highest scoring nba rookie per game

Wilt Chamberlain has dropped the most points by a rookie in a game with more than 0 games played, with 58 points on February 21, 1960 and on January 25, 1960.

Interpreted as:
highest scoring NBA rookie per regular-season game
NAMEPTSGPDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
58
1
2/21/1960
@
48
24
3
26
47
55.3
6
9
66.7
56.9
1
2Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
58
1
1/25/1960
47
42
4
24
41
58.5
10
13
76.9
62.1
3
3Rick Barry
R. Barry
57
1
12/14/1965
@
44
15
3
18
29
62.1
21
22
95.5
73.7
5
4Earl Monroe
E. Monroe
56
1
2/13/1968
vs
51
7
3
20
33
60.6
16
22
72.7
65.6
4
5Brandon Jennings
B. Jennings
55
1
11/14/2009
vs
41
5
5
0
0
21
34
61.8
7
8
87.5
6
8
75.0
73.3
1
4
4
1
+11
6Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
55
1
11/12/1959
@
47
29
2
23
43
53.5
9
16
56.3
55.0
3
7Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
55
1
2/25/1959
12
22
38
57.9
11
17
64.7
60.5
3
8Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
54
1
11/13/1968
vs
48
22
20
45
44.4
14
17
82.4
51.4
2
9Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
53
1
2/23/1960
47
29
1
25
44
56.8
3
11
27.3
54.3
2
10Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
52
1
1/5/1960
48
20
0
20
38
52.6
12
18
66.7
56.6
3
11Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
51
1
2/21/1970
43
8
3
18
25
72.0
15
23
65.2
72.6
4
12Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
50
1
4/12/1997
@
46
5
6
2
0
17
32
53.1
5
9
55.6
11
18
61.1
62.6
2
3
9
5
-4
13Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
49
1
1/29/2026
vs
38
10
3
0
1
20
29
69.0
3
5
60.0
6
6
100.0
77.4
1
9
2
2
+2
14Trae Young
T. Young
49
1
3/1/2019
vs
56
8
16
1
1
17
33
51.5
6
13
46.2
9
11
81.8
64.7
1
7
9
2
-9
15Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
49
1
2/12/1985
vs
45
15
5
4
0
19
31
61.3
0
0
11
13
84.6
66.7
7
8
6
5
16Kelly Tripucka
K. Tripucka
49
1
3/12/1982
vs
47
8
1
3
0
19
28
67.9
0
0
11
16
68.8
69.9
4
4
4
4
17Earl Monroe
E. Monroe
49
1
2/24/1968
vs
10
16
26
61.5
17
26
65.4
65.4
18Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
49
1
11/26/1959
vs
48
33
2
19
33
57.6
11
16
68.8
61.2
1
19Charlie Villanueva
C. Villanueva
48
1
3/26/2006
@
46
9
3
1
0
20
32
62.5
6
11
54.5
2
3
66.7
72.0
4
5
3
4
-6
20Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
48
1
1/21/1962
vs
14
17
14
18
77.8
2
21Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
48
1
1/9/1960
vs
48
37
3
20
38
52.6
8
15
53.3
53.8
3
22Blake Griffin
B. Griffin
47
1
1/17/2011
vs
37
14
3
0
1
19
24
79.2
0
0
9
11
81.8
81.5
3
11
4
3
+17
23Mitch Richmond
M. Richmond
47
1
3/4/1989
vs
37
9
2
2
0
17
24
70.8
0
1
0.0
13
19
68.4
72.6
2
7
3
3
24Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
47
1
3/13/1971
vs
3
15
20
75.0
17
21
81.0
80.4
4
25Bob Rule
B. Rule
47
1
11/21/1967
vs
41
16
1
17
27
63.0
13
14
92.9
70.9
5

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TEAMWLPCTGB
8
39
36
.520
20.5
9
38
38
.500
22.0
10
Warriors Warriors
36
39
.480
23.5
11
25
50
.333
34.5
12
25
51
.329
35.0
Schedule
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Wed
4/1
@
10:00 PM
Thu
4/2
@
10:00 PM
Sun
4/5
@
10:00 PM
Tue
4/7
@
10:00 PM
Thu
4/9
@
10:00 PM
Last Game
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36 - 39

93

Final

116

DEN Nuggets

48 - 28

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
54
21
.720
2
50
25
.667
4.0
3
48
27
.640
6.0
4
47
28
.627
7.0
5
42
32
.568
11.5
6
43
33
.566
11.5
7
41
34
.547
13.0
8
39
35
.527
14.5
9
40
36
.526
14.5
10
39
36
.520
15.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
29
45
.392
24.5
12
Bulls Bulls - e
29
46
.387
25.0
13
Nets Nets - e
18
57
.240
36.0
14
17
58
.227
37.0
15
17
58
.227
37.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
60
16
.789
2
Spurs Spurs - y
57
18
.760
2.5
3
49
26
.653
10.5
4
48
28
.632
12.0
5
46
29
.613
13.5
6
45
29
.608
14.0
7
42
33
.560
17.5
8
39
36
.520
20.5
9
38
38
.500
22.0
10
36
39
.480
23.5
11
25
50
.333
34.5
12
25
51
.329
35.0
13
24
51
.320
35.5
14
Jazz Jazz - e
21
55
.276
39.0
15
Kings Kings - e
19
57
.250
41.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
3/4
@
122-112
Wed
3/4
@
110-126
Wed
3/4
@
115-113
Wed
3/4
@
106-121
Wed
3/4
@
107-115

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
3/31
@
7:00 PM
Tue
3/31
@
7:30 PM
Tue
3/31
@
8:00 PM
Tue
3/31
@
8:00 PM
Tue
3/31
@
8:00 PM