nba player most points in a game december 25 by a rookie

Wilt Chamberlain has scored the most points by a rookie in a game on December 25, with 45 points versus the Syracuse Nationals on December 25, 1959.

	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	45	12/25/1959	PHI		SYR	47	34	2			15	33	45.5				15	24	62.5	51.7				0
2	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	35	12/25/1961	CHI		DET		18				13						9	17	52.9					5
3	LeBron James L. James	34	12/25/2003	CLE	@	ORL	47	2	6	2	1	13	28	46.4	4	10	40.0	4	5	80.0	56.3	1	1	8	0	-9
4	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	33	12/25/1979	NYK	vs	NJN	34	8	3			11	15	73.3	0	0		11	12	91.7	81.4				3
5	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	32	12/25/1985	NYK	vs	BOS	45	11	3	2	1	13	24	54.2	0	0		6	8	75.0	58.1	2	9	4	4
6	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	32	12/25/1960	CIN	vs	DET		15	16			12	28	42.9				8	9	88.9	50.1				3
7	Jaime Jaquez Jr. J. Jaquez Jr.	31	12/25/2023	MIA	vs	PHI	39	10	1	2	0	11	15	73.3	1	3	33.3	8	8	100.0	83.7	5	5	0	3	-1
8	Kyle Kuzma K. Kuzma	31	12/25/2017	LAL	vs	MIN	41	3	4	2	1	8	18	44.4	6	11	54.5	9	13	69.2	65.3	1	2	2	0	-9
9	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	30	12/25/1976	BUF	vs	DET						9						12	12	100.0
10	Pete Verhoeven P. Verhoeven	28	12/25/1981	POR	vs	SEA	34	12	0	1	0	12	14	85.7	0	0		4	4	100.0	88.8	5	7	1	4
11	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	28	12/25/1970	ATL	@	PHX	42	9	6			11	25	44.0				6	8	75.0	49.1				4
12	Alex Groza A. Groza	28	12/25/1949	IND	@	WAT						10						8	8	100.0					6
13	Erwin Mueller E. Mueller	27	12/25/1966	CHI	@	NYK	36	7	1			11	17	64.7				5	6	83.3	68.7				5
14	Cazzie Russell C. Russell	27	12/25/1966	NYK	vs	CHI	31	1	5			12	17	70.6				3	5	60.0	70.3				3
15	Dick Barnett D. Barnett	27	12/25/1959	SYR		PHI		3	3			11	26	42.3				5	6	83.3	47.1				4
16	Willis Reed W. Reed	26	12/25/1964	NYK	vs	BAL						13						0	0
17	Art Heyman A. Heyman	26	12/25/1963	NYK	vs	LAL						10						6	9	66.7					3
18	Randy Smith R. Smith	24	12/25/1971	BUF	@	ATL						11						2	2	100.0
19	Dave Wohl D. Wohl	24	12/25/1971	PHI	vs	BAL	45	6	7			10	18	55.6				4	4	100.0	60.7				4
20	Sidney Wicks S. Wicks	24	12/25/1971	POR	vs	CHI	44	16	4			10	20	50.0				4	6	66.7	53.0				0
21	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	24	12/25/1950	PHI	vs	NYK		16	4			6	17	35.3				12	12	100.0	53.9				3
22	Kevin Durant K. Durant	23	12/25/2007	SEA	@	POR	38	6	4	0	2	8	20	40.0	1	4	25.0	6	6	100.0	50.8	0	6	1	1	-5
23	Ron Brewer R. Brewer	23	12/25/1978	POR	vs	GSW	32	4	3	4	1	10	14	71.4				3	4	75.0	73.0	2	2	2	3
24	Wes Unseld W. Unseld	23	12/25/1968	BAL	vs	SEA	40	20	3			9	16	56.3				5	6	83.3	61.7				3
25	Dave Bing D. Bing	23	12/25/1966	DET	@	BAL						10						3	5	60.0