what nba player has scored the most points in a game before missing their first shot

Wilt Chamberlain put up 100 points versus the Knicks on March 2, 1962.

NAME PTS FG MISS 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
100
27
3/2/1962
PHI PHI
NYK NYK
48
25
2
36
63
57.1
28
32
87.5
64.9
2
2 Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
81
18
1/22/2006
LAL LAL
vs
TOR TOR
42
6
2
3
1
28
46
60.9
7
13
53.8
18
20
90.0
73.9
2
4
3
1
+25
3 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
78
31
12/8/1961
PHI PHI
vs
LAL LAL
63
43
1
31
62
50.0
16
31
51.6
51.6
4
4 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
73
19
1/13/1962
PHI PHI
vs
CHI CHI
48
36
0
29
48
60.4
15
25
60.0
61.9
2
5 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
73
14
11/16/1962
SFW SFW
@
NYK NYK
48
14
1
29
43
67.4
15
19
78.9
71.1
0
6 David Thompson
D. Thompson
73
10
4/9/1978
DEN DEN
@
DET DET
43
7
2
0
1
28
38
73.7
17
20
85.0
78.0
3
4
4
2
7 Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
73
8
1/26/2024
DAL DAL
@
ATL ATL
45
10
7
1
0
25
33
75.8
8
13
61.5
15
16
93.8
91.2
0
10
4
1
+13
8 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
72
19
11/3/1962
SFW SFW
@
LAL LAL
48
18
1
29
48
60.4
14
18
77.8
64.4
0
9 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
71
20
11/15/1960
LAL LAL
@
NYK NYK
45
25
1
28
48
58.3
15
19
78.9
63.0
5
10 David Robinson
D. Robinson
71
15
4/24/1994
SAS SAS
@
LAC LAC
44
14
5
0
2
26
41
63.4
1
2
50.0
18
25
72.0
68.3
4
10
8
2
11 Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
71
12
1/2/2023
CLE CLE
vs
CHI CHI
50
8
11
0
1
22
34
64.7
7
15
46.7
20
25
80.0
78.9
3
5
4
3
+19
12 Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
71
16
2/26/2023
POR POR
vs
HOU HOU
39
6
6
0
0
22
38
57.9
13
22
59.1
14
14
100.0
80.4
1
5
2
0
+21
13 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
70
11
3/10/1963
SFW SFW
@
SYR SYR
48
18
3
27
38
71.1
16
22
72.7
73.4
2
14 Devin Booker
D. Booker
70
19
3/24/2017
PHX PHX
@
BOS BOS
45
8
6
3
1
21
40
52.5
4
11
36.4
24
26
92.3
68.0
2
6
5
3
-6
15 Joel Embiid
J. Embiid
70
17
1/22/2024
PHI PHI
vs
SAS SAS
37
18
5
1
1
24
41
58.5
1
2
50.0
21
23
91.3
68.5
9
9
1
2
+11
16 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
69
14
3/28/1990
CHI CHI
@
CLE CLE
50
18
6
4
1
23
37
62.2
2
6
33.3
21
23
91.3
73.2
7
11
2
5
17 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
68
10
12/16/1967
PHI PHI
@
CHI CHI
48
34
2
30
40
75.0
8
22
36.4
68.4
1
18 Pete Maravich
P. Maravich
68
17
2/25/1977
NOJ NOJ
vs
NYK NYK
43
6
6
3
2
26
43
60.5
16
19
84.2
66.2
1
5
6
19 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
67
10
3/9/1961
PHI PHI
vs
NYK NYK
48
31
1
27
37
73.0
13
17
76.5
75.3
1
20 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
67
18
2/17/1962
PHI PHI
@
STL STL
48
28
2
26
44
59.1
15
20
75.0
63.4
1
21 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
67
13
2/25/1962
PHI PHI
vs
NYK NYK
48
21
1
25
38
65.8
17
22
77.3
70.3
1
22 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
67
19
1/11/1963
SFW SFW
vs
LAL LAL
48
25
1
28
47
59.6
11
17
64.7
61.5
1
23 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
66
6
2/9/1969
LAL LAL
vs
PHX PHX
48
27
4
29
35
82.9
8
18
44.4
76.9
1
24 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
65
16
2/13/1962
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
48
22
4
24
40
60.0
17
30
56.7
61.1
3
25 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
65
18
2/27/1962
PHI PHI
@
STL STL
48
23
2
25
43
58.1
15
20
75.0
62.7
3
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