most points in the first game by a player post 1980

Moses Malone posted the most points by a big man in his first game in 1979-80, with 31 points.

	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	Moses Malone M. Malone	31	1979-80	HOU	1	39.0	31.0	16.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	10.0	17.0	58.8	0.0	0.0		11.0	14.0	78.6	66.9	7.0	9.0	6.0	39	16	2	0	1	6	2
2	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	29	1979-80	LAL	1	39.0	29.0	10.0	4.0	2.0	3.0	13.0	22.0	59.1	0.0	0.0		3.0	4.0	75.0	61.0	4.0	6.0	4.0	39	10	4	2	3	4	2
3	Tom Owens T. Owens	29	1979-80	POR	1	31.0	29.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	12.0	16.0	75.0	0.0	0.0		5.0	5.0	100.0	79.7	3.0	5.0	2.0	31	8	1	1	1	2	1
4	Artis Gilmore A. Gilmore	26	1979-80	CHI	1	41.0	26.0	10.0	4.0	2.0	1.0	9.0	16.0	56.3	0.0	0.0		8.0	13.0	61.5	59.9	2.0	8.0	4.0	41	10	4	2	1	4	3
5	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	25	1979-80	WAS	1	43.0	25.0	8.0	3.0			9.0	22.0	40.9	0.0			7.0	9.0	77.8	48.2				43	8	3				3
6	Darryl Dawkins D. Dawkins	24	1979-80	PHI	1	41.0	24.0	18.0	3.0			10.0	17.0	58.8	0.0	0.0		4.0	5.0	80.0	62.5				41	18	3				5
7	Rich Kelley R. Kelley	24	1979-80	NJN	1	38.0	24.0	11.0	2.0	1.0	2.0	7.0	17.0	41.2	0.0	0.0		10.0	13.0	76.9	52.8	6.0	5.0	6.0	38	11	2	1	2	6	4
8	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	23	1979-80	SAS	1	31.0	23.0	9.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	9.0	20.0	45.0	0.0	0.0		5.0	6.0	83.3	50.8				31	9	1	1	0		3
9	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	23	1979-80	DET	1	36.0	23.0	7.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	11.0	18.0	61.1	0.0	0.0		1.0	2.0	50.0	60.9			9.0	36	7	5	3	0	9	2
10	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	22	1979-80	NYK	1	37.0	22.0	6.0	0.0		2.0	6.0	10.0	60.0	0.0	0.0		10.0	11.0	90.9	74.1			1.0	37	6	0		2	1	3
11	Cedric Maxwell C. Maxwell	22	1979-80	BOS	1	38.0	22.0	7.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	9.0	17.0	52.9	0.0	0.0		4.0	4.0	100.0	58.6	4.0	3.0	3.0	38	7	1	1	1	3	1
12	Steve Hawes S. Hawes	20	1979-80	ATL	1	30.0	20.0	6.0	5.0		0.0	7.0	10.0	70.0	0.0	0.0		6.0	7.0	85.7	76.5			3.0	30	6	5		0	3	6
13	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	20	1979-80	DET	1	38.0	20.0	10.0	1.0		4.0	6.0	9.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		8.0	9.0	88.9	77.2				38	10	1		4		6
14	John Shumate J. Shumate	20	1979-80	DET	1	25.0	20.0	8.0	2.0		0.0	9.0	13.0	69.2	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.0	100.0	72.0				25	8	2		0		4
15	Robert Parish R. Parish	19	1979-80	GSW	1	34.0	19.0	9.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	5.0	13.0	38.5	0.0	0.0		9.0	13.0	69.2	50.7	2.0	7.0	7.0	34	9	1	2	2	7	4
16	Bill Robinzine B. Robinzine	19	1979-80	KCK	1	36.0	19.0	9.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	9.0	15.0	60.0	0.0			1.0	2.0	50.0	59.8			3.0	36	9	0	2	0	3	5
17	Paul Griffin P. Griffin	18	1979-80	SAS	1	23.0	18.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	7.0	8.0	87.5	0.0	0.0		4.0	4.0	100.0	92.2				23	5	2	0	1		6
18	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	18	1979-80	DEN	1	33.0	18.0	13.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	17.0	29.4	1.0	1.0	100.0	7.0	19.0	36.8	35.5	8.0	5.0	6.0	33	13	1	0	0	6	2
19	Alvan Adams A. Adams	18	1979-80	PHX	1	31.0	18.0	13.0	4.0	2.0	0.0	8.0	12.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.0	100.0	69.9	2.0	11.0	4.0	31	13	4	2	0	4	4
20	Dan Roundfield D. Roundfield	15	1979-80	ATL	1	26.0	15.0	12.0	6.0		1.0	5.0	10.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		5.0	6.0	83.3	59.3			6.0	26	12	6		1	6	4
21	Lawrence Boston L. Boston	14	1979-80	WAS	1	18.0	14.0	12.0	0.0			6.0	9.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		2.0	4.0	50.0	65.1				18	12	0				5
22	Dan Issel D. Issel	14	1979-80	DEN	1	24.0	14.0	11.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	2.0	9.0	22.2	0.0	0.0		10.0	12.0	83.3	49.0	5.0	6.0	2.0	24	11	1	1	0	2	0
23	Tom McMillen T. McMillen	14	1979-80	ATL	1	29.0	14.0	5.0	2.0		2.0	6.0	10.0	60.0	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.0	100.0	64.3			1.0	29	5	2		2	1	1
24	Dave Meyers D. Meyers	14	1979-80	MIL	1	35.0	14.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	14.0	42.9	0.0			2.0	2.0	100.0	47.0			9.0	35	8	1	0	0	9	0
25	Tom LaGarde T. LaGarde	13	1979-80	SEA	1	13.0	13.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	6.0	83.3	0.0	0.0		3.0	6.0	50.0	75.2	4.0	4.0	3.0	13	8	0	0	1	3	0