most points by a rookie debut first game last 25 years

Brandon Jennings put up 55 points in his rookie season versus the Warriors on November 14, 2009.

	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	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	55	11/14/2009	MIL	vs	GSW	41	5	5	0	0	21	34	61.8	7	8	87.5	6	8	75.0	73.3	1	4	4	1	+11
2	Trae Young T. Young	49	3/1/2019	ATL	vs	CHI	56	8	16	1	1	17	33	51.5	6	13	46.2	9	11	81.8	64.7	1	7	9	2	-9
3	Charlie Villanueva C. Villanueva	48	3/26/2006	TOR	@	MIL	46	9	3	1	0	20	32	62.5	6	11	54.5	2	3	66.7	72.0	4	5	3	4	-6
4	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	47	1/17/2011	LAC	vs	IND	37	14	3	0	1	19	24	79.2	0	0		9	11	81.8	81.5	3	11	4	3	+17
5	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	44	11/20/2010	LAC	vs	NYK	39	15	7	2	1	14	24	58.3	0	0		16	23	69.6	64.5	4	11	4	4	-13
6	GG Jackson	44	4/14/2024	MEM	vs	DEN	44	12	1	2	1	17	36	47.2	4	13	30.8	6	7	85.7	56.3	6	6	3	1	-13
7	Kevin Durant K. Durant	42	4/16/2008	SEA	@	GSW	43	13	6	1	2	18	25	72.0	1	2	50.0	5	6	83.3	76.0	3	10	5	0	+14
8	Stephen Curry S. Curry	42	4/14/2010	GSW	@	POR	48	9	8	2	1	13	25	52.0	4	6	66.7	12	12	100.0	69.4	3	6	2	0	+6
9	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	42	3/18/2021	MIN	@	PHX	38	7	3	2	0	15	31	48.4	4	13	30.8	8	13	61.5	57.2	3	4	2	2	+9
10	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	42	5/5/2021	MIN	vs	MEM	38	6	7	1	1	17	22	77.3	8	9	88.9	0	1	0.0	93.6	1	5	3	4	+11
11	Kenneth Lofton Jr. K. Lofton Jr.	42	4/9/2023	MEM	@	OKC	40	14	0	1	0	17	25	68.0	0	2	0.0	8	12	66.7	69.4	6	8	2	3	-17
12	LeBron James L. James	41	3/27/2004	CLE	vs	NJN	43	6	13	3	0	15	29	51.7	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	61.4	2	4	2	1	+10
13	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	41	3/30/2004	DEN	vs	SEA	44	5	0	2	1	19	29	65.5	2	3	66.7	1	1	100.0	69.6	0	5	4	5	+3
14	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	41	1/23/2009	LAC	vs	OKC	44	2	4	1	0	12	19	63.2	5	7	71.4	12	14	85.7	81.5	0	2	2	4	0
15	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	41	12/1/2017	UTA	vs	NOP	37	4	4	0	0	13	25	52.0	6	12	50.0	9	11	81.8	68.7	0	4	2	3	+11
16	Jalen Green J. Green	41	4/10/2022	HOU	vs	ATL	40	1	3	1	0	14	26	53.8	4	11	36.4	9	11	81.8	66.5	0	1	0	1	0
17	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	40	4/16/2002	GSW	@	SAC	41	2	2	3	0	18	28	64.3	2	5	40.0	2	2	100.0	69.3	1	1	3	6	-5
18	Rodrigue Beaubois R. Beaubois	40	3/27/2010	DAL	@	GSW	30	8	3	0	3	15	22	68.2	9	11	81.8	1	1	100.0	89.1	0	8	1	2	+21
19	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	40	2/2/2018	UTA	@	PHX	33	5	6	2	0	14	19	73.7	7	9	77.8	5	5	100.0	94.3	1	4	2	0	+36
20	Grayson Allen G. Allen	40	4/10/2019	UTA	@	LAC	41	7	4	1	1	11	30	36.7	5	13	38.5	13	14	92.9	55.3	2	5	3	1	-3
21	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	40	3/29/2024	SAS	vs	NYK	38	20	7	2	1	13	22	59.1	4	9	44.4	10	12	83.3	73.3	5	15	4	2	+1
22	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	39	2/2/2004	DEN	vs	POR	34	3	0	3	0	14	22	63.6	1	2	50.0	10	14	71.4	69.2	1	2	2	3	+14
23	Al Thornton A. Thornton	39	3/29/2008	LAC	vs	MEM	44	3	2	5	0	13	23	56.5	3	6	50.0	10	12	83.3	69.0	2	1	3	1	+12
24	Jordan Crawford J. Crawford	39	3/30/2011	WAS	vs	MIA	46	3	4	0	0	12	24	50.0	5	8	62.5	10	10	100.0	68.7	0	3	5	3	-11
25	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	39	3/1/2016	LAL	vs	BKN	35	6	3	1	0	14	21	66.7	8	12	66.7	3	5	60.0	84.1	1	5	3	1	+13