last player to score 40 points in the same opening night game

Aaron Gordon had 50 points against the Warriors on October 23.

Interpreted as:

last player to score 40 or more points in the same opening night game

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	10/23/2025	50	DEN	@	GSW	39	8	2	0	1	17	21	81.0	10	11	90.9	6	6	100.0	105.8	0	8	2	1	-1
2	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	10/22/2025	40	SAS	@	DAL	30	15	1	1	3	15	21	71.4	1	2	50.0	9	11	81.8	77.4	1	14	0	4	+31
3	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	10/22/2025	40	PHI	@	BOS	41	2	6	2	1	13	24	54.2	7	9	77.8	7	8	87.5	72.7	0	2	1	5	+3
4	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	10/22/2025	41	MIN	@	POR	39	7	1	0	1	14	28	50.0	5	10	50.0	8	8	100.0	65.0	1	6	4	4	+9
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	10/21/2025	43	LAL	vs	GSW	41	12	9	2	1	17	27	63.0	2	10	20.0	7	10	70.0	68.5	0	12	3	1	-8
6	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	10/20/2021	46	BOS	@	NYK	46	9	6	3	1	16	30	53.3	8	14	57.1	6	8	75.0	68.6	0	9	4	5	+16
7	James Harden J. Harden	12/26/2020	44	HOU	@	POR	43	4	17	1	0	12	21	57.1	6	13	46.2	14	16	87.5	78.5	1	3	5	1	-6
8	Terry Rozier T. Rozier	12/23/2020	42	CHA	@	CLE	38	3	2	2	1	15	23	65.2	10	16	62.5	2	4	50.0	84.8	1	2	3	5	-4
9	Ja Morant J. Morant	12/23/2020	44	MEM	vs	SAS	35	2	9	2	1	18	27	66.7	1	2	50.0	7	8	87.5	72.1	0	2	1	1	+10
10	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	10/23/2019	50	BKN	vs	MIN	38	8	7	0	1	17	33	51.5	7	14	50.0	9	10	90.0	66.8	2	6	0	4	+18
11	Kemba Walker K. Walker	10/17/2018	41	CHA	vs	MIL	39	2	4	2	0	15	29	51.7	7	13	53.8	4	5	80.0	65.7	1	1	3	0	-1
12	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	10/26/2016	40	TOR	vs	DET	34	4	1	1	0	17	27	63.0	0	2	0.0	6	6	100.0	67.5	1	3	6	1	+21
13	Anthony Davis A. Davis	10/26/2016	50	NOP	vs	DEN	41	15	5	5	4	17	34	50.0	0	2	0.0	16	17	94.1	60.3	1	14	3	4	-3
14	Stephen Curry S. Curry	10/27/2015	40	GSW	vs	NOP	36	6	7	2	0	14	26	53.8	5	12	41.7	7	7	100.0	68.8	3	3	2	1	+12
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	10/30/2013	42	OKC	@	UTA	39	6	1	3	0	9	24	37.5	2	8	25.0	22	24	91.7	60.8	0	6	5	1	+3
16	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	10/27/2010	46	GSW	vs	HOU	40	3	2	2	0	18	24	75.0	1	2	50.0	9	12	75.0	78.6	0	3	1	4	+9
17	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	10/30/2007	45	LAL	vs	HOU	43	8	4	4	1	13	32	40.6	1	3	33.3	18	27	66.7	51.3	0	8	5	4	+3
18	Jalen Rose J. Rose	10/30/2001	43	IND	@	NJN	44	6	3	1	0	18	27	66.7	2	3	66.7	5	6	83.3	72.5	1	5	3	3	+8
19	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	10/31/2000	44	DET	@	TOR	42	5	3	0	1	17	35	48.6	1	3	33.3	9	10	90.0	55.8	1	4	2	1	+16
20	Grant Hill G. Hill	11/2/1999	41	DET	@	MIA	52	9	5	0	1	16	35	45.7	1	3	33.3	8	11	72.7	51.5	3	6	4	5	0
21	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	10/31/1997	45	GSW	@	MIN	41	3	7	0	0	18	31	58.1	4	7	57.1	5	6	83.3	66.9	1	2	3	0	-16
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	11/3/1995	42	CHI	vs	CHA	39	6	7	0	0	16	29	55.2	3	7	42.9	7	9	77.8	63.7	1	5	1	4
23	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	11/5/1993	42	ORL	@	MIA	31	12	1	1	1	17	24	70.8	0	0		8	13	61.5	70.7	4	8	1	4
24	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	11/6/1992	42	ORL	vs	MIA	42	8	6	5	0	17	26	65.4	3	6	50.0	5	12	41.7	67.1	2	6	3	4
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	11/3/1989	54	CHI	vs	CLE	47	14	6	3	1	19	31	61.3	1	2	50.0	15	17	88.2	70.2	3	11	0	3