highest plus minus for a single game in nba history by a rookie

Santi Aldama has the highest plus/minus by a rookie in a game, at +52 versus the Thunder on December 2, 2021.

Interpreted as:

highest plus minus for a single regular-season game in NBA history by a rookie

	NAME	+/-	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF
1	Santi Aldama S. Aldama	+52	12/2/2021	MEM	vs	OKC	28	18	10	3	1	1	8	16	50.0	0	3	0.0	2	3	66.7	52.0	5	5	0	1
2	Jared Jeffries J. Jeffries	+50	10/31/2002	WAS	vs	BOS	29	12	5	1	0	0	5	7	71.4	2	2	100.0	0	1	0.0	80.6	1	4	1	1
3	Mehmet Okur M. Okur	+46	1/31/2003	DET	@	BOS	28	11	6	3	1	0	4	6	66.7	0	1	0.0	3	5	60.0	67.1	1	5	1	3
4	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	+43	3/23/2022	DET	vs	ATL	35	17	6	8	1	1	7	12	58.3	0	2	0.0	3	3	100.0	63.8	1	5	5	3
5	Ja Morant J. Morant	+42	1/29/2020	MEM	@	NYK	28	18	3	10	2	1	7	13	53.8	0	0		4	8	50.0	54.5	0	3	0	0
6	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	+41	1/11/2024	OKC	vs	POR	20	19	4	3	1	0	9	13	69.2	1	3	33.3	0	2	0.0	68.4	1	3	0	2
7	Terance Mann T. Mann	+41	11/16/2019	LAC	vs	ATL	33	13	6	8	0	0	6	8	75.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	77.0	0	6	2	4
8	Brandon Knight B. Knight	+41	4/17/2012	DET	vs	CLE	30	28	2	7	0	0	11	12	91.7	4	5	80.0	2	2	100.0	108.7	0	2	2	1
9	Matas Buzelis M. Buzelis	+40	2/24/2025	CHI	@	PHI	36	17	3	5	0	1	6	17	35.3	1	6	16.7	4	4	100.0	45.3	1	2	0	2
10	Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot T. Luwawu-Cabarrot	+40	3/17/2017	PHI	vs	DAL	30	12	4	2	1	0	4	8	50.0	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	67.6	1	3	1	5
11	Nicolas Batum N. Batum	+40	4/3/2009	POR	@	OKC	30	8	5	1	1	0	3	5	60.0	2	2	100.0	0	0		80.0	3	2	0	1
12	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	+40	3/21/2004	MIA	@	WAS	37	22	4	6	2	1	10	19	52.6	0	0		2	4	50.0	53.0	1	3	4	0
13	Eddie Robinson E. Robinson	+40	3/10/2000	CHA	@	LAC	25	4	5	1	1	0	2	4	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	1	4	0	1
14	Oso Ighodaro O. Ighodaro	+39	3/17/2025	PHX	vs	TOR	26	9	9	4	1	1	4	6	66.7	0	0		1	1	100.0	69.9	3	6	0	3
15	Corey Kispert C. Kispert	+39	4/1/2022	WAS	vs	DAL	36	6	3	3	2	0	2	6	33.3	1	4	25.0	1	1	100.0	46.6	0	3	1	3
16	Miles McBride M. McBride	+39	12/29/2021	NYK	@	DET	25	0	4	3	2	0	0	4	0.0	0	1	0.0	0	0		0.0	0	4	1	2
17	Keyonte George K. George	+38	1/1/2024	UTA	vs	DAL	29	14	3	3	0	0	3	8	37.5	2	6	33.3	6	6	100.0	65.8	0	3	0	1
18	Desmond Bane D. Bane	+38	2/28/2021	MEM	@	HOU	28	15	7	1	3	1	6	7	85.7	1	2	50.0	2	2	100.0	95.2	2	5	2	4
19	Shaquille Harrison S. Harrison	+38	4/10/2018	PHX	@	DAL	36	18	4	10	2	0	8	11	72.7	0	2	0.0	2	3	66.7	73.1	1	3	4	3
20	Dorian Finney-Smith D. Finney-Smith	+38	1/22/2017	DAL	vs	LAL	34	7	7	0	1	0	1	4	25.0	1	4	25.0	4	4	100.0	60.8	3	4	1	1
21	Andrew Bogut A. Bogut	+38	4/14/2006	MIL	@	NYK	29	18	1	2	2	0	8	9	88.9	0	0		2	4	50.0	83.6	0	1	3	3
22	Chris Duhon C. Duhon	+38	1/24/2005	CHI	@	ATL	30	14	6	9	1	0	5	10	50.0	4	6	66.7	0	0		70.0	1	5	1	4
23	Udonis Haslem U. Haslem	+38	3/20/2004	MIA	vs	PHI	24	12	10	1	0	1	5	8	62.5	0	0		2	4	50.0	61.5	4	6	0	2
24	Vince Carter V. Carter	+38	3/23/1999	TOR	@	CHI	35	23	11	4	1	2	9	19	47.4	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	55.4	4	7	0	1
25	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	+37	1/30/2021	CHA	vs	MIL	31	27	5	9	3	0	8	10	80.0	2	3	66.7	9	9	100.0	96.7	2	3	1	3