most points in game by nuggets rookie ever

Carmelo Anthony has the most points by a Nuggets rookie in a game, with 41 points versus the Seattle SuperSonics on March 30, 2004.

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most points in regular-season game by nuggets rookie ever

	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	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	41	3/30/2004	DEN	vs	SEA	44	5	0	2	1	19	29	65.5	2	3	66.7	1	1	100.0	69.6	0	5	4	5	+3
2	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	39	2/2/2004	DEN	vs	POR	34	3	0	3	0	14	22	63.6	1	2	50.0	10	14	71.4	69.2	1	2	2	3	+14
3	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	39	2/3/1992	DEN	@	MIN	45	21	4	1	2	12	21	57.1	0	0		15	21	71.4	64.5	13	8	2	3
4	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	37	8/3/2020	DEN	@	OKC	44	12	1	1	1	12	16	75.0	4	6	66.7	9	9	100.0	92.7	2	10	3	4	+25
5	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	37	12/26/2003	DEN	vs	HOU	41	7	2	1	0	13	22	59.1	5	8	62.5	6	11	54.5	68.9	1	6	1	4	+6
6	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	36	4/7/2004	DEN	@	PHX	38	11	1	1	0	12	20	60.0	1	2	50.0	11	12	91.7	71.2	4	7	3	3	+11
7	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	35	2/25/2004	DEN	vs	LAL	39	4	1	0	1	14	25	56.0	2	3	66.7	5	5	100.0	64.3	3	1	7	5	-7
8	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	35	2/20/2004	DEN	@	ORL	42	4	5	1	0	12	19	63.2	1	2	50.0	10	12	83.3	72.1	2	2	6	4	+3
9	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	35	2/12/1991	DEN	@	ORL	36	4	7	3	0	16	32	50.0	0	5	0.0	3	4	75.0	51.8	1	3	4	4
10	Antonio McDyess A. McDyess	32	3/18/1996	DEN	@	TOR	37	7	1	0	1	11	13	84.6	0	0		10	11	90.9	89.7	2	5	1	4
11	Antonio McDyess A. McDyess	32	3/10/1996	DEN	vs	NJN	40	13	3	1	2	13	22	59.1	0	1	0.0	6	7	85.7	63.8	7	6	1	2
12	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	32	12/29/1990	DEN	@	WAS	35	2	4	3	0	16	32	50.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		50.0	0	2	3	1
13	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	31	3/12/2004	DEN	@	MIL	42	6	9	1	1	11	20	55.0	1	2	50.0	8	9	88.9	64.7	1	5	1	3	+8
14	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	31	1/18/2004	DEN	vs	MIA	41	7	2	1	1	12	17	70.6	1	1	100.0	6	6	100.0	78.9	0	7	5	4	+3
15	Antonio McDyess A. McDyess	31	1/17/1996	DEN	vs	HOU	37	7	0	0	1	14	22	63.6	0	0		3	6	50.0	62.9	1	6	2	3
16	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	30	8/5/2020	DEN	@	SAS	36	15	0	0	1	11	19	57.9	5	9	55.6	3	4	75.0	72.3	4	11	2	4	+13
17	Jamal Murray J. Murray	30	4/7/2017	DEN	vs	NOP	38	4	5	2	0	10	14	71.4	2	6	33.3	8	8	100.0	85.6	2	2	3	0	+12
18	Emmanuel Mudiay E. Mudiay	30	3/10/2016	DEN	vs	PHX	34	2	5	0	1	13	20	65.0	4	7	57.1	0	1	0.0	73.4	0	2	4	4	+20
19	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	30	4/10/2004	DEN	vs	POR	42	5	4	3	0	12	24	50.0	0	3	0.0	6	7	85.7	55.4	2	3	2	2	+7
20	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	30	11/7/2003	DEN	vs	LAC	41	5	4	0	0	10	24	41.7	4	7	57.1	6	7	85.7	55.4	2	3	4	5	0
21	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	30	4/2/1991	DEN	@	DAL	27	2	6	4	0	14	21	66.7	0	3	0.0	2	2	100.0	68.6	1	1	0	1
22	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	30	2/18/1991	DEN	@	MIN	42	1	8	0	1	14	27	51.9	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	53.8	0	1	0	2
23	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	30	1/17/1981	DEN	@	KCK	39	12	5	0	0	9	14	64.3	0	0		12	13	92.3	76.1	4	8	4	5
24	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	29	3/7/2004	DEN	vs	IND	44	8	1	1	0	13	26	50.0	0	4	0.0	3	4	75.0	52.2	2	6	3	5	-14
25	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	29	1/2/1992	DEN	@	GSW	45	15	2	0	2	11	14	78.6	0	0		7	10	70.0	78.8	6	9	7	4