oldest nba player to average 20 points per game

LeBron James is the oldest with 20.0+ points per game in a season. He is 40 years old this season.

Interpreted as:

oldest NBA player to average 20 or higher points per game in a regular season

	NAME	AGE	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	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	LeBron James L. James	40	23.8	2024-25	LAL	43	34.6	7.5	9.0	0.8	0.5	9.2	18.0	51.2	2.1	5.5	37.9	3.3	4.3	77.3	59.9	0.9	6.6	3.8	1,489	1,024	322	387	36	23	163	56	-92
2	LeBron James L. James	39	25.7	2023-24	LAL	71	35.3	7.3	8.3	1.3	0.5	9.6	17.9	54.0	2.1	5.1	41.0	4.3	5.7	75.0	63.0	0.9	6.4	3.5	2,504	1,822	518	589	89	38	245	78	+220
3	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	39	20.0	2002-03	WAS	82	37.0	6.1	3.8	1.5	0.5	8.3	18.6	44.5	0.2	0.7	29.1	3.2	4.0	82.1	49.1	0.9	5.2	2.1	3,031	1,640	497	311	123	39	173	171	+6
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	39	20.6	2002-03	UTA	81	36.2	7.8	4.7	1.7	0.4	7.3	15.9	46.2	0.0	0.2	21.4	5.9	7.7	76.3	53.4	1.4	6.4	2.6	2,936	1,667	628	379	136	31	210	204	+172
5	LeBron James L. James	38	28.9	2022-23	LAL	55	35.5	8.3	6.8	0.9	0.6	11.1	22.2	50.0	2.2	6.9	32.1	4.6	5.9	76.8	58.3	1.2	7.1	3.2	1,954	1,590	457	375	50	32	178	88	+214
6	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38	22.9	2001-02	WAS	60	34.9	5.7	5.2	1.4	0.4	9.2	22.1	41.6	0.2	0.9	18.9	4.4	5.6	79.0	46.8	0.8	4.8	2.7	2,093	1,375	339	310	85	26	162	119	+16
7	Karl Malone K. Malone	38	22.4	2001-02	UTA	80	38.0	8.6	4.3	1.9	0.7	7.9	17.5	45.4	0.1	0.3	36.0	6.4	8.0	79.7	53.2	1.8	6.8	3.3	3,040	1,788	686	341	152	59	263	229	+50
8	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	38	23.4	1985-86	LAL	79	33.3	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
9	LeBron James L. James	37	30.3	2021-22	LAL	56	37.2	8.2	6.2	1.3	1.1	11.4	21.8	52.4	2.9	8.0	35.9	4.5	6.0	75.6	61.9	1.1	7.1	3.5	2,084	1,695	459	349	73	59	196	121	-117
10	Karl Malone K. Malone	37	23.2	2000-01	UTA	81	35.7	8.3	4.5	1.1	0.8	8.3	16.6	49.8	0.0	0.1	40.0	6.6	8.3	79.3	57.2	1.4	6.9	3.0	2,895	1,878	669	361	93	62	244	216	+381
11	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	37	22.0	1984-85	LAL	79	33.3	7.9	3.2	0.8	2.1	9.2	15.3	59.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	5.0	73.2	62.8	2.1	5.8	2.5	2,630	1,735	622	249	63	162	197	238
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	36	22.3	2024-25	GSW	38	31.7	4.7	6.3	1.1	0.4	7.5	16.9	44.2	4.3	10.6	40.5	3.1	3.3	93.5	60.7	0.5	4.2	2.9	1,205	847	177	239	43	17	111	47	+103
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	36	27.3	2024-25	PHX	36	36.2	6.3	4.2	0.8	1.4	9.9	18.8	52.7	2.3	5.8	40.2	5.2	6.2	83.0	63.5	0.4	5.8	3.1	1,302	982	225	151	30	49	110	61	+10
14	LeBron James L. James	36	25.0	2020-21	LAL	45	33.4	7.7	7.8	1.1	0.6	9.4	18.3	51.3	2.3	6.3	36.5	4.0	5.7	69.8	60.2	0.6	7.0	3.7	1,504	1,126	346	350	48	25	168	70	+287
15	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	36	22.3	2014-15	LAL	35	34.5	5.7	5.6	1.3	0.2	7.6	20.4	37.3	1.5	5.3	29.3	5.6	6.9	81.3	47.7	0.7	4.9	3.7	1,207	782	199	197	47	7	128	65	-295
16	Karl Malone K. Malone	36	25.5	1999-00	UTA	82	35.9	9.5	3.7	1.0	0.9	9.2	18.0	50.9	0.0	0.1	25.0	7.2	9.0	79.7	58.2	2.1	7.4	2.8	2,947	2,095	779	304	79	71	231	229	+481
17	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	36	21.5	1983-84	LAL	80	32.8	7.3	2.6	0.7	1.8	9.0	15.5	57.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.6	4.9	72.3	60.8	2.1	5.2	2.8	2,622	1,717	587	211	55	143	221	211
18	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	35	21.6	2024-25	SAC	42	35.9	3.8	3.6	1.2	0.4	8.0	16.6	48.5	0.9	2.7	32.7	4.6	5.4	86.2	57.0	0.6	3.2	1.4	1,508	907	160	151	49	18	58	86	+118
19	James Harden J. Harden	35	21.7	2024-25	LAC	44	33.8	5.8	8.4	1.5	0.6	6.3	15.9	39.9	2.9	8.2	35.2	6.1	6.9	88.8	57.3	0.6	5.3	4.6	1,485	955	257	368	64	28	203	91	+128
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	35	26.4	2023-24	GSW	74	32.7	4.5	5.1	0.7	0.4	8.8	19.5	45.0	4.8	11.8	40.8	4.0	4.4	92.3	61.6	0.5	4.0	2.8	2,421	1,956	330	379	54	28	210	117	+189
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	35	27.1	2023-24	PHX	75	37.2	6.6	5.0	0.9	1.2	10.0	19.2	52.3	2.2	5.4	41.3	4.8	5.6	85.6	62.6	0.5	6.1	3.2	2,791	2,032	495	378	68	91	243	133	+290
22	LeBron James L. James	35	25.3	2019-20	LAL	67	34.6	7.8	10.2	1.2	0.5	9.6	19.4	49.3	2.2	6.3	34.8	3.9	5.7	69.3	57.7	1.0	6.9	3.9	2,316	1,698	525	684	78	36	261	118	+441
23	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	35	21.7	2013-14	DAL	80	32.9	6.2	2.7	0.9	0.6	7.9	15.9	49.7	1.6	4.1	39.8	4.2	4.7	89.9	60.3	0.5	5.7	1.5	2,628	1,735	498	216	73	45	117	165	+323
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	35	23.8	1998-99	UTA	49	37.4	9.4	4.1	1.3	0.6	8.0	16.3	49.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.7	9.8	78.8	57.7	2.2	7.3	3.3	1,832	1,164	463	201	62	28	162	134	+355
25	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	35	20.8	1997-98	NYK	26	32.6	10.2	1.1	0.6	2.2	7.8	15.5	50.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.2	7.2	72.0	55.7	2.3	7.9	3.0	848	540	265	28	16	58	77	74	+84