which youngest rookie has the most points in an nba game

Wilt Chamberlain was 23 years and 157 days old in his rookie season against the Pistons on January 25, 1960.

Interpreted as:
Which youngest rookie has the most points in an NBA regular-season game?
NAMEAgePTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
23-157
58
1/25/1960
PHI PHI
DET DET
47
42
4
24
41
58.5
10
13
76.9
62.1
3
2Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
23-184
58
2/21/1960
PHI PHI
@
NYK NYK
48
24
3
26
47
55.3
6
9
66.7
56.9
1
3Rick Barry
R. Barry
21-261
57
12/14/1965
SFW SFW
@
NYK NYK
44
15
3
18
29
62.1
21
22
95.5
73.7
5
4Earl Monroe
E. Monroe
23-084
56
2/13/1968
BAL BAL
vs
LAL LAL
51
7
3
20
33
60.6
16
22
72.7
65.6
4
5Brandon Jennings
B. Jennings
20-052
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
6Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
23-083
55
11/12/1959
PHI PHI
@
CIN CIN
47
29
2
23
43
53.5
9
16
56.3
55.0
3
7Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
24-162
55
2/25/1959
MIN MIN
CIN CIN
12
22
38
57.9
11
17
64.7
60.5
3
8Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
22-362
54
11/13/1968
SDR SDR
vs
DET DET
48
22
20
45
44.4
14
17
82.4
51.4
2
9Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
23-186
53
2/23/1960
PHI PHI
BOS BOS
47
29
1
25
44
56.8
3
11
27.3
54.3
2
10Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
23-137
52
1/5/1960
PHI PHI
MIN MIN
48
20
0
20
38
52.6
12
18
66.7
56.6
3
11Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
22-311
51
2/21/1970
MIL MIL
SEA SEA
43
8
3
18
25
72.0
15
23
65.2
72.6
4
12Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
21-309
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
13Trae Young
T. Young
20-163
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
14Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
21-361
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
15Kelly Tripucka
K. Tripucka
23-024
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
16Earl Monroe
E. Monroe
23-095
49
2/24/1968
BAL BAL
vs
DET DET
10
16
26
61.5
17
26
65.4
65.4
17Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
23-097
49
11/26/1959
PHI PHI
vs
BOS BOS
48
33
2
19
33
57.6
11
16
68.8
61.2
1
18Charlie Villanueva
C. Villanueva
21-214
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
19Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
22-181
48
1/21/1962
CHI CHI
vs
LAL LAL
14
17
14
18
77.8
2
20Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
23-141
48
1/9/1960
PHI PHI
vs
SYR SYR
48
37
3
20
38
52.6
8
15
53.3
53.8
3
21Carl Braun
C. Braun
20-072
47
12/6/1947
NYK NYK
@
PRO PRO
18
35
51.4
11
22Blake Griffin
B. Griffin
21-307
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
23Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
22-184
47
1/24/1962
CHI CHI
PHI PHI
26
4
18
34
52.9
11
15
73.3
57.9
3
24Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
22-191
47
1/31/1962
CHI CHI
vs
BOS BOS
20
19
9
11
81.8
3
25Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
22-192
47
3/13/1971
CIN CIN
vs
ATL ATL
3
15
20
75.0
17
21
81.0
80.4
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