Ja Morant has averaged the most career points per game in season openers, with 32.3 per game.

most ppg by a player in season openers in nba history

NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
Ja Morant	32.3	4	32.9	4.0	7.0	0.8	1.3	3.8	13.0	23.0	56.5	1.3	3.3	38.5	5.0	6.3	80.0	132	129	16	28	3	5	15	11	-24
Michael Jordan	30.8	14	38.2	5.9	4.5	3.2	1.4	2.6	11.3	23.2	48.6	0.4	1.9	18.5	7.9	10.0	78.6	535	431	82	63	45	19	37	41	-2
Wilt Chamberlain	30.2	13	43.1	23.5	3.8				12.4	21.2	58.3				5.5	12.3	44.4	560	393	305	50				22
Dominique Wilkins	29.4	14	36.7	6.7	2.9	1.8	0.4	3.2	11.2	22.1	50.8	0.7	1.9	37.0	6.3	7.9	79.3	514	412	94	40	25	6	45	35	+9
Jerry West	28.1	12				5.0	0.0		10.4						7.3	9.3	78.4		337			5	0
Elgin Baylor	27.4	14							10.2						7.0	9.4	74.2		384
Adrian Dantley	27.1	13	35.9	7.2	1.8		0.3	2.9	8.6	16.8	51.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	9.8	12.5	78.5	467	352	94	23		4	35	44
Luka Doncic	27.0	6	34.6	9.7	5.8	1.0	0.0	4.0	9.5	21.0	45.2	1.8	8.0	22.9	6.2	7.7	80.4	208	162	58	35	6	0	24	14	-63
Anthony Davis	26.7	12	36.3	11.0	2.5	1.6	2.6	2.5	9.5	21.1	45.1	0.3	1.7	15.0	7.4	9.5	78.1	435	320	132	30	19	31	30	32	-67
Kobe Bryant	26.5	15	37.5	5.9	3.8	1.9	0.9	3.5	8.8	20.9	42.2	0.7	2.3	28.6	8.2	9.8	83.7	563	397	88	57	29	14	52	40	+55
Kiki VanDeWeghe	26.4	10	34.6	2.9	2.9			1.1	10.0	16.6	60.2	0.3	0.9	33.3	6.1	7.0	87.1	346	264	29	29			11	23
Rich Rinaldi	26.0	1	35.0	2.0	3.0				12.0	19.0	63.2				2.0	3.0	66.7	35	26	2	3				1
Cleo Hill	26.0	1	33.0	4.0					9.0	15.0	60.0				8.0	8.0	100.0	33	26	4					6
Trae Young	25.7	6	33.8	4.2	9.5	0.5	0.2	4.5	7.2	17.3	41.3	2.7	7.3	36.4	8.7	9.7	89.7	203	154	25	57	3	1	27	9	+53
Allen Iverson	25.6	11	40.5	3.6	7.3	2.3	0.0	3.8	8.5	20.8	41.0	1.4	4.3	31.9	7.2	9.1	79.0	445	282	40	80	25	0	42	25	+4
LeBron James	25.4	21	37.4	8.2	6.3	1.1	0.9	4.0	9.3	18.4	50.4	1.7	5.0	33.7	5.1	7.2	71.1	784	533	173	133	23	19	83	56	+40
Kevin Durant	25.3	15	35.7	7.3	3.4	1.3	1.1	3.0	8.7	20.1	43.4	1.4	4.7	30.0	6.5	7.9	81.5	535	380	110	51	20	17	45	37	+12
Jayson Tatum	25.3	7	36.8	10.0	3.1	1.3	0.6	2.6	9.6	21.6	44.4	2.7	8.3	32.8	3.4	4.4	77.4	257	177	70	22	9	4	18	16	+9
Bob Pettit	25.3	11							8.6						8.0	10.7	74.6		278						36
Damian Lillard	25.0	12	35.7	5.0	6.8	1.0	0.5	2.3	8.0	18.7	42.9	2.4	7.9	30.5	6.6	7.0	94.0	429	300	60	82	12	6	27	23	+46
George Glamack	25.0	1							8.0						9.0	11.0	81.8		25						4
Frankie Baumholtz	25.0	1							10.0						5.0	7.0	71.4		25						3
Paul Pierce	24.5	17	36.9	8.0	3.9	1.2	0.5	2.4	8.0	16.3	49.1	1.8	4.4	41.9	6.7	9.2	73.1	628	417	136	66	20	9	41	47	+98
Giannis Antetokounmpo	24.5	10	30.6	11.0	4.8	0.9	1.3	3.7	9.3	17.5	53.1	0.9	3.0	30.0	5.0	7.8	64.1	306	245	110	48	9	13	37	40	+46
George Gervin	24.5	10	33.1	4.6	2.5	1.7	0.5		10.0	20.6	48.5	0.0	0.0		4.5	5.9	76.3	331	245	46	25	17	5		37