most field goals attempted in a game by a rookie since 1972

Since 1971-72, Mark Aguirre has the most shot attempts by a rookie in a game, with 40 attempts versus the Warriors on November 14, 1981.

Interpreted as:

most field goals attempted in a regular-season game by a rookie since 1972

	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	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	40	11/14/1981	DAL	vs	GSW	41	42	8	1	0	1	18	45.0	2	5	40.0	4	8	50.0	48.3	7	1	2	5
2	GG Jackson	36	4/14/2024	MEM	vs	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
3	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	36	3/23/2018	UTA	@	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
4	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	36	3/28/1973	BUF		HOU		45	25				20	55.6				5	6	83.3	58.2				5
5	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	34	11/14/2009	MIL	vs	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
6	Bernard King B. King	34	1/17/1978	NJN	@	MIL	44	35	14	3	1	2	16	47.1				3	4	75.0	48.9				5
7	John Drew J. Drew	34	10/18/1974	ATL	@	CHI	42	32	12	3	4	0	13	38.2				6	9	66.7	42.1	6	6		3
8	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	33	1/9/2021	PHI	vs	DEN	44	39	7	6	2	0	18	54.5	3	8	37.5	0	0		59.1	1	6	2	3	-17
9	Trae Young T. Young	33	3/1/2019	ATL	vs	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
10	Dennis Scott D. Scott	33	3/18/1991	ORL	@	PHI	41	22	6	5	2	0	8	24.2	0	7	0.0	6	8	75.0	30.1	2	4	5	3
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	33	12/27/1984	CHI	vs	CLE	44	45	7	11	3	0	20	60.6	0	1	0.0	5	5	100.0	63.9	2	5	3	1
12	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	33	12/15/1981	DAL	@	WAS	39	31	13	0			12	36.4	0	0		7	9	77.8	41.9			3	4
13	Bernard King B. King	33	12/16/1977	NJN	vs	CLE	39	26	7	1	2	0	10	30.3				6	7	85.7	36.0	1	6	2	2
14	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	33	2/23/1973	BUF	vs	PHX	45	34	16	2			16	48.5				2	2	100.0	50.2				1
15	Sidney Wicks S. Wicks	33	3/16/1972	POR	@	GSW	43	28	16	3			12	36.4				4	7	57.1	38.8				4
16	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	32	2/27/2009	OKC	@	DAL	47	33	8	5	2	0	11	34.4	2	6	33.3	9	10	90.0	45.3	5	3	4	2	-6
17	Charlie Villanueva C. Villanueva	32	3/26/2006	TOR	@	MIL	46	48	9	3	1	0	20	62.5	6	11	54.5	2	3	66.7	72.0	4	5	3	4	-6
18	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	32	4/12/1997	PHI	@	CLE	46	50	5	6	2	0	17	53.1	5	9	55.6	11	18	61.1	62.6	2	3	9	5	-4
19	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	32	4/7/1997	PHI	@	CHI	48	44	1	8	2	0	16	50.0	6	14	42.9	6	8	75.0	61.9	1	0	4	2	-26
20	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	32	2/12/1991	DEN	@	ORL	36	35	4	7	3	0	16	50.0	0	5	0.0	3	4	75.0	51.8	1	3	4	4
21	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	32	12/29/1990	DEN	@	WAS	35	32	2	4	3	0	16	50.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		50.0	0	2	3	1
22	Larry Bird L. Bird	32	2/13/1980	BOS	@	PHX	43	45	13	3	2	0	19	59.4	3	5	60.0	4	4	100.0	66.6	5	8	5	4
23	Bernard King B. King	32	2/26/1978	NJN	vs	BOS	48	25	10	2			10	31.3				5	6	83.3	36.1				3
24	Bernard King B. King	32	12/7/1977	NJN	vs	SAS	45	36	12	5	4	0	15	46.9				6	7	85.7	51.3				5
25	Scoot Henderson S. Henderson	31	1/14/2024	POR	vs	PHX	40	33	7	9	3	0	11	35.5	4	9	44.4	7	9	77.8	47.2	4	3	3	3	-12