most points in a game by a player in their 5th nba season

David Robinson put up the most points by a player in a game in his 5th season, with 71 points versus the Los Angeles Clippers on April 24, 1994.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game by a player in their 5th NBA season

	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	David Robinson D. Robinson	71	4/24/1994	SAS	@	LAC	44	14	5	0	2	26	41	63.4	1	2	50.0	18	25	72.0	68.3	4	10	8	2
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	61	1/27/1990	UTA	vs	MIL	33	18	2	3	0	21	26	80.8	0	0		19	23	82.6	84.4	9	9	2	2
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	60	12/27/2022	DAL	vs	NYK	47	21	10	2	1	21	31	67.7	2	6	33.3	16	22	72.7	73.7	5	16	4	5	+7
4	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	59	4/8/2017	POR	vs	UTA	42	6	5	1	1	18	34	52.9	9	14	64.3	14	16	87.5	71.9	0	6	0	0	+19
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	59	2/11/1964	SFW	@	DET	53	18	4			25	50	50.0				9	21	42.9	49.8				4
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	59	1/28/1964	SFW	@	PHI	47	13	9			24	36	66.7				11	20	55.0	65.8				2
7	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	59	12/6/1963	SFW	vs	LAL	48	27	4			22	45	48.9				15	29	51.7	51.1				1
8	Jack Twyman J. Twyman	59	1/15/1960	CIN	vs	MIN		14				21	39	53.8				17	20	85.0	61.7				3
9	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	57	12/10/1986	ATL	vs	CHI	40	9	4	2	1	19	28	67.9	0	1	0.0	19	21	90.5	76.5	4	5	2	1
10	Kevin McHale K. McHale	56	3/3/1985	BOS	vs	DET	41	16	4	1	3	22	28	78.6	0	0		12	13	92.3	83.0	10	6	4	3
11	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	56	12/18/1964	CIN	vs	LAL		9	12			17	33	51.5				22	23	95.7	64.9				2
12	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	55	2/6/1981	UTA	vs	DEN	47	7	3	1	1	24	36	66.7	0	0		7	8	87.5	69.6	6	1	4	4
13	Rick Barry R. Barry	55	1/23/1975	GSW	vs	PHI	46	5	5	7	1	23	49	46.9				9	10	90.0	51.5	2	3		0
14	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	55	3/14/1964	SFW	@	LAL	47	14	8			22	38	57.9				11	18	61.1	59.9				0
15	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	55	11/2/1963	SFW	vs	LAL	48	29	6			23	41	56.1				9	15	60.0	57.8				3
16	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	54	3/6/2022	BOS	vs	BKN	41	5	3	0	0	16	30	53.3	8	15	53.3	14	17	82.4	72.0	2	3	2	4	+12
17	Fred VanVleet F. VanVleet	54	2/2/2021	TOR	@	ORL	37	3	2	3	3	17	23	73.9	11	14	78.6	9	9	100.0	100.1	0	3	1	2	+20
18	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	54	1/6/2001	PHI	@	CLE	44	3	3	3	1	20	30	66.7	4	7	57.1	10	13	76.9	75.6	0	3	4	3	+5
19	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	54	2/3/1987	ATL	vs	BOS	47	5	2	3	0	19	34	55.9	0	2	0.0	16	20	80.0	63.1	1	4	5	3
20	Dave Bing D. Bing	54	2/21/1971	DET	vs	CHI	46	7	3			22	38	57.9				10	10	100.0	63.7				3
21	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	53	1/4/2025	MIN	@	DET	44	6	2	0	0	16	31	51.6	10	15	66.7	11	12	91.7	73.0	1	5	6	4	-3
22	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	53	1/30/2023	DAL	vs	DET	36	8	5	2	0	17	24	70.8	5	11	45.5	14	18	77.8	83.0	0	8	4	2	+8
23	Jimmy Butler III J. Butler III	53	1/14/2016	CHI	@	PHI	49	10	6	3	0	15	30	50.0	2	4	50.0	21	25	84.0	64.6	4	6	4	4	+11
24	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	53	12/26/2001	SAS	vs	DAL	50	11	4	0	3	19	28	67.9	0	0		15	15	100.0	76.6	4	7	6	5	-1
25	Tony Delk T. Delk	53	1/2/2001	PHX	@	SAC	50	6	0	1	0	20	27	74.1	0	1	0.0	13	15	86.7	78.9	3	3	2	1	+7