who is the youngest nba player to score 45 points in a game

Cliff Robinson is the youngest in a game with 45+ points. He was 19 years and 362 days old versus the Pistons on March 9, 1980.

Interpreted as:
Who is the youngest NBA player to score 45 or more points in a regular-season game?
NAMEAGEPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Cliff Robinson
C. Robinson
19-362
45
3/9/1980
NJN NJN
vs
DET DET
36
10
4
19
28
67.9
1
6
7
85.7
72.4
3
2Brandon 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
3Carl Braun
C. Braun
20-072
47
12/6/1947
NYK NYK
@
PRO PRO
18
35
51.4
11
4LeBron James
L. James
20-080
56
3/20/2005
CLE CLE
@
TOR TOR
48
10
5
2
0
18
36
50.0
6
12
50.0
14
15
93.3
65.7
2
8
4
0
-7
5Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
20-097
48
11/10/2021
MIN MIN
@
GSW GSW
42
6
5
2
0
16
27
59.3
7
13
53.8
9
12
75.0
74.3
2
4
6
1
-3
6Kevin Durant
K. Durant
20-116
46
1/23/2009
OKC OKC
@
LAC LAC
46
15
4
2
1
10
23
43.5
2
6
33.3
24
26
92.3
66.8
2
13
2
3
-7
7Kevin Durant
K. Durant
20-141
47
2/17/2009
OKC OKC
vs
NOH NOH
43
3
2
0
0
16
27
59.3
4
6
66.7
11
13
84.6
71.8
0
3
2
3
+1
8Devin Booker
D. Booker
20-145
70
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
9Trae 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
10Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
20-245
49
4/7/2022
MIN MIN
vs
SAS SAS
39
6
8
1
0
16
28
57.1
6
14
42.9
11
14
78.6
71.7
2
4
2
2
+18
11Victor Wembanyama
V. Wembanyama
20-314
50
11/13/2024
SAS SAS
vs
WAS WAS
32
6
2
1
3
18
29
62.1
8
16
50.0
6
9
66.7
75.8
1
5
1
3
+13
12LeBron James
L. James
20-345
52
12/10/2005
CLE CLE
@
MIL MIL
43
7
7
2
0
19
29
65.5
5
9
55.6
9
10
90.0
77.8
0
7
3
5
-3
13Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
20-347
46
2/16/1993
ORL ORL
@
DET DET
49
21
3
0
5
19
25
76.0
0
0
8
16
50.0
71.8
3
18
6
5
14Kevin Porter Jr.
K. Porter Jr.
20-360
50
4/29/2021
HOU HOU
vs
MIL MIL
41
5
11
0
1
16
26
61.5
9
15
60.0
9
11
81.8
81.1
0
5
5
5
+19
15Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
21-015
47
11/30/2016
MIN MIN
vs
NYK NYK
42
18
2
1
3
15
22
68.2
0
3
0.0
17
20
85.0
76.3
3
15
4
2
+7
16LeBron James
L. James
21-015
46
1/14/2006
CLE CLE
@
PHX PHX
44
7
8
1
0
18
28
64.3
5
8
62.5
5
5
100.0
76.2
0
7
1
1
-5
17LeBron James
L. James
21-022
51
1/21/2006
CLE CLE
@
UTA UTA
43
5
8
2
0
19
35
54.3
4
8
50.0
9
11
81.8
64.0
0
5
3
4
+19
18Devin Booker
D. Booker
21-035
46
12/4/2017
PHX PHX
@
PHI PHI
39
8
1
2
1
17
32
53.1
5
8
62.5
7
8
87.5
64.8
3
5
3
1
+10
19Trae Young
T. Young
21-071
49
11/29/2019
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
43
1
6
2
0
16
28
57.1
8
15
53.3
9
9
100.0
76.7
0
1
9
1
+1
20LeBron James
L. James
21-072
47
3/12/2006
CLE CLE
@
MIA MIA
45
7
4
0
1
11
27
40.7
1
6
16.7
24
28
85.7
59.8
2
5
5
2
-7
21LeBron James
L. James
21-089
46
3/29/2006
CLE CLE
vs
DAL DAL
43
5
4
3
0
16
23
69.6
4
7
57.1
10
13
76.9
80.1
0
5
2
3
+16
22LeBron James
L. James
21-092
47
4/1/2006
CLE CLE
vs
MIA MIA
45
12
9
2
0
16
25
64.0
2
6
33.3
13
14
92.9
75.4
4
8
4
3
+13
23Trae Young
T. Young
21-093
47
12/21/2019
ATL ATL
@
BKN BKN
40
8
6
1
0
14
30
46.7
3
12
25.0
16
19
84.2
61.3
1
7
5
1
+5
24Cam Thomas
C. Thomas
21-116
47
2/6/2023
BKN BKN
vs
LAC LAC
39
4
3
0
0
15
29
51.7
7
11
63.6
10
11
90.9
69.4
1
3
4
3
+3
25Kevin Durant
K. Durant
21-124
45
1/31/2010
OKC OKC
vs
GSW GSW
40
11
2
2
0
16
21
76.2
2
3
66.7
11
11
100.0
87.1
3
8
4
2
+13

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