most points by a rookie in a playoff game in the last 10 years nba

Between May 27, 2015 and May 27, 2025, Donovan Mitchell has posted the most points by a rookie in a playoff game, with 38 points in Game 6 of the 2018 First Round against the Thunder.

	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	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	38	4/27/2018	UTA	vs	OKC	40	4	2	1	0	14	26	53.8	5	8	62.5	5	5	100.0	67.4	1	3	5	5	-6
2	Tyler Herro T. Herro	37	9/23/2020	MIA	vs	BOS	36	6	3	0	0	14	21	66.7	5	10	50.0	4	4	100.0	81.3	0	6	1	1	-4
3	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	33	4/23/2018	UTA	vs	OKC	39	7	4	0	1	13	28	46.4	3	8	37.5	4	5	80.0	54.6	0	7	0	3	+22
4	Luguentz Dort L. Dort	30	9/2/2020	OKC	@	HOU	35	4	1	0	1	10	21	47.6	6	12	50.0	4	6	66.7	63.5	2	2	4	5	0
5	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	28	8/19/2020	DEN	vs	UTA	33	6	0	0	1	10	17	58.8	6	9	66.7	2	3	66.7	76.4	0	6	0	1	-7
6	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	28	4/30/2018	BOS	vs	PHI	40	3	2	0	1	8	16	50.0	1	5	20.0	11	12	91.7	65.8	0	3	4	1	+18
7	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	28	4/18/2018	UTA	@	OKC	43	6	2	1	0	10	25	40.0	0	7	0.0	8	9	88.9	48.3	0	6	4	1	+4
8	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	27	4/15/2018	UTA	@	OKC	35	10	3	2	1	11	22	50.0	3	7	42.9	2	2	100.0	59.0	1	9	1	1	-9
9	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	26	4/24/2024	OKC	vs	NOP	29	7	1	0	2	9	13	69.2	3	6	50.0	5	6	83.3	83.1	1	6	1	4	+32
10	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	25	4/21/2019	LAC	vs	GSW	31	2	2	1	0	9	15	60.0	3	5	60.0	4	4	100.0	74.6	0	2	2	3	-1
11	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	25	5/9/2018	BOS	vs	PHI	39	3	4	1	0	8	15	53.3	0	0		9	11	81.8	63.0	1	2	2	4	0
12	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	25	5/6/2018	UTA	vs	HOU	38	9	2	4	0	8	24	33.3	2	7	28.6	7	7	100.0	46.2	1	8	3	6	-6
13	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	24	5/27/2018	BOS	vs	CLE	42	7	1	1	0	9	17	52.9	2	6	33.3	4	4	100.0	64.0	0	7	4	6	-17
14	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	24	5/23/2018	BOS	vs	CLE	41	7	4	4	2	7	15	46.7	3	7	42.9	7	8	87.5	64.8	0	7	2	3	+19
15	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	24	5/8/2018	UTA	@	HOU	34	4	9	1	0	9	17	52.9	2	7	28.6	4	5	80.0	62.5	1	3	3	3	-3
16	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	24	5/5/2018	BOS	@	PHI	41	5	4	1	0	11	17	64.7	1	4	25.0	1	4	25.0	64.0	1	4	4	3	+24
17	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	24	4/16/2018	PHI	vs	MIA	39	9	8	0	2	10	17	58.8	0	0		4	6	66.7	61.1	3	6	2	5	-9
18	Keegan Murray K. Murray	23	4/23/2023	SAC	@	GSW	33	7	1	0	0	9	13	69.2	5	7	71.4	0	0		88.5	2	5	0	3	-5
19	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	23	4/25/2018	UTA	@	OKC	40	5	3	3	1	9	22	40.9	1	7	14.3	4	4	100.0	48.4	0	5	1	2	-9
20	Tyler Herro T. Herro	22	9/19/2020	MIA	vs	BOS	36	4	4	1	0	8	18	44.4	4	12	33.3	2	2	100.0	58.3	0	4	1	1	0
21	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	22	4/26/2019	LAC	vs	GSW	34	5	6	0	1	8	14	57.1	2	4	50.0	4	6	66.7	66.1	2	3	0	2	+6
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	22	4/26/2018	BOS	@	MIL	32	3	3	2	0	6	14	42.9	2	6	33.3	8	9	88.9	61.2	0	3	3	3	-7
23	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	22	4/21/2018	UTA	vs	OKC	35	11	2	2	1	9	20	45.0	4	7	57.1	0	0		55.0	2	9	5	4	+15
24	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	21	5/18/2024	OKC	@	DAL	35	3	1	2	0	9	15	60.0	1	7	14.3	2	2	100.0	66.1	0	3	3	5	+8
25	Tyler Herro T. Herro	21	10/6/2020	MIA	vs	LAL	37	7	3	1	0	8	18	44.4	3	7	42.9	2	4	50.0	53.1	1	6	3	0	-13