nba players with 50 or more points in a game before 1962

Wilt Chamberlain put up 67 points against the Knicks on March 9, 1961.

Interpreted as:
NBA players with 50 or more points in a regular-season game before 1962
NAMEDATEPTSTMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
3/9/1961
67
vs
48
31
1
27
37
73.0
13
17
76.5
75.3
1
2Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
3/1/1961
56
@
48
20
5
22
44
50.0
12
20
60.0
53.0
0
3Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
2/25/1961
58
@
48
27
25
38
65.8
8
18
44.4
63.2
0
4Bob Pettit
B. Pettit
2/18/1961
57
@
48
28
25
42
59.5
7
9
77.8
62.0
3
5Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
2/16/1961
57
@
26
23
45
51.1
11
14
78.6
55.7
5
6Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
2/5/1961
55
vs
53
29
1
21
34
61.8
13
18
72.2
65.6
4
7Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
2/3/1961
52
48
30
0
23
38
60.5
6
11
54.5
60.7
1
8Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
1/24/1961
56
vs
20
5
19
30
63.3
18
20
90.0
72.2
5
9Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
1/21/1961
56
vs
48
45
0
25
46
54.3
6
13
46.2
54.1
2
10Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
1/5/1961
56
vs
48
26
1
20
32
62.5
16
22
72.7
67.2
1
11Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
1/2/1961
56
vs
48
28
0
23
37
62.2
10
20
50.0
61.1
2
12Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
11/25/1960
51
@
24
18
40
45.0
15
20
75.0
52.3
3
13Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
11/20/1960
52
15
18
16
21
76.2
4
14Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
11/15/1960
71
@
45
25
1
28
48
58.3
15
19
78.9
63.0
5
15Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
2/23/1960
53
47
29
1
25
44
56.8
3
11
27.3
54.3
2
16Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
2/21/1960
58
@
48
24
3
26
47
55.3
6
9
66.7
56.9
1
17Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
1/25/1960
58
47
42
4
24
41
58.5
10
13
76.9
62.1
3
18Jack Twyman
J. Twyman
1/15/1960
59
vs
14
21
39
53.8
17
20
85.0
61.7
3
19Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
1/5/1960
52
48
20
0
20
38
52.6
12
18
66.7
56.6
3
20Richie Guerin
R. Guerin
12/11/1959
57
vs
38
12
8
18
31
58.1
21
26
80.8
67.2
1
21Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
11/12/1959
55
@
47
29
2
23
43
53.5
9
16
56.3
55.0
3
22Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
11/8/1959
64
vs
17
8
25
47
53.2
14
19
73.7
57.8
4
23Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
10/18/1959
52
vs
21
22
36
61.1
8
12
66.7
63.0
4
24Jack Twyman
J. Twyman
2/28/1959
50
vs
18
22
47
46.8
6
8
75.0
49.5
4
25Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
2/25/1959
55
12
22
38
57.9
11
17
64.7
60.5
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