most pts scored by a player in a debut game for the hawks

Dominique Wilkins, Lou Hudson and Bob Pettit are tied for the most points for the Hawks in a game, with 57 points.

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most pts scored by a player in a debut regular-season game for the hawks

	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	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	57	12/10/1986	ATL	vs	CHI	40	9	4	2	1	19	28	67.9	0	1	0.0	19	21	90.5	76.5	4	5	2	1
2	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	57	4/10/1986	ATL	vs	NJN	38	5	1	3	0	21	37	56.8	0	0		15	19	78.9	62.8	4	1	3	1
3	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	57	11/10/1969	ATL		CHI	38	8	8			25	34	73.5				7	8	87.5	76.0				4
4	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	57	2/18/1961	STL	@	DET	48	28				25	42	59.5				7	9	77.8	62.0				3
5	Trae Young T. Young	56	1/3/2022	ATL	@	POR	37	4	14	0	0	17	26	65.4	7	12	58.3	15	15	100.0	85.9	1	3	4	1	+10
6	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	55	2/11/1962	STL	vs	CIN	48	14				19	39	48.7				17	17	100.0	59.2				4
7	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	54	2/3/1987	ATL	vs	BOS	47	5	2	3	0	19	34	55.9	0	2	0.0	16	20	80.0	63.1	1	4	5	3
8	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	53	1/12/1987	ATL	vs	LAC	37	6	2	2	3	19	25	76.0	1	1	100.0	14	19	73.7	79.4	3	3	1	3
9	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	52	12/7/1991	ATL	vs	NYK	52	5	3	1	0	17	30	56.7	2	2	100.0	16	18	88.9	68.6	0	5	7	2
10	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	52	11/16/1963	STL	vs	BAL	44	13	4			20	29	69.0				12	13	92.3	74.9				3
11	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	52	1/20/1959	STL	vs	BOS	41	19				20	32	62.5				12	16	75.0	66.6				4
12	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	51	2/16/1988	ATL	vs	SAC	38	6	2	4	2	20	31	64.5	2	4	50.0	9	11	81.8	71.1	1	5	5	3
13	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	51	12/6/1961	STL	@	PHI		30	5			22	43	51.2				7	10	70.0	53.8				3
14	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	51	12/21/1957	STL		SYR						18	27	66.7				15	20	75.0	71.2				3
15	Trae Young T. Young	50	2/20/2020	ATL	vs	MIA	40	2	8	2	1	12	25	48.0	8	15	53.3	18	19	94.7	74.9	0	2	7	4	+10
16	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	50	11/23/2001	ATL	vs	DET	45	12	5	2	1	21	30	70.0	0	0		8	8	100.0	74.6	3	9	2	1	+12
17	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	50	3/1/1988	ATL	vs	DET	44	5	3	1	0	18	35	51.4	1	2	50.0	13	14	92.9	60.7	4	1	1	3
18	John Drew J. Drew	50	12/30/1978	ATL	vs	DEN	33	5	1	2	1	19	32	59.4				12	16	75.0	64.0	2	3	3	2
19	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	50	2/5/1972	ATL	vs	CLE	44	4	2			20	27	74.1				10	13	76.9	76.4				4
20	Pete Maravich P. Maravich	50	1/16/1972	ATL	vs	PHI	47	3	6			18	29	62.1				14	16	87.5	69.4				3
21	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	50	1/11/1959	STL	vs	DET	45	18	4			18	31	58.1				14	17	82.4	65.0				2
22	Trae Young T. Young	49	11/29/2019	ATL	@	IND	43	1	6	2	0	16	28	57.1	8	15	53.3	9	9	100.0	76.7	0	1	9	1	+1
23	Trae Young T. Young	49	3/1/2019	ATL	vs	CHI	56	8	16	1	1	17	33	51.5	6	13	46.2	9	11	81.8	64.7	1	7	9	2	-9
24	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	49	2/9/1988	ATL	vs	PHI	42	12	4	2	0	16	33	48.5	4	7	57.1	13	18	72.2	59.9	6	6	4	2
25	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	49	12/21/1985	ATL	vs	HOU	47	11	1	3	0	19	32	59.4	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	67.3	4	7	2	1