best points game by a player after 40 years old

Diana Taurasi has posted the most points by a player older than 40 in a game, with 42 points against the Dream on August 3, 2023.

Interpreted as:

best points regular-season game by a player after 40 years old

	NAME	PTS	Age	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	42	41-053	8/3/2023	PHX	vs	ATL	30	4	2	0	0	12	21	57.1	6	13	46.2	12	12	100.0	79.9	1	3	3	3	+31
2	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	31	41-357	6/2/2024	PHX	vs	LAS	29	2	0	2	0	9	14	64.3	7	9	77.8	6	6	100.0	93.1	1	1	3	4	+13
3	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	29	41-051	8/1/2023	PHX	@	IND	30	5	3	0	0	10	16	62.5	5	8	62.5	4	4	100.0	81.6	0	5	5	4	+1
4	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	28	41-349	5/25/2024	PHX	vs	DAL	30	5	2	0	0	10	20	50.0	6	13	46.2	2	2	100.0	67.0	0	5	2	2	-22
5	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	28	41-055	8/5/2023	PHX	vs	SEA	32	4	2	1	0	9	20	45.0	4	11	36.4	6	8	75.0	59.5	0	4	1	2	0
6	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	25	42-096	9/15/2024	PHX	@	CHI	29	3	6	0	0	10	20	50.0	3	10	30.0	2	3	66.7	58.6	0	3	0	3	+3
7	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	24	41-049	7/30/2023	PHX	@	CHI	26	6	4	1	2	7	13	53.8	5	10	50.0	5	5	100.0	78.9	0	6	3	1	-13
8	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	23	42-068	8/18/2024	PHX	vs	CHI	30	3	5	0	0	6	13	46.2	2	8	25.0	9	9	100.0	67.8	0	3	0	2	+18
9	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	23	41-338	5/14/2024	PHX	@	LVA	28	3	0	0	0	8	14	57.1	7	11	63.6	0	1	0.0	79.6	0	3	2	5	+3
10	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	23	41-024	7/5/2023	PHX	@	NYL	28	5	7	0	0	6	13	46.2	5	9	55.6	6	7	85.7	71.5	0	5	1	2	0
11	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	22	42-002	6/13/2024	PHX	vs	LVA	32	1	4	0	0	8	14	57.1	3	7	42.9	3	3	100.0	71.8	0	1	4	6	-7
12	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	22	41-028	7/9/2023	PHX	vs	LAS	30	4	5	0	1	7	13	53.8	2	6	33.3	6	6	100.0	70.3	0	4	4	4	-7
13	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	20	42-017	6/28/2024	PHX	vs	LAS	30	4	6	1	0	7	11	63.6	5	8	62.5	1	1	100.0	87.4	0	4	4	4	+27
14	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	20	41-364	6/9/2024	PHX	@	DAL	39	7	7	1	1	8	21	38.1	2	11	18.2	2	2	100.0	45.7	0	7	3	3	+14
15	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	20	41-347	5/23/2024	PHX	vs	WAS	29	6	1	0	0	7	13	53.8	2	7	28.6	4	5	80.0	65.8	0	6	1	1	+11
16	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	19	42-019	6/30/2024	PHX	vs	IND	32	3	3	3	0	5	14	35.7	2	10	20.0	7	8	87.5	54.2	1	2	5	3	+9
17	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	19	42-007	6/18/2024	PHX	vs	NYL	31	9	5	0	1	6	13	46.2	4	7	57.1	3	3	100.0	66.3	0	9	3	3	+11
18	Taj McWilliams-Franklin T. McWilliams-Franklin	19	41-313	8/28/2012	MIN	vs	SAN	30	7	1	0	1	9	14	64.3	0	0		1	1	100.0	65.8	5	2	4	5	+6
19	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	18	42-088	9/7/2024	PHX	@	SEA	25	5	4	0	0	5	11	45.5	3	8	37.5	5	5	100.0	68.2	0	5	2	0	-14
20	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	18	42-073	8/23/2024	PHX	@	ATL	32	2	5	1	0	6	8	75.0	3	5	60.0	3	4	75.0	92.2	0	2	2	3	+5
21	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	18	42-035	7/16/2024	PHX	@	WAS	28	3	5	1	1	5	9	55.6	3	5	60.0	5	6	83.3	77.3	1	2	2	3	+3
22	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	18	41	6/11/2023	PHX	@	IND	33	6	7	2	0	6	16	37.5	2	8	25.0	4	5	80.0	49.5	0	6	2	2	+2
23	Diana Taurasi D. Taurasi	17	41-018	6/29/2023	PHX	vs	IND	26	3	6	0	0	6	13	46.2	4	9	44.4	1	4	25.0	57.6	0	3	2	3	+23
24	Sue Bird S. Bird	17	41-232	6/5/2022	SEA	vs	CON	29	2	6	2	0	6	15	40.0	5	11	45.5	0	0		56.7	0	2	3	3	-1
25	Taj McWilliams-Franklin T. McWilliams-Franklin	17	41-230	6/6/2012	MIN	vs	SEA	20	4	0	1	1	8	8	100.0	0	0		1	3	33.3	91.2	1	3	4	2	+11

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1	Lynx - x	34	10	.773
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8	Valkyries - x	23	21	.523	11.0
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