Before 1959-60, Elgin Baylor was the youngest in a game with 50+ points. He was 24 years and 162 days old versus the Cincinnati Royals on February 25, 1959.
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youngest player to score 50 or more points in a regular-season game before 1960| NAME | AGE | PTS | DATE | TM | OPP | MIN | REB | AST | STL | BLK | FGM | FGA | FG% | 3PM | 3PA | 3P% | FTM | FTA | FT% | TS% | OREB | DREB | TOV | PF | +/- | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | E. Baylor | 24-162 | 55 | 2/25/1959 |  MIN |  CIN | 12 | 22 | 38 | 57.9 | 11 | 17 | 64.7 | 60.5 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 2 |  | G. Mikan | 24-253 | 53 | 2/26/1949 | MIN | @ |  BAL | 17 | 28 | 60.7 | 19 | 20 | 95.0 | 72.0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | | G. Mikan | 24-268 | 51 | 3/13/1949 | MIN | vs |  NYK | 22 | 40 | 55.0 | 7 | 12 | 58.3 | 56.3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| 4 |  | J. Twyman | 24-293 | 50 | 2/28/1959 | CIN | vs |  STL | 18 | 22 | 47 | 46.8 | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 49.5 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 5 |  | B. Pettit | 25-009 | 51 | 12/21/1957 | STL |  SYR | 18 | 27 | 66.7 | 15 | 20 | 75.0 | 71.2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 6 |  | N. Johnston | 25-012 | 50 | 2/16/1954 |  PHI | SYR | 12 | 6 | 18 | 30 | 60.0 | 14 | 16 | 87.5 | 67.5 | 5 | |||||||||||
| 7 | | G. Mikan | 25-210 | 51 | 1/14/1950 | MIN | @ |  ROC | 20 | 36 | 55.6 | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | 61.8 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | | B. Pettit | 26-030 | 50 | 1/11/1959 | STL | vs |  DET | 45 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 31 | 58.1 | 14 | 17 | 82.4 | 65.0 | 2 | |||||||||
| 9 | | B. Pettit | 26-039 | 52 | 1/20/1959 | STL | vs |  BOS | 41 | 19 | 20 | 32 | 62.5 | 12 | 16 | 75.0 | 66.6 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 10 | | J. Fulks | 27-107 | 63 | 2/10/1949 | PHI | vs | IND | 0 | 27 | 56 | 48.2 | 9 | 14 | 64.3 | 50.7 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 11 | | G. Mikan | 27-216 | 61 | 1/20/1952 | MIN | vs | ROC | 36 | 22 | 45 | 48.9 | 17 | 21 | 81.0 | 56.2 | 4 | |||||||||||
| 12 |  | G. Yardley | 29-073 | 51 | 1/15/1958 | DET | @ | BOS | 47 | 19 | 17 | 33 | 51.5 | 17 | 19 | 89.5 | 61.7 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 13 | | G. Yardley | 29-093 | 52 | 2/4/1958 | DET | vs | SYR | 20 | 18 | 31 | 58.1 | 16 | 16 | 100.0 | 68.3 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 14 |  | D. Schayes | 30-258 | 50 | 2/1/1959 | SYR | @ | BOS | 53 | 23 | 18 | 34 | 52.9 | 14 | 17 | 82.4 | 60.3 | 6 |
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