most points by rookie in an nba game in less than 26 minutes

Ben Gordon has dropped the most points by a rookie in a game with fewer than 26 minutes played, with 35 points versus the Charlotte Bobcats on March 30, 2005.

Interpreted as:
most points by rookie in an NBA regular-season game in less than 26 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 Ben Gordon
B. Gordon
35
23
3/30/2005
CHI CHI
@
CHA CHA
3
5
2
0
11
17
64.7
6
8
75.0
7
8
87.5
85.3
1
2
3
2
+10
2 Gerald Glass
G. Glass
32
24
12/23/1990
MIN MIN
@
LAL LAL
2
0
3
0
14
21
66.7
0
1
0.0
4
5
80.0
69.0
1
1
2
3
3 Cedric Ceballos
C. Ceballos
32
23
11/10/1990
PHX PHX
vs
DEN DEN
4
2
0
1
12
15
80.0
0
0
8
12
66.7
78.9
2
2
3
2
4 Immanuel Quickley
I. Quickley
31
24
1/24/2021
NYK NYK
@
POR POR
3
4
0
0
9
18
50.0
5
8
62.5
8
8
100.0
72.0
1
2
1
3
+2
5 Ben Gordon
B. Gordon
31
25
1/12/2005
CHI CHI
vs
PHI PHI
2
3
0
1
10
16
62.5
4
7
57.1
7
8
87.5
79.4
0
2
1
2
+27
6 Reggie Miller
R. Miller
31
25
4/16/1988
IND IND
vs
PHI PHI
2
3
1
0
10
15
66.7
4
7
57.1
7
8
87.5
83.7
1
1
1
1
7 Zaccharie Risacher
Z. Risacher
30
25
1/30/2025
ATL ATL
@
CLE CLE
1
1
2
0
11
14
78.6
5
6
83.3
3
6
50.0
90.1
0
1
0
1
-6
8 Victor Wembanyama
V. Wembanyama
30
24
12/28/2023
SAS SAS
@
POR POR
6
6
0
7
9
14
64.3
2
4
50.0
10
10
100.0
81.5
0
6
1
0
+18
9 Bennedict Mathurin
B. Mathurin
30
25
11/9/2022
IND IND
vs
DEN DEN
2
0
1
0
10
17
58.8
6
9
66.7
4
6
66.7
76.4
0
2
4
3
+5
10 Adam Keefe
A. Keefe
30
25
4/23/1993
ATL ATL
vs
MIL MIL
7
2
0
0
12
13
92.3
0
0
6
6
100.0
95.9
1
6
0
4
11 A.J. English
A.J. English
30
23
12/11/1990
WAS WAS
@
DEN DEN
7
4
0
1
13
20
65.0
0
0
4
4
100.0
68.9
6
1
3
1
12 Paul Dawkins
P. Dawkins
30
24
10/18/1979
UTA UTA
vs
POR POR
2
0
0
0
13
15
86.7
0
0
4
6
66.7
85.0
2
0
1
5
13 Billy McKinney
B. McKinney
30
24
12/27/1978
KCK KCK
vs
BOS BOS
0
6
2
0
14
14
100.0
2
3
66.7
97.9
0
0
2
1
14 Jaden Hardy
J. Hardy
29
26
2/6/2023
DAL DAL
@
UTA UTA
4
4
2
0
8
12
66.7
4
6
66.7
9
9
100.0
90.9
1
3
2
4
+23
15 Landry Shamet
L. Shamet
29
24
1/8/2019
PHI PHI
vs
WAS WAS
3
1
1
0
8
15
53.3
8
14
57.1
5
5
100.0
84.3
1
2
1
1
+12
16 Ben Gordon
B. Gordon
29
25
2/22/2005
CHI CHI
vs
MIA MIA
6
3
1
0
9
21
42.9
6
9
66.7
5
6
83.3
61.3
2
4
2
4
+5
17 Larry Nance
L. Nance
29
25
12/3/1981
PHX PHX
vs
DEN DEN
6
4
0
1
12
16
75.0
0
0
5
6
83.3
77.8
2
4
4
4
18 Zach LaVine
Z. LaVine
28
26
11/28/2014
MIN MIN
@
LAL LAL
1
5
0
0
11
14
78.6
2
2
100.0
4
4
100.0
88.8
0
1
3
0
+14
19 Reggie Jordan
R. Jordan
28
25
2/6/1994
LAL LAL
vs
UTA UTA
5
3
1
1
9
12
75.0
1
1
100.0
9
10
90.0
85.4
3
2
2
2
20 Ledell Eackles
L. Eackles
28
24
4/20/1989
WAS WAS
vs
CHI CHI
7
1
0
0
8
17
47.1
1
1
100.0
11
12
91.7
62.8
2
5
1
1
21 Abdul Jeelani
A. Jeelani
28
23
3/15/1980
POR POR
@
CHI CHI
4
0
2
3
10
13
76.9
0
0
8
9
88.9
82.5
0
4
2
2
22 Mike Mitchell
M. Mitchell
28
21
12/12/1978
CLE CLE
vs
DET DET
5
1
1
1
11
16
68.8
6
6
100.0
75.1
2
3
1
2
23 Calvin Murphy
C. Murphy
28
24
2/20/1971
SDR SDR
vs
BOS BOS
4
3
9
19
47.4
10
14
71.4
55.6
2
24 Jaden Hardy
J. Hardy
27
25
3/22/2023
DAL DAL
vs
GSW GSW
5
1
1
1
10
18
55.6
6
9
66.7
1
2
50.0
71.5
0
5
0
2
+4
25 Alperen Şengün
A. Şengün
27
26
3/26/2022
HOU HOU
@
POR POR
7
3
0
1
10
16
62.5
2
4
50.0
5
8
62.5
69.2
2
5
1
1
+13
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52
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68
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52
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