most points in a single game by rookie 2026

Kon Knueppel has put up the most points by a rookie this season, with 495 points.

	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	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	495	2025-26	CHA	26	34.0	19.0	5.4	3.5	0.7	0.2	6.7	14.2	47.2	3.4	8.5	40.5	2.2	2.4	92.1	62.4	1.0	4.4	2.3	883	140	90	19	6	61	62	-36
2	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	437	2025-26	DAL	25	33.7	17.5	6.3	3.4	1.3	0.7	6.8	14.1	48.2	0.8	3.4	25.0	3.0	3.7	81.7	55.5	1.2	5.1	2.1	842	157	86	33	17	52	56	-143
3	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	403	2025-26	NOP	26	27.6	15.5	3.5	3.1	1.4	0.2	5.8	13.2	44.4	1.2	3.3	36.5	2.6	3.3	80.0	53.1	0.7	2.8	2.3	717	91	81	37	4	59	52	-216
4	Derik Queen D. Queen	339	2025-26	NOP	26	25.3	13.0	6.3	4.0	1.0	0.8	4.9	9.7	50.4	0.1	0.7	11.1	3.2	4.0	79.8	56.9	1.7	4.7	2.2	657	165	104	27	20	57	86	-118
5	Cedric Coward C. Coward	337	2025-26	MEM	25	27.2	13.5	6.4	2.8	0.6	0.3	4.8	10.6	45.8	1.5	4.6	32.5	2.3	2.8	84.1	57.2	1.4	5.0	1.5	681	160	71	14	8	37	50	+49
6	VJ Edgecombe	309	2025-26	PHI	21	34.8	14.7	5.6	4.0	1.3	0.4	5.4	12.9	42.1	2.0	5.0	38.7	1.9	2.5	75.5	52.5	1.8	3.8	1.7	731	117	85	28	9	36	67	+77
7	Ace Bailey A. Bailey	244	2025-26	UTA	24	23.6	10.2	3.3	1.7	0.8	0.4	4.0	9.1	44.0	1.5	4.1	35.4	0.7	0.9	77.3	53.6	1.4	1.9	1.4	566	79	40	19	10	33	59	-123
8	Ryan Kalkbrenner R. Kalkbrenner	214	2025-26	CHA	24	25.6	8.9	6.5	0.5	0.7	1.9	3.8	4.8	79.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.8	74.4	80.5	2.6	3.9	1.2	614	156	12	17	45	29	45	-84
9	Dylan Harper D. Harper	196	2025-26	SAS	15	21.9	13.1	3.1	3.7	0.9	0.1	5.1	11.0	46.1	0.7	2.5	26.3	2.3	3.2	70.8	52.7	1.0	2.1	1.7	329	47	55	14	1	25	37	+34
10	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	190	2025-26	WAS	17	23.3	11.2	2.8	1.4	0.4	0.4	4.1	9.4	44.0	1.9	4.9	39.8	1.0	1.2	81.0	56.5	0.5	2.4	1.5	396	48	23	7	7	25	31	-111
11	Will Richard W. Richard	183	2025-26	GSW	23	19.1	8.0	2.7	1.1	1.0	0.0	2.8	5.3	53.3	1.3	3.2	39.7	1.0	1.3	77.4	67.5	1.0	1.7	0.7	440	62	25	23	1	15	47	+9
12	Sion James S. James	181	2025-26	CHA	26	26.5	7.0	3.3	1.5	0.7	0.5	2.2	5.3	41.6	1.3	3.3	38.4	1.3	1.5	85.0	58.5	0.4	2.8	1.0	690	85	40	18	12	25	45	-46
13	Egor Dëmin E. Dëmin	178	2025-26	BKN	22	22.7	8.1	3.2	3.5	0.9	0.3	2.9	7.7	37.1	1.8	5.2	34.8	0.5	0.6	85.7	50.5	0.5	2.6	1.7	500	70	78	19	7	38	43	-80
14	Collin Murray-Boyles C. Murray-Boyles	146	2025-26	TOR	21	17.6	7.0	3.3	1.3	0.6	0.3	2.7	4.9	55.3	0.6	1.2	48.0	1.0	1.5	62.5	62.4	1.8	1.5	1.2	370	69	28	13	7	25	48	-29
15	Maxime Raynaud M. Raynaud	145	2025-26	SAC	17	18.0	8.5	4.6	1.0	0.4	0.5	3.5	6.6	52.7	0.3	0.8	35.7	1.3	1.7	75.9	58.1	1.2	3.4	0.8	306	79	17	6	8	13	35	-67
16	Caleb Love C. Love	137	2025-26	POR	17	18.2	8.1	2.6	2.1	0.4	0.0	3.0	9.0	33.3	1.4	5.5	24.7	0.7	0.9	80.0	42.9	0.6	2.0	0.9	310	45	35	7	0	15	20	-88
17	Walter Clayton Jr. W. Clayton Jr.	130	2025-26	UTA	20	16.7	6.5	2.2	3.6	0.5	0.2	2.3	5.3	42.5	0.9	2.8	30.9	1.2	1.2	95.8	55.8	0.5	1.7	1.4	334	43	71	9	4	27	40	-15
18	Kobe Sanders K. Sanders	110	2025-26	LAC	17	19.4	6.5	1.9	1.3	0.6	0.1	2.1	5.1	41.4	0.9	2.7	34.8	1.3	1.4	91.7	56.4	0.5	1.4	1.4	329	32	22	10	2	23	42	-4
19	Micah Peavy M. Peavy	107	2025-26	NOP	22	16.1	4.9	2.5	1.1	0.6	0.1	2.0	5.1	40.2	0.3	1.6	20.0	0.5	0.6	71.4	45.3	1.0	1.4	0.4	354	54	24	13	2	9	37	-57
20	Ryan Nembhard R. Nembhard	107	2025-26	DAL	13	18.7	8.2	1.6	4.8	0.2	0.0	3.5	6.5	53.6	1.2	2.4	48.4	0.2	0.2	66.7	62.7	0.3	1.3	1.3	243	21	62	3	0	17	20	-43
21	Drake Powell D. Powell	101	2025-26	BKN	17	18.2	5.9	1.6	2.0	0.8	0.2	2.1	4.4	48.0	0.7	1.9	36.4	1.0	1.1	94.4	60.9	0.2	1.4	1.1	310	28	34	13	3	19	30	-51
22	Tyrese Proctor T. Proctor	101	2025-26	CLE	19	12.1	5.3	1.2	1.4	0.3	0.0	1.7	4.9	34.4	1.0	3.2	31.1	0.9	1.1	85.7	49.4	0.2	1.1	0.4	230	23	27	6	0	7	25	-34
23	Nique Clifford N. Clifford	91	2025-26	SAC	21	16.8	4.3	2.7	1.4	0.4	0.3	1.6	4.2	38.2	0.5	1.9	28.2	0.6	0.9	66.7	46.9	0.6	2.0	0.9	352	56	30	8	6	19	45	-73
24	Liam McNeeley L. McNeeley	89	2025-26	CHA	18	14.1	4.9	2.4	0.9	0.2	0.1	1.4	3.7	39.4	1.0	2.4	40.9	1.1	1.3	82.6	58.5	0.4	2.0	0.6	254	44	16	4	2	10	29	+3
25	Danny Wolf D. Wolf	88	2025-26	BKN	10	16.8	8.8	4.2	1.7	0.2	0.3	2.9	6.2	46.8	1.5	3.0	50.0	1.5	1.8	83.3	62.9	1.0	3.2	1.5	168	42	17	2	3	15	12	+5