most points by a player in their first start this season

Pat Connaughton had the most points in a start in his first game this season, with 43 points versus the Pistons on April 13.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in their first regular-season start this season

	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	Pat Connaughton P. Connaughton	43	1	4/13/2025	MIL	vs	DET	44	11	5	2	0	16	29	55.2	5	12	41.7	6	9	66.7	65.2	1	10	2	2	+7
2	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	37	1	10/22/2024	BOS	vs	NYK	30	4	10	1	1	14	18	77.8	8	11	72.7	1	2	50.0	98.0	0	4	1	1	+26
3	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	36	1	10/23/2024	BKN	@	ATL	34	5	3	3	0	14	27	51.9	7	13	53.8	1	1	100.0	65.6	2	3	2	4	-8
4	Anthony Davis A. Davis	36	1	10/22/2024	LAL	vs	MIN	38	16	4	1	3	11	23	47.8	1	3	33.3	13	15	86.7	60.8	3	13	1	1	+1
5	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	35	1	10/23/2024	UTA	vs	MEM	35	9	2	0	0	9	15	60.0	4	7	57.1	13	14	92.9	82.7	1	8	2	2	+16
6	Obi Toppin O. Toppin	34	1	3/17/2025	IND	@	MIN	45	10	2	1	1	12	19	63.2	7	10	70.0	3	4	75.0	81.9	2	8	2	0	+7
7	Jared McCain J. McCain	34	1	11/13/2024	PHI	vs	CLE	38	2	10	2	0	12	26	46.2	6	13	46.2	4	4	100.0	61.2	0	2	3	1	-11
8	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	34	1	10/23/2024	CHA	@	HOU	38	8	11	1	1	10	20	50.0	4	12	33.3	10	10	100.0	69.7	1	7	2	3	+14
9	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	33	1	10/23/2024	ORL	@	MIA	31	11	3	1	1	12	24	50.0	4	8	50.0	5	6	83.3	61.9	4	7	0	2	+42
10	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	33	1	10/23/2024	NOP	vs	CHI	31	7	2	2	1	13	23	56.5	3	5	60.0	4	4	100.0	66.6	2	5	3	4	+18
11	Lamar Stevens L. Stevens	31	1	4/13/2025	MEM	vs	DAL	36	6	3	0	0	14	25	56.0	2	8	25.0	1	2	50.0	59.9	1	5	3	3	+34
12	Trae Young T. Young	30	1	10/23/2024	ATL	vs	BKN	37	5	12	1	1	7	16	43.8	2	6	33.3	14	16	87.5	65.1	1	4	3	1	+12
13	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	30	1	10/23/2024	MIL	@	PHI	38	9	6	0	0	9	19	47.4	6	12	50.0	6	7	85.7	67.9	3	6	3	1	+19
14	John Collins J. Collins	29	1	11/12/2024	UTA	vs	PHX	34	10	4	3	1	12	19	63.2	3	6	50.0	2	2	100.0	72.9	4	6	2	1	+1
15	James Harden J. Harden	29	1	10/23/2024	LAC	vs	PHX	40	12	8	1	0	10	28	35.7	2	9	22.2	7	9	77.8	45.4	3	9	8	3	-4
16	Buddy Hield B. Hield	28	1	10/29/2024	GSW	vs	NOP	29	1	1	2	0	9	18	50.0	7	11	63.6	3	3	100.0	72.5	0	1	0	3	+9
17	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28	1	10/24/2024	DAL	vs	SAS	36	10	8	1	1	9	25	36.0	4	11	36.4	6	8	75.0	49.1	1	9	4	3	+6
18	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	28	1	10/24/2024	OKC	@	DEN	36	7	8	2	3	11	24	45.8	2	6	33.3	4	5	80.0	53.4	2	5	2	2	+8
19	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	28	1	10/23/2024	DET	vs	IND	37	5	8	1	0	10	23	43.5	2	6	33.3	6	6	100.0	54.6	0	5	2	2	-10
20	Jalen Green J. Green	28	1	10/23/2024	HOU	vs	CHA	35	2	0	0	0	9	23	39.1	5	15	33.3	5	5	100.0	55.6	0	2	0	0	-11
21	Cam Whitmore C. Whitmore	27	1	3/3/2025	HOU	@	OKC	40	11	3	2	3	10	19	52.6	4	6	66.7	3	4	75.0	65.0	4	7	0	2	-4
22	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	27	1	10/23/2024	CHI	@	NOP	37	5	3	0	0	10	17	58.8	5	8	62.5	2	3	66.7	73.7	1	4	7	4	-15
23	Santi Aldama S. Aldama	27	1	10/23/2024	MEM	@	UTA	31	5	2	0	0	10	16	62.5	5	10	50.0	2	2	100.0	80.0	2	3	2	2	+8
24	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	27	1	10/22/2024	MIN	@	LAL	41	6	3	0	0	10	25	40.0	5	13	38.5	2	3	66.7	51.3	0	6	4	3	0
25	Malik Beasley M. Beasley	26	1	11/13/2024	DET	@	MIL	44	10	4	0	0	9	17	52.9	8	16	50.0	0	0		76.5	2	8	2	2	+13