most points scored in a single game ever by a rookie post 1990s

Between the 1989-90 and 1998-99 seasons, Shaquille O'Neal scored the most points by a rookie big man in a game, with 46 points versus the Pistons on February 16, 1993.

Interpreted as:

most points scored in a single regular-season game ever by a rookie post 1990s

	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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	46	2/16/1993	ORL	@	DET	49	21	3	0	5	19	25	76.0	0	0		8	16	50.0	71.8	3	18	6	5
2	Derrick Coleman D. Coleman	42	2/15/1991	NJN	vs	DEN	43	14	4	4	2	14	23	60.9	0	0		14	20	70.0	66.0	5	9	2	2
3	David Robinson D. Robinson	41	3/2/1990	SAS	vs	GSW	41	17	2	3	5	12	21	57.1	0	0		17	22	77.3	66.8	5	12	4	5
4	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	39	11/21/1992	WAS	vs	UTA	41	15	5	0	0	17	24	70.8	3	6	50.0	2	5	40.0	74.4	2	13	0	1
5	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	39	2/3/1992	DEN	@	MIN	45	21	4	1	2	12	21	57.1	0	0		15	21	71.4	64.5	13	8	2	3
6	David Robinson D. Robinson	39	3/20/1990	SAS	@	SEA	35	11	4	0	7	13	17	76.5	0	0		13	13	100.0	85.8	3	8	3	3
7	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	38	1/23/1993	ORL	vs	DAL	40	13	2	0	7	14	16	87.5	0	0		10	14	71.4	85.7	4	9	3	0
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	38	1/18/1993	ORL	@	PHI	48	16	3	2	8	16	24	66.7	0	0		6	7	85.7	70.2	8	8	9	5
9	David Robinson D. Robinson	38	2/28/1990	SAS	@	GSW	44	17	2	0	2	16	29	55.2	0	0		6	11	54.5	56.1	11	6	2	3
10	Antoine Walker A. Walker	37	3/28/1997	BOS	@	PHI	43	14	6	1	1	15	30	50.0	3	5	60.0	4	6	66.7	56.7	6	8	1	3	+3
11	Marcus Camby M. Camby	37	3/23/1997	TOR	vs	ATL	44	8	3	1	2	15	28	53.6	0	0		7	8	87.5	58.7	1	7	0	4	-4
12	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	37	1/11/1997	VAN	vs	SAC	42	7	1	2	2	14	24	58.3	0	1	0.0	9	11	81.8	64.1	5	2	3	4	-6
13	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	37	3/19/1993	CHA	@	IND	41	9	1	1	1	12	17	70.6	0	0		13	13	100.0	81.4	4	5	4	5
14	Antoine Walker A. Walker	36	4/4/1997	BOS	vs	LAC	46	12	6	0	1	12	24	50.0	3	6	50.0	9	11	81.8	62.4	2	10	4	3	-12
15	Marcus Camby M. Camby	36	3/18/1997	TOR	vs	PHI	39	9	3	2	4	16	25	64.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	67.3	6	3	1	5	+12
16	Dino Radja D. Radja	36	3/27/1994	BOS	vs	PHI	37	11	5	1	1	12	15	80.0	0	0		12	12	100.0	88.8	1	10	2	5
17	Dino Radja D. Radja	36	3/4/1994	BOS	vs	LAL	44	15	2	2	1	15	22	68.2	0	0		6	8	75.0	70.5	4	11	2	2
18	Chris Webber C. Webber	36	1/4/1994	GSW	vs	SAC	39	13	4	3	6	15	23	65.2	0	0		6	10	60.0	65.7	5	8	2	1
19	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	36	4/16/1993	CHA	vs	DET	28	22	1	0	3	15	19	78.9	0	0		6	7	85.7	81.5	9	13	2	2
20	David Robinson D. Robinson	36	4/10/1990	SAS	@	GSW	34	12	4	3	4	13	21	61.9	0	0		10	12	83.3	68.5	5	7	5	2
21	David Robinson D. Robinson	36	4/8/1990	SAS	@	POR	42	19	1	4	3	15	27	55.6	0	1	0.0	6	8	75.0	59.0	4	15	2	0
22	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	35	3/4/1998	SAS	@	GSW	45	17	2	1	5	13	24	54.2	0	0		9	12	75.0	59.8	6	11	10	2	-11
23	Chris Webber C. Webber	35	3/13/1994	GSW	@	LAC	40	7	3	4	6	14	21	66.7	0	0		7	12	58.3	66.6	3	4	5	3
24	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	35	4/6/1993	ORL	vs	PHI	35	16	5	1	3	17	23	73.9	0	0		1	2	50.0	73.3	4	12	2	2
25	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	35	2/17/1993	CHA	vs	NYK	39	9	2	1	4	12	19	63.2	0	0		11	12	91.7	72.1	5	4	2	5

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