most points by a rookie in a game from 1969-70 to 1978-79

Between the 1969-70 and 1978-79 seasons, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar posted the most points by a rookie in a game, with 51 points against the Seattle SuperSonics on February 21, 1970.

Interpreted as:

most points by a rookie in a regular-season game from 1969-70 to 1978-79

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	51	2/21/1970	MIL		SEA	43	8	3			18	25	72.0	15	23	65.2	72.6				4
2	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	47	3/13/1971	CIN	vs	ATL		3				15	20	75.0	17	21	81.0	80.4				4
3	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	46	3/19/1971	POR	vs	SEA	42	4	10			14	31	45.2	18	21	85.7	57.2				0
4	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	46	2/24/1970	MIL	@	DET	45	13	1			21	32	65.6	4	4	100.0	68.1				3
5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	46	1/14/1970	MIL	vs	LAL	48	24	6			18	34	52.9	10	17	58.8	55.4				3
6	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	45	3/28/1973	BUF		HOU		25				20	36	55.6	5	6	83.3	58.2				5
7	Bernard King B. King	44	1/4/1978	NJN	vs	PHX	37	13	2	1	2	20	29	69.0	4	6	66.7	69.5	8	5	3	2
8	John Drew J. Drew	44	11/16/1974	ATL	vs	NOJ	39	20	5	5		16	20	80.0	12	16	75.0	81.4	3	17		5
9	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	44	3/13/1971	ATL	@	CIN		3				18	27	66.7	8	10	80.0	70.1				5
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	44	3/8/1970	MIL	@	BOS	48	14	2			12	17	70.6	20	25	80.0	78.6				2
11	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	43	2/23/1971	POR	@	PHI	42	5	4			18	31	58.1	7	9	77.8	61.5				3
12	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	43	2/12/1971	POR	vs	SEA	40	4	1			18	28	64.3	7	8	87.5	68.2				4
13	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	43	10/28/1969	MIL	vs	BOS	47	14	4			14	30	46.7	15	19	78.9	56.0				3
14	Bernard King B. King	41	11/4/1977	NJN	vs	PHI	43	14	2			16	28	57.1	9	11	81.8	62.4				3
15	John Drew J. Drew	41	10/22/1974	ATL	vs	PHI	35	18	1	3		15	29	51.7	11	17	64.7	56.2				4
16	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	41	3/2/1973	BUF	vs	SEA	40	11	2			14	27	51.9	13	16	81.3	60.2				5
17	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	41	3/2/1971	POR	@	DET	42	6	8			16	25	64.0	9	12	75.0	67.7				1
18	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	41	1/18/1971	ATL	@	BUF	43	2	4			13	25	52.0	15	19	78.9	61.5				3
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41	3/20/1970	MIL	@	PHI	39	15	6			16	18	88.9	9	9	100.0	93.4				2
20	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41	2/14/1970	MIL	vs	BOS		12	3			14			13	20	65.0					1
21	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	41	1/2/1970	MIL	vs	NYK	48	16	3			18	29	62.1	5	5	100.0	65.7				2
22	Walter Davis W. Davis	40	1/5/1978	PHX	@	BOS	38	11	2	1	0	16	29	55.2	8	9	88.9	60.7	5	6	3	4
23	John Drew J. Drew	40	12/28/1974	ATL	vs	LAL	39	25	7			12	24	50.0	16	19	84.2	61.8	13	12		4
24	Elmore Smith E. Smith	40	2/25/1972	BUF	vs	BOS	46	15	1			17	27	63.0	6	9	66.7	64.6				4
25	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	40	3/19/1971	DET	vs	BUF						17			6	8	75.0					3