Amar'e Stoudemire had the most points by a rookie in a game in 2002-03, with 38 points against the Timberwolves on December 30, 2002.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game 2003 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	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	38	12/30/2002	PHX	@	MIN	45	14	1	0	2	16	24	66.7	0	1	0.0	6	11	54.5	65.9	6	8	4	4	+2
2	Caron Butler C. Butler	35	3/28/2003	MIA	vs	MIN	39	3	7	4	2	15	22	68.2	1	2	50.0	4	7	57.1	69.8	1	2	4	5	+23
3	Dajuan Wagner D. Wagner	33	12/11/2002	CLE	vs	TOR	38	1	2	1	1	12	24	50.0	4	8	50.0	5	5	100.0	63.0	1	0	1	1	+10
4	Gordan Giricek G. Giricek	31	1/3/2003	MEM	vs	LAC	33	5	3	0	0	13	24	54.2	2	5	40.0	3	4	75.0	60.2	1	4	1	2	+7
5	Yao Ming Y. Ming	30	11/21/2002	HOU	@	DAL	33	16	1	0	2	10	12	83.3	0	0		10	12	83.3	86.8	4	12	3	4	+3
6	Yao Ming Y. Ming	29	12/18/2002	HOU	vs	IND	38	10	1	1	6	10	15	66.7	0	0		9	10	90.0	74.7	3	7	3	4	+10
7	Dajuan Wagner D. Wagner	29	12/14/2002	CLE	vs	DEN	42	2	2	1	0	11	19	57.9	5	10	50.0	2	4	50.0	69.8	0	2	2	2	+1
8	Dajuan Wagner D. Wagner	29	12/4/2002	CLE	vs	CHI	40	3	4	2	1	11	25	44.0	2	6	33.3	5	7	71.4	51.6	2	1	6	3	+1
9	Dajuan Wagner D. Wagner	29	11/29/2002	CLE	vs	PHI	42	3	5	1	0	11	26	42.3	3	7	42.9	4	5	80.0	51.4	1	2	3	4	-2
10	Gordan Giricek G. Giricek	29	10/30/2002	MEM	vs	DAL	31	5	1	1	0	10	13	76.9	4	6	66.7	5	8	62.5	87.8	0	5	3	1	-5
11	Dajuan Wagner D. Wagner	28	11/30/2002	CLE	@	MIA	44	2	2	2	0	8	19	42.1	4	5	80.0	8	11	72.7	58.7	1	1	3	4	0
12	Carlos Boozer C. Boozer	27	3/19/2003	CLE	@	MEM	34	12	1	1	0	12	15	80.0	0	0		3	5	60.0	78.5	4	8	1	3	-17
13	Juan Dixon J. Dixon	27	3/1/2003	WAS	vs	CHI	44	6	2	0	0	10	17	58.8	4	8	50.0	3	4	75.0	72.0	2	4	2	3	+15
14	Yao Ming Y. Ming	27	12/3/2002	HOU	vs	SAS	37	18	3	0	3	10	18	55.6	0	0		7	7	100.0	64.0	6	12	2	5	+12
15	Caron Butler C. Butler	26	3/18/2003	MIA	vs	PHI	34	6	1	1	0	10	18	55.6	1	3	33.3	5	5	100.0	64.4	0	6	2	4	-9
16	Drew Gooden D. Gooden	26	3/5/2003	ORL	vs	MIL	37	16	0	0	2	9	14	64.3	0	0		8	10	80.0	70.7	4	12	0	4	0
17	Carlos Boozer C. Boozer	26	12/4/2002	CLE	vs	CHI	34	8	2	0	0	10	14	71.4	0	0		6	8	75.0	74.2	5	3	3	3	+8
18	Jay Williams J. Williams	26	11/9/2002	CHI	vs	NJN	45	14	13	2	0	10	22	45.5	4	10	40.0	2	2	100.0	56.8	1	13	2	3	+7
19	Caron Butler C. Butler	25	3/14/2003	MIA	vs	NOH	45	6	3	2	0	11	25	44.0	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	48.3	4	2	3	5	-4
20	J.R. Bremer	25	3/7/2003	BOS	vs	LAC	33	5	2	0	0	9	16	56.3	6	12	50.0	1	2	50.0	74.1	0	5	3	2	+7
21	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	25	2/16/2003	PHX	vs	BOS	41	17	1	0	0	9	16	56.3	0	0		7	12	58.3	58.7	5	12	1	2	+20
22	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	25	2/14/2003	PHX	vs	NYK	40	14	3	0	1	9	13	69.2	0	0		7	10	70.0	71.8	4	10	7	4	-5
23	Yao Ming Y. Ming	25	2/11/2003	HOU	vs	UTA	40	10	3	0	1	7	16	43.8	0	0		11	13	84.6	57.6	3	7	1	5	-6
24	Caron Butler C. Butler	25	1/1/2003	MIA	@	ATL	32	2	3	4	0	10	15	66.7	2	2	100.0	3	4	75.0	74.6	1	1	0	3	+21
25	Dajuan Wagner D. Wagner	25	12/21/2002	CLE	vs	BOS	42	2	4	0	0	7	20	35.0	2	7	28.6	9	10	90.0	51.2	2	0	1	1	+2