most points in a game in an october ever by a rookie by a central division team

John Drew has scored the most points by a Central Division rookie in an October game, with 41 points versus the 76ers on October 22, 1974.

Interpreted as:
most points in a regular-season game in an october ever by a rookie by a central division team
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 John Drew
J. Drew
41
10/22/1974
ATL ATL
vs
PHI PHI
35
18
1
3
15
29
51.7
11
17
64.7
56.2
4
2 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
37
10/29/1984
CHI CHI
vs
MIL MIL
34
4
5
6
2
13
24
54.2
0
0
11
13
84.6
62.2
2
2
3
4
3 Bennedict Mathurin
B. Mathurin
32
10/29/2022
IND IND
@
BKN BKN
33
5
2
0
0
8
16
50.0
6
9
66.7
10
10
100.0
78.4
2
3
2
4
+9
4 John Drew
J. Drew
32
10/18/1974
ATL ATL
@
CHI CHI
42
12
3
4
0
13
34
38.2
6
9
66.7
42.1
6
6
3
5 Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
31
10/30/1981
DET DET
vs
MIL MIL
41
3
11
1
1
10
19
52.6
1
1
100.0
10
13
76.9
62.7
3
4
6 Charlie Davis
C. Davis
30
10/27/1971
CLE CLE
@
PHI PHI
45
5
5
7
20
35.0
16
16
100.0
55.5
3
7 Phil Chenier
P. Chenier
29
10/23/1971
BAL BAL
CLE CLE
42
2
5
9
21
42.9
11
13
84.6
54.3
3
8 Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
28
10/31/1981
DET DET
@
CHI CHI
36
5
3
1
0
8
18
44.4
0
0
12
14
85.7
57.9
1
4
1
4
9 Bennedict Mathurin
B. Mathurin
27
10/22/2022
IND IND
vs
DET DET
31
7
2
0
0
10
18
55.6
5
8
62.5
2
2
100.0
71.5
1
6
2
3
0
10 Chris Duarte
C. Duarte
27
10/20/2021
IND IND
@
CHA CHA
33
5
1
1
0
9
15
60.0
6
9
66.7
3
3
100.0
82.7
0
5
1
4
+7
11 Ron Anderson
R. Anderson
27
10/26/1984
CLE CLE
@
PHI PHI
40
5
5
1
0
10
14
71.4
0
0
7
9
77.8
75.2
2
3
4
3
12 John Drew
J. Drew
27
10/31/1974
ATL ATL
@
NYK NYK
34
10
1
12
22
54.5
3
4
75.0
56.8
5
13 Charlie Davis
C. Davis
27
10/23/1971
CLE CLE
BAL BAL
44
5
5
11
19
57.9
5
6
83.3
62.4
3
14 Bennedict Mathurin
B. Mathurin
26
10/21/2022
IND IND
vs
SAS SAS
28
5
2
0
0
8
15
53.3
3
6
50.0
7
8
87.5
70.2
1
4
0
3
+9
15 Mitchell Wiggins
M. Wiggins
26
10/29/1983
CHI CHI
vs
NJN NJN
36
9
2
2
0
9
20
45.0
0
0
8
9
88.9
54.3
2
7
2
3
16 Coby White
C. White
25
10/25/2019
CHI CHI
@
MEM MEM
30
6
2
0
0
10
16
62.5
4
8
50.0
1
2
50.0
74.1
0
6
0
1
+15
17 Wendell Carter Jr.
W. Carter Jr.
25
10/31/2018
CHI CHI
vs
DEN DEN
38
8
5
3
3
9
21
42.9
2
3
66.7
5
6
83.3
52.9
6
2
1
3
+4
18 LeBron James
L. James
25
10/29/2003
CLE CLE
@
SAC SAC
42
6
9
4
0
12
20
60.0
0
2
0.0
1
3
33.3
58.6
2
4
2
3
-9
19 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
25
10/30/1984
CHI CHI
@
KCK KCK
36
4
5
3
1
8
21
38.1
0
0
9
9
100.0
50.1
2
2
6
5
20 Rudy Macklin
R. Macklin
25
10/31/1981
ATL ATL
vs
PHI PHI
39
9
1
0
10
19
52.6
0
0
5
5
100.0
59.0
3
21 John Long
J. Long
25
10/17/1978
DET DET
@
NOJ NOJ
24
6
1
11
21
52.4
3
4
75.0
54.9
4
22 John Drew
J. Drew
25
10/24/1974
ATL ATL
vs
CLE CLE
33
14
2
5
2
8
24
33.3
9
13
69.2
42.1
10
4
5
23 Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
25
10/23/1970
CIN CIN
@
BOS BOS
43
7
9
10
17
58.8
5
10
50.0
58.4
4
24 Brandon Jennings
B. Jennings
24
10/31/2009
MIL MIL
vs
DET DET
32
2
3
3
0
9
15
60.0
3
4
75.0
3
4
75.0
71.6
0
2
3
5
+13
25 Terry Tyler
T. Tyler
24
10/17/1978
DET DET
@
NOJ NOJ
37
18
4
11
18
61.1
2
6
33.3
58.1
5

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