most points by a player in their first start last season

Damian Lillard dropped the most points in a start in his first game in 2023-24, with 39 points versus the 76ers on October 26, 2023.

	NAME	PTS	GS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	39	1	10/26/2023	MIL	vs	PHI	37	8	4	0	0	9	20	45.0	4	12	33.3	17	17	100.0	71.0	0	8	0	2	+12
2	Ja Morant J. Morant	34	1	12/19/2023	MEM	@	NOP	35	6	8	2	1	12	24	50.0	0	5	0.0	10	12	83.3	58.1	3	3	5	2	+12
3	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	34	1	10/25/2023	BOS	@	NYK	39	11	4	2	1	13	22	59.1	3	8	37.5	5	6	83.3	69.0	0	11	4	3	0
4	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	33	1	10/25/2023	SAC	@	UTA	33	4	2	1	0	11	16	68.8	5	7	71.4	6	6	100.0	88.5	0	4	1	2	+10
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	33	1	10/25/2023	DAL	@	SAS	34	13	10	2	0	13	25	52.0	3	11	27.3	4	7	57.1	58.8	1	12	4	1	+4
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	32	1	10/24/2023	PHX	@	GSW	37	6	8	1	0	13	21	61.9	3	8	37.5	3	3	100.0	71.7	1	5	6	4	+5
7	Caris LeVert C. LeVert	31	1	10/28/2023	CLE	vs	IND	44	5	8	1	0	12	28	42.9	4	10	40.0	3	9	33.3	48.5	2	3	2	2	-2
8	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	31	1	10/26/2023	PHI	@	MIL	40	4	8	2	0	10	22	45.5	3	8	37.5	8	10	80.0	58.7	0	4	0	3	0
9	Desmond Bane D. Bane	31	1	10/25/2023	MEM	vs	NOP	36	5	5	2	1	11	22	50.0	5	10	50.0	4	5	80.0	64.0	0	5	2	1	+6
10	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	31	1	10/25/2023	OKC	@	CHI	36	5	10	1	2	12	18	66.7	2	5	40.0	5	5	100.0	76.7	0	5	1	0	+19
11	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	30	1	10/27/2023	BKN	@	DAL	33	7	2	1	1	12	19	63.2	1	4	25.0	5	5	100.0	70.8	0	7	0	2	+3
12	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	30	1	10/25/2023	BOS	@	NYK	38	8	0	0	4	8	15	53.3	5	9	55.6	9	10	90.0	77.3	1	7	1	4	+13
13	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	30	1	10/25/2023	DET	@	MIA	36	3	9	1	1	13	27	48.1	4	9	44.4	0	0		55.6	0	3	3	5	-2
14	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	29	1	10/24/2023	DEN	vs	LAL	36	13	11	1	1	12	22	54.5	3	5	60.0	2	4	50.0	61.0	3	10	2	2	+15
15	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	28	1	12/21/2023	NOP	@	CLE	28	4	3	1	1	10	16	62.5	6	10	60.0	2	2	100.0	82.9	0	4	1	1	+20
16	Santi Aldama S. Aldama	28	1	11/19/2023	MEM	vs	BOS	39	12	6	2	0	11	27	40.7	6	15	40.0	0	0		51.9	4	8	1	2	+4
17	Bobby Portis B. Portis	27	1	2/4/2024	MIL	@	UTA	36	7	0	3	0	11	20	55.0	4	7	57.1	1	1	100.0	66.0	1	6	1	2	-18
18	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	27	1	10/25/2023	CLE	@	BKN	36	5	6	4	1	11	21	52.4	4	10	40.0	1	1	100.0	63.0	2	3	0	1	+7
19	Max Strus M. Strus	27	1	10/25/2023	CLE	@	BKN	39	12	2	1	1	9	17	52.9	7	13	53.8	2	2	100.0	75.5	0	12	0	4	+13
20	Paul George P. George	27	1	10/25/2023	LAC	vs	POR	32	3	6	3	0	11	17	64.7	4	7	57.1	1	1	100.0	77.4	0	3	4	2	+23
21	Stephen Curry S. Curry	27	1	10/24/2023	GSW	vs	PHX	31	5	1	1	0	8	20	40.0	4	14	28.6	7	7	100.0	58.5	1	4	2	5	-9
22	Collin Sexton C. Sexton	26	1	12/13/2023	UTA	vs	NYK	30	4	7	0	0	10	18	55.6	3	8	37.5	3	3	100.0	67.3	1	3	2	4	-9
23	Patrick Beverley P. Beverley	26	1	12/1/2023	PHI	@	BOS	38	8	7	2	0	10	15	66.7	3	5	60.0	3	5	60.0	75.6	2	6	3	4	-12
24	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	26	1	10/25/2023	MIN	@	TOR	38	14	1	0	0	8	27	29.6	4	7	57.1	6	6	100.0	43.9	5	9	2	1	0
25	Naz Reid N. Reid	25	1	3/10/2024	MIN	@	LAL	42	5	3	0	4	9	17	52.9	5	10	50.0	2	3	66.7	68.2	0	5	3	4	-10