most points scored by an undrafted rookie in a game

Elgin Baylor has posted the most points by an undrafted rookie in a game, with 55 points against the Cincinnati Royals on February 25, 1959.

Interpreted as:

most points scored by an undrafted rookie in a regular-season game

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PF
1	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	55	2/25/1959	MIN		CIN		12		22	38	57.9	11	17	64.7	60.5	3
2	Bobby Cook B. Cook	44	1/12/1950	SHE	vs	DEN			5	18	33	54.5	8	9	88.9	59.5	5
3	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	41	1/25/1959	MIN	@	PHI		18	2	13	26	50.0	15	21	71.4	58.2	5
4	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	39	3/11/1959	MIN	vs	DET				14	34	41.2	11	14	78.6	48.6	5
5	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	38	1/28/1959	MIN	vs	SYR		19	4	16	25	64.0	6	10	60.0	64.6	5
6	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	37	11/20/1958	MIN	vs	SYR		14	10	12	22	54.5	13	15	86.7	64.7	4
7	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	36	3/8/1959	MIN	vs	STL		22		14	30	46.7	8	15	53.3	49.2	5
8	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	36	11/11/1958	MIN	@	BOS	47	23		15	37	40.5	6	8	75.0	44.4	6
9	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	35	11/29/1958	MIN	@	SYR		22	4	11	19	57.9	13	14	92.9	69.6	3
10	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	34	2/28/1959	MIN	@	NYK		16		13	26	50.0	8	9	88.9	56.7	4
11	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	34	11/9/1958	MIN	@	SYR	45	14	5	13	23	56.5	8	12	66.7	60.1	3
12	Ralph Beard R. Beard	34	2/26/1950	IND	@	SHE			13	16	30	53.3	2	2	100.0	55.1	2
13	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	33	3/4/1959	MIN	@	CIN				10			13	18	72.2		2
14	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	33	12/20/1958	MIN	vs	PHI		15	4	12	25	48.0	9	9	100.0	57.0	4
15	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	32	3/5/1959	MIN		NYK		11	6	14	20	70.0	4	6	66.7	70.7	4
16	Bill Gabor B. Gabor	32	2/3/1950	SYR	vs	WAT				11			10	11	90.9
17	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	31	2/9/1959	MIN	vs	NYK		21	9	8	21	38.1	15	18	83.3	53.6	5
18	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	31	12/11/1958	MIN	vs	SYR		26		10	25	40.0	11	15	73.3	49.1	2
19	Ralph Beard R. Beard	31	1/21/1950	IND	vs	FTW				12			7	8	87.5
20	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	30	1/18/1959	MIN	vs	PHI		14	4	11	33	33.3	8	11	72.7	39.6	4
21	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	30	1/12/1959	MIN		BOS		17	8	10	27	37.0	10	11	90.9	47.1	4
22	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	30	1/5/1959	MIN	@	BOS	46	12		7	16	43.8	16	17	94.1	63.9	3
23	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	30	12/6/1958	MIN		CIN		11		12	24	50.0	6	10	60.0	52.8	6
24	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	30	11/23/1958	MIN	vs	DET				7	20	35.0	16	17	94.1	54.6	5
25	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	30	11/22/1958	MIN	@	STL				9	17	52.9	12	14	85.7	64.8	3