8 Stats you may not know about Bucks’ Jrue Holiday’s 51-point game

Jrue Holiday had a career-high 51 points in the Bucks’ 149-136 win over the Indiana Pacers on March 29.

Holiday’s stat line read as follows: 51 points, eight rebounds, and eight assists. He accomplished this at 32 years of age and 290 days.

Here are six notable stats from Holiday’s performance. (all the stats noted are for regular season games only.)

8 stats you may not know about Bucks’ Jrue Holiday’s 51-point game

One: At 32 years-290 days, Holiday became the 32nd oldest player in NBA history to score 50 or more points in a game, per Stathead. The oldest is Phoenix’s Jamal Crawford, who scored 51 points at age 39-020 on April 9, 2019, in a game against Dallas.

Two: Holiday became the 40th player in league history to score 50 or more points in a game at age 30 or older. Wilt Chamberlain and Steph Curry top this list, each with seven games with 50+ points at age 30 or older.

Three: Holiday is the sixth Milwaukee Bucks player to score 50 or more points in a game. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did it 10 times when he played for the Bucks. The others: Giannis Antetokounmpo (6 times), Michael Redd (twice), and Brandon Jennings and Khris Middleton, each once.

Four: With his 51 points, Jrue became the 162nd NBA player to have 50 or more points in a game. Wilt Chamberlain sits atop this list with 118 games with 50+ points. He is followed by Michael Jordan (31), Kobe Bryant (25), and James Harden (23).

Five: Six Milwaukee Bucks players have scored 40 or more points at age 30 or older. Holiday has now done it three times, the only Bucks player to do so. The other five Bucks players who tallied 40 or more points in a game in their thirties: Brian Winters (42 points at age 30-005), Ricky Pierce (45 points at age 30-108), Khris Middleton (44 points at age 30-206) and Sam Cassell (40 points at age 31-188). With his three 40-point games in his thirties, Holiday is the 67th player in NBA history with at least three 40-point games after the age of 30.

Six: Holiday is the 20th player in league history to have 51 points, eight rebounds, and eight assists in a game. He is also the second-oldest to reach these numbers at 32 years-290 days. Rick Barry was the oldest player to reach these numbers in a game; he was 33 years-362 days on March 25, 1978, when he had 55 points, nine rebounds, and nine assists in a game for Golden State versus the Knicks. Holiday is the second Bucks player to reach these numbers (51-8-8) in a game… Kareem Abdul Jabbar did it twice in his career with Milwaukee.

Seven: There have been 147 times when a Bucks player has scored 40 or more points in a game. Jrue Holiday has three of those games, and his games rank 1-2-3 as the oldest Bucks player to score 40 or more in a game. Eight: Holiday is the oldest player to score 50 or more points in a game for the Bucks.

Jrue Holiday has been earning some praise lately, and that will continue after this performance.