highest scoring debut rookie performance

Kon Knueppel has scored the most points by a rookie this season, with 495 points.

Interpreted as:

highest scoring debut rookie performance this regular season

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	495	2025-26	CHA	26	34.0	19.0	5.4	3.5	0.7	0.2	6.7	14.2	47.2	3.4	8.5	40.5	2.2	2.4	92.1	62.4	1.0	4.4	2.3	883	140	90	19	6	61	62	-36
2	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	437	2025-26	DAL	25	33.7	17.5	6.3	3.4	1.3	0.7	6.8	14.1	48.2	0.8	3.4	25.0	3.0	3.7	81.7	55.5	1.2	5.1	2.1	842	157	86	33	17	52	56	-143
3	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	423	2025-26	NOP	27	27.6	15.7	3.4	3.1	1.4	0.1	5.9	13.1	44.8	1.2	3.3	36.4	2.7	3.4	80.2	53.5	0.6	2.8	2.3	746	93	84	39	4	62	56	-204
4	Derik Queen D. Queen	343	2025-26	NOP	27	25.2	12.7	6.4	4.1	1.0	0.8	4.8	9.5	50.4	0.1	0.7	11.1	3.1	3.9	79.8	56.8	1.6	4.8	2.3	681	173	110	27	21	62	89	-116
5	Cedric Coward C. Coward	337	2025-26	MEM	25	27.2	13.5	6.4	2.8	0.6	0.3	4.8	10.6	45.8	1.5	4.6	32.5	2.3	2.8	84.1	57.2	1.4	5.0	1.5	681	160	71	14	8	37	50	+49
6	VJ Edgecombe	335	2025-26	PHI	22	35.0	15.2	5.6	4.0	1.3	0.5	5.6	13.3	42.1	2.0	5.3	38.8	2.0	2.6	77.2	52.8	1.7	3.9	1.7	770	123	87	28	10	38	72	+77
7	Ace Bailey A. Bailey	244	2025-26	UTA	24	23.6	10.2	3.3	1.7	0.8	0.4	4.0	9.1	44.0	1.5	4.1	35.4	0.7	0.9	77.3	53.6	1.4	1.9	1.4	566	79	40	19	10	33	59	-123
8	Ryan Kalkbrenner R. Kalkbrenner	214	2025-26	CHA	24	25.6	8.9	6.5	0.5	0.7	1.9	3.8	4.8	79.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.8	74.4	80.5	2.6	3.9	1.2	614	156	12	17	45	29	45	-84
9	Dylan Harper D. Harper	196	2025-26	SAS	15	21.9	13.1	3.1	3.7	0.9	0.1	5.1	11.0	46.1	0.7	2.5	26.3	2.3	3.2	70.8	52.7	1.0	2.1	1.7	329	47	55	14	1	25	37	+34
10	Egor Dëmin E. Dëmin	195	2025-26	BKN	23	22.9	8.5	3.2	3.5	0.9	0.3	3.0	7.7	38.8	1.8	5.2	35.3	0.7	0.7	88.2	52.6	0.5	2.7	1.7	526	73	81	21	8	40	45	-60
11	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	190	2025-26	WAS	17	23.3	11.2	2.8	1.4	0.4	0.4	4.1	9.4	44.0	1.9	4.9	39.8	1.0	1.2	81.0	56.5	0.5	2.4	1.5	396	48	23	7	7	25	31	-111
12	Will Richard W. Richard	183	2025-26	GSW	23	19.1	8.0	2.7	1.1	1.0	0.0	2.8	5.3	53.3	1.3	3.2	39.7	1.0	1.3	77.4	67.5	1.0	1.7	0.7	440	62	25	23	1	15	47	+9
13	Sion James S. James	181	2025-26	CHA	26	26.5	7.0	3.3	1.5	0.7	0.5	2.2	5.3	41.6	1.3	3.3	38.4	1.3	1.5	85.0	58.5	0.4	2.8	1.0	690	85	40	18	12	25	45	-46
14	Maxime Raynaud M. Raynaud	153	2025-26	SAC	18	18.5	8.5	4.7	0.9	0.3	0.5	3.4	6.6	52.5	0.3	0.8	35.7	1.3	1.8	72.7	57.7	1.2	3.5	0.8	333	85	17	6	9	15	39	-86
15	Collin Murray-Boyles C. Murray-Boyles	146	2025-26	TOR	21	17.6	7.0	3.3	1.3	0.6	0.3	2.7	4.9	55.3	0.6	1.2	48.0	1.0	1.5	62.5	62.4	1.8	1.5	1.2	370	69	28	13	7	25	48	-29
16	Caleb Love C. Love	145	2025-26	POR	18	17.9	8.1	2.5	2.2	0.4	0.0	3.0	8.8	34.0	1.4	5.3	26.3	0.7	0.8	80.0	43.8	0.6	1.9	0.9	322	45	39	8	0	16	21	-97
17	Walter Clayton Jr. W. Clayton Jr.	130	2025-26	UTA	20	16.7	6.5	2.2	3.6	0.5	0.2	2.3	5.3	42.5	0.9	2.8	30.9	1.2	1.2	95.8	55.8	0.5	1.7	1.4	334	43	71	9	4	27	40	-15
18	Drake Powell D. Powell	114	2025-26	BKN	18	18.5	6.3	1.8	2.1	0.8	0.2	2.2	4.6	48.8	0.8	2.1	37.8	1.1	1.2	95.2	62.5	0.2	1.6	1.2	333	32	37	14	3	22	32	-20
19	Kobe Sanders K. Sanders	110	2025-26	LAC	17	19.4	6.5	1.9	1.3	0.6	0.1	2.1	5.1	41.4	0.9	2.7	34.8	1.3	1.4	91.7	56.4	0.5	1.4	1.4	329	32	22	10	2	23	42	-4
20	Micah Peavy M. Peavy	107	2025-26	NOP	22	16.1	4.9	2.5	1.1	0.6	0.1	2.0	5.1	40.2	0.3	1.6	20.0	0.5	0.6	71.4	45.3	1.0	1.4	0.4	354	54	24	13	2	9	37	-57
21	Ryan Nembhard R. Nembhard	107	2025-26	DAL	13	18.7	8.2	1.6	4.8	0.2	0.0	3.5	6.5	53.6	1.2	2.4	48.4	0.2	0.2	66.7	62.7	0.3	1.3	1.3	243	21	62	3	0	17	20	-43
22	Tyrese Proctor T. Proctor	101	2025-26	CLE	19	12.1	5.3	1.2	1.4	0.3	0.0	1.7	4.9	34.4	1.0	3.2	31.1	0.9	1.1	85.7	49.4	0.2	1.1	0.4	230	23	27	6	0	7	25	-34
23	Danny Wolf D. Wolf	96	2025-26	BKN	11	17.5	8.7	4.2	1.7	0.3	0.3	2.9	6.7	43.2	1.4	3.4	40.5	1.5	1.8	85.0	58.0	0.9	3.3	1.4	192	46	19	3	3	15	12	+31
24	Nique Clifford N. Clifford	91	2025-26	SAC	22	16.6	4.1	2.5	1.4	0.4	0.3	1.5	4.1	37.8	0.5	1.8	27.5	0.5	0.8	66.7	46.5	0.6	2.0	0.9	365	56	30	9	6	20	46	-87
25	Liam McNeeley L. McNeeley	89	2025-26	CHA	18	14.1	4.9	2.4	0.9	0.2	0.1	1.4	3.7	39.4	1.0	2.4	40.9	1.1	1.3	82.6	58.5	0.4	2.0	0.6	254	44	16	4	2	10	29	+3