who was the oldest player in nba in season 1980

Paul Silas was the oldest in 1979-80. He was 36 years old.

	NAME	Age	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	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	Paul Silas P. Silas	36	1979-80	SEA	82	19.5	3.8	5.3	0.8	0.3	0.1	1.4	3.6	37.8	0.0	0.0		1.1	1.7	65.4	43.9	2.5	2.8	1.0	1,595	315	436	66	25	5	83	120
2	Rick Barry R. Barry	35	1979-80	HOU	72	25.2	12.0	3.3	3.7	1.1	0.4	4.5	10.7	42.2	1.0	3.1	33.0	2.0	2.1	93.5	51.7	0.7	2.5	2.1	1,816	866	236	268	80	28	152	182
3	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	35	1979-80	NYK	51	12.4	7.4	0.7	1.3	0.4	0.1	3.2	6.9	45.7	0.0	0.0		1.1	1.3	87.5	49.7	0.3	0.4	0.5	633	378	36	67	21	3	28	46
4	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	34	1979-80	CLE	3	9.0	3.3	1.0	2.7	0.7	0.3	1.3	3.7	36.4	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.7	0.7	100.0	42.1	0.3	0.7	1.3	27	10	3	8	2	1	4	2
5	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	34	1979-80	WAS	81	39.3	23.0	11.1	1.6	0.8	2.3	9.4	20.7	45.4	0.0	0.2	23.1	4.1	5.9	69.9	49.2	3.3	7.7	2.7	3,183	1,859	896	129	62	189	215	309
6	Phil Jackson P. Jackson	34	1979-80	NJN	16	12.1	4.1	1.5	0.8	0.3	0.3	1.8	2.9	63.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.6	70.0	64.5	0.8	0.8	0.6	194	65	24	12	5	4	9	35
7	Ron Boone R. Boone	33	1979-80	TOT	81	29.5	12.4	2.8	3.8	1.2	0.0	5.0	11.3	44.3	0.2	0.6	38.0	2.2	2.4	89.3	50.1	0.7	2.1	2.4	2,392	1,004	227	309	97	3	197	232
8	Don Chaney D. Chaney	33	1979-80	BOS	60	8.7	2.8	1.2	0.6	0.5	0.2	1.1	3.2	35.4	0.0	0.1	16.7	0.5	0.7	76.2	40.2	0.5	0.7	0.6	523	167	73	38	31	11	33	80
9	Bingo Smith B. Smith	33	1979-80	TOT	78	27.2	11.4	3.3	1.3	0.8	0.2	4.9	11.4	43.2	0.3	1.0	28.4	1.3	1.5	87.0	47.4	1.2	2.1	1.0	2,123	893	259	100	62	17	81	209
10	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	33	1979-80	WAS	82	36.3	9.7	13.3	4.5	0.8	0.7	4.0	7.8	51.3	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.7	2.5	66.5	54.5	4.1	9.3	1.9	2,973	794	1,094	366	65	61	153	249
11	Jo Jo White J. Jo White	33	1979-80	GSW	78	26.3	9.9	2.3	3.1	1.1	0.2	4.3	9.1	47.6	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.2	1.5	85.1	50.9	0.5	1.8	2.0	2,052	770	181	239	88	13	157	186
12	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	32	1979-80	LAL	82	38.3	24.8	10.8	4.5	1.0	3.4	10.2	16.9	60.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.4	5.8	76.5	63.9	2.3	8.5	3.6	3,143	2,034	886	371	81	280	297	216
13	Mack Calvin M. Calvin	32	1979-80	UTA	48	16.1	6.4	1.8	2.8	0.6	0.0	2.1	4.7	44.1	0.0	0.2	9.1	2.2	2.4	89.7	54.9	0.3	1.5	1.2	772	306	84	134	27	0	57	72
14	Bob Dandridge B. Dandridge	32	1979-80	WAS	45	32.4	17.4	5.5	4.0	0.6	0.8	7.3	16.2	45.1	0.0	0.2	18.2	2.7	3.4	80.9	49.2	1.4	4.1	2.7	1,457	783	246	178	29	36	123	112
15	John Johnson J. Johnson	32	1979-80	SEA	81	31.3	11.3	5.3	5.2	0.9	0.4	4.7	9.5	48.8	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.5	80.1	53.2	2.0	3.2	3.0	2,533	915	426	424	76	35	247	213
16	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	32	1979-80	TOT	43	22.4	13.7	1.8	1.9	0.6	0.1	5.7	12.6	44.9	0.2	0.3	66.7	2.1	2.4	86.7	50.0	0.4	1.4	1.9	964	589	78	83	24	6	82	79
17	Steve Mix S. Mix	32	1979-80	PHI	81	19.0	11.6	3.6	1.8	0.8	0.1	4.5	8.7	51.6	0.0	0.1	40.0	2.6	3.1	83.1	57.7	1.4	2.2	1.6	1,543	937	290	149	67	9	132	114
18	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	31	1979-80	BOS	80	35.8	14.1	2.5	8.4	1.3	0.1	4.8	9.9	48.2	0.1	0.2	22.2	4.5	5.4	83.0	57.4	0.7	1.7	3.0	2,864	1,131	197	671	106	10	242	218
19	Dennis Awtrey D. Awtrey	31	1979-80	CHI	26	21.5	3.3	4.4	1.5	0.5	0.6	1.0	2.3	45.0	0.0	0.0		1.2	1.9	64.0	52.4	1.1	3.3	1.0	560	86	115	40	12	15	27	66
20	Fred Brown F. Brown	31	1979-80	SEA	80	21.3	12.0	1.9	2.2	0.8	0.2	5.1	10.5	47.9	0.5	1.1	44.3	1.4	1.7	83.7	53.2	0.4	1.5	1.3	1,701	960	155	174	65	17	105	117
21	Austin Carr A. Carr	31	1979-80	CLE	77	20.7	11.8	2.1	1.9	0.5	0.0	5.1	10.9	46.5	0.0	0.1	33.3	1.6	2.2	73.8	49.7	1.1	1.1	1.4	1,595	909	165	150	39	3	108	120
22	Dave Cowens D. Cowens	31	1979-80	BOS	66	32.7	14.2	8.1	3.1	1.0	0.9	6.4	14.1	45.3	0.0	0.2	8.3	1.4	1.8	77.9	47.7	1.9	6.2	1.6	2,159	940	534	206	69	61	108	216
23	Charlie Criss C. Criss	31	1979-80	ATL	81	22.1	8.3	1.4	3.0	0.9	0.0	3.1	7.1	43.1	0.0	0.2	5.9	2.1	2.6	81.1	50.0	0.3	1.1	1.6	1,794	671	116	246	74	4	130	133
24	Coby Dietrick C. Dietrick	31	1979-80	CHI	79	23.2	6.9	4.6	2.7	1.1	0.6	2.9	6.3	45.4	0.0	0.1	11.1	1.1	1.5	76.3	49.4	1.3	3.3	1.4	1,830	545	363	216	89	51	112	230
25	Chris Ford C. Ford	31	1979-80	BOS	73	29.0	11.2	2.5	2.9	1.5	0.4	4.5	9.7	46.5	1.0	2.2	42.7	1.2	1.6	75.4	53.7	1.1	1.4	1.4	2,115	816	181	215	111	27	105	178

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Fri 3/27	UTA	@	DEN	129-135
Fri 3/27	DAL	@	POR	100-93
Fri 3/27	WAS	@	GSW	126-131
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Paul Silas was the oldest in 1979-80. He was 36 years old.

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