Jason Richardson scored the most points by a rookie in a game in 2001-02, with 40 points versus the Kings on April 16, 2002.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game 2002 rookie

	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	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	40	4/16/2002	GSW	@	SAC	41	2	2	3	0	18	28	64.3	2	5	40.0	2	2	100.0	69.3	1	1	3	6	-5
2	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	35	2/22/2002	GSW	@	MIL	42	3	5	0	1	16	22	72.7	3	5	60.0	0	0		79.5	2	1	1	2	+4
3	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	32	4/5/2002	MEM	vs	HOU	44	14	4	0	2	12	22	54.5	0	0		8	10	80.0	60.6	5	9	2	0	+21
4	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	32	3/21/2002	GSW	vs	LAC	35	4	5	3	1	11	15	73.3	2	2	100.0	8	9	88.9	84.4	1	3	3	4	-15
5	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	32	3/8/2002	GSW	@	HOU	36	7	4	2	0	10	17	58.8	2	4	50.0	10	11	90.9	73.3	1	6	6	4	+10
6	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	31	1/10/2002	MEM	@	PHX	40	7	1	0	5	12	20	60.0	0	0		7	8	87.5	65.9	1	6	2	3	+14
7	Jamaal Tinsley J. Tinsley	30	3/5/2002	IND	vs	ORL	43	6	12	2	1	12	20	60.0	5	9	55.6	1	4	25.0	68.9	0	6	4	4	+18
8	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	30	2/7/2002	MEM	@	MIL	44	10	1	1	2	11	14	78.6	0	0		8	9	88.9	83.5	2	8	5	3	-2
9	Shane Battier S. Battier	30	11/15/2001	MEM	vs	POR	44	4	5	0	3	10	13	76.9	3	5	60.0	7	9	77.8	88.4	2	2	1	4	-14
10	Jamaal Tinsley J. Tinsley	29	11/20/2001	IND	vs	ATL	46	3	11	2	0	9	19	47.4	2	4	50.0	9	11	81.8	60.8	0	3	4	3	+11
11	Shane Battier S. Battier	28	3/21/2002	MEM	vs	MIN	39	5	3	1	1	12	15	80.0	2	2	100.0	2	2	100.0	88.2	2	3	0	2	+7
12	Jamaal Tinsley J. Tinsley	28	3/7/2002	IND	@	MEM	42	6	9	6	1	12	21	57.1	2	4	50.0	2	3	66.7	62.7	1	5	6	3	-7
13	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	28	2/15/2002	GSW	vs	SAS	38	4	3	0	0	11	19	57.9	3	7	42.9	3	5	60.0	66.0	1	3	2	5	-1
14	Oscar Torres O. Torres	28	12/11/2001	HOU	vs	CLE	43	5	2	0	0	10	11	90.9	4	4	100.0	4	5	80.0	106.1	1	4	2	1	+3
15	Jamaal Tinsley J. Tinsley	28	11/17/2001	IND	@	DET	42	13	4	1	0	9	17	52.9	1	3	33.3	9	12	75.0	62.8	2	11	5	3	+1
16	Andrei Kirilenko A. Kirilenko	27	3/15/2002	UTA	@	DET	44	9	1	1	2	11	15	73.3	0	1	0.0	5	7	71.4	74.7	4	5	1	2	+6
17	Shane Battier S. Battier	27	1/30/2002	MEM	@	IND	38	1	1	0	1	11	17	64.7	2	3	66.7	3	4	75.0	72.0	0	1	2	3	+6
18	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	27	1/23/2002	MEM	@	GSW	38	10	2	3	1	10	19	52.6	0	0		7	10	70.0	57.7	4	6	4	4	-18
19	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	27	12/26/2001	MEM	vs	CHI	37	14	3	1	4	11	15	73.3	0	0		5	8	62.5	72.9	4	10	2	4	+22
20	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	27	11/6/2001	MEM	@	PHX	40	5	4	1	3	11	17	64.7	0	1	0.0	5	8	62.5	65.8	2	3	1	4	-8
21	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	26	4/2/2002	GSW	vs	POR	39	7	1	3	1	12	21	57.1	1	2	50.0	1	2	50.0	59.4	1	6	2	1	+12
22	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	26	3/30/2002	MEM	vs	GSW	34	12	5	1	2	12	18	66.7	0	0		2	4	50.0	65.8	6	6	3	4	+8
23	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	26	3/1/2002	MEM	@	DEN	36	6	6	0	3	6	9	66.7	0	0		14	15	93.3	83.3	2	4	3	3	-5
24	Shane Battier S. Battier	26	2/19/2002	MEM	@	SAS	49	10	5	4	1	11	20	55.0	1	2	50.0	3	4	75.0	59.7	5	5	5	4	-5
25	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	26	2/19/2002	MEM	@	SAS	51	9	1	0	1	10	18	55.6	0	0		6	7	85.7	61.7	2	7	2	3	-3