Wilt Chamberlain has posted the most points by a rookie center in a game, with 58 points on February 21, 1960 and on January 25, 1960.
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most points in a regular-season game as a rookie by a center| 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 |  | W. Chamberlain | 58 | 2/21/1960 | @ | 48 | 24 | 3 | 26 | 47 | 55.3 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 56.9 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | | W. Chamberlain | 58 | 1/25/1960 | 47 | 42 | 4 | 24 | 41 | 58.5 | 10 | 13 | 76.9 | 62.1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | | W. Chamberlain | 55 | 11/12/1959 | @ | 47 | 29 | 2 | 23 | 43 | 53.5 | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 55.0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 |  | E. Hayes | 54 | 11/13/1968 | vs | 48 | 22 | 20 | 45 | 44.4 | 14 | 17 | 82.4 | 51.4 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | | W. Chamberlain | 53 | 2/23/1960 | 47 | 29 | 1 | 25 | 44 | 56.8 | 3 | 11 | 27.3 | 54.3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | | W. Chamberlain | 52 | 1/5/1960 | 48 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 38 | 52.6 | 12 | 18 | 66.7 | 56.6 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 7 |  | K. Abdul-Jabbar | 51 | 2/21/1970 | 43 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 25 | 72.0 | 15 | 23 | 65.2 | 72.6 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | | W. Chamberlain | 49 | 11/26/1959 | vs | 48 | 33 | 2 | 19 | 33 | 57.6 | 11 | 16 | 68.8 | 61.2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 9 |  | C. Villanueva | 48 | 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 | ||
| 10 |  | W. Bellamy | 48 | 1/21/1962 | vs | 14 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 77.8 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | | W. Chamberlain | 48 | 1/9/1960 | vs | 48 | 37 | 3 | 20 | 38 | 52.6 | 8 | 15 | 53.3 | 53.8 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 12 |  | B. Rule | 47 | 11/21/1967 | vs | 41 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 13 | 14 | 92.9 | 70.9 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 13 | | W. Bellamy | 47 | 1/31/1962 | vs | 20 | 19 | 9 | 11 | 81.8 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | | W. Bellamy | 47 | 1/24/1962 | 26 | 4 | 18 | 34 | 52.9 | 11 | 15 | 73.3 | 57.9 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 15 | | W. Chamberlain | 47 | 1/2/1960 | vs | 48 | 36 | 1 | 18 | 36 | 50.0 | 11 | 14 | 78.6 | 55.7 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 16 |  | S. O'Neal | 46 | 2/16/1993 | @ | 49 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 25 | 76.0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 50.0 | 71.8 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 5 | ||||
| 17 |  | J. Barry Carroll | 46 | 2/20/1981 | vs | 45 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 27 | 63.0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 70.6 | 66.7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | ||||
| 18 | | K. Abdul-Jabbar | 46 | 2/24/1970 | @ | 45 | 13 | 1 | 21 | 32 | 65.6 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 68.1 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 19 | | K. Abdul-Jabbar | 46 | 1/14/1970 | vs | 48 | 24 | 6 | 18 | 34 | 52.9 | 10 | 17 | 58.8 | 55.4 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 20 | | B. Rule | 46 | 3/13/1968 | @ | 3 | 0 | 17 | 28 | 60.7 | 12 | 16 | 75.0 | 65.6 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 21 |  | W. Reed | 46 | 3/5/1965 | vs | 22 | 17 | 33 | 51.5 | 12 | 13 | 92.3 | 59.4 | ||||||||||||||
| 22 | | E. Hayes | 45 | 11/22/1968 | vs | 47 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 36 | 52.8 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 56.9 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 23 | | W. Bellamy | 45 | 1/28/1962 | @ | 18 | 19 | 25 | 76.0 | 7 | 10 | 70.0 | 76.5 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 24 | | W. Bellamy | 45 | 1/27/1962 | vs | 24 | 18 | 25 | 72.0 | 9 | 10 | 90.0 | 76.5 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 25 | | W. Bellamy | 45 | 12/16/1961 | vs | 19 | 5 | 21 | 42 | 50.0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 51.9 | 5 | ||||||||||||
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