most points scored in a game by a pelican player in their rookie season

Marcus Thornton has scored the most points by a New Orleans Hornets rookie in a game, with 37 points versus the Cavaliers on February 23, 2010.

Interpreted as:

most points scored in a regular-season game by a pelican player in their rookie 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	Marcus Thornton M. Thornton	37	2/23/2010	NOH	@	CLE	31	2	2	2	0	15	22	68.2	3	7	42.9	4	4	100.0	77.9	1	1	2	0	+4
2	Marcus Thornton M. Thornton	36	4/7/2010	NOH	vs	CHA	42	3	3	1	1	14	26	53.8	4	10	40.0	4	5	80.0	63.8	0	3	2	3	+3
3	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	35	3/1/2020	NOP	vs	LAL	33	7	0	0	0	12	16	75.0	0	0		11	13	84.6	80.6	2	5	6	2	-10
4	Darren Collison D. Collison	35	2/28/2010	NOH	@	DAL	44	3	3	1	0	15	21	71.4	3	5	60.0	2	3	66.7	78.4	0	3	5	0	-19
5	Antonio Reeves A. Reeves	34	11/20/2024	NOP	@	CLE	40	5	3	0	0	14	25	56.0	4	12	33.3	2	2	100.0	65.7	1	4	0	1	-16
6	Jordan Hawkins J. Hawkins	34	1/13/2024	NOP	@	DAL	37	5	4	2	0	11	19	57.9	6	12	50.0	6	8	75.0	75.5	3	2	3	3	+10
7	JR Smith	33	3/26/2005	NOH	@	MEM	36	2	0	0	0	13	18	72.2	6	9	66.7	1	2	50.0	87.4	2	0	1	3	+13
8	Trey Murphy III T. Murphy III	32	3/11/2022	NOP	vs	CHA	28	9	2	0	0	12	20	60.0	7	12	58.3	1	2	50.0	76.6	4	5	0	4	-8
9	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	32	2/13/2020	NOP	vs	OKC	31	6	1	0	1	11	19	57.9	0	1	0.0	10	13	76.9	64.7	3	3	3	2	-5
10	Darren Collison D. Collison	32	3/5/2010	NOH	@	SAS	44	2	2	0	0	14	19	73.7	2	3	66.7	2	2	100.0	80.5	0	2	4	2	-9
11	Jordan Hawkins J. Hawkins	31	11/6/2023	NOP	@	DEN	38	7	3	1	0	10	19	52.6	7	14	50.0	4	5	80.0	73.1	1	6	1	2	-15
12	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	31	2/11/2020	NOP	vs	POR	28	9	5	1	0	10	17	58.8	0	1	0.0	11	14	78.6	66.9	6	3	2	1	+25
13	Derik Queen D. Queen	30	11/19/2025	NOP	vs	DEN	30	9	4	2	2	12	18	66.7	1	2	50.0	5	8	62.5	69.7	4	5	4	4	0
14	Marcus Thornton M. Thornton	30	3/1/2010	NOH	vs	SAS	27	7	2	0	0	12	19	63.2	6	7	85.7	0	1	0.0	77.2	2	5	2	2	-9
15	Nickeil Alexander-Walker N. Alexander-Walker	29	8/13/2020	NOP	@	ORL	36	1	7	1	0	11	18	61.1	2	6	33.3	5	5	100.0	71.8	1	0	6	4	-11
16	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	29	2/25/2020	NOP	@	LAL	33	6	3	1	0	8	18	44.4	0	0		13	19	68.4	55.0	2	4	3	2	-7
17	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	28	2/23/2020	NOP	@	GSW	33	7	2	0	1	13	20	65.0	1	1	100.0	1	6	16.7	61.8	6	1	1	1	+20
18	Anthony Davis A. Davis	28	11/17/2012	NOH	@	MIL	32	11	1	0	0	10	13	76.9	0	0		8	9	88.9	82.5	4	7	4	4	-17
19	Darren Collison D. Collison	28	4/9/2010	NOH	vs	UTA	43	3	7	0	0	11	19	57.9	2	2	100.0	4	5	80.0	66.0	1	2	3	3	-7
20	Marcus Thornton M. Thornton	28	3/22/2010	NOH	vs	DAL	37	4	2	0	0	12	22	54.5	4	9	44.4	0	0		63.6	1	3	0	0	+1
21	Marcus Thornton M. Thornton	28	3/14/2010	NOH	@	PHX	35	1	2	2	1	12	21	57.1	4	7	57.1	0	0		66.7	0	1	1	2	0
22	Marcus Thornton M. Thornton	28	3/8/2010	NOH	vs	GSW	29	6	2	2	0	11	19	57.9	2	6	33.3	4	5	80.0	66.0	2	4	2	3	-2
23	Chris Paul C. Paul	28	1/20/2006	NOK	@	WAS	39	6	11	4	1	11	17	64.7	1	3	33.3	5	5	100.0	72.9	0	6	1	5	-15
24	Nickeil Alexander-Walker N. Alexander-Walker	27	11/16/2019	NOP	@	MIA	30	4	3	0	0	10	18	55.6	6	9	66.7	1	2	50.0	71.5	0	4	3	1	-6
25	Austin Rivers A. Rivers	27	12/14/2012	NOH	vs	MIN	38	0	3	0	0	9	14	64.3	5	6	83.3	4	4	100.0	85.7	0	0	2	2	-8