most points of a rookie in season opener

Wilt Chamberlain has scored the most points by a rookie in a season opener, with 43 points versus the Knicks on October 24, 1959.

	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	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	43	10/24/1959	PHI	@	NYK	48	28	1			17	27	63.0				9	15	60.0	64.0				2
2	VJ Edgecombe	34	10/22/2025	PHI	@	BOS	42	7	3	1	0	13	26	50.0	5	13	38.5	3	6	50.0	59.4	1	6	2	1	-2
3	John Drew J. Drew	32	10/18/1974	ATL	@	CHI	42	12	3	4	0	13	34	38.2				6	9	66.7	42.1	6	6		3
4	Maurice Stokes M. Stokes	32	11/5/1955	ROC	vs	NYK		20	8			11						10	11	90.9					3
5	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	31	10/30/1981	DET	vs	MIL	41	3	11	1	1	10	19	52.6	1	1	100.0	10	13	76.9	62.7			3	4
6	Lamar Odom L. Odom	30	11/2/1999	LAC	vs	SEA	44	12	3	2	2	10	18	55.6	2	5	40.0	8	15	53.3	61.0	2	10	3	1	-7
7	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	30	11/1/1996	PHI	vs	MIL	37	2	6	1	0	12	19	63.2	2	4	50.0	4	6	66.7	69.3	2	0	3	5	-15
8	Willie Anderson W. Anderson	30	11/5/1988	SAS	vs	LAL	38	5	6	2	0	12	25	48.0	0	0		6	8	75.0	52.6	2	3	2	4
9	Gordan Giricek G. Giricek	29	10/30/2002	MEM	vs	DAL	31	5	1	1	0	10	13	76.9	4	6	66.7	5	8	62.5	87.8	0	5	3	1	-5
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	29	10/18/1969	MIL	vs	DET	48	12	6			12	27	44.4				5	8	62.5	47.5				5
11	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	29	10/19/1961	CHI	@	NYK	38	17				7	14	50.0				15	18	83.3	66.1				4
12	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	27	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
13	Chris Duarte C. Duarte	27	10/20/2021	IND	@	CHA	33	5	1	1	0	9	15	60.0	6	9	66.7	3	3	100.0	82.7	0	5	1	4	+7
14	P.J. Washington	27	10/23/2019	CHA	vs	CHI	38	4	1	1	1	9	17	52.9	7	11	63.6	2	2	100.0	75.5	1	3	4	2	+8
15	Bobby Jackson B. Jackson	27	10/31/1997	DEN	vs	SAS	37	6	1	2	0	10	19	52.6	2	3	66.7	5	5	100.0	63.7	3	3	4	4	-9
16	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	27	11/3/1995	PHI	vs	WAS	37	1	0	3	0	11	18	61.1	2	4	50.0	3	3	100.0	69.9	1	0	6	2
17	Ron Anderson R. Anderson	27	10/26/1984	CLE	@	PHI	40	5	5	1	0	10	14	71.4	0	0		7	9	77.8	75.2	2	3	4	3
18	Jahlil Okafor J. Okafor	26	10/28/2015	PHI	@	BOS	38	7	1	1	2	10	16	62.5	0	0		6	6	100.0	69.7	4	3	8	4	-9
19	Donyell Marshall D. Marshall	26	11/4/1994	MIN	@	DEN	26	4	2	0	3	9	18	50.0	5	8	62.5	3	6	50.0	63.0	2	2	0	0
20	Mitchell Wiggins M. Wiggins	26	10/29/1983	CHI	vs	NJN	36	9	2	2	0	9	20	45.0	0	0		8	9	88.9	54.3	2	7	2	3
21	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	26	10/10/1980	UTA	vs	POR	40	8	2	5	0	12	27	44.4	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	46.6	4	4	3	4
22	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	26	10/12/1979	LAL	@	SDC	41	8	4	1	4	10	21	47.6	0	0		6	10	60.0	51.2	4	4	3	3
23	Cleo Hill C. Hill	26	10/21/1961	STL	vs	CIN	33	4				9	15	60.0				8	8	100.0	70.2				6
24	LeBron James L. James	25	10/29/2003	CLE	@	SAC	42	6	9	4	0	12	20	60.0	0	2	0.0	1	3	33.3	58.6	2	4	2	3	-9
25	Grant Hill G. Hill	25	11/4/1994	DET	vs	LAL	38	10	5	0	3	8	19	42.1	1	1	100.0	8	10	80.0	53.4	6	4	3	5