most 50point games by a rookie big man since 2000

Since 1999-00, 25 players are tied for the most games by a rookie big man, with 82 games. The first three are Chet Holmgren in 2023-24, Marquese Chriss in 2016-17 and Karl-Anthony Towns in 2015-16.

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most 50point regular-season games by a rookie big man since 2000

	NAME	GP	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	82	2023-24	OKC	29.4	16.5	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	6.2	11.6	53.0	1.6	4.3	37.0	2.7	3.4	79.3	63.2	1.6	6.3	1.6	2,413	1,357	648	200	53	190	131	197	+422
2	Marquese Chriss M. Chriss	82	2016-17	PHX	21.3	9.2	4.2	0.7	0.8	0.9	3.5	7.7	44.9	0.9	2.7	32.1	1.4	2.2	62.4	52.9	1.2	3.1	1.3	1,743	753	348	60	67	70	108	263	-380
3	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	82	2015-16	MIN	32.0	18.3	10.5	2.0	0.7	1.7	7.6	14.1	54.2	0.4	1.1	34.1	2.7	3.4	81.1	59.0	2.8	7.7	2.2	2,627	1,503	858	161	58	138	183	245	-131
4	Nikola Mirotic N. Mirotic	82	2014-15	CHI	20.2	10.2	4.9	1.2	0.7	0.7	3.1	7.6	40.5	1.2	3.8	31.6	2.8	3.5	80.3	55.6	0.8	4.2	1.1	1,654	833	404	97	54	54	89	172	+171
5	Cody Zeller C. Zeller	82	2013-14	CHA	17.3	6.0	4.3	1.1	0.5	0.5	2.1	4.9	42.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.4	73.0	49.8	1.4	2.9	1.1	1,417	490	353	92	40	41	87	170	-87
6	Omer Asik O. Asik	82	2010-11	CHI	12.1	2.8	3.7	0.4	0.2	0.7	1.0	1.7	55.3	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.8	50.3	55.9	1.4	2.4	0.8	989	229	306	32	20	56	64	153	+233
7	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	82	2010-11	LAC	38.0	22.5	12.1	3.8	0.8	0.5	8.5	16.8	50.6	0.1	0.3	29.2	5.4	8.5	64.2	54.9	3.3	8.8	2.7	3,112	1,845	989	312	63	45	223	252	-146
8	DeJuan Blair D. Blair	82	2009-10	SAS	18.2	7.8	6.4	0.8	0.6	0.5	3.4	6.0	55.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	2.0	54.7	56.4	2.4	4.0	1.4	1,494	638	526	65	50	39	112	224	+101
9	Taj Gibson T. Gibson	82	2009-10	CHI	26.9	9.0	7.5	0.9	0.6	1.3	3.8	7.7	49.4	0.0	0.0		1.4	2.1	64.6	52.1	2.8	4.7	1.4	2,204	735	611	70	50	104	114	282	-61
10	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	82	2008-09	MEM	30.7	11.9	7.4	1.7	0.8	1.1	4.3	8.1	53.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	4.6	73.3	59.0	2.5	4.9	2.0	2,521	975	605	143	63	90	164	265	-337
11	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	82	2008-09	NJN	30.5	13.0	8.1	1.0	0.5	1.8	5.5	10.3	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	2.6	79.3	56.8	2.7	5.4	1.8	2,501	1,068	665	86	44	151	147	257	-104
12	Luc Mbah a Moute L. Mbah a Moute	82	2008-09	MIL	25.8	7.2	5.9	1.1	1.1	0.5	2.8	6.0	46.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.7	2.3	72.9	51.6	2.3	3.6	1.2	2,114	594	487	87	87	45	100	204	-32
13	Jason Thompson J. Thompson	82	2008-09	SAC	28.1	11.1	7.4	1.1	0.6	0.7	4.3	8.7	49.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	3.5	69.2	54.0	2.9	4.5	1.8	2,303	910	606	93	46	59	146	314	-291
14	Luis Scola L. Scola	82	2007-08	HOU	24.7	10.3	6.4	1.3	0.7	0.2	4.2	8.2	51.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	2.9	66.8	54.8	2.1	4.3	1.3	2,024	847	525	106	60	19	105	235	+165
15	Paul Millsap P. Millsap	82	2006-07	UTA	18.0	6.8	5.2	0.8	0.8	0.9	2.5	4.9	52.5	0.0	0.0	33.3	1.7	2.5	67.3	57.1	2.2	2.9	1.1	1,472	559	423	62	67	74	94	236	+145
16	Craig Smith C. Smith	82	2006-07	MIN	18.7	7.4	5.1	0.6	0.6	0.2	3.0	5.6	53.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.4	2.3	62.4	55.8	1.8	3.3	0.9	1,537	608	416	49	51	18	74	223	-131
17	Andrew Bogut A. Bogut	82	2005-06	MIL	28.6	9.4	7.0	2.3	0.6	0.8	3.9	7.4	53.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	2.4	62.9	55.5	2.3	4.7	1.5	2,348	768	573	192	49	68	125	259	+77
18	Matt Bonner M. Bonner	82	2004-05	TOR	18.9	7.2	3.5	0.6	0.5	0.2	3.0	5.6	53.3	0.5	1.1	42.4	0.7	0.9	78.9	59.6	1.3	2.2	0.5	1,553	589	285	48	39	19	40	220	-44
19	Nick Collison N. Collison	82	2004-05	SEA	17.0	5.6	4.6	0.4	0.4	0.6	2.3	4.3	53.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.4	70.3	57.0	1.9	2.7	0.8	1,396	463	376	32	34	50	62	252	+97
20	Dwight Howard D. Howard	82	2004-05	ORL	32.6	12.0	10.0	0.9	0.9	1.7	4.3	8.3	52.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	5.0	67.1	57.1	3.5	6.5	2.0	2,670	981	823	75	77	136	165	232	-179
21	Chris Kaman C. Kaman	82	2003-04	LAC	22.5	6.1	5.6	1.0	0.3	0.9	2.4	5.3	46.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	1.7	69.7	50.2	1.5	4.1	1.9	1,843	499	461	85	23	73	155	211	-212
22	Yao Ming Y. Ming	82	2002-03	HOU	29.0	13.5	8.2	1.7	0.4	1.8	4.9	9.8	49.8	0.0	0.0	50.0	3.7	4.5	81.1	57.0	2.4	5.8	2.1	2,382	1,104	675	137	31	147	173	230	+142
23	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	82	2002-03	PHX	31.3	13.5	8.8	1.0	0.8	1.1	4.8	10.1	47.2	0.0	0.1	20.0	3.9	5.9	66.1	53.0	3.0	5.7	2.3	2,570	1,106	721	78	62	87	189	269	+8
24	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	82	2001-02	MEM	36.7	17.6	8.9	2.7	0.5	2.1	6.7	13.0	51.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.1	5.8	70.9	56.6	2.9	6.0	2.7	3,007	1,441	730	223	41	169	224	195	-310
25	Troy Murphy T. Murphy	82	2001-02	GSW	17.7	5.9	3.9	0.9	0.4	0.3	2.2	5.2	42.1	0.0	0.1	33.3	1.5	1.9	77.6	48.8	1.2	2.7	1.0	1,448	480	322	70	36	21	84	217	-198

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Since 1999-00, 25 players are tied for the most games by a rookie big man, with 82 games. The first three are Chet Holmgren in 2023-24, Marquese Chriss in 2016-17 and Karl-Anthony Towns in 2015-16.

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