which rookie has the third most points in an nba game

Earl Monroe has dropped the 3rd most points by a rookie in a game, with 56 points versus the Lakers on February 13, 1968.

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

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