youngest players to drop 50 points in nba game before 1990

Before 1989-90, Rick Barry was the youngest in a game with 50+ points. He was 21 years and 261 days old versus the Knicks on December 14, 1965.

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youngest players to drop 50 or more points in NBA regular-season game before 1990
NAMEAgePTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Rick Barry
R. Barry
21-261
57
12/14/1965
@
44
15
3
18
29
62.1
21
22
95.5
73.7
5
2Phil Chenier
P. Chenier
22-037
53
12/6/1972
vs
42
1
4
22
31
71.0
9
11
81.8
73.9
0
3Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
22-150
52
2/22/1974
vs
48
22
2
7
20
28
71.4
12
14
85.7
76.1
4
4Rick Barry
R. Barry
22-215
57
10/29/1966
@
48
15
7
21
44
47.7
15
17
88.2
55.4
2
5Rick Barry
R. Barry
22-255
50
12/8/1966
48
13
5
19
46
41.3
12
14
85.7
47.9
3
6Rick Barry
R. Barry
22-272
50
12/25/1966
@
47
6
4
19
35
54.3
12
13
92.3
61.4
1
7Rick Barry
R. Barry
22-292
50
1/14/1967
@
43
8
5
20
37
54.1
10
11
90.9
59.8
2
8Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
22-311
51
2/21/1970
43
8
3
18
25
72.0
15
23
65.2
72.6
4
9Rick Barry
R. Barry
22-323
50
2/14/1967
45
8
5
16
32
50.0
18
19
94.7
61.9
5
10Rick Barry
R. Barry
22-325
52
2/16/1967
43
9
2
18
40
45.0
16
19
84.2
53.8
4
11Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
22-362
54
11/13/1968
vs
48
22
20
45
44.4
14
17
82.4
51.4
2
12Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
23-083
55
11/12/1959
@
47
29
2
23
43
53.5
9
16
56.3
55.0
3
13Earl Monroe
E. Monroe
23-084
56
2/13/1968
vs
51
7
3
20
33
60.6
16
22
72.7
65.6
4
14Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
23-137
52
1/5/1960
48
20
0
20
38
52.6
12
18
66.7
56.6
3
15Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
23-157
58
1/25/1960
47
42
4
24
41
58.5
10
13
76.9
62.1
3
16Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
23-174
51
3/18/1975
@
20
6
4
2
22
31
71.0
7
9
77.8
72.9
4
17Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
23-174
55
2/23/1972
vs
44
3
7
20
31
64.5
15
19
78.9
69.9
0
18Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
23-184
58
2/21/1960
@
48
24
3
26
47
55.3
6
9
66.7
56.9
1
19Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
23-186
53
2/23/1960
47
29
1
25
44
56.8
3
11
27.3
54.3
2
20Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
23-202
53
11/4/1970
@
45
11
3
20
32
62.5
13
14
92.9
69.4
4
21Jerry West
J. West
23-234
63
1/17/1962
vs
39
3
3
22
36
61.1
19
22
86.4
69.0
5
22Jerry West
J. West
23-241
50
1/24/1962
vs
8
10
17
30
56.7
16
18
88.9
65.9
3
23Freeman Williams
F. Williams
23-249
51
1/19/1980
@
44
4
3
2
1
22
34
64.7
2
4
50.0
5
6
83.3
69.6
3
1
5
1
24Spencer Haywood
S. Haywood
23-256
51
1/3/1973
vs
48
18
2
15
33
45.5
21
27
77.8
56.8
3
25Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
23-257
50
11/1/1986
@
41
6
3
4
3
15
31
48.4
0
0
20
22
90.9
61.5
2
4
6
2

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