most points in an nba finals game by a rookie in the last ten years

Between May 29, 2015 and May 29, 2025, Tyler Herro has put up the most points by a rookie in an NBA Finals game, with 21 points versus the Lakers on October 6, 2020.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	SEASON	SERIES	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Tyler Herro T. Herro	21	10/6/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	vs	LAL	37	7	3	1	0	8	18	44.4	3	7	42.9	2	4	50.0	53.1	1	6	3	0	-13
2	Kendrick Nunn K. Nunn	18	9/30/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	@	LAL	20	5	2	0	0	8	11	72.7	2	4	50.0	0	0		81.8	1	4	0	0	+8
3	Tyler Herro T. Herro	17	10/4/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	vs	LAL	36	3	2	1	0	6	18	33.3	2	7	28.6	3	3	100.0	44.0	0	3	1	1	+1
4	Tyler Herro T. Herro	17	10/2/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	@	LAL	43	7	3	0	0	5	12	41.7	1	3	33.3	6	6	100.0	58.1	0	7	2	3	-1
5	Christian Braun C. Braun	15	6/7/2023	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	@	MIA	19	4	1	1	0	7	8	87.5	0	1	0.0	1	1	100.0	88.9	2	2	1	1	+2
6	Kendrick Nunn K. Nunn	14	10/9/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	@	LAL	28	4	3	0	0	6	11	54.5	2	4	50.0	0	0		63.6	1	3	0	0	+3
7	Tyler Herro T. Herro	14	9/30/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	@	LAL	30	4	3	0	0	6	18	33.3	2	8	25.0	0	1	0.0	38.0	0	4	2	1	-35
8	Kendrick Nunn K. Nunn	13	10/2/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	@	LAL	29	4	3	0	1	3	7	42.9	1	4	25.0	6	6	100.0	67.4	1	3	2	4	0
9	Tyler Herro T. Herro	12	10/9/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	@	LAL	31	1	3	0	0	4	11	36.4	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	50.5	0	1	2	1	-2
10	Dereck Lively II D. Lively II	11	6/14/2024	2023-24	NBA Finals	DAL	vs	BOS	22	12	0	1	0	4	5	80.0	1	1	100.0	2	4	50.0	81.4	7	5	0	0	+20
11	Dereck Lively II D. Lively II	11	6/12/2024	2023-24	NBA Finals	DAL	vs	BOS	30	13	1	2	0	5	6	83.3	0	0		1	1	100.0	85.4	3	10	0	0	+6
12	Jordan Bell J. Bell	10	6/6/2018	2017-18	NBA Finals	GSW	@	CLE	12	6	0	0	1	4	5	80.0	0	0		2	4	50.0	74.0	2	4	0	0	0
13	Kendrick Nunn K. Nunn	8	10/11/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	vs	LAL	13	3	1	0	0	3	8	37.5	2	4	50.0	0	0		50.0	0	3	2	0	-13
14	Christian Braun C. Braun	7	6/12/2023	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	vs	MIA	24	3	1	0	1	2	4	50.0	0	0		3	6	50.0	52.7	1	2	0	0	0
15	Tyler Herro T. Herro	7	10/11/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	vs	LAL	30	3	4	1	0	3	10	30.0	1	2	50.0	0	0		35.0	0	3	4	1	+4
16	Christian Braun C. Braun	6	6/4/2023	2022-23	NBA Finals	DEN	vs	MIA	15	1	3	3	0	3	3	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	1	0	1	2	+8
17	Kendrick Nunn K. Nunn	6	10/6/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	vs	LAL	26	4	0	0	0	2	11	18.2	2	6	33.3	0	0		27.3	0	4	0	1	-4
18	Patrick McCaw P. McCaw	6	6/12/2017	2016-17	NBA Finals	GSW	vs	CLE	12	3	1	1	0	2	5	40.0	0	2	0.0	2	2	100.0	51.0	2	1	1	2	-3
19	Jordan Bell J. Bell	5	6/3/2018	2017-18	NBA Finals	GSW	vs	CLE	11	1	1	1	0	2	3	66.7	0	0		1	2	50.0	64.4	0	1	0	3	+4
20	Kendrick Nunn K. Nunn	4	10/4/2020	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	vs	LAL	20	1	2	0	0	2	3	66.7	0	1	0.0	0	0		66.7	0	1	4	5	-6
21	Ante Zizic A. Zizic	4	6/8/2018	2017-18	NBA Finals	CLE	vs	GSW	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	1	0	0	0	+4
22	Jordan Bell J. Bell	4	6/8/2018	2017-18	NBA Finals	GSW	@	CLE	18	4	1	0	1	2	3	66.7	0	0		0	0		66.7	2	2	0	0	+4
23	Jordan Bell J. Bell	4	5/31/2018	2017-18	NBA Finals	GSW	vs	CLE	13	2	2	0	0	2	3	66.7	0	1	0.0	0	0		66.7	0	2	0	1	+2
24	Jordan McRae J. McRae	4	6/8/2016	2015-16	NBA Finals	CLE	vs	GSW	3	1	0	0	0	2	2	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	0	1	0	0	+8
25	Sam Hauser S. Hauser	3	6/5/2022	2021-22	NBA Finals	BOS	@	GSW	6	0	1	0	0	1	2	50.0	1	2	50.0	0	0		75.0	0	0	0	0	+3