most 12 point games in the nba by a rookie

Michael Jordan, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Elvin Hayes are tied for the most games by a rookie with 12+ points, with 82 games.

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most 12 or more point regular-season games in the NBA by a rookie

	NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	82	2,313	1984-85	CHI	38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	10.2	19.8	51.5	0.1	0.6	17.3	7.7	9.1	84.5	59.2	2.0	4.5	3.5	3,144	534	481	197	69	291	285
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	82	2,361	1969-70	MIL		28.8	14.5				11.4						5.9	9.1	65.3						1,190					279
3	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	82	2,327	1968-69	SDR		28.4	17.1				11.3						5.7	9.1	62.6						1,404
4	David Robinson D. Robinson	81	1,988	1989-90	SAS	36.7	24.5	12.0	2.0	1.6	3.9	8.5	16.0	53.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	10.2	73.6	59.9	3.7	8.3	3.1	2,969	974	162	133	315	255	257
5	Walter Davis W. Davis	81	1,959	1977-78	PHX	32.0	24.2	6.0	3.4			9.7	18.4	52.6				4.8	5.8	83.0	57.7			3.5	2,590	484	273			283	242
6	Sidney Wicks S. Wicks	79	1,984	1971-72	POR	40.2	25.1	11.8	4.3			9.8	22.8	43.1				5.5	7.7	71.4	48.0				3,178	929	343				184
7	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	79	2,495	1961-62	CHI		31.6					12.3						6.9	10.8	64.3											281
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	78	1,867	1992-93	ORL	38.0	23.9	14.0	1.9	0.8	3.6	9.3	16.3	57.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.4	9.0	59.8	59.1	4.2	9.8	3.8	2,963	1,094	149	59	277	299	307
9	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	78	1,751	1979-80	NYK		22.4	8.9				8.4			0.0	0.0		5.7	7.1	80.3						698
10	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	77	1,795	2010-11	LAC	38.3	23.3	12.4	4.0	0.8	0.6	8.8	17.1	51.1	0.1	0.3	29.2	5.7	8.8	64.8	55.5	3.4	9.0	2.7	2,946	951	306	59	44	211	237	-69
11	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	77	1,981	1970-71	POR	37.3	25.7	3.5	4.7			9.9	21.9	45.3				5.8	7.6	76.9	50.9				2,874	269	363				182
12	Ron Harper R. Harper	76	1,817	1986-87	CLE	37.9	23.9	4.8	4.8	2.6	1.0	9.4	20.1	46.7	0.3	1.2	22.2	4.8	7.1	68.1	51.4	2.1	2.7	4.2	2,880	367	367	198	76	320	236
13	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	75	1,667	2003-04	DEN	37.4	22.2	6.2	2.8	1.2	0.5	8.0	18.3	43.8	0.9	2.7	31.8	5.3	6.8	78.4	52.2	2.3	4.0	3.1	2,803	468	210	88	39	236	215	+135
14	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	75	1,668	1997-98	SAS	39.8	22.2	12.1	2.8	0.7	2.5	9.1	16.3	55.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.1	6.1	67.7	58.6	3.4	8.7	3.4	2,983	907	213	49	189	254	227	+396
15	Chuck Person C. Person	75	1,488	1986-87	IND	36.7	19.8	8.5	3.6	1.1	0.2	8.1	17.1	47.5	0.7	1.8	36.8	2.9	3.9	75.9	52.8	2.2	6.3	2.6	2,752	636	271	83	15	193	284
16	Clark Kellogg C. Kellogg	75	1,581	1982-83	IND	34.5	21.1	10.9	2.8			8.8	17.8	49.5	0.1			3.4	4.6	74.6	53.2				2,589	816	211				281
17	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	75	1,507	1980-81	GSW	36.5	20.1	9.7	1.5		1.6	8.0	15.8	50.5	0.0			4.1	5.7	72.0	54.8				2,739	725	114		117		284
18	Larry Bird L. Bird	75	1,686	1979-80	BOS	36.5	22.5	10.5	4.5	1.8	0.7	8.9	18.4	48.7	0.8	1.8	42.9	3.8	4.5	84.2	55.1			3.2	2,739	785	341	132	54	243	258
19	Rick Barry R. Barry	75	2,012	1965-66	SFW	38.0	26.8	10.7	2.3			9.7	21.9	44.5				7.4	8.5	86.3	52.4				2,851	806	171				275
20	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	74	1,699	1988-89	GSW	35.4	23.0	6.1	4.3	1.1	0.2	8.5	18.0	47.4	0.4	1.2	37.2	5.5	6.7	81.3	54.8	2.1	4.1	3.5	2,617	453	320	79	13	259	207
21	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	74	1,649	1983-84	HOU	33.8	22.3	11.2	2.0	0.9	2.5	9.3	17.3	53.6	0.0	0.1	25.0	3.7	5.5	66.5	56.4	3.6	7.6	3.7	2,499	831	148	64	186	273	299
22	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	74	1,824	1970-71	ATL		24.6					9.7						5.2	6.5	79.8											219
23	Elton Brand E. Brand	73	1,555	1999-00	CHI	38.0	21.3	10.3	1.9	0.9	1.7	8.3	16.8	49.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.8	6.9	69.0	53.7	4.4	5.9	2.7	2,772	754	142	63	124	198	231	-523
24	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	73	1,509	1991-92	CHA	37.8	20.7	11.2	3.6	1.0	0.6	8.0	16.1	50.0	0.1	0.3	23.8	4.5	5.3	84.6	56.1	4.1	7.1	1.9	2,763	816	266	75	46	139	188
25	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	73	1,617	1984-85	HOU	36.6	22.2	12.3	1.4	1.2	2.8	8.8	16.1	54.9	0.0	0.0		4.5	7.2	62.3	57.5	5.7	6.6	2.9	2,673	899	102	87	201	214	298

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