most nba points in first game by a rookie since 2019

Since 2018-19, Paolo Banchero, Chris Duarte and P.J. Washington Jr. are tied for the most points by a rookie in their first game, with 27 points.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	27	10/19/2022	ORL	@	DET	35	9	5	0	2	11	18	61.1	0	0		5	7	71.4	64.0	2	7	4	5	+2
2	Chris Duarte C. Duarte	27	10/20/2021	IND	@	CHA	33	5	1	1	0	9	15	60.0	6	9	66.7	3	3	100.0	82.7	0	5	1	4	+7
3	P.J. Washington Jr.	27	10/23/2019	CHA	vs	CHI	38	4	1	1	1	9	17	52.9	7	11	63.6	2	2	100.0	75.5	1	3	4	2	+8
4	Kendrick Nunn K. Nunn	24	10/23/2019	MIA	vs	MEM	27	2	3	2	0	10	18	55.6	1	2	50.0	3	3	100.0	62.1	0	2	1	5	+27
5	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	22	1/22/2020	NOP	vs	SAS	18	7	3	0	0	8	11	72.7	4	4	100.0	2	4	50.0	86.2	2	5	5	1	+3
6	RJ Barrett	21	10/23/2019	NYK	@	SAS	37	5	2	2	0	9	13	69.2	1	3	33.3	2	4	50.0	71.1	0	5	3	3	-2
7	Daeqwon Plowden D. Plowden	19	1/15/2025	ATL	@	CHI	25	4	0	0	0	7	8	87.5	5	6	83.3	0	0		118.8	3	1	1	4	+9
8	Keegan Murray K. Murray	19	10/22/2022	SAC	vs	LAC	33	5	2	0	2	7	10	70.0	3	6	50.0	2	2	100.0	87.3	1	4	2	3	-4
9	Jaden Ivey J. Ivey	19	10/19/2022	DET	vs	ORL	32	3	4	3	0	8	15	53.3	2	4	50.0	1	1	100.0	61.5	1	2	2	3	-4
10	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	19	10/19/2022	IND	vs	WAS	28	7	2	2	0	7	15	46.7	3	7	42.9	2	5	40.0	55.2	2	5	3	3	+9
11	James Wiseman J. Wiseman	19	12/22/2020	GSW	@	BKN	24	6	0	2	0	7	13	53.8	1	1	100.0	4	8	50.0	57.5	1	5	1	2	-10
12	Jaxson Hayes J. Hayes	19	10/28/2019	NOP	vs	GSW	24	3	1	1	1	9	11	81.8	0	1	0.0	1	3	33.3	77.1	1	2	0	3	0
13	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	18	10/17/2018	PHX	vs	DAL	36	10	6	1	1	8	11	72.7	0	0		2	2	100.0	75.8	1	9	0	2	+17
14	Jabari Smith Jr. J. Smith Jr.	17	10/19/2022	HOU	@	ATL	33	7	1	0	0	6	17	35.3	3	11	27.3	2	2	100.0	47.5	1	6	0	4	-9
15	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	17	10/20/2021	CLE	@	MEM	38	9	6	1	1	7	13	53.8	1	2	50.0	2	3	66.7	59.4	0	9	0	2	-18
16	Coby White C. White	17	10/23/2019	CHI	@	CHA	27	3	7	0	0	6	13	46.2	1	4	25.0	4	5	80.0	55.9	0	3	1	2	+6
17	Damion Baugh D. Baugh	16	2/12/2025	CHA	@	ORL	27	5	3	1	0	5	8	62.5	2	4	50.0	4	4	100.0	82.0	0	5	2	3	-17
18	Dereck Lively II D. Lively II	16	10/25/2023	DAL	@	SAS	31	10	1	1	1	7	8	87.5	0	0		2	3	66.7	85.8	5	5	1	4	+20
19	RaiQuan Gray R. Gray	16	4/9/2023	BKN	vs	PHI	35	9	7	0	1	6	12	50.0	2	5	40.0	2	2	100.0	62.1	3	6	4	5	-14
20	Elijah Bryant E. Bryant	16	5/16/2021	MIL	@	CHI	32	6	3	0	1	6	13	46.2	1	5	20.0	3	3	100.0	55.9	2	4	4	4	+11
21	Patrick Williams P. Williams	16	12/23/2020	CHI	vs	ATL	33	4	1	1	1	5	11	45.5	1	3	33.3	5	6	83.3	58.7	0	4	0	2	-23
22	Chris Clemons C. Clemons	16	11/3/2019	HOU	@	MIA	22	3	1	0	1	5	10	50.0	4	9	44.4	2	2	100.0	73.5	2	1	2	3	-5
23	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	15	10/25/2023	SAS	vs	DAL	23	5	2	2	1	6	9	66.7	3	5	60.0	0	1	0.0	79.4	0	5	5	5	0
24	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	15	12/23/2020	MIN	vs	DET	25	4	4	0	0	5	12	41.7	1	5	20.0	4	4	100.0	54.5	2	2	1	1	+4
25	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	15	10/31/2019	DEN	@	NOP	21	4	1	0	0	5	8	62.5	1	3	33.3	4	6	66.7	70.5	1	3	1	2	+1