most points by a player on his first game this season

Jayson Tatum has scored the most points in his first game this season, with 37 points against the Knicks on October 22.

	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	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	37	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
2	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	36	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
3	Anthony Davis A. Davis	36	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
4	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	35	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
5	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	34	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
6	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	33	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
7	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	33	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
8	Trae Young T. Young	30	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
9	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	30	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
10	James Harden J. Harden	29	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
11	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28	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
12	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	28	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
13	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	28	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
14	Onyeka Okongwu O. Okongwu	28	10/23/2024	ATL	vs	BKN	28	8	1	0	3	11	12	91.7	0	0		6	6	100.0	95.6	4	4	2	1	+4
15	Jalen Green J. Green	28	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
16	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	27	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
17	Santi Aldama S. Aldama	27	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
18	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	27	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
19	Jordan Poole J. Poole	26	10/24/2024	WAS	vs	BOS	32	1	4	4	1	9	17	52.9	6	11	54.5	2	2	100.0	72.7	0	1	4	3	-19
20	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	26	10/24/2024	SAC	vs	MIN	43	8	2	1	0	7	18	38.9	0	2	0.0	12	14	85.7	53.8	1	7	2	0	+8
21	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	25	10/24/2024	OKC	@	DEN	36	14	5	2	4	11	18	61.1	0	5	0.0	3	5	60.0	61.9	4	10	2	2	+9
22	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	25	10/23/2024	MIL	@	PHI	31	14	7	0	1	8	11	72.7	0	0		9	16	56.3	69.3	1	13	3	4	+7
23	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	25	10/23/2024	PHI	vs	MIL	39	6	3	1	1	10	31	32.3	2	9	22.2	3	4	75.0	38.2	0	6	1	1	-13
24	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	25	10/23/2024	CLE	@	TOR	27	9	3	2	3	9	14	64.3	1	2	50.0	6	6	100.0	75.1	4	5	1	2	+31
25	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	25	10/23/2024	HOU	vs	CHA	34	18	5	4	1	10	22	45.5	2	3	66.7	3	4	75.0	52.6	6	12	3	2	+10