Before 1961-62, Elgin Baylor scored the most points in a game, with 71 points versus the Knicks on November 15, 1960.
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most points by a player in a regular-season game before 1962| 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 |  | E. Baylor | 71 | 11/15/1960 | @ | 45 | 25 | 1 | 28 | 48 | 58.3 | 15 | 19 | 78.9 | 63.0 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 2 |  | W. Chamberlain | 67 | 3/9/1961 | vs | 48 | 31 | 1 | 27 | 37 | 73.0 | 13 | 17 | 76.5 | 75.3 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 3 |  | E. Baylor | 64 | 11/8/1959 | vs | 17 | 8 | 25 | 47 | 53.2 | 14 | 19 | 73.7 | 57.8 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 4 |  | J. Fulks | 63 | 2/10/1949 | vs | 0 | 27 | 56 | 48.2 | 9 | 14 | 64.3 | 50.7 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 5 |  | G. Mikan | 61 | 1/20/1952 | vs | 36 | 22 | 45 | 48.9 | 17 | 21 | 81.0 | 56.2 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | J. Twyman | 59 | 1/15/1960 | vs | 14 | 21 | 39 | 53.8 | 17 | 20 | 85.0 | 61.7 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | | W. Chamberlain | 58 | 2/25/1961 | @ | 48 | 27 | 25 | 38 | 65.8 | 8 | 18 | 44.4 | 63.2 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | | W. Chamberlain | 58 | 2/21/1960 | @ | 48 | 24 | 3 | 26 | 47 | 55.3 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 56.9 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 9 | | W. Chamberlain | 58 | 1/25/1960 | 47 | 42 | 4 | 24 | 41 | 58.5 | 10 | 13 | 76.9 | 62.1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 10 |  | B. Pettit | 57 | 2/18/1961 | @ | 48 | 28 | 25 | 42 | 59.5 | 7 | 9 | 77.8 | 62.0 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | | E. Baylor | 57 | 2/16/1961 | @ | 26 | 23 | 45 | 51.1 | 11 | 14 | 78.6 | 55.7 | 5 | |||||||||||||
| 12 |  | R. Guerin | 57 | 12/11/1959 | vs | 38 | 12 | 8 | 18 | 31 | 58.1 | 21 | 26 | 80.8 | 67.2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 13 | | W. Chamberlain | 56 | 3/1/1961 | @ | 48 | 20 | 5 | 22 | 44 | 50.0 | 12 | 20 | 60.0 | 53.0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 14 | | E. Baylor | 56 | 1/24/1961 | vs | 20 | 5 | 19 | 30 | 63.3 | 18 | 20 | 90.0 | 72.2 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 15 | | W. Chamberlain | 56 | 1/21/1961 | vs | 48 | 45 | 0 | 25 | 46 | 54.3 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 54.1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 16 | | W. Chamberlain | 56 | 1/5/1961 | vs | 48 | 26 | 1 | 20 | 32 | 62.5 | 16 | 22 | 72.7 | 67.2 | 1 | |||||||||||
| 17 | | W. Chamberlain | 56 | 1/2/1961 | vs | 48 | 28 | 0 | 23 | 37 | 62.2 | 10 | 20 | 50.0 | 61.1 | 2 | |||||||||||
| 18 | | W. Chamberlain | 55 | 2/5/1961 | vs | 53 | 29 | 1 | 21 | 34 | 61.8 | 13 | 18 | 72.2 | 65.6 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 19 | | W. Chamberlain | 55 | 11/12/1959 | @ | 47 | 29 | 2 | 23 | 43 | 53.5 | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 55.0 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 20 | | E. Baylor | 55 | 2/25/1959 | 12 | 22 | 38 | 57.9 | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 60.5 | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| 21 | | W. Chamberlain | 53 | 2/23/1960 | 47 | 29 | 1 | 25 | 44 | 56.8 | 3 | 11 | 27.3 | 54.3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 22 | | G. Mikan | 53 | 2/26/1949 | @ | 17 | 28 | 60.7 | 19 | 20 | 95.0 | 72.0 | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | | W. Chamberlain | 52 | 2/3/1961 | 48 | 30 | 0 | 23 | 38 | 60.5 | 6 | 11 | 54.5 | 60.7 | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 24 | | E. Baylor | 52 | 11/20/1960 | 15 | 18 | 16 | 21 | 76.2 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
| 25 | | W. Chamberlain | 52 | 1/5/1960 | 48 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 38 | 52.6 | 12 | 18 | 66.7 | 56.6 | 3 | ||||||||||||
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