highest points per game in season openers with at least 15 games played

Kobe Bryant put up the most points per game in season openers when playing 15+ games, with 26.5 per game.

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highest points per game by a player in season openers with at least 15 games played

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	26.5	15	37.5	5.9	3.8	1.9	0.9	8.8	20.9	42.2	0.7	2.3	28.6	8.2	9.8	83.7	52.6	1.1	4.8	3.5	563	397	88	57	29	14	52	40	+55
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	25.3	16	36.2	7.3	3.2	1.4	1.1	8.7	19.9	43.6	1.4	4.7	30.7	6.5	8.0	81.3	54.0	0.8	6.6	3.3	579	405	117	51	23	18	52	41	+10
3	LeBron James L. James	25.0	22	37.2	8.1	6.2	1.0	1.0	9.2	18.3	50.1	1.6	4.9	33.3	5.0	7.0	71.2	58.4	1.3	6.8	3.9	819	549	178	137	23	21	85	59	+34
4	James Harden J. Harden	24.5	15	33.9	5.9	8.3	1.3	0.5	7.1	16.3	43.3	2.6	7.5	34.8	7.8	8.7	90.0	60.9	1.2	4.7	3.6	509	368	89	125	19	7	54	37	-18
5	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	24.5	17	36.9	8.0	3.9	1.2	0.5	8.0	16.3	49.1	1.8	4.4	41.9	6.7	9.2	73.1	60.3	0.7	7.3	2.4	628	417	136	66	20	9	41	47	+98
6	Karl Malone K. Malone	24.4	19	36.4	8.8	3.9	1.5	0.9	8.8	16.6	52.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.8	9.1	75.0	59.1	2.6	6.2	3.1	691	463	167	75	28	17	59	65	+14
7	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	22.6	19	37.1	11.1	2.9			9.2	18.1	50.6	0.0	0.0		4.3	6.5	66.7	54.0			3.1	704	430	210	55			37	61
8	Alex English A. English	21.9	15	31.7	6.3	2.7			9.4	17.9	52.6	0.0	0.0		3.1	4.1	75.8	55.7				476	329	95	40				35
9	Hal Greer H. Greer	21.5	15						8.0						5.5	6.5	85.6						323
10	Stephen Curry S. Curry	21.4	16	32.5	5.6	6.4	2.0	0.3	7.2	17.3	41.5	2.5	8.4	29.9	4.6	4.9	93.6	55.1	1.1	4.5	3.4	520	343	90	102	32	4	55	43	+75
11	Moses Malone M. Malone	21.0	18	33.6	11.8	1.2		1.7	7.1	13.6	52.5	0.0	0.0		6.8	8.8	76.7	60.2			2.6	604	378	212	22		30	44	41
12	Ray Allen R. Allen	20.9	17	37.2	2.8	2.9	1.0	0.1	7.0	14.5	48.2	2.7	5.6	48.4	4.2	4.8	87.8	62.9	0.8	2.1	2.1	633	356	48	50	17	2	35	33	+64
13	Reggie Miller R. Miller	20.9	16	35.1	3.6	2.8	1.0	0.4	5.9	13.2	45.0	1.4	4.7	29.3	7.6	8.3	92.4	62.1	1.0	2.6	3.0	561	334	58	44	16	7	48	55	0
14	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	20.9	15	33.2	7.3	5.7	1.7	0.9	7.9	15.1	52.7	0.6	1.9	31.0	4.4	5.3	82.5	59.9	2.4	4.9	3.5	498	313	109	85	26	13	53	52	+30
15	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	20.4	16	33.6	8.1	1.6	0.9	2.5	8.0	14.6	54.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	6.3	71.0	58.8	1.1	6.9	3.4	537	327	129	25	14	40	55	67	+10
16	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	20.4	19	33.7	8.2	2.6	0.8	0.9	7.1	15.4	45.7	1.5	3.8	39.7	4.8	5.6	85.8	57.1	1.1	7.1	1.7	641	388	156	50	15	17	33	53	+44
17	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	20.3	15	32.5	3.3	6.9	1.1	0.1	7.1	15.5	45.9	0.9	2.7	34.1	5.1	5.8	87.4	56.0	0.7	2.6	2.8	487	304	50	103	17	2	42	53	+38
18	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	20.0	15	32.5	7.7	8.1	0.9	0.4	7.1	15.9	44.5	0.9	2.9	29.5	5.0	6.5	77.3	53.4	2.0	5.7	3.9	487	300	116	122	14	6	58	40	+57
19	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	20.0	17	32.2	5.8	2.6	1.0	0.5	7.1	16.8	42.1	1.2	3.6	34.4	4.6	6.1	76.7	51.5	1.9	3.9	2.6	548	340	99	45	17	9	45	55	+12
20	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	20.0	15	34.6	5.0	4.7	1.0	0.6	7.4	17.1	43.4	0.7	1.8	40.7	4.5	5.9	75.3	50.8	1.3	3.7	3.9	519	300	75	70	15	9	58	45	+42
21	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	19.8	16	31.7	10.9	2.5	0.7	1.9	7.8	14.1	55.3	0.0	0.0		4.2	8.3	50.4	55.7	3.1	7.8	3.0	507	317	174	40	11	30	48	57	+116
22	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	19.7	16	33.4	5.4	3.4	1.5	0.4	6.9	15.6	44.4	0.4	1.5	29.2	5.4	7.4	72.3	52.1	1.0	4.4	2.4	535	315	86	55	24	7	38	29	+58
23	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	19.6	18	35.2	11.2	2.2	1.9	2.6	7.6	14.8	51.3	0.0	0.0		4.3	7.3	59.5	54.2	3.3	7.9	3.2	634	352	202	39	35	47	58	76	-23
24	Grant Hill G. Hill	19.2	16	33.6	6.1	3.8	0.9	0.4	7.3	14.4	50.6	0.3	1.3	25.0	4.3	5.8	73.9	56.5	1.2	4.9	3.0	537	307	98	61	14	7	48	38	+74
25	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	18.6	15	34.1	6.7	1.7	0.7	1.5	7.5	16.4	45.9	0.3	0.8	41.7	3.2	4.2	76.2	51.0	2.6	4.1	1.9	512	279	101	25	10	23	29	32	+6