On this date in 1962, then-Philadelphia Warriors center and NBA legend Wilt Chamberlain topped the century mark, scoring 100 points in a game against the New York Knicks:

Chamberlain made 36 of 63 field goal attempts along with an astonishing 28 of 32 free throws, also grabbing 25 rebounds in the process.

Perhaps most impressively, this capped off a four-game stretch where Chamberlain scored at least 60 points with 20-plus rebounds, averaging over 73 points and 24 boards in that same span. Fittingly, Chamberlain averaged a career-high 50.4 points during the 1961-62 season.

The Big Dipper currently ranks sixth on the NBA's all-time scoring list with 31,419 points, having been surpassed by the likes of Kobe Bryant and LeBron James in recent years.

Dirk Nowitzki trails Chamberlain by just over 100 points, and with over 20 games remaining it is very possible that he too could pass Wilt's total before retiring at season's end.

While some of the modern greats have made their stamp on history in passing Wilt's all-time scoring mark, his single-game record of 100 may never be broken.

The next-highest scoring performance came from Kobe Bryant when he scored 81 points in a game against the Toronto Raptors in January of 2006. In that game, Kobe was 28 of 46 from the field and made 18 of 20 free throw attempts.

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Phoenix Suns shooting guard Devin Booker made history in March of 2017 when he became just the fifth player in NBA history to score 70 points in a game, dropping 70 in a loss to the Boston Celtics.

So, 57 years later and Wilt's record still stands.

And, barring something truly miraculous, it is likely to stand for quite some time yet.