most points in a game by a second year player since 1990

Devin Booker scored the most points by a player in a game in his 2nd season, with 70 points against the Celtics on March 24, 2017.

Interpreted as:

most points in a regular-season game by a second year player since 1990

	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	Devin Booker D. Booker	70	3/24/2017	PHX	@	BOS	45	8	6	3	1	21	40	52.5	4	11	36.4	24	26	92.3	68.0	2	6	5	3	-6
2	LeBron James L. James	56	3/20/2005	CLE	@	TOR	48	10	5	2	0	18	36	50.0	6	12	50.0	14	15	93.3	65.7	2	8	4	0	-7
3	Michael Adams M. Adams	54	3/23/1991	DEN	vs	MIL	43	5	9	3	0	17	31	54.8	7	16	43.8	13	17	76.5	70.2	0	5	4	5
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	53	4/20/1994	ORL	vs	MIN	36	18	4	2	2	22	31	71.0	0	0		9	13	69.2	72.2	7	11	3	3
5	Bernard King B. King	52	12/29/1990	WAS	vs	DEN	39	8	6	1	0	20	35	57.1	0	0		12	14	85.7	63.2	3	5	4	3
6	Charles Smith C. Smith	52	12/1/1990	LAC	@	DEN	37	6	2	3	2	17	27	63.0	0	0		18	21	85.7	71.7	1	5	4	2
7	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	51	3/17/2022	DET	@	ORL	39	9	4	3	0	17	27	63.0	10	14	71.4	7	10	70.0	81.2	0	9	1	1	+11
8	Terrence Ross T. Ross	51	1/25/2014	TOR	vs	LAC	44	9	1	1	0	16	29	55.2	10	17	58.8	9	10	90.0	76.3	3	6	3	4	-4
9	Vince Carter V. Carter	51	2/27/2000	TOR	vs	PHX	43	9	1	3	0	17	32	53.1	4	8	50.0	13	13	100.0	67.6	5	4	5	5	+5
10	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	51	1/26/1991	HOU	vs	CLE	46	5	1	2	0	14	25	56.0	4	10	40.0	19	22	86.4	73.5	0	5	5	0
11	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	50	11/13/2024	SAS	vs	WAS	32	6	2	1	3	18	29	62.1	8	16	50.0	6	9	66.7	75.8	1	5	1	3	+13
12	Kevin Porter Jr. K. Porter Jr.	50	4/29/2021	HOU	vs	MIL	41	5	11	0	1	16	26	61.5	9	15	60.0	9	11	81.8	81.1	0	5	5	5	+19
13	Trae Young T. Young	50	2/20/2020	ATL	vs	MIA	40	2	8	2	1	12	25	48.0	8	15	53.3	18	19	94.7	74.9	0	2	7	4	+10
14	Jamal Mashburn J. Mashburn	50	11/12/1994	DAL	@	CHI	43	10	2	0	0	19	31	61.3	3	3	100.0	9	13	69.2	68.1	5	5	8	4
15	Bernard King B. King	50	3/6/1991	WAS	vs	UTA	48	6	2	4	0	18	31	58.1	0	2	0.0	14	16	87.5	65.7	3	3	4	2
16	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	50	12/1/1990	NYK	vs	CHA	42	15	2	0	3	22	31	71.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	74.3	3	12	4	4
17	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	49	4/7/2022	MIN	vs	SAS	39	6	8	1	0	16	28	57.1	6	14	42.9	11	14	78.6	71.7	2	4	2	2	+18
18	Trae Young T. Young	49	11/29/2019	ATL	@	IND	43	1	6	2	0	16	28	57.1	8	15	53.3	9	9	100.0	76.7	0	1	9	1	+1
19	Antoine Walker A. Walker	49	1/7/1998	BOS	@	WAS	42	12	0	1	0	21	36	58.3	5	5	100.0	2	7	28.6	62.7	2	10	5	6	+2
20	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	49	12/9/1993	ORL	@	IND	45	11	3	2	0	17	25	68.0	0	0		15	18	83.3	74.4	3	8	2	3
21	Bernard King B. King	49	1/31/1991	WAS	@	NYK	43	11	5	1	0	20	35	57.1	0	0		9	10	90.0	62.2	3	8	3	3
22	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	48	11/10/2021	MIN	@	GSW	42	6	5	2	0	16	27	59.3	7	13	53.8	9	12	75.0	74.3	2	4	6	1	-3
23	Trae Young T. Young	48	2/9/2020	ATL	vs	NYK	48	1	13	2	0	13	30	43.3	6	13	46.2	16	16	100.0	64.8	0	1	7	1	+10
24	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	48	4/14/2005	MIA	@	PHI	49	10	6	1	0	18	33	54.5	2	3	66.7	10	13	76.9	62.0	2	8	3	4	0
25	Keegan Murray K. Murray	47	12/16/2023	SAC	vs	UTA	36	8	2	2	0	16	23	69.6	12	15	80.0	3	4	75.0	94.9	1	7	0	1	+33