# Sports Q: So who did Wilt beat?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 2, 1999, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-q-so-who-did-wilt-beat/4390 "1999-11-02T05:26:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 1999, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-q-so-who-did-wilt-beat/4390/1 "1999-11-02T05:26:00Z")

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With the passing of basketball great Wilt Chamberlin, much is said about the game he scored 100 points. I have never heard of any stat being given of who held the record of most points scored in a game before that. I’m sure it wasn’t such a colossal number as Wilt’s, but someone held it once.

Anyone know?

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**Author:** ![Satan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Satan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satan)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 1999, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-q-so-who-did-wilt-beat/4390/2 "1999-11-02T06:19:00Z")

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I’m pretty sure he beat his own record, but what that was before he got it, I do not know.

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Yer pal,  
Satan

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 1999, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-q-so-who-did-wilt-beat/4390/3 "1999-11-02T06:43:00Z")

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Actually, Wilt beat the single game record of 71, which was set by Elgin Baylor in November of 1960 against the New York Knicks.

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 1999, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-q-so-who-did-wilt-beat/4390/4 "1999-11-02T06:52:00Z")

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Correcting myself, Wilt did break his own record. He had a 73 point game in between Baylor’s 71-point game and his 100-point game. He also had a 78 point game in a triple overtime game before his 100 point game.

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**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\
**Post date:** [November 2, 1999, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sports-q-so-who-did-wilt-beat/4390/5 "1999-11-02T07:03:00Z")

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And definitely belaboring the point, Chamberlain scored his 78 in a triple overtime game on Dec. 8, 1961 against the Lakers and scored 73 in regulation on January 13, 1962 against the Chicago Packers (who eventually became the Washington Wizards).