De'Aaron Fox has averaged the most career points per game in game ones, with 38.0 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest points per game by a player game 1

	NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	38.0	1	40.4	1.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	13.0	27.0	48.1	4.0	8.0	50.0	8.0	12.0	66.7	58.9	1.0	0.0	3.0	40	38	1	5	3	0	3	3	+4
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	34.0	37	41.2	6.4	5.6	2.1	0.8	12.7	25.5	49.7	0.8	2.3	33.7	7.8	9.1	85.5	57.5	1.4	5.1	2.9	1,523	1,258	238	206	79	30	108	114	+68
3	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	33.2	11	37.6	5.4	4.5	1.6	0.4	12.1	25.4	47.7	3.4	10.2	33.0	5.6	6.5	87.3	58.8	0.9	4.5	2.9	414	365	59	50	18	4	32	16	-48
4	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	32.9	14	44.9	4.3	5.4	2.2	0.2	11.5	26.1	44.1	1.8	4.8	37.3	8.1	10.1	80.1	53.9	1.1	3.1	3.7	629	460	60	76	31	3	52	28	-25
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	32.2	9	40.1	8.8	6.3	1.7	0.4	10.9	23.6	46.2	3.4	10.0	34.4	7.0	9.2	75.9	58.3	0.6	8.2	5.3	361	290	79	57	15	4	48	16	-78
6	Malik Monk M. Monk	32.0	1	28.8	3.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	13.0	61.5	2.0	4.0	50.0	14.0	14.0	100.0	83.5	1.0	2.0	2.0	29	32	3	2	0	0	2	4	+10
7	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	30.0	2	41.7	9.0	4.5	0.5	0.5	11.5	22.0	52.3	3.0	7.0	42.9	4.0	7.0	57.1	59.8	2.0	7.0	6.5	83	60	18	9	1	1	13	3	-15
8	Anthony Davis A. Davis	29.3	12	38.9	11.8	2.6	1.4	3.2	10.8	20.8	51.8	0.4	2.3	18.5	7.4	8.7	85.6	59.7	2.8	9.0	1.9	467	352	141	31	17	38	23	27	-28
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	28.9	32	38.8	8.1	4.0	0.8	1.4	10.0	20.9	47.8	1.8	5.1	34.1	7.2	8.3	87.1	58.9	0.8	7.3	3.0	1,242	924	260	129	27	45	95	79	+129
10	Trae Young T. Young	27.8	5	35.7	5.0	8.6	1.4	0.0	9.0	22.0	40.9	2.0	7.8	25.6	7.8	8.8	88.6	53.7	1.2	3.8	4.6	179	139	25	43	7	0	23	8	-37
11	Jerry West J. West	27.7	26		5.0				9.5	22.7	42.0				8.7	10.7	80.9	50.5					721	130					80
12	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	27.4	13	40.1	4.5	5.5	1.0	0.2	8.3	20.8	39.9	3.5	8.6	40.2	7.3	8.2	89.6	56.0	0.7	3.8	3.2	521	356	59	71	13	2	42	28	-45
13	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	27.0	2	33.5	2.5	5.0	1.0	0.0	9.5	16.0	59.4	1.0	2.0	50.0	7.0	8.0	87.5	69.2	0.5	2.0	3.5	67	54	5	10	2	0	7	8
14	Devin Booker D. Booker	26.8	9	41.0	5.1	7.2	1.3	0.7	9.3	20.1	46.4	1.7	5.4	30.6	6.4	7.2	89.2	57.5	0.9	4.2	3.0	369	241	46	65	12	6	27	24	+19
15	Rick Barry R. Barry	26.6	14		5.0	5.6		0.9	11.2	24.5	45.8	1.0	1.0	100.0	4.1	4.8	86.6	50.1			0.5		373	70	79		8	1	44
16	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	26.6	16	37.2	12.0	6.9	1.4	0.9	10.3	19.6	52.2	1.4	3.9	37.1	4.7	5.7	82.4	60.2	3.0	9.0	3.1	595	426	192	111	23	14	49	50	+16
17	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26.5	44	38.2	12.0	2.6	0.7	2.5	10.4	18.7	55.7	0.0	0.0		5.8	10.8	53.5	56.7	4.5	7.6	3.3	1,680	1,167	529	114	32	108	145	154	+123
18	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	26.5	8	37.6	7.8	5.3	1.5	0.9	9.6	20.5	47.0	3.1	8.0	39.1	4.1	4.8	86.8	58.7	1.0	6.8	2.6	300	212	62	42	12	7	21	24	+22
19	Stephen Curry S. Curry	26.5	28	36.7	5.8	5.5	1.6	0.2	9.4	19.2	48.8	4.5	10.0	45.2	3.3	3.7	87.5	63.7	0.8	5.0	3.4	1,026	742	161	155	45	5	96	71	+213
20	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	26.5	25						10.4						5.7	7.7	73.6						662						81
21	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	26.4	9	33.5	10.6	3.6	0.8	1.4	7.9	17.6	44.9	0.9	4.1	21.6	9.8	11.6	84.6	58.4	2.6	8.0	2.7	301	238	95	32	7	13	24	29	+56
22	George Gervin G. Gervin	26.3	12	33.8	6.4	2.3	1.3	0.7	10.6	20.2	52.5	0.0	0.4	0.0	5.2	6.3	82.7	57.5			3.3	406	316	77	27	16	8	36	42
23	George Mikan G. Mikan	26.3	21						9.0						8.2	10.3	80.1						553						92
24	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	26.3	11	36.3	3.9	4.9	0.7	0.1	9.5	21.5	44.3	1.1	4.6	23.5	6.1	7.1	85.9	53.3	1.4	2.5	2.9	400	289	43	54	8	1	32	30	-33
25	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	26.0	1	35.9	9.0	1.0	3.0	0.0	11.0	18.0	61.1	1.0	2.0	50.0	3.0	4.0	75.0	65.8	2.0	7.0	5.0	36	26	9	1	3	0	5	2	-7