most field goals attempted in a game by a rookie since 1969

Since 1968-69, Elvin Hayes has the most attempted shots by a rookie in a game, with 45 attempts against the Pistons on November 13, 1968.

Interpreted as:
most field goals attempted in a regular-season game by a rookie since 1969
NAME FGA DATE TM OPP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK FGM FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
45
11/13/1968
SDR SDR
vs
DET DET
48
54
22
20
44.4
14
17
82.4
51.4
2
2 Mark Aguirre
M. Aguirre
40
11/14/1981
DAL DAL
vs
GSW GSW
41
42
8
1
0
1
18
45.0
2
5
40.0
4
8
50.0
48.3
7
1
2
5
3 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
40
2/8/1969
SDR SDR
@
DET DET
53
28
24
0
13
32.5
2
4
50.0
33.5
4
4 GG Jackson
GG Jackson
36
4/14/2024
MEM MEM
vs
DEN DEN
44
44
12
1
2
1
17
47.2
4
13
30.8
6
7
85.7
56.3
6
6
3
1
-13
5 Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
36
3/23/2018
UTA UTA
@
SAS SAS
44
35
3
3
4
0
14
38.9
4
13
30.8
3
5
60.0
45.8
0
3
4
2
-10
6 Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
36
3/28/1973
BUF BUF
HOU HOU
45
25
20
55.6
5
6
83.3
58.2
5
7 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
36
3/15/1969
SDR SDR
PHX PHX
48
39
13
0
18
50.0
3
5
60.0
51.0
3
8 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
36
3/11/1969
SDR SDR
vs
PHX PHX
48
33
18
5
15
41.7
3
5
60.0
43.2
4
9 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
36
11/22/1968
SDR SDR
vs
SEA SEA
47
45
18
1
19
52.8
7
8
87.5
56.9
3
10 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
35
11/1/1969
MIL MIL
@
NYK NYK
48
36
27
1
15
42.9
6
11
54.5
45.2
3
11 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
35
1/29/1969
SDR SDR
vs
LAL LAL
48
40
13
1
16
45.7
8
10
80.0
50.8
4
12 Brandon Jennings
B. Jennings
34
11/14/2009
MIL MIL
vs
GSW GSW
41
55
5
5
0
0
21
61.8
7
8
87.5
6
8
75.0
73.3
1
4
4
1
+11
13 Bernard King
B. King
34
1/17/1978
NJN NJN
@
MIL MIL
44
35
14
3
1
2
16
47.1
3
4
75.0
48.9
5
14 John Drew
J. Drew
34
10/18/1974
ATL ATL
@
CHI CHI
42
32
12
3
4
0
13
38.2
6
9
66.7
42.1
6
6
3
15 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
34
1/14/1970
MIL MIL
vs
LAL LAL
48
46
24
6
18
52.9
10
17
58.8
55.4
3
16 Tyrese Maxey
T. Maxey
33
1/9/2021
PHI PHI
vs
DEN DEN
44
39
7
6
2
0
18
54.5
3
8
37.5
0
0
59.1
1
6
2
3
-17
17 Trae Young
T. Young
33
3/1/2019
ATL ATL
vs
CHI CHI
56
49
8
16
1
1
17
51.5
6
13
46.2
9
11
81.8
64.7
1
7
9
2
-9
18 Dennis Scott
D. Scott
33
3/18/1991
ORL ORL
@
PHI PHI
41
22
6
5
2
0
8
24.2
0
7
0.0
6
8
75.0
30.1
2
4
5
3
19 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
33
12/27/1984
CHI CHI
vs
CLE CLE
44
45
7
11
3
0
20
60.6
0
1
0.0
5
5
100.0
63.9
2
5
3
1
20 Jay Vincent
J. Vincent
33
12/15/1981
DAL DAL
@
WAS WAS
39
31
13
0
12
36.4
0
0
7
9
77.8
41.9
3
4
21 Bernard King
B. King
33
12/16/1977
NJN NJN
vs
CLE CLE
39
26
7
1
2
0
10
30.3
6
7
85.7
36.0
1
6
2
2
22 Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
33
2/23/1973
BUF BUF
vs
PHX PHX
45
34
16
2
16
48.5
2
2
100.0
50.2
1
23 Sidney Wicks
S. Wicks
33
3/16/1972
POR POR
@
GSW GSW
43
28
16
3
12
36.4
4
7
57.1
38.8
4
24 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
33
11/29/1969
MIL MIL
vs
PHI PHI
43
23
22
8
11
33.3
1
5
20.0
32.7
2
25 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
33
12/11/1968
SDR SDR
@
CIN CIN
48
35
20
4
15
45.5
5
9
55.6
47.3
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for field-goal attempts going back to the 1982-83 season.

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14
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50
32
.610
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