most points by a rookie player in debut game

VJ Edgecombe has the most points by a rookie in a game this season, with 34 points against the Celtics on Wednesday.

Interpreted as:

most points by a rookie player in debut regular-season game this season

	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	VJ Edgecombe	34	10/22/2025	PHI	@	BOS	42	7	3	1	0	13	26	50.0	5	13	38.5	3	6	50.0	59.4	1	6	2	1	-2
2	Cedric Coward C. Coward	27	10/25/2025	MEM	vs	IND	24	6	4	1	0	9	13	69.2	6	6	100.0	3	4	75.0	91.5	2	4	0	1	+36
3	VJ Edgecombe	26	10/27/2025	PHI	vs	ORL	39	4	7	1	1	10	17	58.8	2	4	50.0	4	4	100.0	69.3	2	2	2	4	+13
4	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	22	10/26/2025	DAL	vs	TOR	29	4	4	0	1	8	14	57.1	2	6	33.3	4	4	100.0	69.8	0	4	0	5	+5
5	Dylan Harper D. Harper	20	10/26/2025	SAS	vs	BKN	29	6	8	2	0	8	11	72.7	0	0		4	4	100.0	78.4	1	5	0	4	+33
6	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	20	10/26/2025	CHA	@	WAS	35	6	2	1	0	7	12	58.3	5	9	55.6	1	2	50.0	77.6	0	6	2	2	+19
7	Collin Murray-Boyles C. Murray-Boyles	19	10/27/2025	TOR	@	SAS	24	3	1	3	1	7	13	53.8	3	5	60.0	2	4	50.0	64.4	1	2	2	2	-17
8	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	18	10/24/2025	DAL	vs	WAS	35	5	6	1	1	6	14	42.9	2	5	40.0	4	4	100.0	57.1	1	4	5	3	-6
9	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	17	10/24/2025	WAS	@	DAL	26	3	2	0	1	7	13	53.8	3	6	50.0	0	0		65.4	1	2	0	2	+7
10	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	17	10/22/2025	NOP	@	MEM	18	0	2	0	0	7	10	70.0	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	75.1	0	0	2	2	-10
11	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	16	10/26/2025	WAS	vs	CHA	29	4	2	0	1	6	14	42.9	2	7	28.6	2	2	100.0	53.8	1	3	0	4	-16
12	Javon Small J. Small	16	10/25/2025	MEM	vs	IND	21	2	6	0	0	5	6	83.3	3	4	75.0	3	4	75.0	103.1	0	2	0	3	+18
13	Cedric Coward C. Coward	16	10/24/2025	MEM	vs	MIA	22	2	2	2	0	5	9	55.6	2	5	40.0	4	4	100.0	74.3	0	2	0	2	-9
14	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	16	10/22/2025	WAS	@	MIL	26	5	2	1	1	5	11	45.5	4	8	50.0	2	2	100.0	67.3	2	3	4	1	-8
15	VJ Edgecombe	15	10/25/2025	PHI	vs	CHA	40	6	8	3	1	6	15	40.0	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	47.2	1	5	2	4	+9
16	Derik Queen D. Queen	15	10/24/2025	NOP	vs	SAS	35	6	1	1	2	6	11	54.5	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	58.8	1	5	1	6	+5
17	Dylan Harper D. Harper	15	10/22/2025	SAS	@	DAL	23	4	2	0	0	7	14	50.0	1	2	50.0	0	2	0.0	50.4	1	3	4	5	+5
18	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	14	10/25/2025	CHA	@	PHI	30	3	1	0	0	5	11	45.5	3	6	50.0	1	2	50.0	58.9	2	1	3	4	0
19	Ryan Kalkbrenner R. Kalkbrenner	14	10/25/2025	CHA	@	PHI	26	7	1	1	1	7	7	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	4	3	1	3	+1
20	Egor Dëmin E. Dëmin	14	10/22/2025	BKN	@	CHA	22	5	2	1	0	4	6	66.7	4	6	66.7	2	2	100.0	101.7	0	5	2	3	-6
21	Cedric Coward C. Coward	14	10/22/2025	MEM	vs	NOP	22	3	1	2	1	5	5	100.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	103.6	0	3	0	2	+24
22	Sion James S. James	13	10/26/2025	CHA	@	WAS	20	0	3	2	1	4	7	57.1	3	4	75.0	2	2	100.0	82.5	0	0	0	0	+13
23	Dylan Harper D. Harper	13	10/24/2025	SAS	@	NOP	26	5	3	1	0	3	12	25.0	1	5	20.0	6	6	100.0	44.4	1	4	3	5	+5
24	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	13	10/24/2025	NOP	vs	SAS	29	4	1	2	0	5	8	62.5	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	66.6	1	3	2	2	+7
25	Derik Queen D. Queen	12	10/27/2025	NOP	vs	BOS	22	3	0	1	0	3	7	42.9	0	1	0.0	6	6	100.0	62.2	1	2	1	4	-7