most points scored in first nba rookie game this season

VJ Edgecombe has scored the most points by a rookie in his first game this season, with 34 points against the Celtics on Wednesday.

	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	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
3	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
4	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
5	Egor Dëmin E. Dëmin	14	10/22/2025	BKN	@	CHA	22	5	2	1	0	4	6	66.7	4	6	66.7	2	2	100.0	101.7	0	5	2	3	-6
6	Cedric Coward C. Coward	14	10/22/2025	MEM	vs	NOP	22	3	1	2	1	5	5	100.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	103.6	0	3	0	2	+24
7	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	11	10/22/2025	CHA	vs	BKN	25	5	1	0	0	4	6	66.7	3	4	75.0	0	0		91.7	0	5	2	3	+10
8	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	10	10/22/2025	DAL	vs	SAS	32	10	0	1	0	4	13	30.8	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	36.0	1	9	3	3	-29
9	Ryan Kalkbrenner R. Kalkbrenner	10	10/22/2025	CHA	vs	BKN	27	11	1	0	2	5	6	83.3	0	0		0	0		83.3	5	6	4	4	+11
10	Walter Clayton Jr. W. Clayton Jr.	10	10/22/2025	UTA	vs	LAC	18	6	5	2	0	4	8	50.0	1	3	33.3	1	1	100.0	59.2	3	3	2	2	+3
11	Ryan Nembhard R. Nembhard	8	10/22/2025	DAL	vs	SAS	16	0	5	0	0	3	5	60.0	0	1	0.0	2	2	100.0	68.0	0	0	3	0	-4
12	Ben Saraf B. Saraf	8	10/22/2025	BKN	@	CHA	20	7	4	0	0	2	7	28.6	0	3	0.0	4	6	66.7	41.5	1	6	0	2	-6
13	Hugo González H. González	6	10/24/2025	BOS	@	NYK	23	4	1	2	0	3	6	50.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		50.0	1	3	0	4	+7
14	Asa Newell A. Newell	5	10/24/2025	ATL	@	ORL	4	0	0	0	0	2	3	66.7	1	1	100.0	0	0		83.3	0	0	0	1	+9
15	Tyrese Proctor T. Proctor	5	10/22/2025	CLE	@	NYK	16	1	2	0	0	2	5	40.0	1	3	33.3	0	0		50.0	0	1	0	2	-1
16	David Jones Garcia D. Jones Garcia	5	10/22/2025	SAS	@	DAL	4	1	2	0	0	2	2	100.0	0	0		1	1	100.0	102.5	1	0	0	2	+4
17	Will Richard W. Richard	5	10/21/2025	GSW	@	LAL	14	1	1	1	0	2	2	100.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		125.0	1	0	0	2	-11
18	Yanic Konan Niederhäuser Y. Konan Niederhäuser	4	10/22/2025	LAC	@	UTA	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		2	4	50.0	72.5	1	0	0	0	+6
19	Jase Richardson J. Richardson	3	10/25/2025	ORL	vs	CHI	8	0	0	0	0	1	3	33.3	0	2	0.0	1	2	50.0	38.7	0	0	1	1	-5
20	DaRon Holmes II D. Holmes II	3	10/25/2025	DEN	vs	PHX	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	100.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		150.0	0	0	0	1	0
21	Chaz Lanier C. Lanier	3	10/24/2025	DET	@	HOU	12	0	1	0	0	1	3	33.3	1	3	33.3	0	0		50.0	0	0	0	0	-6
22	Taelon Peter T. Peter	3	10/23/2025	IND	vs	OKC	17	0	1	1	0	1	2	50.0	1	2	50.0	0	0		75.0	0	0	1	1	-7
23	Nolan Traore N. Traore	3	10/22/2025	BKN	@	CHA	9	0	1	2	0	1	3	33.3	1	2	50.0	0	0		50.0	0	0	0	1	-8
24	Derik Queen D. Queen	3	10/22/2025	NOP	@	MEM	15	5	0	0	1	1	4	25.0	0	1	0.0	1	2	50.0	30.7	1	4	0	3	-11
25	Dylan Cardwell D. Cardwell	3	10/22/2025	SAC	@	PHX	15	1	0	1	2	1	4	25.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	30.7	1	0	0	5	+6