most points in first game by an nba player 2010s

Between the 2009-10 and 2018-19 seasons, LeBron James had the most points in his first game, with 38 points against the Celtics on October 27, 2009.

	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	LeBron James L. James	38	10/27/2009	CLE	vs	BOS	45	4	8	2	4	12	22	54.5	4	9	44.4	10	13	76.9	68.5	0	4	5	4	0
2	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	34	10/27/2009	DAL	vs	WAS	39	9	1	0	2	10	25	40.0	2	5	40.0	12	13	92.3	55.3	1	8	3	2	-3
3	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	33	10/27/2009	LAL	vs	LAC	38	8	3	4	1	11	26	42.3	0	1	0.0	11	12	91.7	52.7	4	4	2	2	+9
4	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	31	11/18/2009	WAS	vs	CLE	38	10	2	1	0	12	22	54.5	2	7	28.6	5	6	83.3	62.9	6	4	2	3	+4
5	Danny Granger D. Granger	31	10/28/2009	IND	@	ATL	34	4	1	1	1	10	18	55.6	5	10	50.0	6	8	75.0	72.0	0	4	2	3	-19
6	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	30	10/28/2009	DEN	vs	UTA	40	8	5	1	1	11	22	50.0	1	2	50.0	7	10	70.0	56.8	2	6	2	3	-7
7	Gilbert Arenas G. Arenas	29	10/27/2009	WAS	@	DAL	38	2	9	0	0	10	21	47.6	1	4	25.0	8	9	88.9	58.1	0	2	3	3	+8
8	Deron Williams D. Williams	28	10/28/2009	UTA	@	DEN	41	3	13	1	0	9	15	60.0	2	3	66.7	8	8	100.0	75.6	0	3	5	3	+4
9	Andrea Bargnani A. Bargnani	28	10/28/2009	TOR	vs	CLE	30	5	1	1	1	11	15	73.3	2	3	66.7	4	4	100.0	83.5	0	5	3	5	+11
10	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	27	10/28/2009	NJN	@	MIN	38	15	4	1	5	11	19	57.9	0	0		5	7	71.4	61.1	5	10	4	4	+4
11	Kevin Martin K. Martin	27	10/28/2009	SAC	@	OKC	41	4	4	3	0	5	19	26.3	3	8	37.5	14	14	100.0	53.7	1	3	1	1	-19
12	Jahlil Okafor J. Okafor	26	10/28/2015	PHI	@	BOS	38	7	1	1	2	10	16	62.5	0	0		6	6	100.0	69.7	4	3	8	4	-9
13	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	26	10/28/2009	GSW	vs	HOU	38	3	5	1	0	10	20	50.0	0	0		6	7	85.7	56.3	1	2	3	4	-12
14	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	26	10/28/2009	MIA	vs	NYK	36	5	5	2	0	10	22	45.5	1	4	25.0	5	7	71.4	51.8	0	5	2	1	+35
15	Marreese Speights M. Speights	26	10/28/2009	PHI	@	ORL	26	5	0	2	1	10	11	90.9	0	0		6	8	75.0	89.5	2	3	1	3	-12
16	Chris Paul C. Paul	26	10/28/2009	NOH	@	SAS	34	1	9	0	0	11	16	68.8	2	2	100.0	2	4	50.0	73.2	0	1	5	1	-5
17	Andrew Bynum A. Bynum	26	10/27/2009	LAL	vs	LAC	38	13	2	1	1	9	15	60.0	0	0		8	10	80.0	67.0	6	7	2	3	+8
18	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	25	10/28/2009	ATL	vs	IND	39	0	6	4	0	10	21	47.6	2	5	40.0	3	4	75.0	54.9	0	0	4	2	+17
19	Chauncey Billups C. Billups	25	10/28/2009	DEN	vs	UTA	33	3	2	0	1	7	15	46.7	4	7	57.1	7	9	77.8	65.9	1	2	1	5	+2
20	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	25	10/28/2009	DET	@	MEM	36	3	4	1	0	10	19	52.6	1	5	20.0	4	5	80.0	59.0	1	2	0	2	+23
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	25	10/28/2009	OKC	vs	SAC	42	11	4	0	1	10	24	41.7	1	5	20.0	4	5	80.0	47.7	3	8	0	2	+17
22	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	24	11/19/2009	LAL	vs	CHI	35	13	3	0	1	9	15	60.0	0	0		6	6	100.0	68.0	7	6	2	3	+11
23	Al Horford A. Horford	24	10/28/2009	ATL	vs	IND	34	16	4	0	2	11	17	64.7	0	0		2	3	66.7	65.5	3	13	1	3	+15
24	Steve Nash S. Nash	24	10/28/2009	PHX	@	LAC	37	1	8	0	0	9	15	60.0	1	3	33.3	5	5	100.0	69.8	0	1	3	2	-7
25	Jeff Green J. Green	24	10/28/2009	OKC	vs	SAC	39	7	2	1	2	9	13	69.2	4	5	80.0	2	2	100.0	86.5	0	7	2	3	+19

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