the oldest player to score 40+ points in a closeout game

Chris Paul is the oldest with 40+ points in a closeout. He was 36 years and 55 days old in Game 6 of the 2021 Western Conference Finals against the Clippers.

	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	Chris Paul C. Paul	36-055	41	6/30/2021	PHX	@	LAC	35	4	8	3	0	16	24	66.7	7	8	87.5	2	3	66.7	81.0	1	3	0	2	+22
2	LeBron James L. James	35-284	40	10/9/2020	LAL	vs	MIA	42	13	7	3	0	15	21	71.4	6	9	66.7	4	6	66.7	84.6	3	10	4	1	+7
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35-117	45	6/14/1998	CHI	@	UTA	44	1	1	4	0	15	35	42.9	3	7	42.9	12	15	80.0	54.1	0	1	1	2	+2
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	35-047	50	4/30/2023	GSW	@	SAC	38	8	6	1	0	20	38	52.6	7	18	38.9	3	5	60.0	62.2	1	7	1	2	+25
5	Reggie Miller R. Miller	34-254	41	5/4/2000	IND	vs	MIL	39	5	1	1	0	15	25	60.0	3	7	42.9	8	10	80.0	69.7	0	5	2	4	+8
6	Ray Allen R. Allen	33-284	51	4/30/2009	BOS	@	CHI	59	5	3	3	0	18	32	56.3	9	18	50.0	6	7	85.7	72.7	2	3	3	1	+1
7	Sam Jones S. Jones	33-277	51	3/28/1967	BOS	@	NYK	43	4	1			19	30	63.3				13	17	76.5	68.0				3
8	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33-259	43	5/8/2012	LAL	vs	DEN	43	6	5	2	0	14	32	43.8	5	11	45.5	10	11	90.9	58.4	1	5	3	2	-6
9	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	33-224	42	4/26/2023	MIA	@	MIL	46	8	4	2	1	17	33	51.5	3	10	30.0	5	9	55.6	56.8	1	7	5	2	-10
10	LeBron James L. James	33-120	45	4/29/2018	CLE	vs	IND	43	8	7	4	0	16	25	64.0	2	3	66.7	11	15	73.3	71.2	2	6	4	4	-2
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33-100	45	5/27/1996	CHI	@	ORL	44	3	5	1	1	16	23	69.6	3	4	75.0	10	14	71.4	77.2	2	1	4	5
12	Chris Paul C. Paul	33-002	41	5/8/2018	HOU	vs	UTA	38	7	10	1	0	13	22	59.1	8	10	80.0	7	8	87.5	80.3	0	7	0	1	+20
13	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	32-343	42	4/17/1981	HOU	@	SAS	42	1	3	0	0	19	28	67.9	0	1	0.0	4	4	100.0	70.6			5	2
14	Kevin Durant K. Durant	32-263	48	6/19/2021	BKN	vs	MIL	53	9	6	1	1	17	36	47.2	4	11	36.4	10	11	90.9	58.8	1	8	3	4	-4
15	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	32-071	47	5/2/1995	PHX	@	POR	46	12	2	2	2	16	26	61.5	4	8	50.0	11	13	84.6	74.1	1	11	4	5
16	Hal Greer H. Greer	31-296	40	4/17/1968	PHI	@	BOS	46	4	1			15	24	62.5				10	13	76.9	67.3				4
17	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	31-073	56	5/4/1994	PHX	@	GSW	41	14	4	3	1	23	31	74.2	3	4	75.0	7	9	77.8	80.1	5	9	2	2
18	Jerry West J. West	30-342	42	5/5/1969	LAL	vs	BOS	48	13	12			14	29	48.3				14	18	77.8	56.9				2
19	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	30-218	41	5/18/2008	BOS	vs	CLE	44	4	5	2	0	13	23	56.5	4	6	66.7	11	12	91.7	72.5	1	3	4	4	+10
20	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30-209	50	4/26/2019	GSW	@	LAC	42	6	5	1	1	15	26	57.7	6	14	42.9	14	15	93.3	76.7	0	6	4	4	+18
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	30-207	45	4/24/2019	GSW	vs	LAC	41	6	6	2	1	14	26	53.8	5	12	41.7	12	12	100.0	71.9	0	6	1	4	+2
22	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	30-128	41	5/24/2012	MIA	@	IND	39	10	3	2	0	17	25	68.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	71.9	2	8	5	3	+4
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30-121	41	6/18/1993	CHI	vs	PHX	44	7	7	0	2	16	29	55.2	2	7	28.6	7	10	70.0	61.4	1	6	2	5
24	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	30-105	44	6/5/1993	PHX	vs	SEA	46	24	1	1	1	12	20	60.0	1	1	100.0	19	22	86.4	74.1	10	14	1	3
25	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	30-027	41	5/22/2006	SAS	vs	DAL	50	15	6	1	3	12	24	50.0	0	1	0.0	17	23	73.9	60.1	6	9	3	4	-7