2	14	8	1	-10
4	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	18-335	29	11/21/2025	DAL	vs	NOP	32	7	5	2	0	12	19	63.2	0	4	0.0	5	6	83.3	67.0	2	5	2	2	+9
5	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	18-343	35	11/29/2025	DAL	@	LAC	38	8	2	0	0	13	22	59.1	0	3	0.0	9	11	81.8	65.2	1	7	3	3	-5
6	LeBron James L. James	18-348	37	12/13/2003	CLE	vs	BOS	45	3	4	0	0	10	20	50.0	1	5	20.0	16	18	88.9	66.3	1	2	2	2	-2
7	LeBron James L. James	18-350	27	12/15/2003	CLE	@	IND	44	4	6	3	3	10	16	62.5	0	3	0.0	7	8	87.5	69.2	1	3	6	1	-12
8	LeBron James L. James	18-354	36	12/19/2003	CLE	@	PHI	42	4	5	4	0	14	24	58.3	5	7	71.4	3	3	100.0	71.1	1	3	4	1	+9
9	LeBron James L. James	18-355	32	12/20/2003	CLE	@	CHI	42	6	10	2	2	11	22	50.0	0	5	0.0	10	12	83.3	58.7	1	5	4	2	+9
10	LeBron James L. James	18-360	34	12/25/2003	CLE	@	ORL	47	2	6	2	1	13	28	46.4	4	10	40.0	4	5	80.0	56.3	1	1	8	0	-9
11	LeBron James L. James	18-363	32	12/28/2003	CLE	vs	POR	39	10	9	3	0	15	23	65.2	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	67.0	3	7	5	1	+11
12	LeBron James L. James	19-014	27	1/13/2004	CLE	@	SEA	44	9	9	2	0	11	26	42.3	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	47.1	4	5	4	2	+11
13	LeBron James L. James	19-016	29	1/15/2004	CLE	@	GSW	43	6	6	3	0	8	21	38.1	2	5	40.0	11	13	84.6	54.3	2	4	2	0	-14
14	LeBron James L. James	19-018	29	1/17/2004	CLE	@	UTA	45	7	2	2	1	12	28	42.9	2	4	50.0	3	5	60.0	48.0	1	6	4	2	+8
15	LeBron James L. James	19-029	27	1/28/2004	CLE	vs	MIA	44	5	4	2	1	10	25	40.0	0	1	0.0	7	10	70.0	45.9	0	5	1	1	+2
16	Kevin Durant K. Durant	19-033	27	11/1/2007	SEA	vs	PHX	39	5	1	0	1	11	23	47.8	2	6	33.3	3	4	75.0	54.5	0	5	6	2	-3
17	LeBron James L. James	19-033	38	2/1/2004	CLE	@	WAS	43	6	4	0	2	14	27	51.9	1	2	50.0	9	11	81.8	59.7	3	3	6	4	0
18	LeBron James L. James	19-036	32	2/4/2004	CLE	vs	LAL	43	4	4	0	0	12	26	46.2	4	4	100.0	4	5	80.0	56.7	0	4	0	0	-2
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	19-038	27	11/6/2007	SEA	@	SAC	34	7	4	1	0	11	22	50.0	3	9	33.3	2	3	66.7	57.9	2	5	6	2	-16
20	LeBron James L. James	19-052	32	2/20/2004	CLE	vs	SAS	39	11	2	2	1	14	23	60.9	0	0		4	4	100.0	64.6	2	9	2	0	+3
21	GG Jackson	19-053	27	2/8/2024	MEM	vs	CHI	32	9	1	1	0	9	18	50.0	4	9	44.4	5	6	83.3	65.4	4	5	0	2	-13
22	LeBron James L. James	19-059	30	2/27/2004	CLE	@	ORL	49	11	3	3	1	11	19	57.9	1	1	100.0	7	8	87.5	66.6	1	10	5	1	+7
23	GG Jackson	19-060	27	2/15/2024	MEM	vs	MIL	30	1	0	0	1	10	17	58.8	6	10	60.0	1	3	33.3	73.7	0	1	3	3	+12
24	Jaren Jackson Jr. J. Jackson Jr.	19-062	27	11/16/2018	MEM	vs	SAC	31	6	0	4	2	11	16	68.8	1	1	100.0	4	6	66.7	72.4	2	4	1	5	+5
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	19-062	35	11/30/2007	SEA	vs	IND	40	5	2	2	3	12	20	60.0	3	5	60.0	8	12	66.7	69.2	0	5	7	4	+13