wilt chamberlain scored the most points in a nba game by player.
wilt chamberlain scored the most points in a nba game by player.
the most points scored in a nba game by player?
wilt chamberlain
bullet::::- nba record – most points by a rookie in a game (58 on january 25, 1960, and february 21, 1960)









































bullet::::- nba record – most consecutive 40-point games by a rookie (5 in late january 1960)









































bullet::::- nba record – most points scored by a player in his first nba game (43 on october 24, 1959, against the new york knicks)









































bullet::::- nba record – fewest games played to reach 15,000 points (358, achieved in 1964)









































bullet::::- nba record – fewest games played to reach 20,000 points (499, achieved in 1966)
list of career achievements by wilt chamberlain
on november 1, 2016, carter played in his 1,278th nba game, tying him with a. c. green for 25th on the nba's career list. he also became the 24th player in nba history to surpass 24,000 career points. on november 8, he scored 20 points against the denver nuggets and became the oldest player in the nba to post a 20-point game since michael jordan scored 25 for the washington wizards in april 2003, at age 40. it was also carter's first 20-point game since april 30, 2014. on november 12, carter made seven field goals against the milwaukee bucks to pass gary payton (8,708) for 21st in nba history. carter also passed charles oakley for 24th on the nba's career games played list with 1,283. on november 14, in a win over the utah jazz, carter had his second 20-point game of the season, joining michael jordan and patrick ewing as the only players in nba history to put up 20 points and 5+ rebounds off the bench at the age of 39, with carter being the oldest at 39 years and 287 days. carter missed seven games in early december with a right hip flexor strain. on january 11, carter hit his 1,989th career three-pointer to move ahead of jason kidd and into fifth on the all-time list. on february 1, in a game against the denver nuggets, carter hit his 2,000th career three-pointer, making him only the fifth player to ever reach that mark. on february 6 against san antonio, carter joined karl malone, dikembe mutombo, kareem abdul-jabbar and robert parish as the only 40-year old players to record at least four blocks in a game. on february 15, in a game against the new orleans pelicans, carter passed allen iverson for 23rd on the nba all-time scoring list. on march 13, carter made his first start of the season and made all eight of his shots, including six from beyond the arc, to score a season-high 24 points and lead the grizzlies past the milwaukee bucks 113–93. he became the first 40-year-old in nba history to hit six triples in one game. at 40 years, 46 days old, carter also became the oldest player to start an nba game since juwan howard in april 2013. on march 29 against the indiana pacers, carter passed ray allen for 22nd on the nba all-time scoring list. in the grizzlies' regular-season finale on april 12 against the dallas mavericks, carter played in his 1,347th game and passed kobe bryant for 13th in regular-season games played. on april 22, carter became the first 40-year-old to make three or more 3-pointers in a playoff game during game 4 of the grizzlies' first-round series against the san antonio spurs.
vince carter