most points by a atlantic division rookie in a single game

Allen Iverson has posted the most points by an Atlantic Division rookie in a game, with 50 points against the Cavaliers on April 12, 1997.

Interpreted as:

most points by a atlantic division rookie in a single regular-season game

	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	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	50	4/12/1997	PHI	@	CLE	46	5	6	2	0	17	32	53.1	5	9	55.6	11	18	61.1	62.6	2	3	9	5	-4
2	Charlie Villanueva C. Villanueva	48	3/26/2006	TOR	@	MIL	46	9	3	1	0	20	32	62.5	6	11	54.5	2	3	66.7	72.0	4	5	3	4	-6
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	46	2/16/1993	ORL	@	DET	49	21	3	0	5	19	25	76.0	0	0		8	16	50.0	71.8	3	18	6	5
4	Cliff Robinson C. Robinson	45	3/9/1980	NJN	vs	DET	36	10	4			19	28	67.9	1			6	7	85.7	72.4				3
5	Larry Bird L. Bird	45	2/13/1980	BOS	@	PHX	43	13	3	2	0	19	32	59.4	3	5	60.0	4	4	100.0	66.6	5	8	5	4
6	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	45	3/28/1973	BUF		HOU		25				20	36	55.6				5	6	83.3	58.2				5
7	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	44	4/11/1997	PHI	@	MIL	43	3	9	2	1	16	28	57.1	3	4	75.0	9	11	81.8	67.0	1	2	4	5	-7
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	44	4/7/1997	PHI	@	CHI	48	1	8	2	0	16	32	50.0	6	14	42.9	6	8	75.0	61.9	1	0	4	2	-26
9	Bernard King B. King	44	1/4/1978	NJN	vs	PHX	37	13	2	1	2	20	29	69.0				4	6	66.7	69.5	8	5	3	2
10	Derrick Coleman D. Coleman	42	2/15/1991	NJN	vs	DEN	43	14	4	4	2	14	23	60.9	0	0		14	20	70.0	66.0	5	9	2	2
11	Larry Bird L. Bird	41	3/2/1980	BOS	vs	DET	44	13	7	0	1	17	29	58.6	4	7	57.1	3	3	100.0	67.6	6	7	3	4
12	Bernard King B. King	41	11/4/1977	NJN	vs	PHI	43	14	2			16	28	57.1				9	11	81.8	62.4				3
13	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	41	3/2/1973	BUF	vs	SEA	40	11	2			14	27	51.9				13	16	81.3	60.2				5
14	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	40	4/14/1997	PHI	vs	WAS	45	6	5	1	0	15	29	51.7	6	13	46.2	4	9	44.4	60.7	3	3	5	3	-19
15	Kerry Kittles K. Kittles	40	4/13/1997	NJN	@	MIL	45	5	5	3	0	14	21	66.7	5	8	62.5	7	7	100.0	83.1	2	3	3	2	0
16	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	40	4/9/1997	PHI	vs	ATL	48	8	9	2	0	12	29	41.4	1	4	25.0	15	18	83.3	54.2	4	4	7	2	-15
17	Elmore Smith E. Smith	40	2/25/1972	BUF	vs	BOS	46	15	1			17	27	63.0				6	9	66.7	64.6				4
18	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	39	1/9/2021	PHI	vs	DEN	44	7	6	2	0	18	33	54.5	3	8	37.5	0	0		59.1	1	6	2	3	-17
19	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	39	11/21/1992	WAS	vs	UTA	41	15	5	0	0	17	24	70.8	3	6	50.0	2	5	40.0	74.4	2	13	0	1
20	Bernard King B. King	39	3/31/1978	NJN	vs	MIL	44	14	5			14	30	46.7				11	17	64.7	52.0				3
21	Bernard King B. King	39	11/19/1977	NJN	@	ATL	39	9	2			15	25	60.0				9	12	75.0	64.4				5
22	Bernard King B. King	39	11/2/1977	NJN	vs	LAL	44	7	2	1	0	16	25	64.0				7	7	100.0	69.4	5	2	4	5
23	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	39	2/21/1977	BUF	vs	IND	45	13	3	1	0	13	22	59.1				13	14	92.9	69.2				5
24	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	39	3/27/1973	BUF		HOU		15				16						7	9	77.8
25	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	39	3/25/1973	BUF	@	POR	52	17	3			15	27	55.6				9	10	90.0	62.1				6