most points by rookie in first game started this season

Jared McCain posted the most points by a rookie in a start in his first game this season, with 34 points versus the Cavaliers on November 13.

Interpreted as:

most points by rookie in first regular-season game started this season

	NAME	PTS	GS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jared McCain J. McCain	34	1	11/13/2024	PHI	vs	CLE	38	2	10	2	0	12	26	46.2	6	13	46.2	4	4	100.0	61.2	0	2	3	1	-11
2	Reed Sheppard R. Sheppard	25	1	3/3/2025	HOU	@	OKC	31	2	5	2	1	10	17	58.8	3	7	42.9	2	2	100.0	69.9	0	2	3	1	-12
3	Nae'Qwan Tomlin N. Tomlin	24	1	4/13/2025	CLE	vs	IND	47	12	2	0	1	8	21	38.1	2	8	25.0	6	8	75.0	48.9	6	6	1	6	+9
4	Cam Spencer C. Spencer	23	1	4/13/2025	MEM	vs	DAL	37	2	7	3	0	8	19	42.1	5	12	41.7	2	2	100.0	57.8	2	0	0	3	+18
5	Kel'el Ware K. Ware	20	1	1/21/2025	MIA	vs	POR	39	15	0	0	2	8	17	47.1	2	6	33.3	2	2	100.0	55.9	3	12	0	0	+8
6	Terrence Shannon Jr. T. Shannon Jr.	17	1	2/28/2025	MIN	@	UTA	28	4	5	0	1	7	16	43.8	3	5	60.0	0	1	0.0	51.7	1	3	0	1	-6
7	Antonio Reeves A. Reeves	16	1	3/30/2025	NOP	vs	CHA	28	3	2	0	0	6	10	60.0	4	5	80.0	0	0		80.0	0	3	2	5	-2
8	Jaylon Tyson J. Tyson	16	1	11/20/2024	CLE	vs	NOP	37	11	7	2	0	7	12	58.3	1	4	25.0	1	2	50.0	62.1	5	6	1	3	+20
9	Jaylen Wells J. Wells	16	1	10/31/2024	MEM	vs	MIL	36	7	1	0	0	5	9	55.6	3	6	50.0	3	3	100.0	77.5	1	6	1	2	+7
10	Baylor Scheierman B. Scheierman	15	1	4/9/2025	BOS	@	ORL	35	5	3	1	0	6	14	42.9	1	7	14.3	2	2	100.0	50.4	0	5	2	1	-8
11	KJ Simpson	15	1	2/5/2025	CHA	vs	MIL	28	0	3	1	0	6	12	50.0	3	6	50.0	0	0		62.5	0	0	2	0	-23
12	Reece Beekman R. Beekman	14	1	4/6/2025	BKN	vs	TOR	36	4	5	3	0	6	13	46.2	0	4	0.0	2	2	100.0	50.4	0	4	2	3	-26
13	Damion Baugh D. Baugh	14	1	3/8/2025	CHA	vs	BKN	29	2	4	0	0	6	17	35.3	2	6	33.3	0	1	0.0	40.1	1	1	2	0	+3
14	Jamal Shead J. Shead	14	1	2/5/2025	TOR	vs	MEM	30	0	4	1	0	5	10	50.0	2	5	40.0	2	2	100.0	64.3	0	0	2	2	-37
15	Matas Buzelis M. Buzelis	14	1	2/5/2025	CHI	@	MIN	29	5	1	2	3	4	10	40.0	0	4	0.0	6	9	66.7	50.1	1	4	0	3	-20
16	Ja'Kobe Walter J. Walter	14	1	11/27/2024	TOR	@	NOP	28	11	5	2	0	6	14	42.9	2	10	20.0	0	1	0.0	48.5	2	9	3	0	+31
17	Drew Timme D. Timme	13	1	4/6/2025	BKN	vs	TOR	26	7	2	1	0	5	12	41.7	1	4	25.0	2	2	100.0	50.5	2	5	2	1	-12
18	Zaccharie Risacher Z. Risacher	13	1	10/27/2024	ATL	@	OKC	27	6	2	1	1	6	12	50.0	0	2	0.0	1	2	50.0	50.5	3	3	1	1	-17
19	Ryan Dunn R. Dunn	13	1	10/26/2024	PHX	vs	DAL	21	1	1	0	0	5	8	62.5	3	6	50.0	0	0		81.3	1	0	1	5	+4
20	Kylor Kelley K. Kelley	12	1	2/2/2025	DAL	@	CLE	34	11	1	0	1	5	6	83.3	0	0		2	2	100.0	87.2	3	8	1	2	-21
21	Oso Ighodaro O. Ighodaro	12	1	11/18/2024	PHX	vs	ORL	32	7	2	2	0	6	8	75.0	0	0		0	1	0.0	71.1	3	4	1	1	-8
22	Kyle Filipowski K. Filipowski	12	1	10/31/2024	UTA	vs	SAS	20	5	1	0	0	5	8	62.5	2	4	50.0	0	0		75.0	1	4	2	3	-12
23	Dillon Jones D. Jones	11	1	3/19/2025	OKC	vs	PHI	36	5	5	2	0	3	7	42.9	2	6	33.3	3	4	75.0	62.8	0	5	2	2	+20
24	Jamison Battle J. Battle	11	1	3/12/2025	TOR	vs	PHI	38	8	1	0	0	4	15	26.7	3	12	25.0	0	0		36.7	1	7	3	2	0
25	Ron Holland II R. Holland II	11	1	11/13/2024	DET	@	MIL	29	4	2	1	0	5	10	50.0	0	2	0.0	1	3	33.3	48.6	0	4	0	1	+1