most points in a season opener ever by a nugget rookie

Bobby Jackson has posted the most points by a Nuggets rookie in a season opener, with 27 points versus the Spurs on October 31, 1997.

	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	Bobby Jackson B. Jackson	27	10/31/1997	DEN	vs	SAS	37	6	1	2	0	10	19	52.6	2	3	66.7	5	5	100.0	63.7	3	3	4	4	-9
2	Bryant Stith B. Stith	20	11/7/1992	DEN	vs	SAS	29	6	0	4	2	6	13	46.2	0	0		8	11	72.7	56.1	4	2	1	1
3	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	18	11/1/1991	DEN	vs	GSW	37	16	2	0	3	6	20	30.0	0	0		6	8	75.0	38.3	7	9	2	3
4	Emmanuel Mudiay E. Mudiay	17	10/28/2015	DEN	@	HOU	38	5	9	0	0	6	13	46.2	3	5	60.0	2	4	50.0	57.6	0	5	11	4	+13
5	Ty Lawson T. Lawson	17	10/28/2009	DEN	vs	UTA	26	4	6	1	0	7	13	53.8	0	2	0.0	3	3	100.0	59.4	1	3	1	2	+12
6	Tony Battie T. Battie	15	10/31/1997	DEN	vs	SAS	31	6	0	2	0	6	10	60.0	0	0		3	5	60.0	61.5	3	3	1	4	-2
7	Cedrick Hordges C. Hordges	14	10/10/1980	DEN	vs	SAS	25	6	0	0	0	5	8	62.5	0	0		4	5	80.0	68.6	2	4	1	6
8	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	12	10/29/2003	DEN	vs	SAS	29	7	3	1	0	4	15	26.7	0	1	0.0	4	8	50.0	32.4	3	4	3	3	+11
9	Mark Alarie M. Alarie	12	10/31/1986	DEN	vs	SAS	19	5	3	0	0	5	6	83.3	0	0		2	4	50.0	77.3	1	4	3	0
10	Raef LaFrentz R. LaFrentz	11	2/5/1999	DEN	vs	MIN	25	7	0	1	0	4	7	57.1	1	2	50.0	2	2	100.0	69.8	2	5	1	5	-12
11	Nene	10	10/30/2002	DEN	@	MIN	28	11	4	0	1	3	6	50.0	0	1	0.0	4	6	66.7	57.9	4	7	4	3	+19
12	Antonio McDyess A. McDyess	10	11/3/1995	DEN	@	LAL	21	3	0	1	1	5	9	55.6	0	0		0	2	0.0	50.6	0	3	2	4
13	LaPhonso Ellis L. Ellis	10	11/7/1992	DEN	vs	SAS	51	14	5	2	3	5	18	27.8	0	0		0	0		27.8	5	9	4	5
14	Bo Ellis B. Ellis	10	10/19/1977	DEN	vs	MIL	19	6	0	1	1	5	10	50.0				0	0		50.0	3	3	1	5
15	Nikoloz Tskitishvili N. Tskitishvili	9	10/30/2002	DEN	@	MIN	29	2	3	0	2	3	7	42.9	3	4	75.0	0	0		64.3	1	1	0	5	+19
16	James Posey J. Posey	9	11/2/1999	DEN	vs	PHX	20	2	1	1	1	4	5	80.0	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	76.5	0	2	1	2	+7
17	Mark Macon M. Macon	8	11/1/1991	DEN	vs	GSW	23	2	1	3	2	3	14	21.4	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	26.9	1	1	2	3
18	Howard Carter H. Carter	8	10/28/1983	DEN	vs	UTA	14	3	2	0	0	4	8	50.0	0	0		0	0		50.0	1	2	1	2
19	Tom LaGarde T. LaGarde	8	10/19/1977	DEN	vs	MIL	8	1	0	0	0	0	0					8	8	100.0	113.6	0	1	2	3
20	Danny Fortson D. Fortson	7	10/31/1997	DEN	vs	SAS	17	4	1	0	1	3	4	75.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	71.7	1	3	2	4	-18
21	Blair Rasmussen B. Rasmussen	7	10/25/1985	DEN	@	GSW	11	7	0	1	0	3	7	42.9	0	0		1	2	50.0	44.4	2	5	2	4
22	Andre Moore A. Moore	6	11/6/1987	DEN	vs	LAC	14	5	4	1	0	1	6	16.7	0	0		4	4	100.0	38.7	3	2	1	2
23	Maurice Martin M. Martin	6	10/31/1986	DEN	vs	SAS	4	1	1	0	1	2	3	66.7	0	0		2	2	100.0	77.3	1	0	0	0
24	Rob Williams R. Williams	6	10/29/1982	DEN	vs	DAL	15	5	7			2	7	28.6	0	0		2	4	50.0	34.2			4	5
25	Jusuf Nurkić J. Nurkić	5	10/29/2014	DEN	vs	DET	13	7	0	0	0	2	4	50.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	51.2	1	6	1	3	+1