Elton Brand put up the most points by a rookie in a game in 1999-00, with 44 points against the Wizards on April 13, 2000.

Interpreted as:

highest scoring NBA rookie single regular-season game 2000

	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	Elton Brand E. Brand	44	4/13/2000	CHI	vs	WAS	43	12	2	0	3	16	21	76.2	0	0		12	15	80.0	79.7	7	5	1	2	-11
2	Elton Brand E. Brand	38	2/24/2000	CHI	@	IND	39	7	3	1	3	18	23	78.3	0	0		2	2	100.0	79.6	4	3	2	2	-10
3	Steve Francis S. Francis	34	3/23/2000	HOU	vs	LAC	41	9	14	3	0	13	19	68.4	3	3	100.0	5	6	83.3	78.6	1	8	2	4	+12
4	Lamar Odom L. Odom	33	4/19/2000	LAC	@	SEA	39	14	7	1	4	9	19	47.4	1	1	100.0	14	15	93.3	64.5	6	8	5	4	+14
5	Elton Brand E. Brand	32	4/19/2000	CHI	@	DET	43	11	1	1	2	10	18	55.6	0	0		12	17	70.6	62.8	6	5	3	5	-12
6	Steve Francis S. Francis	32	3/14/2000	HOU	@	NYK	41	5	4	4	0	12	17	70.6	3	7	42.9	5	6	83.3	81.5	1	4	3	4	-4
7	Steve Francis S. Francis	32	3/7/2000	HOU	vs	PHX	44	4	8	4	0	13	21	61.9	6	11	54.5	0	0		76.2	0	4	5	3	-13
8	Steve Francis S. Francis	31	4/7/2000	HOU	@	SEA	43	6	7	2	0	13	21	61.9	3	6	50.0	2	2	100.0	70.8	0	6	4	4	+9
9	Elton Brand E. Brand	31	3/7/2000	CHI	vs	ATL	38	8	1	1	2	12	23	52.2	0	0		7	8	87.5	58.4	2	6	0	2	+5
10	Steve Francis S. Francis	31	1/17/2000	HOU	@	DAL	42	6	11	2	0	8	16	50.0	1	5	20.0	14	15	93.3	68.6	3	3	7	4	+10
11	Steve Francis S. Francis	30	4/4/2000	HOU	@	VAN	40	4	5	1	1	13	24	54.2	3	5	60.0	1	2	50.0	60.3	1	3	6	4	-9
12	Elton Brand E. Brand	30	3/2/2000	CHI	vs	CLE	43	11	2	1	0	11	19	57.9	0	0		8	10	80.0	64.1	6	5	4	2	-12
13	Elton Brand E. Brand	30	1/28/2000	CHI	vs	SAC	41	18	3	1	3	11	20	55.0	0	0		8	12	66.7	59.3	9	9	5	4	-11
14	Lamar Odom L. Odom	30	11/2/1999	LAC	vs	SEA	44	12	3	2	2	10	18	55.6	2	5	40.0	8	15	53.3	61.0	2	10	3	1	-7
15	Lamar Odom L. Odom	29	3/12/2000	LAC	@	GSW	45	14	7	0	1	10	19	52.6	2	6	33.3	7	10	70.0	62.0	6	8	1	3	+9
16	Elton Brand E. Brand	29	11/19/1999	CHI	@	LAL	45	17	4	2	4	8	23	34.8	0	0		13	19	68.4	46.2	8	9	3	4	-8
17	Lamar Odom L. Odom	28	3/23/2000	LAC	@	HOU	41	6	2	0	0	13	21	61.9	0	2	0.0	2	3	66.7	62.7	1	5	7	3	-20
18	Elton Brand E. Brand	28	2/27/2000	CHI	@	DET	41	12	4	0	0	10	19	52.6	0	0		8	10	80.0	59.8	6	6	6	5	-9
19	Andre Miller A. Miller	28	2/5/2000	CLE	vs	ATL	47	10	12	1	0	10	24	41.7	0	2	0.0	8	8	100.0	50.9	2	8	4	2	-8
20	Elton Brand E. Brand	28	1/24/2000	CHI	vs	IND	43	8	0	0	2	14	21	66.7	0	0		0	3	0.0	62.7	4	4	0	4	-3
21	Lamar Odom L. Odom	28	1/10/2000	LAC	@	CLE	36	7	2	1	0	8	14	57.1	3	4	75.0	9	9	100.0	78.0	1	6	4	6	-2
22	Lamar Odom L. Odom	28	12/19/1999	LAC	@	VAN	39	5	3	0	4	12	21	57.1	2	4	50.0	2	8	25.0	57.1	3	2	4	6	+5
23	Steve Francis S. Francis	27	4/18/2000	HOU	@	PHX	42	7	8	2	2	10	12	83.3	1	1	100.0	6	8	75.0	87.0	3	4	8	2	+13
24	Elton Brand E. Brand	27	3/29/2000	CHI	vs	CLE	39	8	0	0	1	13	21	61.9	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	61.7	4	4	3	3	-4
25	Wally Szczerbiak W. Szczerbiak	27	3/19/2000	MIN	vs	MIL	39	6	7	2	0	11	15	73.3	5	6	83.3	0	0		90.0	1	5	2	3	+31