most points by rookie in an nba game in less than 22 minutes

Mike Mitchell has scored the most points by a rookie in a game with fewer than 22 minutes played, with 28 points against the Pistons on December 12, 1978.

Interpreted as:

most points by rookie in an NBA regular-season game in less than 22 minutes

	NAME	PTS	MIN	DATE	TM		OPP	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	28	21	12/12/1978	CLE	vs	DET	5	1	1	1	11	16	68.8				6	6	100.0	75.1	2	3	1	2
2	Marcus Williams M. Williams	27	19	11/24/2006	NJN	@	PHX	3	4	0	0	11	17	64.7	0	2	0.0	5	6	83.3	68.7	0	3	2	1	+16
3	Ronald Holland II R. Holland II	26	21	12/12/2024	DET	@	BOS	3	0	0	0	11	14	78.6	2	5	40.0	2	2	100.0	87.4	1	2	1	2	-4
4	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	26	20	1/12/2024	SAS	vs	CHA	11	1	0	2	9	14	64.3	2	3	66.7	6	6	100.0	78.1	3	8	3	2	+22
5	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	26	20	11/19/2016	PHI	vs	PHX	7	2	0	2	9	14	64.3	3	5	60.0	5	6	83.3	78.1	0	7	3	4	+16
6	Robert Horry R. Horry	26	20	1/14/1993	HOU	vs	CHA	5	0	0	1	10	14	71.4	0	0		6	6	100.0	78.1	1	4	4	5
7	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	26	20	3/15/1980	POR	@	CHI	4	3	0	0	10	15	66.7	1	2	50.0	5	7	71.4	71.9	3	1	2	2
8	Kel'el Ware K. Ware	25	21	1/2/2025	MIA	vs	IND	0	1	1	3	9	11	81.8	3	4	75.0	4	5	80.0	94.7	0	0	1	2	+4
9	Cam Whitmore C. Whitmore	25	21	2/2/2024	HOU	vs	TOR	6	1	2	0	10	17	58.8	3	7	42.9	2	2	100.0	69.9	3	3	2	1	+22
10	Immanuel Quickley I. Quickley	25	20	2/25/2021	NYK	vs	SAC	1	3	2	0	5	10	50.0	3	6	50.0	12	12	100.0	81.8	1	0	1	1	+15
11	Brad Miller B. Miller	25	18	3/24/1999	CHA	vs	CHI	5	0	2	2	9	9	100.0	0	0		7	7	100.0	103.5	2	3	0	0	+21
12	John Paxson J. Paxson	25	19	4/15/1984	SAS	vs	DEN	1	6	1	1	12	15	80.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	81.0	0	1	2	2
13	Greg Kelser G. Kelser	25	21	1/22/1980	DET	@	CHI	4	1	2	0	8	12	66.7	0	0		9	10	90.0	76.2	4	0	3	6
14	Cam Whitmore C. Whitmore	24	20	1/26/2024	HOU	@	CHA	11	2	0	0	9	18	50.0	4	9	44.4	2	2	100.0	63.6	2	9	0	2	+26
15	Olivier Sarr O. Sarr	24	22	4/3/2022	OKC	vs	PHX	6	1	0	2	9	12	75.0	5	6	83.3	1	1	100.0	96.5	2	4	2	3	+15
16	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	24	22	8/6/2020	NOP	@	SAC	2	2	0	0	10	12	83.3	0	0		4	7	57.1	79.6	0	2	0	0	-12
17	Jamal Murray J. Murray	24	22	11/22/2016	DEN	vs	CHI	6	2	0	0	9	13	69.2	3	4	75.0	3	3	100.0	83.8	2	4	0	2	+9
18	Rodney Hood R. Hood	24	22	3/16/2015	UTA	vs	CHA	3	3	1	0	9	11	81.8	5	5	100.0	1	1	100.0	104.9	0	3	0	3	+34
19	Don MacLean D. MacLean	24	20	11/25/1992	WAS	@	BOS	4	0	1	0	7	14	50.0	0	0		10	11	90.9	63.7	1	3	0	0
20	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	24	19	11/28/1989	ORL	vs	MIA	2	1	1	1	8	11	72.7	0	0		8	13	61.5	71.8	0	2	3	3
21	Rod Foster R. Foster	24	21	1/24/1984	PHX	@	LAL	4	3	0	0	10	16	62.5	2	4	50.0	2	3	66.7	69.3	2	2	0	4
22	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	24	18	1/13/1984	HOU	@	SAS	7	1	2	2	7	15	46.7	0	0		10	14	71.4	56.7	4	3	2	6
23	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	24	20	10/29/1977	KCK	vs	WAS	0	2			10	16	62.5				4	6	66.7	64.4	0	0		4
24	Robert Parish R. Parish	24	20	11/13/1976	GSW	vs	IND	8	0	1	1	11	13	84.6				2	4	50.0	81.3	2	6		2
25	Jack Molinas J. Molinas	24	21	11/19/1953	FTW	@	SYR	4	2			8	17	47.1				8	11	72.7	54.9				2