most points in a rookies first game since 2000 in the nba

Since 1999-00, VJ Edgecombe has posted the most points by a rookie in his first game, with 34 points in 2025-26.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	VJ Edgecombe	34	2025-26	PHI	1	42.2	34.0	7.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	26.0	50.0	5.0	13.0	38.5	3.0	6.0	50.0	59.4	1.0	6.0	2.0	42	7	3	1	0	2	1	-2
2	Lamar Odom L. Odom	30	1999-00	LAC	1	44.0	30.0	12.0	3.0	2.0	2.0	10.0	18.0	55.6	2.0	5.0	40.0	8.0	15.0	53.3	61.0	2.0	10.0	3.0	44	12	3	2	2	3	1	-7
3	Gordan Giricek G. Giricek	29	2002-03	MEM	1	31.0	29.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	10.0	13.0	76.9	4.0	6.0	66.7	5.0	8.0	62.5	87.8	0.0	5.0	3.0	31	5	1	1	0	3	1	-5
4	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	27	2022-23	ORL	1	35.3	27.0	9.0	5.0	0.0	2.0	11.0	18.0	61.1	0.0	0.0		5.0	7.0	71.4	64.0	2.0	7.0	4.0	35	9	5	0	2	4	5	+2
5	Chris Duarte C. Duarte	27	2021-22	IND	1	32.7	27.0	5.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	15.0	60.0	6.0	9.0	66.7	3.0	3.0	100.0	82.7	0.0	5.0	1.0	33	5	1	1	0	1	4	+7
6	P.J. Washington	27	2019-20	CHA	1	37.6	27.0	4.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	9.0	17.0	52.9	7.0	11.0	63.6	2.0	2.0	100.0	75.5	1.0	3.0	4.0	38	4	1	1	1	4	2	+8
7	Jahlil Okafor J. Okafor	26	2015-16	PHI	1	38.1	26.0	7.0	1.0	1.0	2.0	10.0	16.0	62.5	0.0	0.0		6.0	6.0	100.0	69.7	4.0	3.0	8.0	38	7	1	1	2	8	4	-9
8	LeBron James L. James	25	2003-04	CLE	1	42.0	25.0	6.0	9.0	4.0	0.0	12.0	20.0	60.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	58.6	2.0	4.0	2.0	42	6	9	4	0	2	3	-9
9	Kendrick Nunn K. Nunn	24	2019-20	MIA	1	26.5	24.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	10.0	18.0	55.6	1.0	2.0	50.0	3.0	3.0	100.0	62.1	0.0	2.0	1.0	27	2	3	2	0	1	5	+27
10	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	23	2012-13	POR	1	35.0	23.0	3.0	11.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	17.0	41.2	1.0	4.0	25.0	8.0	8.0	100.0	56.0	0.0	3.0	6.0	35	3	11	1	0	6	2	+16
11	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	22	2019-20	NOP	1	18.3	22.0	7.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	11.0	72.7	4.0	4.0	100.0	2.0	4.0	50.0	86.2	2.0	5.0	5.0	18	7	3	0	0	5	1	+3
12	Michael Carter-Williams M. Carter-Williams	22	2013-14	PHI	1	36.2	22.0	7.0	12.0	9.0	0.0	6.0	10.0	60.0	4.0	6.0	66.7	6.0	8.0	75.0	81.4	0.0	7.0	1.0	36	7	12	9	0	1	1	+12
13	RJ Barrett	21	2019-20	NYK	1	37.1	21.0	5.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	9.0	13.0	69.2	1.0	3.0	33.3	2.0	4.0	50.0	71.1	0.0	5.0	3.0	37	5	2	2	0	3	3	-2
14	Anthony Davis A. Davis	21	2012-13	NOH	1	29.1	21.0	7.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	6.0	12.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		9.0	9.0	100.0	65.8	3.0	4.0	0.0	29	7	0	1	1	0	0	-20
15	Rudy Gay R. Gay	21	2006-07	MEM	1	38.2	21.0	8.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	8.0	21.0	38.1	1.0	1.0	100.0	4.0	4.0	100.0	46.1	4.0	4.0	1.0	38	8	0	1	4	1	2	+3
16	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	20	2016-17	PHI	1	22.4	20.0	7.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	6.0	16.0	37.5	1.0	3.0	33.3	7.0	8.0	87.5	51.2	0.0	7.0	4.0	22	7	0	0	2	4	4	-6
17	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	20	2010-11	LAC	1	38.6	20.0	14.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	8.0	14.0	57.1	0.0	0.0		4.0	6.0	66.7	60.1	9.0	5.0	2.0	39	14	4	1	0	2	4	-9
18	Brandon Roy B. Roy	20	2006-07	POR	1	35.4	20.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	16.0	62.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		62.5	2.0	1.0	3.0	35	3	2	0	0	3	3	-8
19	Speedy Claxton S. Claxton	20	2001-02	PHI	1	40.0	20.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	15.0	46.7	1.0	1.0	100.0	5.0	5.0	100.0	58.1	1.0	0.0	2.0	40	1	4	1	0	2	3	-9
20	AJ Dybantsa	19	2026-27	WAS	1	27.0	19.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	8.0	12.0	66.7	1.0	3.0	33.3	2.0	2.0	100.0	73.8	1.0	1.0	2.0	27	2	2	0	0	2	4	-3
21	Daeqwon Plowden D. Plowden	19	2024-25	ATL	1	25.3	19.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.0	8.0	87.5	5.0	6.0	83.3	0.0	0.0		118.8	3.0	1.0	1.0	25	4	0	0	0	1	4	+9
22	Keegan Murray K. Murray	19	2022-23	SAC	1	32.8	19.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	2.0	7.0	10.0	70.0	3.0	6.0	50.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	87.3	1.0	4.0	2.0	33	5	2	0	2	2	3	-4
23	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	19	2022-23	IND	1	27.8	19.0	7.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	7.0	15.0	46.7	3.0	7.0	42.9	2.0	5.0	40.0	55.2	2.0	5.0	3.0	28	7	2	2	0	3	3	+9
24	Jaden Ivey J. Ivey	19	2022-23	DET	1	31.7	19.0	3.0	4.0	3.0	0.0	8.0	15.0	53.3	2.0	4.0	50.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	61.5	1.0	2.0	2.0	32	3	4	3	0	2	3	-4
25	James Wiseman J. Wiseman	19	2020-21	GSW	1	24.3	19.0	6.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	7.0	13.0	53.8	1.0	1.0	100.0	4.0	8.0	50.0	57.5	1.0	5.0	1.0	24	6	0	2	0	1	2	-10

