most points scored by a player in first game off the bench

Darrell Griffith scored the most points by a player off the bench in his first game, with 37 points against the Mavericks on October 31, 1980.

	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	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	37	10/31/1980	UTA	vs	DAL	34	3	4	2	0	15	26	57.7	0	0		7	12	58.3	59.1			3	3
2	George Gervin G. Gervin	35	11/13/1980	SAS	@	SDC	33	3	2	1	0	14	24	58.3	0	0		7	12	58.3	59.8				3
3	Tyler Herro T. Herro	29	10/29/2019	MIA	vs	ATL	29	7	2	0	0	7	9	77.8	3	4	75.0	12	16	75.0	90.4	0	7	2	0	+9
4	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
5	Purvis Short P. Short	27	12/14/1978	GSW	@	HOU	36	10	3	1	0	11	18	61.1				5	7	71.4	64.0	2	8	3	5
6	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26	12/15/1995	ORL	vs	UTA	24	11	1	0	1	9	16	56.3	0	0		8	16	50.0	56.4	5	6	1	5
7	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
8	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
9	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	26	10/26/1979	LAL	vs	KCK	28	7	6	0	0	9	13	69.2	0	0		8	9	88.9	76.7	3	4	1	4
10	John Wall J. Wall	25	11/23/2010	WAS	vs	PHI	36	3	6	1	0	7	15	46.7	3	7	42.9	8	8	100.0	67.5	0	3	1	4	+13
11	Willie Burton W. Burton	25	11/2/1990	MIA	vs	WAS	24	3	1	2	0	9	14	64.3	0	0		7	9	77.8	69.6	2	1	3	5
12	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	25	1/4/1988	CLE	vs	DEN	24	7	2	0	0	7	9	77.8	0	0		11	13	84.6	84.9	1	6	4	2
13	Dick Van Arsdale D. Van Arsdale	25	3/19/1971	PHX	@	LAL	36	6	1			11	19	57.9				3	4	75.0	60.2				2
14	Dave Bing D. Bing	25	3/12/1971	DET	@	POR	35	6	6			8	19	42.1				9	11	81.8	52.4				1
15	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	24	2/28/1991	HOU	@	LAC	35	16	1	1	4	9	16	56.3	0	0		6	8	75.0	61.5	6	10	3	4
16	Eddie Lee Wilkins E. Lee Wilkins	24	10/27/1984	NYK	vs	DET	27	10	0	2	0	9	14	64.3	0	0		6	8	75.0	68.5	3	7	4	5
17	Dwight Howard D. Howard	23	3/22/2006	ORL	vs	NYK	24	7	1	1	0	9	11	81.8	0	0		5	5	100.0	87.1	5	2	1	4	+23
18	Billy McKinney B. McKinney	23	10/15/1978	KCK	@	SEA	24	0	1			6	8	75.0				11	12	91.7	86.6	0	0		2
19	Walt Frazier W. Frazier	23	2/1/1977	NYK	vs	GSW	40	7	7	1	0	10	24	41.7				3	3	100.0	45.4	1	6		4
20	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	22	12/13/2025	SAS	@	OKC	21	9	2	1	2	6	11	54.5	1	1	100.0	9	12	75.0	67.6	2	7	5	2	+21
21	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	22	3/18/2004	SAS	vs	MIN	27	10	1	0	1	6	15	40.0	0	0		10	15	66.7	50.9	1	9	1	0	+16
22	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	22	1/8/1997	PHI	vs	DAL	31	8	6	2	0	6	14	42.9	4	9	44.4	6	7	85.7	64.4	5	3	3	4	-13
23	James Worthy J. Worthy	22	11/3/1982	LAL	@	DEN	35	9	3	2	1	10	17	58.8	0	0		2	4	50.0	58.6	7	2	2	1
24	Duck Williams D. Williams	22	11/20/1979	UTA	@	CLE	41	2	3	3	0	11	20	55.0	0	0		0	0		55.0	0	2	1	3
25	Richard Washington R. Washington	22	10/23/1976	KCK	@	DEN	29	5	1	2	0	10	21	47.6				2	4	50.0	48.3	2	3		3

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