most points in a game by a rookie on opening night

Wilt Chamberlain has put up the most points by a rookie in a season opener, with 43 points against the Knicks on October 24, 1959.

NAMEPTSDATETMOPPMINREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
43
10/24/1959
@
48
28
1
17
27
63.0
9
15
60.0
64.0
2
2VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
34
10/22/2025
@
42
7
3
1
0
13
26
50.0
5
13
38.5
3
6
50.0
59.4
1
6
2
1
-2
3John Drew
J. Drew
32
10/18/1974
@
42
12
3
4
0
13
34
38.2
6
9
66.7
42.1
6
6
3
4Maurice Stokes
M. Stokes
32
11/5/1955
vs
20
8
11
10
11
90.9
3
5Isiah Thomas
I. Thomas
31
10/30/1981
vs
41
3
11
1
1
10
19
52.6
1
1
100.0
10
13
76.9
62.7
3
4
6Lamar Odom
L. Odom
30
11/2/1999
vs
44
12
3
2
2
10
18
55.6
2
5
40.0
8
15
53.3
61.0
2
10
3
1
-7
7Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
30
11/1/1996
vs
37
2
6
1
0
12
19
63.2
2
4
50.0
4
6
66.7
69.3
2
0
3
5
-15
8Willie Anderson
W. Anderson
30
11/5/1988
vs
38
5
6
2
0
12
25
48.0
0
0
6
8
75.0
52.6
2
3
2
4
9Gordan Giricek
G. Giricek
29
10/30/2002
vs
31
5
1
1
0
10
13
76.9
4
6
66.7
5
8
62.5
87.8
0
5
3
1
-5
10Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
29
10/18/1969
vs
48
12
6
12
27
44.4
5
8
62.5
47.5
5
11Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
29
10/19/1961
@
38
17
7
14
50.0
15
18
83.3
66.1
4
12Paolo Banchero
P. Banchero
27
10/19/2022
@
35
9
5
0
2
11
18
61.1
0
0
5
7
71.4
64.0
2
7
4
5
+2
13Chris Duarte
C. Duarte
27
10/20/2021
@
33
5
1
1
0
9
15
60.0
6
9
66.7
3
3
100.0
82.7
0
5
1
4
+7
14P.J. Washington
P.J. Washington
27
10/23/2019
vs
38
4
1
1
1
9
17
52.9
7
11
63.6
2
2
100.0
75.5
1
3
4
2
+8
15Bobby Jackson
B. Jackson
27
10/31/1997
vs
37
6
1
2
0
10
19
52.6
2
3
66.7
5
5
100.0
63.7
3
3
4
4
-9
16Jerry Stackhouse
J. Stackhouse
27
11/3/1995
vs
37
1
0
3
0
11
18
61.1
2
4
50.0
3
3
100.0
69.9
1
0
6
2
17Ron Anderson
R. Anderson
27
10/26/1984
@
40
5
5
1
0
10
14
71.4
0
0
7
9
77.8
75.2
2
3
4
3
18Jahlil Okafor
J. Okafor
26
10/28/2015
@
38
7
1
1
2
10
16
62.5
0
0
6
6
100.0
69.7
4
3
8
4
-9
19Donyell Marshall
D. Marshall
26
11/4/1994
@
26
4
2
0
3
9
18
50.0
5
8
62.5
3
6
50.0
63.0
2
2
0
0
20Mitchell Wiggins
M. Wiggins
26
10/29/1983
vs
36
9
2
2
0
9
20
45.0
0
0
8
9
88.9
54.3
2
7
2
3
21Darrell Griffith
D. Griffith
26
10/10/1980
vs
40
8
2
5
0
12
27
44.4
0
1
0.0
2
2
100.0
46.6
4
4
3
4
22Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
26
10/12/1979
@
41
8
4
1
4
10
21
47.6
0
0
6
10
60.0
51.2
4
4
3
3
23Cleo Hill
C. Hill
26
10/21/1961
vs
33
4
9
15
60.0
8
8
100.0
70.2
6
24LeBron James
L. James
25
10/29/2003
@
42
6
9
4
0
12
20
60.0
0
2
0.0
1
3
33.3
58.6
2
4
2
3
-9
25Grant Hill
G. Hill
25
11/4/1994
vs
38
10
5
0
3
8
19
42.1
1
1
100.0
8
10
80.0
53.4
6
4
3
5

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