most points scored by an nba player in their first career game this season

Jayson Tatum has dropped the most points in his first game this season, with 37 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	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	37	2024-25	BOS	1	30.3	37.0	4.0	10.0	1.0	1.0	14.0	18.0	77.8	8.0	11.0	72.7	1.0	2.0	50.0	98.0	0.0	4.0	1.0	30	4	10	1	1	1	1	+26
2	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	36	2024-25	BKN	1	33.7	36.0	5.0	3.0	3.0	0.0	14.0	27.0	51.9	7.0	13.0	53.8	1.0	1.0	100.0	65.6	2.0	3.0	2.0	34	5	3	3	0	2	4	-8
3	Anthony Davis A. Davis	36	2024-25	LAL	1	37.6	36.0	16.0	4.0	1.0	3.0	11.0	23.0	47.8	1.0	3.0	33.3	13.0	15.0	86.7	60.8	3.0	13.0	1.0	38	16	4	1	3	1	1	+1
4	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	35	2024-25	UTA	1	34.6	35.0	9.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	15.0	60.0	4.0	7.0	57.1	13.0	14.0	92.9	82.7	1.0	8.0	2.0	35	9	2	0	0	2	2	+16
5	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	34	2024-25	CHA	1	37.9	34.0	8.0	11.0	1.0	1.0	10.0	20.0	50.0	4.0	12.0	33.3	10.0	10.0	100.0	69.7	1.0	7.0	2.0	38	8	11	1	1	2	3	+14
6	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	33	2024-25	NOP	1	31.5	33.0	7.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	13.0	23.0	56.5	3.0	5.0	60.0	4.0	4.0	100.0	66.6	2.0	5.0	3.0	31	7	2	2	1	3	4	+18
7	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	33	2024-25	ORL	1	31.2	33.0	11.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	12.0	24.0	50.0	4.0	8.0	50.0	5.0	6.0	83.3	61.9	4.0	7.0	0.0	31	11	3	1	1	0	2	+42
8	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	30	2024-25	MIL	1	38.3	30.0	9.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	19.0	47.4	6.0	12.0	50.0	6.0	7.0	85.7	67.9	3.0	6.0	3.0	38	9	6	0	0	3	1	+19
9	Trae Young T. Young	30	2024-25	ATL	1	36.7	30.0	5.0	12.0	1.0	1.0	7.0	16.0	43.8	2.0	6.0	33.3	14.0	16.0	87.5	65.1	1.0	4.0	3.0	37	5	12	1	1	3	1	+12
10	James Harden J. Harden	29	2024-25	LAC	1	39.9	29.0	12.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	10.0	28.0	35.7	2.0	9.0	22.2	7.0	9.0	77.8	45.4	3.0	9.0	8.0	40	12	8	1	0	8	3	-4
11	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	28	2024-25	DAL	1	36.3	28.0	10.0	8.0	1.0	1.0	9.0	25.0	36.0	4.0	11.0	36.4	6.0	8.0	75.0	49.1	1.0	9.0	4.0	36	10	8	1	1	4	3	+6
12	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	28	2024-25	OKC	1	36.2	28.0	7.0	8.0	2.0	3.0	11.0	24.0	45.8	2.0	6.0	33.3	4.0	5.0	80.0	53.4	2.0	5.0	2.0	36	7	8	2	3	2	2	+8
13	Onyeka Okongwu O. Okongwu	28	2024-25	ATL	1	28.5	28.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	11.0	12.0	91.7	0.0	0.0		6.0	6.0	100.0	95.6	4.0	4.0	2.0	28	8	1	0	3	2	1	+4
14	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	28	2024-25	DET	1	36.5	28.0	5.0	8.0	1.0	0.0	10.0	23.0	43.5	2.0	6.0	33.3	6.0	6.0	100.0	54.6	0.0	5.0	2.0	37	5	8	1	0	2	2	-10
15	Jalen Green J. Green	28	2024-25	HOU	1	35.5	28.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	23.0	39.1	5.0	15.0	33.3	5.0	5.0	100.0	55.6	0.0	2.0	0.0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	-11
16	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	27	2024-25	CHI	1	36.8	27.0	5.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	17.0	58.8	5.0	8.0	62.5	2.0	3.0	66.7	73.7	1.0	4.0	7.0	37	5	3	0	0	7	4	-15
17	Santi Aldama S. Aldama	27	2024-25	MEM	1	31.4	27.0	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	16.0	62.5	5.0	10.0	50.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	80.0	2.0	3.0	2.0	31	5	2	0	0	2	2	+8
18	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	27	2024-25	MIN	1	41.1	27.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	10.0	25.0	40.0	5.0	13.0	38.5	2.0	3.0	66.7	51.3	0.0	6.0	4.0	41	6	3	0	0	4	3	0
19	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	26	2024-25	SAC	1	42.5	26.0	8.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	7.0	18.0	38.9	0.0	2.0	0.0	12.0	14.0	85.7	53.8	1.0	7.0	2.0	43	8	2	1	0	2	0	+8
20	Jordan Poole J. Poole	26	2024-25	WAS	1	32.5	26.0	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.0	9.0	17.0	52.9	6.0	11.0	54.5	2.0	2.0	100.0	72.7	0.0	1.0	4.0	32	1	4	4	1	4	3	-19
21	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	25	2024-25	OKC	1	35.8	25.0	14.0	5.0	2.0	4.0	11.0	18.0	61.1	0.0	5.0	0.0	3.0	5.0	60.0	61.9	4.0	10.0	2.0	36	14	5	2	4	2	2	+9
22	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	25	2024-25	MIL	1	31.2	25.0	14.0	7.0	0.0	1.0	8.0	11.0	72.7	0.0	0.0		9.0	16.0	56.3	69.3	1.0	13.0	3.0	31	14	7	0	1	3	4	+7
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	25	2024-25	PHX	1	43.7	25.0	7.0	0.0	3.0	1.0	8.0	17.0	47.1	2.0	5.0	40.0	7.0	9.0	77.8	59.6	0.0	7.0	7.0	44	7	0	3	1	7	4	-2
24	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	25	2024-25	PHI	1	39.0	25.0	6.0	3.0	1.0	1.0	10.0	31.0	32.3	2.0	9.0	22.2	3.0	4.0	75.0	38.2	0.0	6.0	1.0	39	6	3	1	1	1	1	-13
25	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	25	2024-25	HOU	1	33.9	25.0	18.0	5.0	4.0	1.0	10.0	22.0	45.5	2.0	3.0	66.7	3.0	4.0	75.0	52.6	6.0	12.0	3.0	34	18	5	4	1	3	2	+10