who was the oldest player in nba in season 1986

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the oldest in 1985-86. He was 38 years old.

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	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	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38	1985-86	LAL	79	33.3	23.4	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
2	George Johnson G. Johnson	37	1985-86	SEA	41	6.4	0.9	1.5	0.3	0.1	0.9	0.3	0.6	52.2	0.0	0.0		0.3	0.4	68.8	58.3	0.6	0.8	0.3	264	35	60	13	6	37	14	46
3	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	36	1985-86	SAS	71	33.7	16.7	8.5	1.4	0.5	1.5	6.0	9.6	61.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.8	6.8	70.1	66.1	2.3	6.1	2.6	2,395	1,184	600	102	39	108	186	239
4	Julius Erving J. Erving	35	1985-86	PHI	74	33.4	18.1	5.0	3.4	1.5	1.1	7.0	14.7	48.0	0.1	0.4	28.1	3.9	5.0	78.5	53.7	2.3	2.7	2.9	2,474	1,340	370	248	113	82	214	196
5	Caldwell Jones C. Jones	35	1985-86	POR	80	18.0	4.7	4.4	0.9	0.5	0.8	1.6	3.2	49.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.6	1.9	82.7	58.8	1.3	3.1	1.3	1,437	376	355	74	38	61	102	244
6	Bobby Jones B. Jones	34	1985-86	PHI	70	21.7	7.0	2.4	1.8	0.7	0.7	2.7	4.8	55.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.6	2.1	78.6	61.2	0.7	1.7	1.3	1,519	492	169	126	48	50	90	159
7	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	34	1985-86	PHI	29	21.0	10.1	3.6	1.2	0.3	0.6	4.0	8.7	46.2	0.0	0.0		2.1	2.8	76.5	51.3	0.9	2.7	1.7	609	294	103	35	10	18	49	64
8	George Gervin G. Gervin	33	1985-86	CHI	82	25.2	16.2	2.6	1.8	0.6	0.3	6.3	13.4	47.2	0.0	0.2	21.1	3.5	3.9	87.9	53.4	1.0	1.7	2.0	2,065	1,325	215	144	49	23	161	210
9	Mickey Johnson M. Johnson	33	1985-86	NJN	79	19.9	7.8	4.2	2.7	0.8	0.3	2.7	6.4	42.2	0.1	0.3	20.8	2.3	2.9	78.5	50.5	1.2	3.0	2.1	1,574	616	332	217	67	25	165	248
10	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	33	1985-86	LAL	77	22.7	10.2	7.4	1.1	0.6	0.3	3.9	8.5	46.2	0.0	0.0	50.0	2.3	3.0	78.3	52.0	2.1	5.2	1.6	1,750	785	566	84	45	24	121	253
11	Tom McMillen T. McMillen	33	1985-86	WAS	56	15.4	5.8	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.2	2.3	5.1	46.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.4	81.0	51.0	0.8	1.2	0.6	863	326	113	35	9	10	34	85
12	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	33	1985-86	SEA	78	16.4	7.7	1.3	2.3	0.6	0.0	3.1	6.9	44.4	0.2	0.6	30.2	1.4	1.6	88.0	50.6	0.4	0.9	1.1	1,279	603	99	180	44	2	85	139
13	Bill Walton B. Walton	33	1985-86	BOS	80	19.3	7.6	6.8	2.1	0.5	1.3	2.9	5.1	56.2	0.0	0.0		1.8	2.5	71.3	60.6	1.7	5.1	1.9	1,546	606	544	165	38	106	151	210
14	Scott Wedman S. Wedman	33	1985-86	BOS	79	17.7	8.0	2.4	1.1	0.5	0.3	3.6	7.7	47.3	0.2	0.6	35.4	0.6	0.9	66.2	49.9	0.8	1.6	0.7	1,402	634	192	83	38	22	54	127
15	Junior Bridgeman J. Bridgeman	32	1985-86	LAC	58	20.0	8.8	2.1	1.9	0.5	0.1	3.4	7.8	44.1	0.1	0.3	33.3	1.8	2.1	89.1	50.7	0.5	1.6	1.2	1,161	510	123	108	31	8	68	81
16	Alex English A. English	32	1985-86	DEN	81	37.3	29.8	5.0	4.0	0.9	0.4	11.7	23.3	50.4	0.0	0.1	20.0	6.3	7.3	86.2	56.2	2.4	2.6	3.1	3,024	2,414	405	320	73	29	249	235
17	World B. Free W. B. Free	32	1985-86	CLE	75	33.8	23.4	2.9	4.2	1.2	0.3	8.7	19.1	45.5	0.9	2.3	42.0	5.1	6.5	78.0	53.3	1.0	1.9	2.3	2,535	1,754	218	314	91	19	172	186
18	Rich Kelley R. Kelley	32	1985-86	SAC	37	8.8	2.0	2.2	1.2	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.3	57.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.5	0.6	81.8	63.1	0.8	1.4	0.6	324	74	81	43	10	3	22	62
19	John Lucas J. Lucas	32	1985-86	HOU	65	32.6	15.5	2.2	8.8	1.2	0.1	5.6	12.6	44.6	0.7	2.2	30.8	3.6	4.6	77.5	53.0	0.5	1.7	2.3	2,120	1,006	143	571	77	5	149	124
20	Robert Parish R. Parish	32	1985-86	BOS	81	31.7	16.1	9.5	1.8	0.8	1.4	6.5	11.9	54.9	0.0	0.0		3.0	4.1	73.1	58.6	3.0	6.5	2.3	2,567	1,305	770	145	65	116	187	215
21	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	32	1985-86	WAS	79	29.4	11.6	8.1	2.1	0.5	0.6	4.1	8.4	48.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.5	4.6	75.4	56.0	2.7	5.5	2.4	2,321	917	642	167	36	51	187	194
22	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	32	1985-86	LAC	13	15.0	5.8	2.2	1.2	0.5	0.2	2.0	5.0	40.0	0.1	0.2	33.3	1.7	2.1	81.5	48.8	1.0	1.2	1.2	195	75	29	15	7	2	16	19
23	Gus Williams G. Williams	32	1985-86	WAS	77	29.7	13.5	2.2	5.9	1.2	0.2	5.6	13.2	42.8	0.4	1.5	25.9	1.8	2.4	73.4	47.3	0.7	1.5	2.1	2,284	1,036	166	453	96	15	160	113
24	Alvan Adams A. Adams	31	1985-86	PHX	78	25.7	10.8	6.1	4.2	1.3	0.6	4.4	8.7	50.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.6	78.3	54.7	1.9	4.2	2.6	2,005	841	477	324	103	46	206	272
25	Greg Ballard G. Ballard	31	1985-86	GSW	75	23.9	8.8	5.6	1.1	0.9	0.1	3.6	7.6	47.7	0.2	0.5	48.6	1.3	1.7	80.2	52.9	1.8	3.8	0.7	1,792	662	417	83	65	8	54	174

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