most points scored in a rookie debut game in the 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Charlie Villanueva scored the most points by a rookie in a game, with 48 points versus the Bucks on March 26, 2006.

Interpreted as:

most points scored in a rookie debut regular-season game in the 2000s

	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	Charlie Villanueva C. Villanueva	48	3/26/2006	TOR	@	MIL	46	9	3	1	0	20	32	62.5	6	11	54.5	2	3	66.7	72.0	4	5	3	4	-6
2	Elton Brand E. Brand	44	4/13/2000	CHI	vs	WAS	43	12	2	0	3	16	21	76.2	0	0		12	15	80.0	79.7	7	5	1	2	-11
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	42	4/16/2008	SEA	@	GSW	43	13	6	1	2	18	25	72.0	1	2	50.0	5	6	83.3	76.0	3	10	5	0	+14
4	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	41	1/23/2009	LAC	vs	OKC	44	2	4	1	0	12	19	63.2	5	7	71.4	12	14	85.7	81.5	0	2	2	4	0
5	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	41	3/30/2004	DEN	vs	SEA	44	5	0	2	1	19	29	65.5	2	3	66.7	1	1	100.0	69.6	0	5	4	5	+3
6	LeBron James L. James	41	3/27/2004	CLE	vs	NJN	43	6	13	3	0	15	29	51.7	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	61.4	2	4	2	1	+10
7	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	40	4/16/2002	GSW	@	SAC	41	2	2	3	0	18	28	64.3	2	5	40.0	2	2	100.0	69.3	1	1	3	6	-5
8	Al Thornton A. Thornton	39	3/29/2008	LAC	vs	MEM	44	3	2	5	0	13	23	56.5	3	6	50.0	10	12	83.3	69.0	2	1	3	1	+12
9	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	39	2/2/2004	DEN	vs	POR	34	3	0	3	0	14	22	63.6	1	2	50.0	10	14	71.4	69.2	1	2	2	3	+14
10	LeBron James L. James	38	2/1/2004	CLE	@	WAS	43	6	4	0	2	14	27	51.9	1	2	50.0	9	11	81.8	59.7	3	3	6	4	0
11	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	38	12/30/2002	PHX	@	MIN	45	14	1	0	2	16	24	66.7	0	1	0.0	6	11	54.5	65.9	6	8	4	4	+2
12	Elton Brand E. Brand	38	2/24/2000	CHI	@	IND	39	7	3	1	3	18	23	78.3	0	0		2	2	100.0	79.6	4	3	2	2	-10
13	Anthony Morrow A. Morrow	37	11/15/2008	GSW	@	LAC	42	11	1	0	0	15	20	75.0	4	5	80.0	3	3	100.0	86.8	3	8	2	2	+24
14	Kevin Durant K. Durant	37	4/6/2008	SEA	vs	DEN	51	8	9	3	0	11	24	45.8	2	4	50.0	13	13	100.0	62.2	0	8	5	2	-2
15	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	37	12/26/2003	DEN	vs	HOU	41	7	2	1	0	13	22	59.1	5	8	62.5	6	11	54.5	68.9	1	6	1	4	+6
16	LeBron James L. James	37	12/13/2003	CLE	vs	BOS	45	3	4	0	0	10	20	50.0	1	5	20.0	16	18	88.9	66.3	1	2	2	2	-2
17	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	36	4/7/2004	DEN	@	PHX	38	11	1	1	0	12	20	60.0	1	2	50.0	11	12	91.7	71.2	4	7	3	3	+11
18	LeBron James L. James	36	12/19/2003	CLE	@	PHI	42	4	5	4	0	14	24	58.3	5	7	71.4	3	3	100.0	71.1	1	3	4	1	+9
19	Mike Taylor M. Taylor	35	3/25/2009	LAC	@	NYK	37	8	3	2	0	14	20	70.0	0	0		7	7	100.0	75.8	2	6	2	4	+20
20	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	35	3/7/2009	LAC	vs	IND	45	2	6	2	1	12	18	66.7	5	6	83.3	6	8	75.0	81.3	0	2	2	0	+3
21	Jeff Green J. Green	35	4/6/2008	SEA	vs	DEN	49	10	3	1	1	14	21	66.7	2	3	66.7	5	6	83.3	74.0	2	8	6	2	+2
22	Kevin Durant K. Durant	35	12/7/2007	SEA	vs	MIL	39	8	1	0	5	9	20	45.0	2	6	33.3	15	16	93.8	64.7	2	6	3	4	+18
23	Kevin Durant K. Durant	35	11/30/2007	SEA	vs	IND	40	5	2	2	3	12	20	60.0	3	5	60.0	8	12	66.7	69.2	0	5	7	4	+13
24	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	35	3/30/2005	CHI	@	CHA	23	3	5	2	0	11	17	64.7	6	8	75.0	7	8	87.5	85.3	1	2	3	2	+10
25	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	35	2/25/2004	DEN	vs	LAL	39	4	1	0	1	14	25	56.0	2	3	66.7	5	5	100.0	64.3	3	1	7	5	-7

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