most points by a midwestern division rookie in a single game

Hakeem Olajuwon and Mark Aguirre are tied for the most points by a Midwest Division rookie in a game, with 42 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a midwestern 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	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	42	12/6/1984	HOU	@	GSW	45	13	0	0	5	18	22	81.8	0	0		6	9	66.7	80.9	5	8	3	4
2	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	42	11/14/1981	DAL	vs	GSW	41	8	1	0	1	18	40	45.0	2	5	40.0	4	8	50.0	48.3	7	1	2	5
3	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	41	3/30/2004	DEN	vs	SEA	44	5	0	2	1	19	29	65.5	2	3	66.7	1	1	100.0	69.6	0	5	4	5	+3
4	David Robinson D. Robinson	41	3/2/1990	SAS	vs	GSW	41	17	2	3	5	12	21	57.1	0	0		17	22	77.3	66.8	5	12	4	5
5	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	41	2/8/1984	HOU	@	PHI	38	12	0	3	4	16	26	61.5	0	0		9	10	90.0	67.4	6	6	5	4
6	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	41	12/29/1981	DAL	vs	KCK	37	8	2	2	0	15	22	68.2	0	0		11	15	73.3	71.7			4	4
7	Dennis Scott D. Scott	40	3/8/1991	ORL	vs	DEN	32	3	3	0	1	16	22	72.7	4	5	80.0	4	4	100.0	84.2	0	3	3	3
8	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	40	2/16/1982	DAL	@	NYK	33	10	3			17	22	77.3	0			6	7	85.7	79.7			4	1
9	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	40	3/19/1971	DET	vs	BUF						17						6	8	75.0					3
10	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	39	2/2/2004	DEN	vs	POR	34	3	0	3	0	14	22	63.6	1	2	50.0	10	14	71.4	69.2	1	2	2	3	+14
11	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	39	2/3/1992	DEN	@	MIN	45	21	4	1	2	12	21	57.1	0	0		15	21	71.4	64.5	13	8	2	3
12	David Robinson D. Robinson	39	3/20/1990	SAS	@	SEA	35	11	4	0	7	13	17	76.5	0	0		13	13	100.0	85.8	3	8	3	3
13	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	38	4/11/1995	DAL	@	HOU	49	11	10	3	0	12	27	44.4	8	12	66.7	6	10	60.0	60.5	4	7	3	4
14	David Robinson D. Robinson	38	2/28/1990	SAS	@	GSW	44	17	2	0	2	16	29	55.2	0	0		6	11	54.5	56.1	11	6	2	3
15	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	38	2/12/1982	DAL	vs	SEA	38	16	1	1	1	16	27	59.3	0	0		6	10	60.0	60.5	5	11	3	3
16	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	38	2/13/1981	UTA	vs	BOS	47	6	5		1	14	23	60.9	0	0		10	11	90.9	68.2				3
17	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	38	3/2/1971	DET	vs	POR	40	11	4			17	28	60.7				4	5	80.0	62.9				5
18	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	37	12/26/2003	DEN	vs	HOU	41	7	2	1	0	13	22	59.1	5	8	62.5	6	11	54.5	68.9	1	6	1	4	+6
19	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	37	1/11/1997	VAN	vs	SAC	42	7	1	2	2	14	24	58.3	0	1	0.0	9	11	81.8	64.1	5	2	3	4	-6
20	Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	37	2/24/1994	DAL	@	CHA	39	6	7	2	0	15	21	71.4	2	3	66.7	5	8	62.5	75.4	2	4	7	3
21	Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	37	1/5/1994	DAL	vs	HOU	45	3	2	1	0	15	27	55.6	0	1	0.0	7	7	100.0	61.5	1	2	3	1
22	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	37	4/1/1982	DAL	@	DET	44	3	3			17	30	56.7	0	0		3	8	37.5	55.2			0	4
23	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	37	10/31/1980	UTA	vs	DAL	34	3	4	2	0	15	26	57.7	0	0		7	12	58.3	59.1			3	3
24	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	37	4/2/1978	KCK	@	LAL	40	5	3	2	0	14	24	58.3				9	9	100.0	66.2	3	2	3	3
25	Mo Layton M. Layton	37	2/27/1972	PHX	@	CLE	29	0	3			14	19	73.7				9	9	100.0	80.6				4