NBA: Top 5 players with the most 50-Point Games

Throughout the history of the NBA, we have seen some terrific scorers who registered monstrous numbers for fun and killed the opposition teams single-handedly. These scorers used their skill and strength to post numbers, people only dream of.

Wilt Chamberlain is the only player in the NBA to ever score 100 points. These legendary players walked in every night and brought the house down exploding for brilliant numbers and will forever be remembered by the fans.

Through the course of this article, let us take a look at the top five NBA players with highest 50-point performances.

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#5 Rick Barry, 14

Rick Barry's unorthodox underhand free-throw

Career Stats: 24.8 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game

Rick Barry was selected by the San Francisco Warriors in the 1965 NBA draft with the second overall pick. He is the only player in the history to lead the NCAA, ABA and NBA in scoring and carried the team to the championship in 1975. He won the Rookie of the Year award after averaging 25.7 points, 10.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game.

He won his solitary Finals MVP that year after sweeping the Washington Bullets in the finals. During his 16-years tenure in the NBA, he played for multiple teams but is fondly remembered for his years with the Warriors. He is the franchise leader in steals per game with 2.3.

The Small forward is the youngest player to score 57 points in a game. He recorded this against the New York Knicks on the road in 1965. Barry also holds the record for highest point averaged in the NBA Finals with 36.3. During his long career, he netted above 50 points in 14 games.

#4 Elgin Baylor, 17

Elgin Baylor is an 11-time All-Star

Career Stats: 27.4 points, 13.5 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game

Elgin Baylor played in the NBA for 14 seasons and spent all those years with the Los Angeles Lakers. The 11-time All-Star was a gifted scorer, strong rebounder and an excellent passer and used his skills to perfection, to dominate the opposition players.

The Small forward was selected by the Minneapolis Lakers with the first overall pick in the 1958 draft and he won the Rookie of the Year award after averaging 24.9 points, 15 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game that year.

Baylor made it to the All-NBA First Team ten times during his career and carried the Lakers to 10 straight post-seasons on his back. In 1962, he averaged 38.6 points per game in the playoffs but lost to the Celtics in the NBA in 7 games.

His jersey number 22 was retired by the Los Angeles Lakers. He scored more than 50 points in 17 games with his highest score being 71 points against the New York Knicks at the Madison Square Garden. He is one of the very few NBA players who totalled more than 70 points in a single game.

#3 Kobe Bryant, 25

Kobe Bryant had a storied career with the Lakers

Career Stats: 25 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game

Kobe Bryant is a 5-time NBA champion and played in 20 seasons in the NBA. The 18-time All-Star spent his entire career with the Los Angeles Lakers and carried the bulk of the Lakers' offensive load on his shoulders.

He is also one of the very few NBA players who got both the jerseys retired. His jersey numbers 8 and 24 were retired by the Los Angeles Lakers. Although he entered the league as 13th overall pick and only made it to the All-Rookie Second Team, he worked very hard throughout his career and ended his career as one of the greatest players of all-time.

A lot of youngsters in the league call Kobe their role model and look up to him with great respect. The black mamba was known for scoring points effortlessly and was a brilliant turn around jump shooter. He is the only player who came to lose to breaking Chamberlain's 100-points in a game record and scored 81 points in 2006 against the Toronto Raptors. In his 20-year stint, he scored more than 50 points on 25 nights.

#2 Michael Jordan, 31

Michael Jordan is widely acclaimed as the greatest of all time

Career Stats: 30.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game

Michael Jordan is widely acclaimed as the greatest basketball player of all-time. He transcended the game and left his imprints on the game of basketball. Jordan was known for his killer mentality and destroyed the oppositions single-handedly.

The Hornets Owner never played in Game 7 of the NBA Finals and that shows how dominant he was as a player. He won 6 NBA championships and was named the Finals MVP on all those six occasions.

The 5-time MVP was selected as the third overall pick by the Chicago Bulls in 1984 draft and he averaged ridiculous 28.2 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.9 assists that season to take home the Rookie of the Year award. All in all, he dropped more than 50 points in 31 games, with highest being 69 points against the Cleveland Cavaliers in 1990.

#1 Wilt Chamberlain, 118

Wilt Chamberlain was known for his ridiculous number

Career Stats: 30.1 points, 22.9 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game

Wilt Chamberlain is widely acclaimed as the greatest centre of all-time. The Big Dipper dominated the oppositions every time he stepped his court on a basketball court and was known for posting ridiculous numbers.

Wilt the Stilt is the only player in the history of NBA to ever score 100 points in a single NBA game. A career filled with accolades, Chamberlain is also the only player to ever have a 20-20-20 game.

He finished his career averaging 30.1 points, 22.9 rebounds per game and will be remembered forever by the fans as one of the most dominant players of all-time. It was a regular thing for Wilt to score 50 points which is evident from the fact that he exploded for 50 or more points in as many as 118 games and there is no doubt that this record will stay unbroken forever.

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