most point scored in first nba debut game by a rookie since 2023

Since 2022-23, VJ Edgecombe has the most points by a rookie in his first game, with 34 points versus the Celtics last Wednesday.

	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	VJ Edgecombe	34	10/22/2025	PHI	@	BOS	42	7	3	1	0	13	26	50.0	5	13	38.5	3	6	50.0	59.4	1	6	2	1	-2
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	17	10/22/2025	NOP	@	MEM	18	0	2	0	0	7	10	70.0	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	75.1	0	0	2	2	-10
8	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
9	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	16	10/22/2025	WAS	@	MIL	26	5	2	1	1	5	11	45.5	4	8	50.0	2	2	100.0	67.3	2	3	4	1	-8
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	Dylan Harper D. Harper	15	10/22/2025	SAS	@	DAL	23	4	2	0	0	7	14	50.0	1	2	50.0	0	2	0.0	50.4	1	3	4	5	+5
14	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
15	Egor Dëmin E. Dëmin	14	10/22/2025	BKN	@	CHA	22	5	2	1	0	4	6	66.7	4	6	66.7	2	2	100.0	101.7	0	5	2	3	-6
16	Cedric Coward C. Coward	14	10/22/2025	MEM	vs	NOP	22	3	1	2	1	5	5	100.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	103.6	0	3	0	2	+24
17	Tolu Smith T. Smith	14	4/13/2025	DET	@	MIL	22	8	0	0	0	6	9	66.7	0	0		2	3	66.7	67.8	4	4	2	3	+7
18	Orlando Robinson O. Robinson	14	11/18/2022	MIA	@	WAS	32	7	0	1	1	6	10	60.0	0	2	0.0	2	3	66.7	61.8	1	6	1	5	-2
19	Andrew Nembhard A. Nembhard	14	10/21/2022	IND	vs	SAS	30	3	3	2	0	5	12	41.7	2	7	28.6	2	2	100.0	54.3	1	2	0	4	+11
20	Jalen Duren J. Duren	14	10/19/2022	DET	vs	ORL	22	10	1	0	3	7	13	53.8	0	0		0	4	0.0	47.4	5	5	3	0	+7
21	Brandon Miller B. Miller	13	10/25/2023	CHA	vs	ATL	25	3	2	0	0	5	9	55.6	3	7	42.9	0	0		72.2	0	3	1	3	-13
22	Cason Wallace C. Wallace	13	10/25/2023	OKC	@	CHI	19	2	1	0	1	5	5	100.0	3	3	100.0	0	0		130.0	0	2	1	3	+9
23	Yves Missi Y. Missi	12	10/23/2024	NOP	vs	CHI	23	7	1	1	3	5	8	62.5	0	0		2	2	100.0	67.6	3	4	1	2	+4
24	Walker Kessler W. Kessler	12	10/19/2022	UTA	vs	DEN	24	10	1	1	0	5	5	100.0	0	0		2	6	33.3	78.5	2	8	1	2	+12
25	Shaedon Sharpe S. Sharpe	12	10/19/2022	POR	@	SAC	16	2	1	0	0	4	6	66.7	3	3	100.0	1	2	50.0	87.2	0	2	0	2	+8