most points scored by rookie in their 1st nba game

VJ Edgecombe has dropped the most points by a rookie in a game this season, with 34 points against the Celtics last Wednesday.

Interpreted as:

most points scored by rookie in their 1st NBA regular-season game this season

	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	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
2	Cedric Coward C. Coward	27	10/25/2025	MEM	vs	IND	24	6	4	1	0	9	13	69.2	6	6	100.0	3	4	75.0	91.5	2	4	0	1	+36
3	VJ Edgecombe	26	10/27/2025	PHI	vs	ORL	39	4	7	1	1	10	17	58.8	2	4	50.0	4	4	100.0	69.3	2	2	2	4	+13
4	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	22	10/26/2025	DAL	vs	TOR	29	4	4	0	1	8	14	57.1	2	6	33.3	4	4	100.0	69.8	0	4	0	5	+5
5	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	21	10/29/2025	NOP	@	DEN	30	1	6	2	0	10	15	66.7	1	3	33.3	0	2	0.0	66.1	1	0	1	3	-12
6	Dylan Harper D. Harper	20	10/26/2025	SAS	vs	BKN	29	6	8	2	0	8	11	72.7	0	0		4	4	100.0	78.4	1	5	0	4	+33
7	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	20	10/26/2025	CHA	@	WAS	35	6	2	1	0	7	12	58.3	5	9	55.6	1	2	50.0	77.6	0	6	2	2	+19
8	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	19	10/28/2025	CHA	@	MIA	27	3	4	1	0	7	15	46.7	5	11	45.5	0	0		63.3	0	3	1	1	-9
9	Collin Murray-Boyles C. Murray-Boyles	19	10/27/2025	TOR	@	SAS	24	3	1	3	1	7	13	53.8	3	5	60.0	2	4	50.0	64.4	1	2	2	2	-17
10	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	18	10/24/2025	DAL	vs	WAS	35	5	6	1	1	6	14	42.9	2	5	40.0	4	4	100.0	57.1	1	4	5	3	-6
11	Ryan Kalkbrenner R. Kalkbrenner	17	10/30/2025	CHA	vs	ORL	32	7	0	1	3	8	9	88.9	0	0		1	1	100.0	90.0	3	4	3	2	-14
12	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	17	10/24/2025	WAS	@	DAL	26	3	2	0	1	7	13	53.8	3	6	50.0	0	0		65.4	1	2	0	2	+7
13	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	17	10/22/2025	NOP	@	MEM	18	0	2	0	0	7	10	70.0	0	1	0.0	3	3	100.0	75.1	0	0	2	2	-10
14	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	16	10/26/2025	WAS	vs	CHA	29	4	2	0	1	6	14	42.9	2	7	28.6	2	2	100.0	53.8	1	3	0	4	-16
15	Javon Small J. Small	16	10/25/2025	MEM	vs	IND	21	2	6	0	0	5	6	83.3	3	4	75.0	3	4	75.0	103.1	0	2	0	3	+18
16	Cedric Coward C. Coward	16	10/24/2025	MEM	vs	MIA	22	2	2	2	0	5	9	55.6	2	5	40.0	4	4	100.0	74.3	0	2	0	2	-9
17	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	16	10/22/2025	WAS	@	MIL	26	5	2	1	1	5	11	45.5	4	8	50.0	2	2	100.0	67.3	2	3	4	1	-8
18	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	15	10/29/2025	DAL	vs	IND	35	10	4	0	1	6	11	54.5	0	0		3	3	100.0	60.9	1	9	2	2	-7
19	VJ Edgecombe	15	10/25/2025	PHI	vs	CHA	40	6	8	3	1	6	15	40.0	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	47.2	1	5	2	4	+9
20	Derik Queen D. Queen	15	10/24/2025	NOP	vs	SAS	35	6	1	1	2	6	11	54.5	0	1	0.0	3	4	75.0	58.8	1	5	1	6	+5
21	Dylan Harper D. Harper	15	10/22/2025	SAS	@	DAL	23	4	2	0	0	7	14	50.0	1	2	50.0	0	2	0.0	50.4	1	3	4	5	+5
22	Cedric Coward C. Coward	14	10/29/2025	MEM	@	PHX	28	4	1	0	1	5	10	50.0	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	64.3	2	2	3	4	+4
23	VJ Edgecombe	14	10/28/2025	PHI	@	WAS	40	6	4	1	0	4	12	33.3	4	8	50.0	2	2	100.0	54.3	1	5	2	5	+11
24	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	14	10/25/2025	CHA	@	PHI	30	3	1	0	0	5	11	45.5	3	6	50.0	1	2	50.0	58.9	2	1	3	4	0
25	Ryan Kalkbrenner R. Kalkbrenner	14	10/25/2025	CHA	@	PHI	26	7	1	1	1	7	7	100.0	0	0		0	0		100.0	4	3	1	3	+1