most 30 point games in the nba by a rookie since 1979

Since 1978-79, Michael Jordan has the most games by a rookie with 30+ points, with 33 games in 1984-85.

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most 30 or more point regular-season games in the NBA by a rookie since 1979

	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	33	1,207	1984-85	CHI	41.0	36.6	8.2	6.6	2.6	1.0	13.1	23.1	56.8	0.2	0.7	20.8	10.2	11.6	87.7	64.9	2.8	5.4	3.7	1,354	271	218	87	32	123	117
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	20	715	1996-97	PHI	43.3	35.8	4.7	6.7	1.9	0.2	12.4	25.0	49.6	3.4	7.4	45.6	7.6	10.3	74.1	60.6	2.0	2.7	4.4	865	93	134	37	3	88	62	-131
3	David Robinson D. Robinson	16	546	1989-90	SAS	39.3	34.1	13.8	2.4	1.5	3.9	12.2	19.5	62.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	9.8	13.0	75.0	67.7	3.9	9.9	2.9	628	220	38	24	63	46	44
4	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	15	506	1981-82	DAL	37.9	33.7	8.1	3.0			14.0	24.5	57.2	0.0			5.7	7.9	72.9	60.4			3.1	569	122	45			46	60
5	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	15	508	1981-82	DET	42.9	33.9	7.5	3.3			12.4	21.9	56.7	0.1			9.0	11.7	76.7	62.6				644	112	50				41
6	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	14	473	2010-11	LAC	41.1	33.8	13.1	5.9	0.7	0.6	13.3	21.5	61.8	0.2	0.5	42.9	7.0	10.1	69.0	65.1	3.7	9.4	2.8	575	184	83	10	9	39	45	+12
7	LeBron James L. James	13	445	2003-04	CLE	44.5	34.2	7.2	6.5	1.7	0.7	12.8	24.6	51.9	1.8	4.1	45.3	6.8	8.1	84.8	60.8	1.7	5.5	3.9	578	93	84	22	9	51	15	+34
8	Ron Harper R. Harper	13	434	1986-87	CLE	39.1	33.4	5.2	4.9	2.1	1.2	12.3	22.5	54.6	0.4	1.2	31.3	8.4	11.1	75.7	60.9	2.0	3.2	3.6	508	68	64	27	15	47	41
9	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	12	384	1979-80	NYK	40.8	32.0	9.3	2.4			11.9	18.0	66.2	0.0	0.0		8.2	9.7	84.5	71.9				489	111	29				34
10	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	11	365	2023-24	SAS	33.6	33.2	12.5	4.8	1.3	4.2	11.5	21.6	53.4	3.2	7.6	41.7	6.9	8.5	80.9	65.3	2.7	9.8	4.4	370	138	53	14	46	48	25	+51
11	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	11	359	1994-95	MIL	40.9	32.6	7.0	3.0	2.1	0.3	11.4	21.4	53.2	1.4	3.9	34.9	8.5	10.0	85.5	63.3	2.3	4.7	3.6	450	77	33	23	3	40	41
12	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	11	359	1982-83	SDC	38.9	32.6	14.4	2.3			13.4	22.4	59.8	0.0			5.9	7.5	79.3	63.6				428	158	25				48
13	Larry Bird L. Bird	11	376	1979-80	BOS	40.8	34.2	11.0	3.8	1.4	0.7	13.7	26.4	52.1	1.7	3.1	55.9	5.0	5.3	94.8	59.6			2.5	449	121	42	15	8	28	41
14	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	10	345	2003-04	DEN	40.4	34.5	5.7	2.8	1.3	0.4	12.9	22.2	58.1	1.8	3.3	54.5	6.9	8.4	82.1	66.6	1.6	4.1	3.5	404	57	28	13	4	35	38	+48
15	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	10	345	1992-93	ORL	40.1	34.5	17.1	2.0	0.7	4.1	14.1	20.5	68.8	0.0	0.0		6.3	10.4	60.6	68.8	4.9	12.2	4.3	401	171	20	7	41	43	32
16	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	10	337	1981-82	SDC	44.4	33.7	11.0	2.2		0.7	12.5	20.2	61.9	0.0	0.0		8.7	12.0	72.5	66.1			3.4	444	110	22		7	34	45
17	Trae Young T. Young	9	314	2018-19	ATL	38.1	34.9	4.2	10.9	0.6	0.3	12.0	22.3	53.7	4.6	9.9	46.1	6.3	7.0	90.5	68.6	0.7	3.6	3.8	343	38	98	5	3	34	23	+62
18	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	9	317	1988-89	GSW	39.4	35.2	7.6	5.1	1.3	0.0	13.8	23.3	59.0	0.4	1.4	30.8	7.2	8.6	84.4	65.0	2.3	5.2	3.3	355	68	46	12	0	30	22
19	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	9	301	1984-85	HOU	42.9	33.4	15.1	1.8	1.6	3.2	13.4	21.9	61.4	0.0	0.0		6.6	9.7	67.8	64.0	8.0	7.1	3.1	386	136	16	14	29	28	34
20	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	9	307	1983-84	HOU	39.7	34.1	14.1	1.8	1.2	1.8	14.1	23.4	60.2	0.0	0.0		5.9	8.2	71.6	63.0	6.1	8.0	4.3	357	127	16	11	16	39	36
21	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	9	299	1980-81	UTA	39.4	33.2	3.8	2.9		0.4	13.9	23.0	60.4	0.3	1.1	30.0	5.1	6.3	80.7	64.4				355	34	26		4		29
22	Jalen Green J. Green	8	259	2021-22	HOU	38.4	32.4	3.8	2.9	0.5	0.6	11.5	22.4	51.4	5.3	11.1	47.2	4.1	5.0	82.5	65.9	0.5	3.3	1.5	307	30	23	4	5	12	17	-12
23	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	8	260	2018-19	DAL	35.0	32.5	7.6	6.0	1.9	0.3	10.8	20.3	53.1	3.8	8.5	44.1	7.3	10.4	69.9	65.5	1.8	5.9	3.6	280	61	48	15	2	29	17	+18
24	Stephen Curry S. Curry	8	268	2009-10	GSW	44.9	33.5	6.6	9.5	2.8	0.4	11.9	20.5	57.9	3.9	6.9	56.4	5.9	6.1	95.9	72.2	1.3	5.4	4.1	360	53	76	22	3	33	17	+82
25	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	8	260	1997-98	SAS	41.6	32.5	10.8	3.4	0.6	3.1	13.1	23.0	57.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.3	8.3	75.8	61.0	2.9	7.9	3.0	333	86	27	5	25	24	22	+47

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