nba most points scored in a win against bill russell in a playoff game by a center

Wilt Chamberlain has scored the most points by a center in a win in a playoff game versus Bill Russell, with 50 points in Game 5 of the 1960 Division Finals.

NAME PTS W 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
50
1
3/22/1960
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
46
35
2
22
42
52.4
6
14
42.9
51.9
2
2 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
42
1
3/27/1962
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
37
5
16
31
51.6
10
17
58.8
54.6
1
3 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
41
1
3/31/1962
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
34
2
15
29
51.7
11
22
50.0
53.0
2
4 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
35
1
4/22/1964
SFW SFW
vs
BOS BOS
46
25
5
15
22
68.2
5
11
45.5
65.2
0
5 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
34
1
4/9/1965
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
53
34
3
11
24
45.8
12
20
60.0
51.8
4
6 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
32
1
4/3/1962
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
21
1
12
29
41.4
8
10
80.0
47.9
1
7 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
31
1
4/7/1966
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
27
4
12
22
54.5
7
17
41.2
52.6
2
8 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
30
1
4/13/1965
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
26
4
13
22
59.1
4
8
50.0
58.8
5
9 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
30
1
4/6/1965
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
39
8
12
19
63.2
6
9
66.7
65.3
3
10 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
29
1
4/11/1967
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
47
36
13
10
16
62.5
9
17
52.9
61.8
2
11 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
29
1
3/18/1960
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
28
1
12
23
52.2
5
10
50.0
52.9
1
12 Neil Johnston
N. Johnston
25
1
3/26/1958
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
40
17
7
10
17
58.8
5
6
83.3
63.6
2
13 Willis Reed
W. Reed
24
1
4/14/1969
NYK NYK
vs
BOS BOS
43
11
6
10
15
66.7
4
6
66.7
68.0
6
14 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
24
1
3/31/1967
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
32
13
9
13
69.2
6
10
60.0
69.0
3
15 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
23
1
4/11/1968
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
47
25
6
10
19
52.6
3
12
25.0
47.4
3
16 Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
23
1
3/26/1967
NYK NYK
@
BOS BOS
42
16
1
10
16
62.5
3
5
60.0
63.2
2
17 Ed Macauley
E. Macauley
23
1
3/30/1957
STL STL
@
BOS BOS
45
9
4
6
16
37.5
11
14
78.6
51.9
6
18 Darrall Imhoff
D. Imhoff
22
1
4/1/1969
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
38
20
6
8
17
47.1
6
8
75.0
53.6
6
19 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
22
1
4/14/1968
PHI PHI
@
BOS BOS
48
16
8
7
11
63.6
8
13
61.5
65.8
5
20 Wayne Embry
W. Embry
22
1
3/28/1963
CIN CIN
@
BOS BOS
35
9
2
10
16
62.5
2
3
66.7
63.5
5
21 Clyde Lovellette
C. Lovellette
21
1
3/29/1960
STL STL
@
BOS BOS
28
11
3
8
21
38.1
5
6
83.3
44.4
5
22 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
20
1
4/5/1967
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
41
9
8
14
57.1
4
8
50.0
57.1
3
23 Clyde Lovellette
C. Lovellette
18
1
4/7/1960
STL STL
vs
BOS BOS
37
15
7
8
21
38.1
2
2
100.0
41.1
5
24 Johnny Kerr
J. Kerr
17
1
3/21/1961
SYR SYR
vs
BOS BOS
40
19
5
7
15
46.7
3
5
60.0
49.4
3
25 Clyde Lovellette
C. Lovellette
16
1
4/8/1961
STL STL
vs
BOS BOS
20
3
1
6
13
46.2
4
5
80.0
52.6
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32
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14
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52
30
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50
32
.610
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21
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