highest scoring games by players the age of 40

Michael Jordan has put up the most points by a 40-year-old player in a game, with 43 points against the New Jersey Nets on February 21, 2003.

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highest scoring regular-season games by players the age of 40

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	43	40-004	2/21/2003	WAS	vs	NJN	43	10	3	4	1	18	30	60.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	64.1	0	10	1	2	+9
2	LeBron James L. James	42	40-038	2/6/2025	LAL	vs	GSW	38	17	8	1	1	14	25	56.0	6	9	66.7	8	10	80.0	71.4	1	16	3	1	+7
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39	40-020	3/9/2003	WAS	@	NYK	43	8	1	1	0	13	22	59.1	0	0		13	15	86.7	68.2	1	7	3	3	+7
4	LeBron James L. James	38	40-003	1/2/2025	LAL	vs	POR	36	3	8	0	0	15	25	60.0	7	10	70.0	1	2	50.0	73.4	1	2	4	1	+4
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	35	40-010	2/27/2003	WAS	vs	HOU	50	11	6	0	0	15	26	57.7	0	0		5	7	71.4	60.2	0	11	3	3	0
6	LeBron James L. James	33	40-033	2/1/2025	LAL	@	NYK	37	11	12	0	0	14	26	53.8	3	8	37.5	2	4	50.0	59.4	0	11	5	3	+12
7	LeBron James L. James	31	40-029	1/28/2025	LAL	@	PHI	33	8	9	1	0	10	16	62.5	1	4	25.0	10	11	90.9	74.4	1	7	8	1	-11
8	LeBron James L. James	30	40-004	1/3/2025	LAL	vs	ATL	30	3	8	0	0	13	20	65.0	2	5	40.0	2	2	100.0	71.8	0	3	3	3	+4
9	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	30	40-294	4/9/2019	DAL	vs	PHX	33	8	3	0	1	11	31	35.5	5	14	35.7	3	3	100.0	46.4	1	7	2	3	+11
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30	40-006	2/23/2003	WAS	vs	DAL	52	9	3	2	1	14	26	53.8	0	0		2	2	100.0	55.8	2	7	6	3	-1
11	LeBron James L. James	29	40-018	1/17/2025	LAL	vs	BKN	35	7	8	1	2	12	17	70.6	4	6	66.7	1	2	50.0	81.1	1	6	5	2	-11
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	27	40-018	3/7/2003	WAS	vs	MIL	43	9	3	2	0	11	24	45.8	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	50.7	0	9	1	2	+7
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	27	40-229	12/1/1987	LAL	@	SAC	40	9	1	1	1	11	21	52.4	0	0		5	5	100.0	58.2	3	6	5	2
14	LeBron James L. James	26	40-036	2/4/2025	LAL	@	LAC	31	8	9	3	0	8	13	61.5	2	4	50.0	8	11	72.7	72.9	0	8	3	4	+19
15	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	26	40-163	1/7/2018	SAS	@	POR	27	4	2	1	2	9	16	56.3	6	9	66.7	2	3	66.7	75.1	1	3	2	1	-3
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	26	40-050	4/8/2003	WAS	@	CLE	46	10	3	3	1	10	19	52.6	1	1	100.0	5	5	100.0	61.3	3	7	1	0	+11
17	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	26	40-037	3/26/2003	WAS	@	SEA	44	10	4	2	1	12	22	54.5	0	0		2	3	66.7	55.7	1	9	4	3	+5
18	John Stockton J. Stockton	26	40-018	4/13/2002	UTA	@	GSW	32	2	9	4	0	7	11	63.6	0	0		12	12	100.0	79.9	1	1	0	1	+13
19	Robert Parish R. Parish	26	40-139	1/16/1994	BOS	vs	DEN	36	9	2	0	0	11	22	50.0	0	0		4	5	80.0	53.7	2	7	2	3
20	Robert Parish R. Parish	26	40-079	11/17/1993	BOS	vs	NJN	35	12	2	0	4	12	14	85.7	0	0		2	5	40.0	80.2	4	8	2	3
21	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	26	40-225	11/27/1987	LAL	vs	DEN	32	4	1	2	0	11	19	57.9	0	0		4	6	66.7	60.1	1	3	1	4
22	LeBron James L. James	25	40-026	1/25/2025	LAL	@	GSW	35	5	12	1	0	12	25	48.0	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	48.3	1	4	3	0	+11
23	LeBron James L. James	25	40-020	1/19/2025	LAL	@	LAC	35	5	11	3	1	9	20	45.0	2	6	33.3	5	6	83.3	55.2	2	3	5	3	-3
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	25	40-053	4/11/2003	WAS	@	MIA	40	2	4	2	0	11	26	42.3	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	45.8	1	1	1	2	+2
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	25	40-048	4/6/2003	WAS	@	BOS	47	13	7	2	0	10	22	45.5	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	52.6	2	11	2	3	-9