highest point total by a rookie in a game against the sixers

Wilt Chamberlain has dropped the most points by a rookie in a game against the Syracuse Nationals, with 48 points on January 9, 1960.

Interpreted as:
highest point total by a rookie in a regular-season game against the sixers
NAME PTS DATE TM OPP MIN REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
48
1/9/1960
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
48
37
3
20
38
52.6
8
15
53.3
53.8
3
2 Earl Monroe
E. Monroe
46
3/20/1968
BAL BAL
vs
PHI PHI
41
2
4
19
39
48.7
8
8
100.0
54.1
2
3 Earl Monroe
E. Monroe
45
2/3/1968
BAL BAL
vs
PHI PHI
46
5
8
17
32
53.1
11
13
84.6
59.7
4
4 Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
45
1/27/1962
CHI CHI
vs
SYR SYR
24
18
25
72.0
9
10
90.0
76.5
4
5 Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
45
12/27/1960
CIN CIN
vs
SYR SYR
48
12
13
15
27
55.6
15
18
83.3
64.4
2
6 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
45
12/25/1959
PHI PHI
SYR SYR
47
34
2
15
33
45.5
15
24
62.5
51.7
0
7 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
44
2/6/1960
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
48
45
3
15
37
40.5
14
23
60.9
46.7
2
8 Geoff Petrie
G. Petrie
43
2/23/1971
POR POR
@
PHI PHI
42
5
4
18
31
58.1
7
9
77.8
61.5
3
9 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
43
2/4/1960
PHI PHI
@
SYR SYR
48
24
4
18
36
50.0
7
13
53.8
51.5
2
10 Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
42
1/2/1961
CIN CIN
SYR SYR
13
10
14
28
50.0
14
16
87.5
59.9
2
11 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
42
1/13/1960
PHI PHI
SYR SYR
53
39
5
15
32
46.9
12
19
63.2
52.0
1
12 Ralph Sampson
R. Sampson
41
2/8/1984
HOU HOU
@
PHI PHI
38
12
0
3
4
16
26
61.5
0
0
9
10
90.0
67.4
6
6
5
4
13 Bernard King
B. King
41
11/4/1977
NJN NJN
vs
PHI PHI
43
14
2
16
28
57.1
9
11
81.8
62.4
3
14 John Drew
J. Drew
41
10/22/1974
ATL ATL
vs
PHI PHI
35
18
1
3
15
29
51.7
11
17
64.7
56.2
4
15 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41
3/20/1970
MIL MIL
@
PHI PHI
39
15
6
16
18
88.9
9
9
100.0
93.4
2
16 Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
41
12/1/1960
CIN CIN
vs
SYR SYR
47
11
6
17
30
56.7
7
12
58.3
58.1
3
17 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
41
11/4/1959
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
47
40
0
17
40
42.5
7
15
46.7
44.0
1
18 Walt Williams
W. Williams
40
1/2/1993
SAC SAC
vs
PHI PHI
30
6
3
4
4
12
21
57.1
4
8
50.0
12
14
85.7
73.6
1
5
3
3
19 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
40
4/5/1985
CHI CHI
@
PHI PHI
38
1
5
3
0
13
21
61.9
0
1
0.0
14
15
93.3
72.5
0
1
2
6
20 Rick Barry
R. Barry
40
2/19/1966
SFW SFW
vs
PHI PHI
46
13
5
13
28
46.4
14
15
93.3
57.8
5
21 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
39
12/10/1968
SDR SDR
PHI PHI
47
19
2
15
24
62.5
9
12
75.0
66.6
4
22 Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
39
10/27/1960
CIN CIN
vs
SYR SYR
53
12
8
13
23
56.5
13
15
86.7
65.9
2
23 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
38
1/18/1993
ORL ORL
@
PHI PHI
48
16
3
2
8
16
24
66.7
0
0
6
7
85.7
70.2
8
8
9
5
24 Lionel Simmons
L. Simmons
38
2/14/1991
SAC SAC
vs
PHI PHI
41
13
5
0
0
15
25
60.0
0
0
8
10
80.0
64.6
1
12
1
4
25 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
38
3/30/1985
CHI CHI
vs
PHI PHI
42
5
6
1
0
13
19
68.4
1
1
100.0
11
13
84.6
76.9
2
3
3
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5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
7
Warriors Warriors
48
34
.585
20.0
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34
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42
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1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
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6
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49
33
.598
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64
18
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2
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61
21
.744
3.0
3
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51
31
.622
13.0
4
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50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
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44
38
.537
20.0