who is the oldest player in nba history to score 50 points in a game

Jamal Crawford is the oldest in a game with 50+ points. He was 39 years and 20 days old against the Mavericks on April 9, 2019.

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Who is the oldest player in NBA history to score 50 or more points in a regular-season game?

	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	Jamal Crawford J. Crawford	39-020	51	4/9/2019	PHX	@	DAL	38	5	5	1	1	18	30	60.0	7	13	53.8	8	9	88.9	75.1	0	5	4	4	-5
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	38-315	51	12/29/2001	WAS	vs	CHA	38	7	4	3	0	21	38	55.3	0	2	0.0	9	10	90.0	60.1	2	5	4	3	+24
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	37-234	60	4/13/2016	LAL	vs	UTA	42	4	4	1	1	22	50	44.0	6	21	28.6	10	12	83.3	54.3	0	4	2	1	+7
4	LeBron James L. James	37-071	50	3/11/2022	LAL	vs	WAS	36	7	6	0	1	18	25	72.0	6	9	66.7	8	8	100.0	87.7	0	7	3	3	+22
5	LeBron James L. James	37-065	56	3/5/2022	LAL	vs	GSW	39	10	3	0	1	19	31	61.3	6	11	54.5	12	13	92.3	76.3	2	8	4	0	+13
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	36-350	56	2/27/2025	GSW	@	ORL	34	4	3	2	0	16	25	64.0	12	19	63.2	12	12	100.0	92.5	0	4	4	0	+15
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	35-326	60	2/3/2024	GSW	@	ATL	41	6	4	0	1	22	38	57.9	10	23	43.5	6	6	100.0	73.8	1	5	2	1	-1
8	James Harden J. Harden	35-191	50	3/5/2025	LAC	vs	DET	38	4	5	1	1	14	24	58.3	6	13	46.2	16	20	80.0	76.2	0	4	5	2	+13
9	Alex English A. English	35-064	51	3/10/1989	DEN	@	MIA	51	3	9	2	0	24	35	68.6	0	0		3	4	75.0	69.4	1	2	3	5
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	35-001	50	3/15/2023	GSW	@	LAC	39	2	6	2	0	20	28	71.4	8	14	57.1	2	4	50.0	84.0	0	2	2	1	-11
11	Karl Malone K. Malone	34-257	56	4/7/1998	UTA	@	GSW	42	9	2	1	4	18	29	62.1	1	1	100.0	19	23	82.6	71.6	2	7	3	2	+1
12	Stephen Curry S. Curry	34-247	50	11/16/2022	GSW	@	PHX	36	9	6	0	1	17	28	60.7	7	11	63.6	9	9	100.0	78.2	0	9	3	2	-14
13	Bernard King B. King	34-092	50	3/6/1991	WAS	vs	UTA	48	6	2	4	0	18	31	58.1	0	2	0.0	14	16	87.5	65.7	3	3	4	2
14	Bernard King B. King	34-025	52	12/29/1990	WAS	vs	DEN	39	8	6	1	0	20	35	57.1	0	0		12	14	85.7	63.2	3	5	4	3
15	Rick Barry R. Barry	33-362	55	3/25/1978	GSW	vs	NYK	44	9	9	3	0	19	31	61.3				17	18	94.4	70.7	1	8	2	3
16	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33-339	51	1/21/1997	CHI	vs	NYK	43	4	4	2	0	18	30	60.0	5	8	62.5	10	11	90.9	73.2	1	3	2	1	+7
17	LeBron James L. James	33-323	51	11/18/2018	LAL	@	MIA	38	8	3	2	1	19	31	61.3	6	8	75.0	7	10	70.0	72.0	1	7	2	3	+20
18	Andre Miller A. Miller	33-317	52	1/30/2010	POR	@	DAL	42	5	2	2	0	22	31	71.0	1	1	100.0	7	8	87.5	75.3	1	4	2	2	+4
19	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33-263	50	11/6/1996	CHI	@	MIA	40	6	0	1	1	18	33	54.5	1	2	50.0	13	14	92.9	63.8	1	5	0	1	+9
20	Stephen Curry S. Curry	33-239	50	11/8/2021	GSW	vs	ATL	35	7	10	4	1	14	28	50.0	9	19	47.4	13	13	100.0	74.1	2	5	2	0	+31
21	Rick Barry R. Barry	33-215	51	10/29/1977	GSW	vs	PHI	43	5	5	1	0	22	38	57.9				7	8	87.5	61.4	0	5	2	4
22	Kevin Durant K. Durant	33-185	55	4/2/2022	BKN	@	ATL	42	7	3	1	0	19	28	67.9	8	10	80.0	9	11	81.8	83.7	0	7	4	1	+1
23	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	33-175	56	1/10/2019	SAS	vs	OKC	49	9	4	0	4	20	33	60.6	0	0		16	16	100.0	69.9	4	5	5	2	+7
24	Kevin Durant K. Durant	33-165	53	3/13/2022	BKN	vs	NYK	43	6	9	2	0	19	37	51.4	4	13	30.8	11	12	91.7	62.7	1	5	5	3	+11
25	CJ McCollum	33-106	50	1/3/2025	NOP	vs	WAS	31	3	2	0	0	18	27	66.7	10	16	62.5	4	4	100.0	86.9	1	2	1	2	+21