most points by a player in the first 8 games 2023

Luka Dončić dropped the most points in his first 8 games in 2022-23, with 288 points.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	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	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	288	2022-23	DAL	8	36.5	36.0	8.8	8.6	1.9	0.5	12.4	23.5	52.7	2.1	8.1	26.2	9.1	11.6	78.5	62.9	1.1	7.6	3.4	292	70	69	15	4	27	26	+34
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	261	2022-23	MIL	8	33.5	32.6	12.9	5.8	1.0	1.5	11.8	21.3	55.3	1.0	3.6	27.6	8.1	12.9	63.1	60.6	2.0	10.9	3.1	268	103	46	8	12	25	23	+94
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	260	2022-23	BKN	8	37.8	32.5	5.6	4.4	1.0	2.0	10.6	20.1	52.8	1.8	5.1	34.1	9.5	10.1	93.8	66.1	0.5	5.1	3.9	302	45	35	8	16	31	20	-66
4	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	251	2022-23	CLE	8	39.3	31.4	4.5	6.5	1.5	0.8	10.9	22.1	49.2	3.6	8.9	40.8	6.0	6.9	87.3	62.4	1.0	3.5	3.5	315	36	52	12	6	28	24	+81
5	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	247	2022-23	BOS	8	37.6	30.9	8.5	4.1	0.9	1.4	10.0	19.9	50.3	3.1	8.5	36.8	7.8	8.6	89.9	65.2	1.0	7.5	2.8	301	68	33	7	11	22	14	+2
6	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	244	2022-23	OKC	8	35.3	30.5	4.3	5.9	2.3	1.1	11.4	21.3	53.5	0.9	2.9	30.4	6.9	7.1	96.5	62.5	0.9	3.4	3.3	283	34	47	18	9	26	19	+21
7	Stephen Curry S. Curry	240	2022-23	GSW	8	34.4	30.0	7.5	6.5	1.4	0.1	9.8	20.6	47.3	4.8	12.0	39.6	5.8	6.1	93.9	64.3	0.9	6.6	2.6	275	60	52	11	1	21	16	+29
8	Ja Morant J. Morant	232	2022-23	MEM	8	31.6	29.0	5.0	7.0	0.8	0.4	9.6	18.9	51.0	1.9	3.8	50.0	7.9	9.3	85.1	63.2	1.0	4.0	4.1	253	40	56	6	3	33	14	+37
9	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	229	2022-23	POR	8	35.4	28.6	5.0	6.0	0.6	0.3	8.3	17.6	46.8	3.9	9.8	39.7	8.3	9.5	86.8	65.6	1.1	3.9	4.3	283	40	48	5	2	34	12	+18
10	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	222	2022-23	PHI	8	34.4	27.8	10.0	3.4	0.4	1.1	9.4	18.5	50.7	0.9	3.4	25.9	8.1	9.8	83.3	60.9	1.9	8.1	4.1	275	80	27	3	9	33	26	+11
11	Trae Young T. Young	220	2022-23	ATL	8	34.1	27.5	3.6	9.4	0.5	0.1	8.6	22.4	38.5	2.5	7.9	31.7	7.8	8.5	91.2	52.7	0.9	2.8	3.1	273	29	75	4	1	25	13	+12
12	Devin Booker D. Booker	219	2022-23	PHX	8	36.4	27.4	4.0	5.4	0.9	0.4	9.8	20.0	48.8	2.3	6.3	36.0	5.6	6.5	86.5	59.9	0.6	3.4	2.9	291	32	43	7	3	23	19	+92
13	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	215	2022-23	BKN	8	38.7	26.9	5.1	5.1	1.4	1.1	9.8	21.5	45.3	2.6	9.4	28.0	4.8	5.1	92.7	56.6	0.8	4.4	2.4	309	41	41	11	9	19	24	-17
14	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	212	2022-23	SAC	8	32.7	26.5	5.4	4.8	0.8	0.5	9.9	18.1	54.5	2.0	5.4	37.2	4.8	5.5	86.4	64.5	0.8	4.6	3.6	261	43	38	6	4	29	26	-19
15	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	205	2022-23	TOR	8	36.2	25.6	9.6	7.9	0.9	0.6	9.1	19.1	47.7	1.6	4.5	36.1	5.8	7.9	73.0	56.7	1.5	8.1	2.8	289	77	63	7	5	22	25	+62
16	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	201	2022-23	CHI	8	34.1	25.1	3.5	4.1	1.3	0.1	8.8	17.3	50.7	0.5	1.4	36.4	7.1	8.0	89.1	60.5	0.3	3.3	1.9	273	28	33	10	1	15	17	-8
17	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	198	2022-23	BOS	8	37.1	24.8	6.6	2.9	1.0	0.8	9.0	20.1	44.7	2.3	7.1	31.6	4.5	5.4	83.7	55.0	1.0	5.6	3.0	297	53	23	8	6	24	22	-7
18	Desmond Bane D. Bane	193	2022-23	MEM	8	32.4	24.1	5.3	4.6	0.6	0.4	8.0	17.9	44.8	4.1	8.9	46.5	4.0	4.6	86.5	60.6	0.6	4.6	2.4	259	42	37	5	3	19	20	+65
19	LeBron James L. James	192	2022-23	LAL	8	36.4	24.0	9.1	7.5	1.1	0.9	9.4	21.8	43.1	1.5	7.3	20.7	3.8	5.1	73.2	50.0	1.9	7.3	3.8	291	73	60	9	7	30	18	-36
20	Paul George P. George	190	2022-23	LAC	8	34.9	23.8	6.0	4.9	1.9	0.4	8.6	18.4	46.9	2.6	7.4	35.6	3.9	4.4	88.6	58.5	0.6	5.4	3.9	279	48	39	15	3	31	19	+16
21	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	187	2022-23	CHA	8	33.2	23.4	4.4	8.0	0.9	0.3	8.6	19.4	44.5	4.4	11.3	38.9	1.8	2.1	82.4	57.5	0.5	3.9	3.1	266	35	64	7	2	25	26	-69
22	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	186	2022-23	PHI	8	37.1	23.3	3.6	3.4	1.1	0.1	8.6	16.9	51.1	3.0	6.6	45.3	3.0	3.9	77.4	62.6	0.4	3.3	2.3	296	29	27	9	1	18	21	+9
23	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	185	2022-23	NOP	8	32.1	23.1	6.9	4.1	1.3	0.4	9.5	17.6	53.9	0.3	0.6	40.0	3.9	5.8	67.4	57.4	2.1	4.8	2.9	257	55	33	10	3	23	20	+21
24	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	185	2022-23	MIN	8	36.8	23.1	6.1	4.0	1.1	0.4	8.8	19.5	44.9	3.0	8.1	36.9	2.6	4.1	63.6	54.2	0.5	5.6	3.1	295	49	32	9	3	25	26	+15
25	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	185	2022-23	DET	8	34.7	23.1	6.1	6.8	1.0	0.5	9.0	20.1	44.7	1.5	5.0	30.0	3.6	4.3	85.3	52.6	1.1	5.0	3.6	278	49	54	8	4	29	24	-23