NBA History: Top 5 players with most 50-point games ever

Two of the greatest players to ever pick up a basketball.
Two of the greatest players to ever pick up a basketball.

#1 Wilt Chamberlain - 122

Wilt is someone you can call a legitimate Basketball cheat code.
Wilt is someone you can call a legitimate Basketball cheat code.

To put things into perspective, making it to the top of this list is a cakewalk for someone who once averaged over 50 points per game for an entire season. The most profusely talented scorer and rebounder the NBA has ever seen, Wilt Chamberlain has to his name a monumental heap of 122 50-point games, which belittles all previously mentioned numbers.

With one of these being a novel 100-point game, there was certainly no ceiling to what this man could achieve or actually did achieve had the record books been more reliable during his era of dominance.

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Wilt 'the Stilt' has his number 13 jersey retired by three franchises - Los Angeles Lakers, Philadelphia 76ers as well as Golden State Warriors. The 1960 Rookie of the Year redefined the boundaries of this game as his career progressed but could only lift the title twice.

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