which 3rd year player has the most points in an nba game

Wilt Chamberlain put up the most points by a player in a game in his 3rd season, with 100 points against the Knicks on March 2, 1962.

Interpreted as:
Which 3rd year player has the most points in an NBA regular-season game?
NAMEPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
100
3/2/1962
48
25
2
36
63
57.1
28
32
87.5
64.9
2
2Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
78
12/8/1961
vs
63
43
1
31
62
50.0
16
31
51.6
51.6
4
3Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
73
1/13/1962
vs
48
36
0
29
48
60.4
15
25
60.0
61.9
2
4Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
71
11/15/1960
@
45
25
1
28
48
58.3
15
19
78.9
63.0
5
5Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
67
2/25/1962
vs
48
21
1
25
38
65.8
17
22
77.3
70.3
1
6Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
67
2/17/1962
@
48
28
2
26
44
59.1
15
20
75.0
63.4
1
7Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
65
2/27/1962
@
48
23
2
25
43
58.1
15
20
75.0
62.7
3
8Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
65
2/13/1962
@
48
22
4
24
40
60.0
17
30
56.7
61.1
3
9Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
63
2/10/1949
vs
0
27
56
48.2
9
14
64.3
50.7
3
10Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
62
1/21/1962
53
23
3
25
42
59.5
12
17
70.6
62.7
1
11Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
62
1/17/1962
53
23
4
24
48
50.0
14
20
70.0
54.6
3
12Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
62
1/14/1962
@
48
28
2
27
45
60.0
8
11
72.7
62.2
1
13Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
61
4/16/1987
vs
41
10
1
4
1
22
38
57.9
0
3
0.0
17
21
81.0
64.6
5
5
3
3
14Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
61
3/4/1987
@
43
7
3
3
3
22
39
56.4
0
0
17
18
94.4
65.0
3
4
5
0
15Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
61
2/28/1962
@
48
28
6
24
46
52.2
13
17
76.5
57.0
4
16Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
61
2/22/1962
vs
48
26
1
21
36
58.3
19
34
55.9
59.9
0
17Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
61
12/9/1961
vs
48
36
0
28
48
58.3
5
10
50.0
58.2
3
18Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
60
12/29/1961
48
26
3
24
43
55.8
12
19
63.2
58.4
1
19Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
60
12/1/1961
@
48
21
4
22
47
46.8
16
26
61.5
51.3
1
20Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
59
2/8/1962
48
24
0
23
37
62.2
13
19
68.4
65.0
0
21Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
59
12/25/1961
@
58
36
0
23
44
52.3
13
22
59.1
55.0
3
22Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
58
2/26/1987
vs
37
8
3
3
2
16
25
64.0
0
0
26
27
96.3
78.6
1
7
3
4
23Fred Brown
F. Brown
58
3/23/1974
@
45
6
3
2
24
37
64.9
10
13
76.9
67.9
2
4
2
24Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
58
3/4/1962
@
48
35
4
24
41
58.5
10
16
62.5
60.4
0
25Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
58
11/8/1961
@
48
23
1
23
46
50.0
12
19
63.2
53.3
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