LeBron James has put up 549 points in season openers in his career.

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highest scoring openers by a player NBA

	NAME	PTS	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	LeBron James L. James	549	22	37.2	25.0	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	178	137	23	21	85	59	+34
2	Chris Paul C. Paul	328	21	33.2	15.6	5.0	8.6	2.0	0.2	5.4	12.0	45.2	1.0	3.5	29.7	3.7	4.7	78.8	55.5	0.6	4.4	1.9	698	105	181	43	5	40	55	-5
3	Vince Carter V. Carter	328	21	29.6	15.6	3.9	2.7	0.8	0.4	5.5	13.0	42.6	0.8	3.5	23.0	3.8	4.7	80.6	52.0	1.0	2.9	1.5	623	81	57	17	9	32	63	+80
4	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	350	21	34.2	16.7	10.6	4.0	1.2	2.0	7.0	14.0	50.3	0.1	0.5	30.0	2.4	3.4	71.8	53.8	1.7	8.9	2.8	719	222	85	25	43	58	55	+104
5	Robert Parish R. Parish	320	21	28.7	15.2	9.2	1.2			6.1	10.7	57.3	0.0			3.0	3.9	75.6	61.3				602	193	25				76	+4
6	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	388	19	33.7	20.4	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	156	50	15	17	33	53	+44
7	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	332	19	31.9	17.5	10.9	2.5	0.7	2.2	6.8	12.6	54.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.8	5.4	69.9	58.4	2.9	8.0	2.7	607	207	48	14	42	52	50	+121
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	463	19	36.4	24.4	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	167	75	28	17	59	65	+14
9	Kevin Willis K. Willis	255	19	28.5	13.4	8.7	1.3	0.3	0.5	5.2	11.3	46.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	3.0	4.5	66.3	50.6	2.9	5.7	2.5	542	165	24	6	10	48	52	+13
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	430	19	37.1	22.6	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	210	55			37	61
11	Mike Conley M. Conley	217	18	29.2	12.1	2.5	4.4	1.2	0.2	4.2	11.0	37.9	1.4	4.1	33.8	2.3	2.7	85.7	49.4	0.4	2.1	1.9	526	45	80	21	3	35	48	-39
12	Al Horford A. Horford	183	18	27.9	10.2	6.9	2.9	0.8	1.4	4.1	8.4	48.0	0.6	1.9	31.4	1.4	2.0	72.2	54.5	1.2	5.7	1.3	503	124	52	14	26	23	44	+57
13	Kyle Lowry K. Lowry	221	18	32.0	12.3	4.2	6.7	1.6	0.4	3.6	9.1	39.3	1.3	3.9	33.8	3.8	4.7	82.1	55.3	0.9	3.2	2.2	576	75	121	28	8	40	50	+16
14	Tyson Chandler T. Chandler	130	18	24.1	7.2	7.0	0.4	0.6	1.3	2.9	4.9	59.6	0.0	0.0		1.3	2.6	51.1	59.3	2.3	4.7	1.9	433	126	7	10	23	35	64	-47
15	Jason Terry J. Terry	228	18	28.1	12.7	1.8	2.9	1.2	0.1	4.7	10.9	42.6	1.4	4.0	34.7	1.9	2.4	81.4	52.8	0.2	1.6	1.4	506	33	53	22	1	26	41	+4
16	Steve Nash S. Nash	261	18	30.9	14.5	2.4	7.3	0.7	0.2	5.5	12.0	45.8	1.7	4.1	41.1	1.8	2.2	84.6	56.0	0.3	2.1	3.3	557	44	132	12	3	60	40	+15
17	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	218	18	36.6	12.1	6.8	9.9	2.8	0.2	4.4	10.3	43.0	0.8	2.8	28.0	2.4	3.3	73.3	51.3	1.4	5.4	2.6	659	123	178	51	3	46	44	+75
18	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	352	18	35.2	19.6	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	202	39	35	47	58	76	-23
19	John Stockton J. Stockton	258	18	32.6	14.3	2.9	10.5	1.8	0.1	5.1	9.4	53.8	0.7	1.6	44.8	3.5	4.1	85.1	64.0	0.6	2.3	3.9	586	53	189	33	1	70	41	-11
20	Moses Malone M. Malone	378	18	33.6	21.0	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	212	22		30	44	41
21	Stephen Curry S. Curry	366	17	32.5	21.5	5.4	6.2	2.1	0.3	7.1	17.1	41.6	2.5	8.4	30.1	4.8	5.1	94.2	55.7	1.1	4.3	3.4	552	91	106	35	5	57	46	+76
22	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	344	17	33.7	20.2	5.4	3.8	1.5	0.5	7.2	15.7	46.1	0.5	1.5	30.8	5.3	7.5	70.3	53.2	1.1	4.4	2.3	572	92	64	26	8	39	31	+67
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	428	17	36.8	25.2	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	126	54	23	18	56	47	+10
24	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	340	17	32.2	20.0	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	99	45	17	9	45	55	+12
25	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	293	17	34.0	17.2	4.2	3.2	1.1	0.1	6.7	15.4	43.5	1.2	4.0	29.4	2.6	3.4	77.6	51.0	1.1	3.1	1.9	579	72	54	18	2	33	32	-2