nba rookie for most points in a game

Wilt Chamberlain has posted the most points by a rookie in a game, with 58 points on February 21, 1960 and on January 25, 1960.

Interpreted as:
NBA rookie for most points in a regular-season game
NAMEPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
58
2/21/1960
@
48
24
3
26
47
55.3
6
9
66.7
56.9
1
2Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
58
1/25/1960
47
42
4
24
41
58.5
10
13
76.9
62.1
3
3Rick Barry
R. Barry
57
12/14/1965
@
44
15
3
18
29
62.1
21
22
95.5
73.7
5
4Earl Monroe
E. Monroe
56
2/13/1968
vs
51
7
3
20
33
60.6
16
22
72.7
65.6
4
5Brandon Jennings
B. Jennings
55
11/14/2009
vs
41
5
5
0
0
21
34
61.8
7
8
87.5
6
8
75.0
73.3
1
4
4
1
+11
6Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
55
11/12/1959
@
47
29
2
23
43
53.5
9
16
56.3
55.0
3
7Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
55
2/25/1959
12
22
38
57.9
11
17
64.7
60.5
3
8Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
54
11/13/1968
vs
48
22
20
45
44.4
14
17
82.4
51.4
2
9Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
53
2/23/1960
47
29
1
25
44
56.8
3
11
27.3
54.3
2
10Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
52
1/5/1960
48
20
0
20
38
52.6
12
18
66.7
56.6
3
11Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
51
2/21/1970
43
8
3
18
25
72.0
15
23
65.2
72.6
4
12Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
50
4/12/1997
@
46
5
6
2
0
17
32
53.1
5
9
55.6
11
18
61.1
62.6
2
3
9
5
-4
13Trae Young
T. Young
49
3/1/2019
vs
56
8
16
1
1
17
33
51.5
6
13
46.2
9
11
81.8
64.7
1
7
9
2
-9
14Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
49
2/12/1985
vs
45
15
5
4
0
19
31
61.3
0
0
11
13
84.6
66.7
7
8
6
5
15Kelly Tripucka
K. Tripucka
49
3/12/1982
vs
47
8
1
3
0
19
28
67.9
0
0
11
16
68.8
69.9
4
4
4
4
16Earl Monroe
E. Monroe
49
2/24/1968
vs
10
16
26
61.5
17
26
65.4
65.4
17Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
49
11/26/1959
vs
48
33
2
19
33
57.6
11
16
68.8
61.2
1
18Charlie Villanueva
C. Villanueva
48
3/26/2006
@
46
9
3
1
0
20
32
62.5
6
11
54.5
2
3
66.7
72.0
4
5
3
4
-6
19Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
48
1/21/1962
vs
14
17
14
18
77.8
2
20Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
48
1/9/1960
vs
48
37
3
20
38
52.6
8
15
53.3
53.8
3
21Blake Griffin
B. Griffin
47
1/17/2011
vs
37
14
3
0
1
19
24
79.2
0
0
9
11
81.8
81.5
3
11
4
3
+17
22Mitch Richmond
M. Richmond
47
3/4/1989
vs
37
9
2
2
0
17
24
70.8
0
1
0.0
13
19
68.4
72.6
2
7
3
3
23Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
47
3/13/1971
vs
3
15
20
75.0
17
21
81.0
80.4
4
24Bob Rule
B. Rule
47
11/21/1967
vs
41
16
1
17
27
63.0
13
14
92.9
70.9
5
25Dave Bing
D. Bing
47
3/8/1967
vs
6
5
21
38
55.3
5
6
83.3
57.8

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NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
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2
27
16
.628
5.5
3
26
18
.591
7.0
4
27
19
.587
7.0
5
25
20
.556
8.5
6
23
19
.548
9.0
7
23
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.548
9.0
8
23
21
.523
10.0
9
21
22
.488
11.5
10
21
25
.457
13.0
11
18
25
.419
14.5
12
16
28
.364
17.0
13
12
30
.286
20.0
14
10
32
.238
22.0
15
10
35
.222
23.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
37
8
.822
2
30
14
.682
6.5
3
29
15
.659
7.5
4
26
15
.634
9.0
5
26
16
.619
9.5
6
27
17
.614
9.5
7
27
17
.614
9.5
8
25
20
.556
12.0
9
22
22
.500
14.5
10
19
24
.442
17.0
11
18
24
.429
17.5
12
18
26
.409
18.5
13
15
29
.341
21.5
14
12
33
.267
25.0
15
10
36
.217
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