most points in a game by an undrafted player in his first season since 1966

Sam Jones posted the most points by an undrafted player in a game in his first season, with 51 points against the Pistons on October 29, 1965.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game by an undrafted player in his first season since 1966

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Sam Jones S. Jones	51	10/29/1965	BOS	@	DET				21	35	60.0	9	9	100.0	65.5
2	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	46	3/8/1966	LAL	@	NYK	45	17	5	16	31	51.6	14	16	87.5	60.5	3
3	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	37	3/6/1966	LAL	vs	BAL		13	6	13	24	54.2	11	11	100.0	64.1	3
4	Sam Jones S. Jones	37	1/1/1966	BOS	@	STL	37	5	3	16	29	55.2	5	5	100.0	59.3	0
5	Sam Jones S. Jones	37	12/22/1965	BOS	vs	NYK	38	4	1	14	24	58.3	9	13	69.2	62.2	3
6	Sam Jones S. Jones	36	2/26/1966	BOS	@	NYK	47	8	3	14	26	53.8	8	9	88.9	60.1	3
7	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	36	1/7/1966	LAL	@	PHI		11	2	14	28	50.0	8	8	100.0	57.1	5
8	Sam Jones S. Jones	36	11/12/1965	BOS	@	PHI		9	5	15	28	53.6	6	10	60.0	55.6	5
9	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	35	2/23/1966	LAL	vs	CIN		13	6	13	22	59.1	9	11	81.8	65.2	3
10	Sam Jones S. Jones	35	2/19/1966	BOS	@	LAL		5	5	14	24	58.3	7	10	70.0	61.6	3
11	Sam Jones S. Jones	34	12/26/1965	BOS	vs	BAL	37	11	2	13	22	59.1	8	11	72.7	63.3	4
12	Sam Jones S. Jones	33	2/21/1966	BOS	@	LAL		4	7	13	28	46.4	7	9	77.8	51.6	2
13	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	33	1/16/1966	STL	vs	BAL	34	7	5	16	26	61.5	1	1	100.0	62.4	5
14	Sam Jones S. Jones	33	1/7/1966	BOS	@	SFW	43	8	3	15	30	50.0	3	4	75.0	52.0	1
15	Sam Jones S. Jones	33	10/16/1965	BOS	vs	CIN	43	8	4	14	30	46.7	5	5	100.0	51.2	3
16	Sam Jones S. Jones	32	3/6/1966	BOS	vs	PHI		2	4	13	22	59.1	6	7	85.7	63.8	3
17	Sam Jones S. Jones	32	1/29/1966	BOS	@	NYK				12			8	9	88.9
18	Sam Jones S. Jones	32	1/27/1966	BOS		DET				13			6	7	85.7
19	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	32	12/17/1965	STL	@	SFW	41	2	2	15	24	62.5	2	2	100.0	64.3	2
20	Sam Jones S. Jones	31	3/4/1966	BOS		STL	35	5	1	13	20	65.0	5	5	100.0	69.8	3
21	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	30	3/15/1966	LAL	vs	DET	34	19	8	13	21	61.9	4	4	100.0	65.9	2
22	Sam Jones S. Jones	30	3/1/1966	BOS	@	STL	38	6	2	14	30	46.7	2	2	100.0	48.6	3
23	Sam Jones S. Jones	30	2/22/1966	BOS	@	SFW	43	6	4	14	28	50.0	2	3	66.7	51.2	4
24	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	30	1/3/1966	STL		CIN	34	6	1	11	20	55.0	8	8	100.0	63.8	4
25	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	30	11/14/1965	LAL	vs	BAL		13	5	12	27	44.4	6	8	75.0	49.1	3