D'Angelo Russell posted the most points by a rookie in a game in 2015-16, with 39 points versus the Nets on March 1, 2016.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in a regular-season game 2016 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	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	39	3/1/2016	LAL	vs	BKN	35	6	3	1	0	14	21	66.7	8	12	66.7	3	5	60.0	84.1	1	5	3	1	+13
2	Jordan McRae J. McRae	36	4/13/2016	CLE	vs	DET	47	4	7	0	0	14	29	48.3	3	5	60.0	5	8	62.5	55.4	1	3	5	5	+3
3	Devin Booker D. Booker	35	3/10/2016	PHX	@	DEN	44	3	5	1	1	12	24	50.0	1	5	20.0	10	11	90.9	60.7	0	3	5	3	-16
4	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	35	2/10/2016	MIN	vs	TOR	35	11	1	0	3	12	19	63.2	0	0		11	13	84.6	70.8	4	7	0	4	+11
5	Devin Booker D. Booker	34	4/5/2016	PHX	@	ATL	39	5	2	2	0	12	25	48.0	4	9	44.4	6	10	60.0	57.8	0	5	2	4	-9
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	34	3/3/2016	PHX	@	MIA	39	3	4	0	0	11	21	52.4	3	7	42.9	9	9	100.0	68.1	0	3	4	4	-8
7	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	32	4/8/2016	LAL	@	NOP	32	2	2	1	0	9	16	56.3	3	6	50.0	11	13	84.6	73.7	0	2	2	4	-3
8	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	32	3/18/2016	MIN	@	HOU	40	11	1	2	1	13	22	59.1	0	2	0.0	6	7	85.7	63.8	4	7	1	2	-9
9	Devin Booker D. Booker	32	3/9/2016	PHX	vs	NYK	39	3	1	0	0	14	28	50.0	3	8	37.5	1	2	50.0	55.4	1	2	3	2	-25
10	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	32	1/29/2016	MIN	@	UTA	36	12	1	1	1	13	17	76.5	1	2	50.0	5	5	100.0	83.3	5	7	5	1	0
11	Devin Booker D. Booker	32	1/19/2016	PHX	vs	IND	40	0	2	0	0	9	16	56.3	6	11	54.5	8	8	100.0	82.0	0	0	4	3	-9
12	Jahlil Okafor J. Okafor	31	2/21/2016	PHI	@	DAL	32	8	1	1	1	12	19	63.2	0	1	0.0	7	10	70.0	66.2	4	4	5	4	-29
13	Myles Turner M. Turner	31	1/22/2016	IND	@	GSW	28	8	0	1	2	12	17	70.6	0	1	0.0	7	9	77.8	74.0	3	5	1	3	+1
14	Norman Powell N. Powell	30	4/13/2016	TOR	@	BKN	37	9	5	1	0	12	18	66.7	5	6	83.3	1	3	33.3	77.6	1	8	1	2	0
15	Devin Booker D. Booker	30	3/28/2016	PHX	@	MIN	43	3	5	0	1	10	22	45.5	2	4	50.0	8	9	88.9	57.8	0	3	4	4	-4
16	Emmanuel Mudiay E. Mudiay	30	3/10/2016	DEN	vs	PHX	34	2	5	0	1	13	20	65.0	4	7	57.1	0	1	0.0	73.4	0	2	4	4	+20
17	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	30	2/27/2016	MIN	@	NOP	35	15	4	2	1	13	20	65.0	0	1	0.0	4	8	50.0	63.8	3	12	1	3	+5
18	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	29	3/23/2016	NYK	@	CHI	31	10	1	0	0	11	16	68.8	3	6	50.0	4	6	66.7	77.8	2	8	3	5	+12
19	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	29	11/17/2015	NYK	vs	CHA	31	11	0	0	1	10	17	58.8	2	2	100.0	7	7	100.0	72.2	2	9	1	2	+20
20	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	28	4/13/2016	MIN	vs	NOP	32	14	3	1	2	12	17	70.6	2	5	40.0	2	2	100.0	78.3	0	14	3	3	+24
21	Myles Turner M. Turner	28	4/10/2016	IND	vs	BKN	26	10	1	1	2	11	17	64.7	0	0		6	7	85.7	69.7	1	9	4	3	+6
22	Devin Booker D. Booker	28	3/23/2016	PHX	vs	LAL	41	3	7	1	1	12	22	54.5	1	4	25.0	3	4	75.0	58.9	0	3	2	4	+22
23	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	28	3/7/2016	MIN	@	CHA	38	14	2	1	2	11	18	61.1	0	0		6	7	85.7	66.4	1	13	1	3	+7
24	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	28	3/5/2016	MIN	vs	BKN	38	6	7	2	3	14	18	77.8	0	0		0	0		77.8	2	4	4	4	+13
25	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	28	2/22/2016	MIN	vs	BOS	36	13	4	0	2	13	22	59.1	1	2	50.0	1	2	50.0	61.2	5	8	3	2	+1