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NBA record – Most free throws Attempted in a season (1,363 in 1961–62) Chamberlain also holds the next four spots with 1,113, 1,054, 1,016, and 991. NBA playoff record – Most points by a rookie in a game (53 vs. the Syracuse Nationals on March 14, 1960) Pulled down a rookie playoff record 35 rebounds in the same game.
Wilton Norman Chamberlain ( / ˈtʃeɪmbərlɪn / CHAYM-bər-lin; August 21, 1936 – October 12, 1999) was an American professional basketball player. Standing 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) tall, he played center in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for 14 seasons. Widely regarded as one of the greatest basketball players of all time, Chamberlain ...
Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963), also known by his initials MJ, [ 9] is an American businessman and former professional basketball player. He played 15 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) between 1984 and 2003, winning six NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls.
Ed Macauley held the record for 39 days in 1958, the shortest in NBA history. Dolph Schayes held the record from 1958 to 1964 and was the first player to eclipse 15,000 career points. Bob Pettit held the record from 1964 to 1966 and is the first player to eclipse 20,000 career points. Wilt Chamberlain held the record from 1966 to 1984 and was ...
Annual leaders. Joe Fulks won the first scoring title in 1947. Wilt Chamberlain won seven consecutive scoring titles from 1960 to 1966. Jerry West won the scoring title in 1970, averaging 31.2 points per game. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar won scoring titles in 1971 and 1972. Allen Iverson won scoring titles in 1999, 2001, 2002 and 2005.
Jordan is the only player in NBA history to record back-to-back 50-point games in the playoffs, scoring 50 and 55 in Games 1 and 2 against the Cavs. He also scored 49 points on April 17, 1986 and 63 on April 20, 1986 in back-to-back games against the Boston Celtics. Games scoring 45 or more points, career: 23.
Jordan would never even approach the 1987-88 home stats for the rest of his career, an outlier of outliers. An NBA spokesperson said the league had not verified Jordan's stats in the 1987-88 ...
Only 10 players have scored 60 or more points on more than one occasion: Wilt Chamberlain (32 times); Kobe Bryant (6 times); Damian Lillard (5 times); Michael Jordan and James Harden (4 times); Elgin Baylor (3 times); and Karl-Anthony Towns, Devin Booker, Luka Dončić, and Stephen Curry (2 times). Chamberlain holds the single-game scoring ...