Gale Sayers has scored the most points by a 22-year-old player in a game, with 36 points against the 49ers on December 12, 1965.
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most points by a player in a regular-season game by a 22 year old| NAME | PTS | Age | DATE | TM | OPP | RUSH TD | REC TD | RET TD | TD | FGM | XPM | XP2 | SFTY | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | G. Sayers | 36 | 22-196 | 12/12/1965 | vs | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2 |  | J. Taylor | 30 | 22-306 | 11/21/2021 | @ | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 3 | | C. Portis | 30 | 22-097 | 12/7/2003 | vs | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 |  | J. Gibbs | 24 | 22-291 | 1/5/2025 | vs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 5 |  | C. Claypool | 24 | 22-096 | 10/11/2020 | vs | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | | A. Hakim | 24 | 22-122 | 10/3/1999 | @ | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7 | | G. Sayers | 24 | 22-140 | 10/17/1965 | @ | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | | F. Jackson | 24 | 22-240 | 12/10/1961 | vs | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | | B. Kilmer | 24 | 22-040 | 10/15/1961 | @ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10 | | G. Mingo | 21 | 22-079 | 12/10/1960 | @ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11 | | J. Hill | 20 | 22-349 | 10/4/2015 | vs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 12 | | G. Yepremian | 20 | 22-164 | 11/13/1966 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 13 | | C. Parkey | 19 | 22-277 | 11/23/2014 | vs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14 |  | B. Bowers | 18 | 22-324 | 11/2/2025 | vs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 15 |  | J. Addison | 18 | 22-316 | 12/8/2024 | vs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 16 |  | S. LaPorta | 18 | 22-338 | 12/16/2023 | vs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 17 |  | A. Gibson | 18 | 22-156 | 11/26/2020 | @ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 |  | J. Jacobs | 18 | 22-215 | 9/13/2020 | @ | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 19 |  | C. Kirk | 18 | 22-357 | 11/10/2019 | @ | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 20 |  | C. McCaffrey | 18 | 22-154 | 11/8/2018 | @ | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 21 |  | E. Elliott | 18 | 22-092 | 10/22/2017 | @ | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 22 | | H. Butker | 18 | 22-086 | 10/8/2017 | @ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 23 |  | K. Hunt | 18 | 22-032 | 9/7/2017 | @ | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 24 |  | J. Howard | 18 | 22-032 | 12/4/2016 | vs | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 25 |  | T. Hill | 18 | 22-271 | 11/27/2016 | @ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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