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26.7

Maxey

RPG

9.3

Embiid

APG

6.5

James

Team Rankings

ORTG

110.7

21st

DRTG

109.7

7th

NETRTG

1.0

16th

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33.7

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2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	9	2	.818
2	76ers	9	3	.750	0.5
3	Pistons	7	3	.700	1.5
4	Knicks	6	4	.600	2.5
5	Hawks	7	5	.583	2.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 11/12	TOR	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sun 11/15	IND	@	PHI	1:00 PM
Mon 11/16	PHI	@	BKN	7:30 PM
Wed 11/18	PHI	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Sat 11/21	MIL	@	PHI	1:00 PM

Last Game

Celtics

9 - 2

123

Final

101

76ers

9 - 3

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NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

39.3

Dončić

30.6

Curry

30.1

Wembanyama

RPG Leaders

13.8

Towns

13.3

Sabonis

12.6

Antetokounmpo

APG Leaders

9.1

Jokić

8.7

Young

8.6

Wagner

SPG Leaders

3.0

Daniels

2.3

Dunn

2.3

Barnes

BPG Leaders

4.4

Wembanyama

2.4

Turner

2.3

Kessler

3PM Leaders

5.5

Dončić

4.7

Curry

4.2

Robinson

TS% Leaders

73.4

Gafford

72.2

Curry

70.5

Carter

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.4

120.9

120.4

120.3

119.2

119.1

DRtg Rankings

106.1

107.4

107.5

108.2

NetRtg Rankings

12.2

11.8

11.0

9.4

9.2

8.7

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1-10

1-8

2-8

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FanDuel Points Leaders

694.7

Wembanyama

639.1

Dončić

583.3

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings Points Leaders

675.3

Wembanyama

673.5

Dončić

610.3

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

39.9

Dončić

37.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

36.6

Wembanyama

MPG Leaders

37.4

Acuff

36.9

Murray

36.6

Wagner

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

2.12

Wembanyama

1.76

Dončić

1.62

Antetokounmpo

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

2.06

Wembanyama

1.86

Dončić

1.70

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9-3

8-3

7-3

Worst Record ATS

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3-8

3-7

4-8

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	9	2	.818
2	76ers	9	3	.750	0.5
3	Pistons	7	3	.700	1.5
4	Knicks	6	4	.600	2.5
5	Hawks	7	5	.583	2.5
6	Raptors	5	5	.500	3.5
7	Cavaliers	5	6	.455	4.0
8	Heat	5	6	.455	4.0
9	Hornets	4	7	.364	5.0
10	Wizards	4	7	.364	5.0
11	Magic	3	7	.300	5.5
12	Pacers	3	8	.273	6.0
13	Nets	2	8	.200	6.5
14	Bulls	1	8	.111	7.0
15	Bucks	1	10	.091	8.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Lakers	10	2	.833
2	Spurs	9	2	.818	0.5
3	Timberwolves	8	3	.727	1.5
4	Rockets	8	3	.727	1.5
5	Thunder	8	3	.727	1.5
6	Warriors	8	3	.727	1.5
7	Grizzlies	7	3	.700	2.0
8	Trail Blazers	7	3	.700	2.0
9	Mavericks	7	4	.636	2.5
10	Nuggets	5	4	.556	3.5
11	Suns	4	6	.400	5.0
12	Pelicans	4	7	.364	5.5
13	Clippers	2	8	.200	7.0
14	Kings	1	10	.091	8.5
15	Jazz	1	10	.091	8.5