highest points nba rookie single game 2021

Anthony Edwards dropped the most points by a rookie in a game in 2020-21, with 42 points on May 5, 2021 and on March 18, 2021.

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highest points NBA rookie single regular-season game 2021

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	42	5/5/2021	MIN	vs	MEM	38	6	7	1	1	17	22	77.3	8	9	88.9	0	1	0.0	93.6	1	5	3	4	+11
2	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	42	3/18/2021	MIN	@	PHX	38	7	3	2	0	15	31	48.4	4	13	30.8	8	13	61.5	57.2	3	4	2	2	+9
3	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	39	1/9/2021	PHI	vs	DEN	44	7	6	2	0	18	33	54.5	3	8	37.5	0	0		59.1	1	6	2	3	-17
4	Cole Anthony C. Anthony	37	5/16/2021	ORL	@	PHI	38	8	2	1	0	10	25	40.0	3	9	33.3	14	14	100.0	59.4	2	6	6	3	-17
5	Jordan Nwora J. Nwora	34	5/16/2021	MIL	@	CHI	36	14	0	2	3	14	23	60.9	4	8	50.0	2	4	50.0	68.7	4	10	3	3	-9
6	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	34	3/14/2021	MIN	vs	POR	37	4	2	1	0	12	24	50.0	6	14	42.9	4	4	100.0	66.0	0	4	2	3	-7
7	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	34	2/5/2021	CHA	vs	UTA	39	4	8	2	1	14	27	51.9	4	9	44.4	2	3	66.7	60.0	2	2	0	4	-1
8	Theo Maledon T. Maledon	33	4/2/2021	OKC	@	PHX	31	5	3	1	0	10	18	55.6	5	7	71.4	8	10	80.0	73.7	0	5	5	3	-26
9	Isaac Okoro I. Okoro	32	5/4/2021	CLE	vs	PHX	47	3	6	1	0	10	16	62.5	3	4	75.0	9	9	100.0	80.2	1	2	1	1	-19
10	Jalen Harris J. Harris	31	5/14/2021	TOR	@	DAL	36	2	4	1	0	12	21	57.1	5	12	41.7	2	3	66.7	69.4	0	2	2	1	-5
11	Immanuel Quickley I. Quickley	31	1/24/2021	NYK	@	POR	24	3	4	0	0	9	18	50.0	5	8	62.5	8	8	100.0	72.0	1	2	1	3	+2
12	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	30	5/16/2021	PHI	vs	ORL	35	7	6	1	1	11	19	57.9	3	4	75.0	5	5	100.0	70.8	0	7	1	4	+16
13	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	30	5/16/2021	MIN	vs	DAL	38	0	4	0	2	10	21	47.6	5	9	55.6	5	5	100.0	64.7	0	0	1	1	+9
14	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	30	3/1/2021	CHA	@	POR	32	6	8	4	1	10	18	55.6	5	7	71.4	5	6	83.3	72.7	2	4	3	3	-18
15	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	30	2/12/2021	DET	@	BOS	27	12	0	0	0	10	12	83.3	7	7	100.0	3	3	100.0	112.6	2	10	0	2	+6
16	Aleksej Pokusevski A. Pokusevski	29	5/16/2021	OKC	vs	LAC	41	8	2	0	0	10	19	52.6	6	9	66.7	3	4	75.0	69.8	0	8	7	1	+2
17	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	29	5/13/2021	MIN	vs	DEN	39	7	5	0	2	8	16	50.0	4	9	44.4	9	12	75.0	68.1	1	6	1	3	-6
18	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	29	5/1/2021	MIN	vs	NOP	38	9	6	0	1	9	21	42.9	2	7	28.6	9	11	81.8	56.1	2	7	6	3	-8
19	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	29	3/24/2021	MIN	vs	DAL	37	5	3	1	0	9	23	39.1	3	12	25.0	8	9	88.9	53.8	0	5	0	3	-7
20	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	29	3/16/2021	MIN	@	LAL	38	4	1	1	0	11	22	50.0	3	7	42.9	4	6	66.7	58.8	2	2	2	1	-17
21	Payton Pritchard P. Pritchard	28	4/27/2021	BOS	vs	OKC	33	3	4	1	0	9	16	56.3	4	10	40.0	6	7	85.7	73.4	0	3	2	4	+1
22	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	28	4/20/2021	MIN	@	SAC	38	4	3	3	1	11	21	52.4	5	12	41.7	1	1	100.0	65.3	0	4	3	2	+4
23	Tyrese Haliburton T. Haliburton	28	3/22/2021	SAC	@	CLE	36	1	2	1	1	11	15	73.3	4	5	80.0	2	2	100.0	88.2	0	1	1	2	+11
24	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	28	3/17/2021	DET	vs	TOR	39	12	2	2	0	8	14	57.1	6	10	60.0	6	6	100.0	84.1	2	10	0	4	+4
25	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	28	2/16/2021	MIN	vs	LAL	34	7	5	1	2	10	21	47.6	5	10	50.0	3	4	75.0	61.5	0	7	3	2	0