most points in the first 38 games of 2012

Kobe Bryant scored the most points in his first 38 games in 2011-12, with 1,090 points.

Interpreted as:

most points by a player in the first 38 games of 2012

	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	1,090	2011-12	LAL	38	38.2	28.7	5.8	4.9	1.2	0.3	10.4	23.8	44.0	1.3	4.8	27.5	6.5	7.9	82.3	52.7	1.3	4.5	3.9	1,450	220	185	47	11	147	67	+134
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1,066	2011-12	OKC	38	38.2	28.1	7.9	3.3	1.4	1.1	9.9	19.7	50.4	1.8	5.0	37.0	6.4	7.6	83.7	60.9	0.6	7.3	3.7	1,453	301	126	53	43	140	69	+202
3	LeBron James L. James	1,053	2011-12	MIA	38	37.1	27.7	8.4	6.7	1.8	0.8	10.2	18.4	55.5	0.8	2.0	39.0	6.5	8.4	76.9	62.7	1.5	6.9	3.4	1,412	321	253	67	32	131	62	+351
4	Kevin Love K. Love	973	2011-12	MIN	38	39.9	25.6	13.8	1.9	0.9	0.4	8.3	18.6	44.8	1.7	4.7	36.3	7.2	8.7	83.3	57.1	4.2	9.6	2.6	1,516	525	74	35	17	100	108	+93
5	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	899	2011-12	OKC	38	35.3	23.7	4.9	5.5	1.7	0.3	8.9	19.1	46.4	0.8	2.8	30.2	5.1	6.2	81.8	54.2	1.5	3.4	4.1	1,343	185	208	65	12	154	83	+228
6	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	871	2011-12	MIA	38	33.1	22.9	4.9	4.8	1.7	1.3	8.8	17.4	50.6	0.2	0.9	25.0	5.1	6.3	80.7	56.8	1.4	3.5	2.8	1,259	186	183	64	49	105	86	+304
7	Deron Williams D. Williams	853	2011-12	NJN	38	36.9	22.4	3.4	8.1	1.1	0.4	7.4	17.9	41.7	2.4	6.6	36.1	5.2	6.0	86.4	54.7	0.5	2.9	4.2	1,404	130	309	43	16	158	81	-189
8	Derrick Rose D. Rose	842	2011-12	CHI	38	35.5	22.2	3.4	7.9	0.9	0.7	7.9	18.0	43.7	1.4	4.5	31.6	5.0	6.2	80.9	53.5	0.7	2.8	3.1	1,348	131	300	34	28	118	51	+281
9	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	829	2011-12	TOT	38	36.9	21.8	3.4	6.0	1.6	0.3	8.2	18.9	43.3	1.3	4.2	31.6	4.1	5.1	81.8	51.6	0.4	3.0	3.3	1,404	131	227	59	12	124	86	-22
10	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	821	2011-12	POR	38	35.7	21.6	8.1	2.5	1.0	0.7	8.8	17.3	51.0	0.0	0.2	12.5	3.9	4.9	80.0	55.4	2.7	5.4	2.0	1,356	309	94	39	27	77	111	+168
11	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	807	2011-12	LAC	38	36.7	21.2	11.2	2.9	0.8	0.8	8.6	16.2	52.9	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.1	7.3	55.4	54.7	3.3	7.9	2.4	1,396	424	110	32	29	93	119	+178
12	Dwight Howard D. Howard	777	2011-12	ORL	38	38.3	20.4	15.0	2.0	1.5	2.2	7.6	13.5	56.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	5.3	10.8	49.4	56.1	3.7	11.3	3.3	1,457	569	77	58	84	127	115	+173
13	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	764	2011-12	NYK	38	33.4	20.1	5.9	3.8	1.1	0.4	7.0	17.6	39.9	1.1	3.7	29.5	5.0	6.3	79.3	49.4	1.6	4.3	2.6	1,269	224	145	40	15	100	104	+11
14	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	757	2011-12	DAL	38	32.3	19.9	6.8	2.0	0.9	0.5	7.2	15.8	45.6	1.1	3.1	33.6	4.5	5.2	87.2	55.2	0.8	5.9	1.8	1,226	257	77	33	19	70	75	+138
15	Tony Parker T. Parker	753	2011-12	SAS	38	34.3	19.8	2.9	7.9	1.1	0.1	7.6	16.0	47.3	0.3	0.9	27.8	4.4	5.5	80.3	53.7	0.4	2.5	2.8	1,304	110	299	42	4	106	52	+213
16	Chris Paul C. Paul	751	2011-12	LAC	38	36.4	19.8	3.6	8.3	2.3	0.1	7.2	14.7	48.9	1.4	3.4	39.7	4.0	4.7	86.0	59.0	0.7	2.9	2.2	1,384	137	314	89	3	83	86	+218
17	Al Jefferson A. Jefferson	730	2011-12	UTA	38	33.1	19.2	9.3	2.2	0.8	1.6	8.3	17.1	48.7	0.0	0.1	33.3	2.5	3.2	78.5	51.8	2.2	7.1	1.3	1,257	354	84	31	59	48	94	+33
18	Rudy Gay R. Gay	724	2011-12	MEM	38	37.8	19.1	6.9	2.4	1.6	0.8	7.7	16.9	45.6	0.8	2.2	37.3	2.8	3.8	74.8	51.3	2.0	4.9	2.7	1,437	261	90	60	31	101	88	+108
19	David Lee D. Lee	723	2011-12	GSW	38	36.5	19.0	9.8	2.5	1.0	0.4	7.8	15.2	51.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.4	4.5	77.1	55.4	3.2	6.5	2.4	1,387	371	94	37	15	93	123	-54
20	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	720	2011-12	MIL	38	35.4	18.9	3.4	5.5	1.5	0.3	6.9	17.0	40.6	2.1	6.3	33.6	3.0	3.8	79.0	50.7	0.8	2.7	2.3	1,346	130	209	56	11	87	58	-149
21	Marcus Thornton M. Thornton	708	2011-12	SAC	38	35.3	18.6	3.6	2.1	1.5	0.2	6.7	15.6	42.9	2.2	6.1	35.3	3.1	3.6	86.8	54.3	1.4	2.2	1.6	1,340	137	78	57	9	62	88	-110
22	Joe Johnson J. Johnson	706	2011-12	ATL	38	36.1	18.6	3.4	3.8	0.9	0.2	6.9	15.9	43.5	2.0	5.4	36.7	2.7	3.1	89.7	53.8	1.0	2.4	1.9	1,372	130	146	34	8	73	51	+71
23	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	705	2011-12	CLE	38	31.1	18.6	3.7	5.6	0.9	0.5	6.9	14.5	47.5	1.2	3.1	39.5	3.5	4.1	87.0	56.9	0.9	2.7	3.0	1,180	139	211	36	18	114	90	-75
24	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	700	2011-12	BOS	38	34.6	18.4	4.8	5.2	1.2	0.4	6.0	14.0	43.0	1.6	4.3	37.2	4.8	5.7	83.4	55.7	0.7	4.0	2.9	1,316	181	197	47	16	112	86	+141
25	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	697	2011-12	CLE	38	33.1	18.3	6.7	2.0	1.1	0.8	7.1	16.8	42.2	1.4	4.2	33.5	2.8	4.3	64.0	49.1	1.8	4.9	1.3	1,259	253	76	43	29	49	101	-61