most points in first start in last 3 seasons

Since 2022-23, Cam Thomas put up the most points in a start in his first game, with 47 points against the Clippers on February 6, 2023.

Interpreted as:

most points in first start by a player in last 3 seasons

	NAME	PTS	GS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	47	1	2/6/2023	BKN	vs	LAC	39	4	3	0	0	15	29	51.7	7	11	63.6	10	11	90.9	69.4	1	3	4	3	+3
2	Kenneth Lofton Jr. K. Lofton Jr.	42	1	4/9/2023	MEM	@	OKC	40	14	0	1	0	17	25	68.0	0	2	0.0	8	12	66.7	69.4	6	8	2	3	-17
3	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	37	1	10/19/2022	CHI	@	MIA	36	6	9	2	1	14	22	63.6	2	3	66.7	7	11	63.6	68.9	1	5	1	3	+13
4	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	35	1	10/19/2022	DAL	@	PHX	37	9	6	1	0	10	23	43.5	2	10	20.0	13	13	100.0	60.9	0	9	4	3	-16
5	James Harden J. Harden	35	1	10/18/2022	PHI	@	BOS	37	8	7	0	0	9	14	64.3	5	9	55.6	12	12	100.0	90.8	0	8	3	3	+1
6	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	35	1	10/18/2022	BOS	vs	PHI	39	3	2	2	1	14	24	58.3	4	12	33.3	3	3	100.0	69.1	0	3	4	1	+7
7	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	35	1	10/18/2022	BOS	vs	PHI	39	12	4	1	1	13	20	65.0	2	7	28.6	7	9	77.8	73.0	0	12	3	1	+10
8	Jared McCain J. McCain	34	1	11/13/2024	PHI	vs	CLE	38	2	10	2	0	12	26	46.2	6	13	46.2	4	4	100.0	61.2	0	2	3	1	-11
9	Ja Morant J. Morant	34	1	10/19/2022	MEM	vs	NYK	38	4	9	0	1	11	24	45.8	3	6	50.0	9	11	81.8	58.9	1	3	6	4	+1
10	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	33	1	10/19/2022	SAC	vs	POR	35	7	7	2	0	12	21	57.1	5	9	55.6	4	5	80.0	71.1	0	7	8	5	+1
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	33	1	10/18/2022	GSW	vs	LAL	33	6	7	4	1	10	22	45.5	4	13	30.8	9	9	100.0	63.6	1	5	4	1	+20
12	Kemba Walker K. Walker	32	1	12/17/2022	DAL	@	CLE	42	5	7	0	1	12	25	48.0	4	13	30.8	4	6	66.7	57.9	0	5	2	2	+7
13	Kevin Durant K. Durant	32	1	10/19/2022	BKN	vs	NOP	32	3	2	1	4	11	21	52.4	2	6	33.3	8	9	88.9	64.1	0	3	4	4	-23
14	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	32	1	10/19/2022	OKC	@	MIN	37	6	5	3	2	12	23	52.2	2	6	33.3	6	6	100.0	62.4	2	4	2	1	-1
15	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	31	1	10/19/2022	CLE	@	TOR	35	2	9	2	0	12	21	57.1	2	8	25.0	5	6	83.3	65.6	0	2	3	4	+10
16	LeBron James L. James	31	1	10/18/2022	LAL	@	GSW	35	15	8	0	0	12	26	46.2	3	10	30.0	4	4	100.0	55.8	5	10	5	2	-10
17	Jordan Poole J. Poole	30	1	10/30/2022	GSW	@	DET	36	3	4	2	0	10	21	47.6	5	13	38.5	5	5	100.0	64.7	1	2	3	4	-1
18	Bogdan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	28	1	12/16/2022	ATL	@	CHA	29	9	0	1	0	9	14	64.3	7	10	70.0	3	5	60.0	86.4	0	9	4	0	+22
19	Naz Reid N. Reid	28	1	12/16/2022	MIN	@	OKC	37	9	3	3	1	11	18	61.1	3	5	60.0	3	7	42.9	66.4	3	6	3	3	+21
20	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	28	1	10/19/2022	NOP	@	BKN	31	7	5	1	0	10	17	58.8	2	4	50.0	6	9	66.7	66.8	0	7	4	3	+24
21	Devin Booker D. Booker	28	1	10/19/2022	PHX	vs	DAL	41	4	9	0	1	10	20	50.0	1	1	100.0	7	7	100.0	60.7	1	3	2	3	+20
22	Shake Milton S. Milton	27	1	11/19/2022	PHI	vs	MIN	38	6	2	0	0	10	15	66.7	3	5	60.0	4	4	100.0	80.5	0	6	6	3	-2
23	Dalano Banton D. Banton	27	1	11/14/2022	TOR	@	DET	25	4	4	3	2	9	16	56.3	3	7	42.9	6	6	100.0	72.4	0	4	2	4	0
24	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	27	1	10/19/2022	ORL	@	DET	35	9	5	0	2	11	18	61.1	0	0		5	7	71.4	64.0	2	7	4	5	+2
25	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	27	1	10/19/2022	DEN	@	UTA	33	4	6	3	0	12	17	70.6	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	75.5	2	2	3	4	-5