most points scored in a single game ever by a rookie under 50 points

6 players are tied for the most points by a rookie in a game with fewer than 50 points, with 49 points. The first three are Cooper Flagg on January 29, Trae Young on March 1, 2019 and Michael Jordan on February 12, 1985.

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most points scored in a single regular-season game ever by a rookie under 50 points

	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	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	49	1/29/2026	DAL	vs	CHA	38	10	3	0	1	20	29	69.0	3	5	60.0	6	6	100.0	77.4	1	9	2	2	+2
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	49	2/24/1968	BAL	vs	DET			10			16	26	61.5				17	26	65.4	65.4
6	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
7	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
8	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	48	1/21/1962	CHI	vs	LAL		14				17						14	18	77.8					2
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	47	3/13/1971	CIN	vs	ATL		3				15	20	75.0				17	21	81.0	80.4				4
13	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
14	Dave Bing D. Bing	47	3/8/1967	DET	vs	BAL		6	5			21	38	55.3				5	6	83.3	57.8
15	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	47	1/31/1962	CHI	vs	BOS		20				19						9	11	81.8					3
16	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	47	1/24/1962	CHI		PHI		26	4			18	34	52.9				11	15	73.3	57.9				3
17	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	47	1/2/1960	PHI	vs	BOS	48	36	1			18	36	50.0				11	14	78.6	55.7				2
18	Carl Braun C. Braun	47	12/6/1947	NYK	@	PRO						18	35	51.4				11
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	46	2/16/1993	ORL	@	DET	49	21	3	0	5	19	25	76.0	0	0		8	16	50.0	71.8	3	18	6	5
20	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	46	2/20/1981	GSW	vs	SDC	45	14	1	2	1	17	27	63.0	0	0		12	17	70.6	66.7	6	8	5	5
21	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	46	3/19/1971	POR	vs	SEA	42	4	10			14	31	45.2				18	21	85.7	57.2				0
22	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	46	2/24/1970	MIL	@	DET	45	13	1			21	32	65.6				4	4	100.0	68.1				3
23	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	46	1/14/1970	MIL	vs	LAL	48	24	6			18	34	52.9				10	17	58.8	55.4				3
24	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	46	3/20/1968	BAL	vs	PHI	41	2	4			19	39	48.7				8	8	100.0	54.1				2
25	Bob Rule B. Rule	46	3/13/1968	SEA	@	CIN		3	0			17	28	60.7				12	16	75.0	65.6				4

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Thu 3/12	DAL	@	MEM	8:00 PM
Fri 3/13	CLE	@	DAL	7:30 PM
Sun 3/15	DAL	@	CLE	3:30 PM
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11	Grizzlies	23	40	.365	26.5
12	Mavericks	21	43	.328	29.0
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Wed 2/4	SAS	@	DAL	135-123
Wed 2/4	GSW	@	PHX	101-97
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Tue 3/10	MEM	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Tue 3/10	DET	@	BKN	7:30 PM
Tue 3/10	WAS	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Tue 3/10	DAL	@	ATL	7:30 PM
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