Ja Morant has put up the most points per game in season openers when playing 5+ games, with 31.0 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest ppg by a player in season openers min 5 gp

	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	Ja Morant J. Morant	31.0	6	31.4	4.0	6.8	0.8	0.8	12.0	20.7	58.1	1.2	3.5	33.3	5.8	7.0	83.3	65.3	0.3	3.7	3.3	188	186	24	41	5	5	20	17	-27
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30.8	14	38.2	5.9	4.5	3.2	1.4	11.3	23.2	48.6	0.4	1.9	18.5	7.9	10.0	78.6	55.7	1.8	4.1	2.6	535	431	82	63	45	19	37	41	-2
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	30.2	13	43.1	23.5	3.8			12.4	21.2	58.3				5.5	12.3	44.4	56.7				560	393	305	50				22
4	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	29.4	14	36.7	6.7	2.9	1.8	0.4	11.2	22.1	50.8	0.7	1.9	37.0	6.3	7.9	79.3	57.6	3.1	3.6	3.2	514	412	94	40	25	6	45	35	+9
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	29.1	8	35.6	10.0	6.5	1.1	0.3	10.4	22.3	46.6	2.1	8.6	24.6	6.3	8.0	78.1	56.5	0.9	9.1	3.9	285	233	80	52	9	2	31	18	-65
6	Jerry West J. West	28.1	12				5.0	0.0	10.4						7.3	9.3	78.4		0.0	2.0			337			5	0
7	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	27.4	14						10.2						7.0	9.4	74.2						384
8	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	27.1	13	35.9	7.2	1.8		0.3	8.6	16.8	51.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	9.8	12.5	78.5	60.7			2.9	467	352	94	23		4	35	44
9	Anthony Davis A. Davis	27.0	14	36.1	11.5	2.5	1.6	2.5	9.4	21.3	44.3	0.4	1.9	22.2	7.7	9.6	80.0	52.9	3.1	8.4	2.2	505	378	161	35	22	35	31	37	-90
10	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	26.8	8	36.0	9.3	4.0	1.3	0.6	10.1	21.1	47.9	3.4	8.6	39.1	3.1	4.1	75.8	58.3	1.4	7.9	2.4	288	214	74	32	10	5	19	17	+35
11	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
12	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	26.4	10	34.6	2.9	2.9			10.0	16.6	60.2	0.3	0.9	33.3	6.1	7.0	87.1	67.1			1.1	346	264	29	29			11	23
13	Trae Young T. Young	25.8	8	34.2	3.9	9.3	0.6	0.3	6.9	16.8	41.0	2.4	7.1	33.3	9.6	10.9	88.5	59.8	0.4	3.5	4.0	274	206	31	74	5	2	32	14	+51
14	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	25.6	11	40.5	3.6	7.3	2.3	0.0	8.5	20.8	41.0	1.4	4.3	31.9	7.2	9.1	79.0	51.6	0.7	2.9	3.8	445	282	40	80	25	0	42	25	+4
15	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	25.6	8	36.0	4.8	5.5	1.3	1.4	9.6	19.6	49.0	1.5	5.8	26.1	4.9	6.5	75.0	57.0	0.9	3.9	2.3	288	205	38	44	10	11	18	14	+10
16	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	25.6	12	30.3	11.5	5.0	0.8	1.2	9.8	17.7	55.2	0.8	2.8	30.3	5.3	8.4	62.4	59.9	1.6	9.9	3.5	364	307	138	60	9	14	42	48	+63
17	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	25.4	13	35.9	5.3	6.8	0.9	0.5	8.1	18.7	43.2	2.7	8.2	32.7	6.5	7.0	93.4	58.3	1.1	4.2	2.3	467	330	69	88	12	6	30	24	+65
18	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	25.3	11						8.6						8.0	10.7	74.6						278						36
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	25.2	17	36.8	7.4	3.2	1.4	1.1	8.7	19.7	44.2	1.4	4.6	29.1	6.4	7.9	81.3	54.3	0.7	6.7	3.3	626	428	126	54	23	18	56	47	+10
20	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
21	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	24.8	6	34.4	7.5	3.2	0.2	0.2	8.5	21.7	39.2	3.7	9.0	40.7	4.2	4.8	86.2	52.2	1.8	5.7	2.8	207	149	45	19	1	1	17	16	+47
22	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
23	George Gervin G. Gervin	24.5	10	33.1	4.6	2.5	1.7	0.5	10.0	20.6	48.5	0.0	0.0		4.5	5.9	76.3	52.8				331	245	46	25	17	5		37
24	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
25	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	24.2	5	42.4	5.4	5.0	2.0	0.0	10.2	22.2	45.9				3.8	5.6	67.9	49.1	1.0	4.0		212	121	27	25	6	0		16