most points scored by a rookie in a regular season game nba

Wilt Chamberlain has put up the most points by a rookie in a game, with 58 points on February 21, 1960 and on January 25, 1960.

	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	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	58	2/21/1960	PHI	@	NYK	48	24	3			26	47	55.3				6	9	66.7	56.9				1
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	58	1/25/1960	PHI		DET	47	42	4			24	41	58.5				10	13	76.9	62.1				3
3	Rick Barry R. Barry	57	12/14/1965	SFW	@	NYK	44	15	3			18	29	62.1				21	22	95.5	73.7				5
4	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	56	2/13/1968	BAL	vs	LAL	51	7	3			20	33	60.6				16	22	72.7	65.6				4
5	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	55	11/14/2009	MIL	vs	GSW	41	5	5	0	0	21	34	61.8	7	8	87.5	6	8	75.0	73.3	1	4	4	1	+11
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	55	11/12/1959	PHI	@	CIN	47	29	2			23	43	53.5				9	16	56.3	55.0				3
7	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	55	2/25/1959	MIN		CIN		12				22	38	57.9				11	17	64.7	60.5				3
8	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	54	11/13/1968	SDR	vs	DET	48	22				20	45	44.4				14	17	82.4	51.4				2
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	53	2/23/1960	PHI		BOS	47	29	1			25	44	56.8				3	11	27.3	54.3				2
10	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	52	1/5/1960	PHI		MIN	48	20	0			20	38	52.6				12	18	66.7	56.6				3
11	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	51	2/21/1970	MIL		SEA	43	8	3			18	25	72.0				15	23	65.2	72.6				4
12	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	50	4/12/1997	PHI	@	CLE	46	5	6	2	0	17	32	53.1	5	9	55.6	11	18	61.1	62.6	2	3	9	5	-4
13	Trae Young T. Young	49	3/1/2019	ATL	vs	CHI	56	8	16	1	1	17	33	51.5	6	13	46.2	9	11	81.8	64.7	1	7	9	2	-9
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	49	2/12/1985	CHI	vs	DET	45	15	5	4	0	19	31	61.3	0	0		11	13	84.6	66.7	7	8	6	5
15	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	49	3/12/1982	DET	vs	GSW	47	8	1	3	0	19	28	67.9	0	0		11	16	68.8	69.9	4	4	4	4
16	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	49	2/24/1968	BAL	vs	DET			10			16	26	61.5				17	26	65.4	65.4
17	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	49	11/26/1959	PHI	vs	BOS	48	33	2			19	33	57.6				11	16	68.8	61.2				1
18	Charlie Villanueva C. Villanueva	48	3/26/2006	TOR	@	MIL	46	9	3	1	0	20	32	62.5	6	11	54.5	2	3	66.7	72.0	4	5	3	4	-6
19	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	48	1/21/1962	CHI	vs	LAL		14				17						14	18	77.8					2
20	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	48	1/9/1960	PHI	vs	SYR	48	37	3			20	38	52.6				8	15	53.3	53.8				3
21	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	47	1/17/2011	LAC	vs	IND	37	14	3	0	1	19	24	79.2	0	0		9	11	81.8	81.5	3	11	4	3	+17
22	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	47	3/4/1989	GSW	vs	SAC	37	9	2	2	0	17	24	70.8	0	1	0.0	13	19	68.4	72.6	2	7	3	3
23	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	47	3/13/1971	CIN	vs	ATL		3				15	20	75.0				17	21	81.0	80.4				4
24	Bob Rule B. Rule	47	11/21/1967	SEA	vs	LAL	41	16	1			17	27	63.0				13	14	92.9	70.9				5
25	Dave Bing D. Bing	47	3/8/1967	DET	vs	BAL		6	5			21	38	55.3				5	6	83.3	57.8

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