most points scored in a rookie debut game for minnesota

Anthony Edwards has dropped the most points by a Timberwolves rookie in a game, with 42 points on May 5, 2021 and on March 18, 2021.

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most points scored in a rookie debut regular-season game for minnesota

	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	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	42	5/5/2021	MIN	vs	MEM	38	6	7	1	1	17	22	77.3	8	9	88.9	0	1	0.0	93.6	1	5	3	4	+11
2	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	42	3/18/2021	MIN	@	PHX	38	7	3	2	0	15	31	48.4	4	13	30.8	8	13	61.5	57.2	3	4	2	2	+9
3	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	37	4/11/2015	MIN	@	GSW	45	9	4	0	0	13	21	61.9	6	10	60.0	5	5	100.0	79.7	1	8	3	4	-12
4	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	35	2/10/2016	MIN	vs	TOR	35	11	1	0	3	12	19	63.2	0	0		11	13	84.6	70.8	4	7	0	4	+11
5	Christian Laettner C. Laettner	35	12/15/1992	MIN	vs	BOS	51	17	1	0	1	11	24	45.8	1	2	50.0	12	17	70.6	55.6	5	12	4	5
6	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	34	3/14/2021	MIN	vs	POR	37	4	2	1	0	12	24	50.0	6	14	42.9	4	4	100.0	66.0	0	4	2	3	-7
7	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	33	1/31/2015	MIN	vs	CLE	43	1	1	4	0	14	25	56.0	3	4	75.0	2	3	66.7	62.7	1	0	1	1	-8
8	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	33	12/23/1996	MIN	vs	UTA	40	3	8	1	1	11	17	64.7	2	5	40.0	9	11	81.8	75.5	1	2	4	4	+12
9	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	33	3/27/1996	MIN	vs	BOS	43	8	4	1	3	14	21	66.7	0	1	0.0	5	6	83.3	69.8	4	4	4	4
10	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	32	3/18/2016	MIN	@	HOU	40	11	1	2	1	13	22	59.1	0	2	0.0	6	7	85.7	63.8	4	7	1	2	-9
11	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	32	1/29/2016	MIN	@	UTA	36	12	1	1	1	13	17	76.5	1	2	50.0	5	5	100.0	83.3	5	7	5	1	0
12	Isaiah Rider I. Rider	32	12/17/1993	MIN	@	LAC	43	3	3	2	0	15	22	68.2	1	3	33.3	1	1	100.0	71.3	1	2	2	2
13	Gerald Glass G. Glass	32	12/23/1990	MIN	@	LAL	24	2	0	3	0	14	21	66.7	0	1	0.0	4	5	80.0	69.0	1	1	2	3
14	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	31	3/27/2015	MIN	@	HOU	41	4	4	0	0	9	17	52.9	1	2	50.0	12	15	80.0	65.7	2	2	3	1	-9
15	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	31	1/17/2015	MIN	@	DEN	40	9	4	1	3	11	17	64.7	4	5	80.0	5	6	83.3	78.9	1	8	2	1	+13
16	Sam Mitchell S. Mitchell	31	11/12/1989	MIN	vs	SEA	48	10	0	2	0	12	24	50.0	0	0		7	7	100.0	57.2	7	3	2	5
17	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	30	5/16/2021	MIN	vs	DAL	38	0	4	0	2	10	21	47.6	5	9	55.6	5	5	100.0	64.7	0	0	1	1	+9
18	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	30	2/27/2016	MIN	@	NOP	35	15	4	2	1	13	20	65.0	0	1	0.0	4	8	50.0	63.8	3	12	1	3	+5
19	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	30	2/23/2015	MIN	@	HOU	41	6	1	1	1	12	24	50.0	1	3	33.3	5	5	100.0	57.3	3	3	5	5	-7
20	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	30	11/29/1996	MIN	@	DEN	32	4	11	0	0	10	18	55.6	2	4	50.0	8	13	61.5	63.2	2	2	0	3	+6
21	Donyell Marshall D. Marshall	30	11/16/1994	MIN	@	PHX	44	13	3	2	2	11	26	42.3	1	5	20.0	7	8	87.5	50.8	3	10	3	3
22	Isaiah Rider I. Rider	30	12/30/1993	MIN	vs	HOU	35	12	4	0	1	11	24	45.8	1	4	25.0	7	9	77.8	53.6	2	10	1	3
23	Isaiah Rider I. Rider	30	12/8/1993	MIN	vs	POR	41	7	4	0	1	12	18	66.7	3	4	75.0	3	3	100.0	77.6	4	3	3	4
24	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	29	5/13/2021	MIN	vs	DEN	39	7	5	0	2	8	16	50.0	4	9	44.4	9	12	75.0	68.1	1	6	1	3	-6
25	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	29	5/1/2021	MIN	vs	NOP	38	9	6	0	1	9	21	42.9	2	7	28.6	9	11	81.8	56.1	2	7	6	3	-8