how many rookie centers have scored 40 points in one game

Centers dropped 40 points in their rookie season against the Trail Blazers on April 9.

Interpreted as:

How many rookie centers have scored 40 or more points in one regular-season game?

	POSITION	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Center	4/9/2025	40	UTA	vs	POR	61	27	9	3	4	16	21	76.2	2	5	40.0	6	8	75.0	81.6	10	17	6	11	+7
2	Center	3/19/2025	43	UTA	vs	WAS	45	13	4	2	0	15	25	60.0	8	14	57.1	5	8	62.5	75.4	6	7	4	3	-1
3	Center	3/5/2025	44	UTA	@	WAS	58	18	4	1	3	18	29	62.1	3	8	37.5	5	7	71.4	68.6	7	11	2	6	+5
4	Center	4/12/2024	41	CHI	@	WAS	57	21	1	2	1	13	29	44.8	2	7	28.6	13	18	72.2	55.5	10	11	5	9	+21
5	Center	4/10/2022	46	CLE	vs	MIL	65	23	5	1	4	18	31	58.1	2	5	40.0	8	10	80.0	65.0	6	17	3	2	+15
6	Center	5/16/2021	42	OKC	vs	LAC	78	20	4	2	1	15	40	37.5	7	13	53.8	5	6	83.3	49.2	7	13	9	4	0
7	Center	4/10/2016	41	UTA	@	DEN	68	17	6	2	1	16	25	64.0	4	10	40.0	5	6	83.3	74.2	3	14	2	6	-15
8	Center	2/21/2016	41	DAL	vs	PHI	58	16	2	2	2	17	29	58.6	0	3	0.0	7	10	70.0	61.4	9	7	6	9	-9
9	Center	1/16/2016	42	PHI	vs	POR	56	16	4	0	1	17	25	68.0	1	3	33.3	7	11	63.6	70.4	1	15	4	5	+29
10	Center	3/26/2006	48	TOR	@	MIL	46	9	3	1	0	20	32	62.5	6	11	54.5	2	3	66.7	72.0	4	5	3	4	-6
11	Center	4/10/2002	52	DET	vs	CHI	94	17	2	0	7	18	32	56.3	0	0		16	18	88.9	65.1	5	12	2	10	+9
12	Center	1/21/1997	43	MIN	@	TOR	64	19	4	0	8	17	25	68.0	0	0		9	11	81.8	72.1	9	10	1	5	-2
13	Center	3/31/1996	42	POR	@	DAL	86	15	3	1	5	18	27	66.7	1	3	33.3	5	5	100.0	71.9	2	13	1	11
14	Center	3/17/1996	46	POR	vs	DAL	71	21	1	2	1	17	33	51.5	6	14	42.9	6	10	60.0	61.5	6	15	3	8
15	Center	3/24/1994	40	GSW	vs	MIL	76	23	7	1	4	17	31	54.8	0	0		6	16	37.5	52.6	10	13	9	8
16	Center	4/7/1993	50	ORL	@	CHA	72	18	3	0	3	17	33	51.5	0	0		16	21	76.2	59.2	7	11	8	11
17	Center	2/16/1993	46	ORL	@	DET	49	21	3	0	5	19	25	76.0	0	0		8	16	50.0	71.8	3	18	6	5
18	Center	2/11/1993	56	ORL	@	CHA	73	29	3	1	6	19	36	52.8	0	0		18	23	78.3	60.7	16	13	5	10
19	Center	1/23/1993	52	DAL	@	ORL	78	19	5	2	7	19	31	61.3	0	0		14	20	70.0	65.3	8	11	4	4
20	Center	1/11/1993	40	DAL	vs	CHA	64	14	5	1	6	15	30	50.0	0	0		10	15	66.7	54.6	7	7	7	10
21	Center	3/8/1992	44	ORL	vs	BOS	53	16	2	4	1	19	35	54.3	0	0		6	9	66.7	56.5	9	7	3	7
22	Center	2/3/1992	45	DEN	@	MIN	56	29	5	1	2	15	25	60.0	0	0		15	21	71.4	65.7	16	13	5	7
23	Center	1/2/1992	41	DEN	@	GSW	73	20	3	3	5	16	20	80.0	0	0		9	12	75.0	81.1	7	13	7	6
24	Center	11/2/1991	41	SAC	@	GSW	75	20	6	6	1	16	29	55.2	0	0		9	11	81.8	60.6	7	13	8	3
25	Center	4/16/1990	41	SAS	@	CHA	83	19	2	3	1	14	29	48.3	0	0		13	16	81.3	56.9	4	15	5	6