most points in the first game by a player post 196 this season

Aaron Gordon has posted the most points by a big man in his first game this season, with 50 points against the Warriors on October 23.

	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	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	50	10/23/2025	DEN	@	GSW	39	8	2	0	1	17	21	81.0	10	11	90.9	6	6	100.0	105.8	0	8	2	1	-1
2	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	40	10/22/2025	SAS	@	DAL	30	15	1	1	3	15	21	71.4	1	2	50.0	9	11	81.8	77.4	1	14	0	4	+31
3	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	39	10/21/2025	HOU	@	OKC	49	11	7	2	1	12	24	50.0	5	8	62.5	10	11	90.9	67.6	4	7	4	5	+9
4	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	37	10/22/2025	MIL	vs	WAS	27	14	5	0	0	16	26	61.5	1	3	33.3	4	7	57.1	63.6	2	12	2	4	+10
5	Pascal Siakam P. Siakam	32	10/23/2025	IND	vs	OKC	44	15	4	1	0	12	25	48.0	3	6	50.0	5	12	41.7	52.8	3	12	1	1	-8
6	Jerami Grant J. Grant	29	10/22/2025	POR	vs	MIN	28	3	1	0	1	10	14	71.4	4	7	57.1	5	6	83.3	87.1	0	3	1	3	-6
7	Nikola Vučević N. Vučević	28	10/22/2025	CHI	vs	DET	33	14	2	1	0	11	18	61.1	4	6	66.7	2	2	100.0	74.2	4	10	1	2	+8
8	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	28	10/21/2025	OKC	vs	HOU	39	7	2	0	0	11	17	64.7	2	5	40.0	4	4	100.0	74.6	2	5	3	6	-1
9	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	27	10/22/2025	NOP	@	MEM	33	9	5	5	0	10	21	47.6	0	0		7	12	58.3	51.4	5	4	3	2	0
10	OG Anunoby	24	10/22/2025	NYK	vs	CLE	38	14	2	3	1	9	17	52.9	4	9	44.4	2	4	50.0	64.0	2	12	4	0	+10
11	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	24	10/22/2025	ORL	vs	MIA	35	11	1	1	1	7	17	41.2	1	3	33.3	9	12	75.0	53.9	0	11	2	1	-2
12	Kevin Durant K. Durant	23	10/21/2025	HOU	@	OKC	47	9	3	0	0	9	16	56.3	0	4	0.0	5	6	83.3	61.7	0	9	4	6	0
13	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	22	10/22/2025	CLE	@	NYK	36	8	3	3	1	8	18	44.4	4	8	50.0	2	5	40.0	54.5	0	8	3	3	0
14	Anthony Davis A. Davis	22	10/22/2025	DAL	vs	SAS	32	13	1	2	1	7	22	31.8	2	4	50.0	6	6	100.0	44.6	4	9	0	4	-24
15	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	22	10/22/2025	TOR	@	ATL	32	6	9	1	2	9	14	64.3	0	0		4	4	100.0	69.8	0	6	1	4	+9
16	Walker Kessler W. Kessler	22	10/22/2025	UTA	vs	LAC	29	9	4	2	4	7	7	100.0	2	2	100.0	6	8	75.0	104.6	2	7	1	5	+13
17	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	21	10/23/2025	DEN	@	GSW	41	13	10	1	1	8	23	34.8	2	13	15.4	3	4	75.0	42.4	1	12	2	3	-10
18	Obi Toppin O. Toppin	20	10/23/2025	IND	vs	OKC	40	5	3	2	0	8	18	44.4	0	8	0.0	4	4	100.0	50.6	0	5	1	3	-2
19	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	20	10/22/2025	ATL	vs	TOR	26	7	2	0	2	5	12	41.7	4	7	57.1	6	6	100.0	68.3	2	5	2	4	-11
20	Isaiah Stewart I. Stewart	20	10/22/2025	DET	@	CHI	25	10	2	0	4	8	14	57.1	2	2	100.0	2	2	100.0	67.2	5	5	0	3	+8
21	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	20	10/22/2025	UTA	vs	LAC	33	6	5	0	0	8	13	61.5	4	7	57.1	0	0		76.9	2	4	1	0	+19
22	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	19	10/22/2025	NYK	vs	CLE	31	11	2	0	0	5	12	41.7	1	4	25.0	8	9	88.9	59.5	1	10	3	4	+2
23	Ivica Zubac I. Zubac	19	10/22/2025	LAC	@	UTA	27	7	3	0	1	9	13	69.2	0	0		1	1	100.0	70.7	3	4	2	0	-21
24	Julius Randle J. Randle	19	10/22/2025	MIN	@	POR	37	7	6	2	1	7	13	53.8	3	5	60.0	2	4	50.0	64.4	1	6	0	3	+6
25	Onyeka Okongwu O. Okongwu	18	10/22/2025	ATL	vs	TOR	30	6	1	0	0	8	12	66.7	1	2	50.0	1	1	100.0	72.3	2	4	0	2	-19