most 20 point games by a rookie since 1980

Since 1979-80, Michael Jordan has the most games by a rookie with 20+ points, with 73 games in 1984-85.

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most 20 or more point regular-season games by a rookie since 1980

	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	73	2,170	1984-85	CHI	38.8	29.7	6.8	5.8	2.5	0.8	10.7	20.3	52.8	0.1	0.7	18.8	8.2	9.6	85.1	60.6	2.1	4.7	3.6	2,830	495	427	181	58	266	260
2	David Robinson D. Robinson	62	1,666	1989-90	SAS	37.0	26.9	12.2	1.9	1.6	3.9	9.4	17.0	55.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	10.8	74.4	61.9	3.9	8.3	3.2	2,294	757	116	97	239	198	195
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	60	1,568	1992-93	ORL	38.4	26.1	14.5	1.9	0.8	3.5	10.2	17.3	58.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.8	9.4	61.6	61.0	4.5	10.0	3.7	2,302	870	116	45	209	224	230
4	Ron Harper R. Harper	59	1,551	1986-87	CLE	38.5	26.3	4.9	4.8	2.7	1.1	10.3	20.8	49.3	0.3	1.2	25.0	5.4	7.9	68.4	54.0	2.0	3.0	4.2	2,273	292	282	158	64	248	183
5	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	55	1,443	2010-11	LAC	38.9	26.2	12.9	4.3	0.8	0.5	9.9	18.0	54.8	0.1	0.4	35.0	6.4	9.7	65.4	58.8	3.6	9.3	2.6	2,140	710	238	42	28	142	168	+58
6	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	54	1,382	1994-95	MIL	39.1	25.6	6.9	2.7	1.6	0.3	9.3	19.3	48.0	1.3	3.7	34.8	5.8	7.2	80.6	57.0	2.4	4.4	3.8	2,114	370	146	84	16	203	165
7	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	53	1,373	1982-83	SDC	37.6	25.9	11.2	2.6			10.6	19.8	53.7	0.0			4.6	6.5	70.8	57.1				1,994	595	136				226
8	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	53	1,408	1981-82	DAL	37.2	26.6	7.8	2.4			11.0	21.3	51.7	0.0			4.5	6.2	73.3	55.3			2.6	1,970	416	127			137	208
9	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	53	1,342	1979-80	NYK	40.4	25.3	9.6	2.1			9.5	16.2	58.3	0.0	0.0		6.4	8.1	79.6	64.0				2,139	509	111				178
10	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	50	1,268	1997-98	SAS	40.6	25.4	12.3	3.0	0.8	2.4	10.3	17.7	58.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.7	6.7	70.4	61.4	3.7	8.6	3.3	2,028	613	149	41	121	163	148	+388
11	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	50	1,343	1981-82	DET	39.6	26.9	5.7	3.6			9.6	17.6	54.4	0.1			7.6	9.4	81.2	61.8				1,979	286	180				151
12	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	50	1,278	1980-81	UTA	38.4	25.6	4.1	2.6		0.5	10.9	21.3	51.4	0.1			3.6	4.7	75.1	54.7				1,918	203	132		24		140
13	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	49	1,285	2003-04	DEN	38.5	26.2	6.1	2.9	1.3	0.5	9.5	19.4	48.8	1.0	2.6	37.2	6.3	7.8	80.9	57.4	2.3	3.8	3.2	1,886	297	144	62	26	157	144	+185
14	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	49	1,248	1983-84	HOU	36.1	25.5	11.8	2.2	0.9	2.7	10.6	18.4	57.4	0.0	0.0	50.0	4.3	6.4	67.0	59.9	3.9	8.0	3.8	1,768	579	109	44	131	184	214
15	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	48	1,383	1996-97	PHI	42.2	28.8	4.3	7.6	2.1	0.3	10.1	21.9	45.9	2.6	6.6	39.4	6.1	8.4	72.1	56.2	1.7	2.6	4.5	2,025	204	363	101	16	218	147	-297
16	Clark Kellogg C. Kellogg	48	1,150	1982-83	IND	35.5	24.0	12.0	3.0			10.0	18.7	53.3	0.1			3.9	5.2	76.2	57.1				1,704	577	146				192
17	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	47	1,252	1988-89	GSW	37.2	26.6	6.3	4.5	1.1	0.2	9.9	19.3	51.4	0.5	1.3	37.7	6.3	7.6	82.6	58.8	2.0	4.3	3.4	1,747	298	211	52	8	158	120
18	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	47	1,216	1984-85	HOU	38.6	25.9	13.5	1.5	1.3	3.0	10.4	18.1	57.8	0.0	0.0		5.0	7.8	64.1	60.2	6.6	6.9	3.3	1,814	634	71	63	142	153	188
19	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	46	1,205	2017-18	UTA	35.5	26.2	3.7	3.7	1.6	0.2	9.7	19.6	49.2	3.0	8.0	37.7	3.9	4.8	80.6	60.2	0.8	3.0	2.7	1,631	172	169	74	10	123	115	+346
20	Larry Bird L. Bird	46	1,223	1979-80	BOS	38.1	26.6	10.6	4.5	1.7	0.6	10.5	20.3	51.7	1.0	2.2	48.5	4.5	5.2	86.7	58.7			3.3	1,751	486	208	76	29	151	152
21	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	45	1,156	1992-93	CHA	36.0	25.7	10.7	0.7	0.4	3.2	8.9	16.1	55.6	0.0	0.0		7.8	9.7	80.9	63.2	3.9	6.8	2.9	1,621	481	33	16	142	130	159
22	Kevin Durant K. Durant	44	1,104	2007-08	SEA	36.9	25.1	5.1	2.9	1.0	1.0	9.4	18.8	49.8	1.0	2.7	36.1	5.3	6.1	87.4	58.3	1.0	4.1	3.0	1,625	225	127	46	45	134	69	-197
23	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	43	1,101	2018-19	DAL	33.5	25.6	8.1	6.2	1.1	0.3	8.3	17.6	47.5	2.6	7.4	35.3	6.3	8.4	74.4	60.1	1.3	6.8	3.6	1,439	349	265	49	11	153	97	+6
24	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	42	1,033	1991-92	CHA	39.2	24.6	11.5	3.9	1.1	0.7	9.5	18.1	52.4	0.1	0.4	17.6	5.6	6.5	85.4	58.7	4.6	7.0	2.0	1,648	485	165	47	29	86	97
25	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	41	1,079	2023-24	SAS	30.4	26.3	11.1	3.8	1.4	3.9	9.5	19.0	49.8	2.2	6.3	35.7	5.1	6.3	80.7	60.3	2.4	8.7	3.7	1,248	456	155	57	160	153	88	-29

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