most points by a player in the first 9 games 2023

Luka Dončić put up the most points in his first 9 games in 2022-23, with 324 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	324	2022-23	DAL	9	36.8	36.0	8.4	8.3	1.9	0.6	12.2	23.3	52.4	2.4	8.2	29.7	9.1	11.7	78.1	63.2	1.0	7.4	3.6	331	76	75	17	5	32	31	+35
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	288	2022-23	BKN	9	37.3	32.0	6.0	5.1	0.9	1.9	10.6	20.2	52.2	1.8	5.2	34.0	9.1	9.7	94.3	65.4	0.4	5.6	3.7	335	54	46	8	17	33	21	-31
3	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	286	2022-23	MIL	9	32.7	31.8	12.2	5.3	1.1	1.4	11.4	21.1	54.2	0.9	3.3	26.7	8.0	12.3	64.9	59.9	1.9	10.3	3.3	295	110	48	10	13	30	26	+72
4	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	281	2022-23	CLE	9	39.3	31.2	4.1	6.0	1.3	0.7	10.8	21.3	50.5	4.1	9.1	45.1	5.6	6.4	86.2	64.6	0.9	3.2	3.4	353	37	54	12	6	31	29	+79
5	Stephen Curry S. Curry	279	2022-23	GSW	9	34.8	31.0	7.0	6.8	1.2	0.1	10.1	20.8	48.7	5.1	12.3	41.4	5.7	6.0	94.4	66.2	0.9	6.1	2.9	314	63	61	11	1	26	19	+33
6	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	277	2022-23	OKC	9	35.6	30.8	4.6	5.8	2.1	1.4	11.6	21.4	53.9	0.8	2.6	30.4	6.9	7.1	96.9	62.6	1.0	3.6	3.0	321	41	52	19	13	27	21	+13
7	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	273	2022-23	BOS	9	37.5	30.3	8.0	4.2	0.9	1.4	9.8	19.6	50.0	3.4	9.0	38.3	7.3	8.1	90.4	65.6	0.9	7.1	2.8	338	72	38	8	13	25	17	+14
8	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	264	2022-23	PHI	9	35.0	29.3	10.0	3.7	0.6	1.2	9.9	19.2	51.4	0.9	3.7	24.2	8.7	10.4	83.0	61.6	1.7	8.3	4.1	315	90	33	5	11	37	31	+33
9	Ja Morant J. Morant	255	2022-23	MEM	9	31.8	28.3	5.4	6.9	0.8	0.3	9.6	19.8	48.3	1.8	3.8	47.1	7.4	8.9	83.8	59.8	1.1	4.3	4.1	286	49	62	7	3	37	14	+40
10	Trae Young T. Young	254	2022-23	ATL	9	35.1	28.2	3.3	9.4	0.7	0.2	8.7	22.8	38.0	2.4	8.0	30.6	8.4	9.2	91.6	52.6	0.9	2.4	3.3	315	30	85	6	2	30	16	+6
11	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	251	2022-23	POR	9	35.8	27.9	4.7	6.6	0.6	0.3	8.2	17.9	46.0	3.7	9.7	37.9	7.8	9.0	86.4	63.8	1.0	3.7	4.2	323	42	59	5	3	38	14	+33
12	Devin Booker D. Booker	243	2022-23	PHX	9	35.6	27.0	3.9	5.1	0.9	0.6	9.7	20.0	48.3	2.2	6.3	35.1	5.4	6.2	87.5	59.4	0.7	3.2	2.7	321	35	46	8	5	24	21	+111
13	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	229	2022-23	BKN	9	37.3	25.4	5.1	4.6	1.3	1.1	9.2	20.4	45.1	2.6	8.9	28.8	4.4	4.8	93.0	56.4	0.7	4.4	2.6	336	46	41	12	10	23	27	-1
14	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	228	2022-23	BOS	9	37.1	25.3	6.4	2.9	0.9	0.7	9.1	20.0	45.6	2.7	7.6	35.3	4.4	5.2	85.1	56.8	1.1	5.3	2.8	334	58	26	8	6	25	27	-12
15	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	227	2022-23	SAC	9	32.2	25.2	5.0	5.1	1.0	0.4	9.4	17.7	53.5	1.9	5.2	36.2	4.4	5.1	87.0	63.3	0.7	4.3	3.2	290	45	46	9	4	29	27	-10
16	Paul George P. George	224	2022-23	LAC	9	35.3	24.9	6.2	4.8	1.8	0.3	8.9	18.8	47.3	2.9	8.1	35.6	4.2	4.8	88.4	59.6	0.6	5.7	4.0	317	56	43	16	3	36	24	+17
17	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	223	2022-23	TOR	9	35.6	24.8	9.3	7.7	0.9	0.6	8.9	18.6	47.9	1.4	4.2	34.2	5.6	7.7	72.5	56.5	1.8	7.6	2.7	321	84	69	8	5	24	28	+55
18	Desmond Bane D. Bane	221	2022-23	MEM	9	32.7	24.6	5.0	4.6	0.7	0.3	8.1	17.7	45.9	4.1	8.8	46.8	4.2	4.8	88.4	62.1	0.6	4.4	2.2	294	45	41	6	3	20	21	+64
19	LeBron James L. James	219	2022-23	LAL	9	36.1	24.3	8.9	7.1	1.0	0.8	9.8	21.9	44.7	1.4	6.9	21.0	3.3	4.9	68.2	50.6	1.9	7.0	3.4	325	80	64	9	7	31	18	-44
20	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	218	2022-23	PHI	9	37.7	24.2	3.4	3.4	1.0	0.1	8.9	17.2	51.6	3.2	6.9	46.8	3.2	4.3	74.4	63.3	0.3	3.1	2.0	340	31	31	9	1	18	22	+7
21	Darius Garland D. Garland	212	2022-23	CLE	9	36.1	23.6	2.3	7.8	1.8	0.3	8.0	18.7	42.9	3.3	7.9	42.3	4.2	5.4	77.6	55.9	0.4	1.9	3.4	325	21	70	16	3	31	24	+23
22	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	210	2022-23	CHA	9	33.7	23.3	4.8	8.0	1.1	0.2	8.7	19.7	44.1	4.3	11.3	38.2	1.7	2.1	78.9	56.6	0.6	4.2	3.2	303	43	72	10	2	29	29	-69
23	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	210	2022-23	CHI	9	33.5	23.3	4.0	4.2	1.2	0.2	8.0	16.6	48.3	0.4	1.3	33.3	6.9	7.7	89.9	58.5	0.4	3.6	2.2	301	36	38	11	2	20	19	-17
24	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	209	2022-23	MIN	9	36.9	23.2	5.8	3.9	1.1	0.3	8.9	19.4	45.7	3.0	8.2	36.5	2.4	3.9	62.9	54.9	0.6	5.2	3.1	332	52	35	10	3	28	30	-1
25	Anthony Davis A. Davis	209	2022-23	LAL	9	34.6	23.2	10.3	2.4	1.6	2.0	9.3	17.3	53.8	0.4	1.6	28.6	4.1	5.3	77.1	59.0	2.9	7.4	1.4	311	93	22	14	18	13	25	-35