most games with 30 points by a rookie in the last 40 years

Between May 29, 1985 and May 29, 2025, Allen Iverson has the most games by a rookie with 30+ points, with 20 games in 1996-97.

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most games with 30 or more points by a rookie in the last 40 years

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	8	265	1992-93	CHA	37.0	33.1	12.3	1.5	0.4	3.0	12.5	18.1	69.0	0.0	0.0		8.1	10.0	81.3	73.5	4.9	7.4	2.6	296	98	12	3	24	21	23
17	Lionel Simmons L. Simmons	8	272	1990-91	SAC	39.6	34.0	11.4	4.4	1.9	0.6	13.8	25.3	54.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.5	8.8	74.3	58.4	2.5	8.9	2.8	317	91	35	15	5	22	25
18	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	7	248	2017-18	UTA	36.8	35.4	3.1	3.7	2.6	0.1	13.0	23.9	54.5	4.1	9.7	42.6	5.3	6.4	82.2	66.4	0.3	2.9	3.4	258	22	26	18	1	24	15	+22
19	O.J. Mayo	7	222	2008-09	MEM	41.5	31.7	4.4	3.7	1.9	0.1	12.1	21.6	56.3	3.4	6.0	57.1	4.0	4.4	90.3	67.4	0.3	4.1	2.1	290	31	26	13	1	15	19	-16
20	Kevin Durant K. Durant	7	241	2007-08	SEA	41.3	34.4	7.3	3.4	1.3	1.6	12.4	22.0	56.5	1.4	3.6	40.0	8.1	9.3	87.7	66.0	1.4	5.9	4.3	289	51	24	9	11	30	15	+26
21	Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	7	236	1993-94	DAL	38.3	33.7	5.9	3.3	1.6	0.0	13.4	23.9	56.3	1.7	3.9	44.4	5.1	7.7	66.7	61.9	1.4	4.4	2.4	268	41	23	11	0	17	18
22	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	6	185	2022-23	ORL	35.7	30.8	9.2	4.2	1.0	0.8	10.3	21.0	49.2	2.2	5.0	43.3	8.0	9.2	87.3	61.6	1.2	8.0	2.7	214	55	25	6	5	16	16	+8
23	Devin Booker D. Booker	6	197	2015-16	PHX	40.6	32.8	2.8	3.2	0.5	0.3	11.3	22.7	50.0	3.2	7.3	43.2	7.0	8.2	85.7	62.5	0.2	2.7	3.7	244	17	19	3	2	22	20	-71
24	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	6	189	2008-09	OKC	39.1	31.5	5.5	6.3	1.2	0.0	10.7	21.2	50.4	1.3	3.3	40.0	8.8	10.3	85.5	61.3	3.0	2.5	4.3	235	33	38	7	0	26	13	-35
25	Elton Brand E. Brand	6	205	1999-00	CHI	41.2	34.2	11.2	2.0	0.8	2.2	13.0	20.7	62.9	0.0	0.0		8.2	10.7	76.6	67.4	5.7	5.5	2.5	247	67	12	5	13	15	17	-51