most total points in first 8 games this season

Anthony Davis has the most points in his first 8 games this season, with 259 points.

Interpreted as:

most total points by a player in first 8 games this season

	NAME	PTS	GP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Anthony Davis A. Davis	259	8	290	90	22	11	16	91	160	56.9	4	15	26.7	73	92	79.3	64.6	18	72	20	10	+5	36.2	32.4	11.3	2.8	1.4	2.0	2.5
2	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	241	8	274	102	42	4	6	98	162	60.5	0	4	0.0	45	82	54.9	60.8	20	82	23	28	-20	34.2	30.1	12.8	5.3	0.5	0.8	2.9
3	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	240	8	277	59	41	15	4	77	160	48.1	33	93	35.5	53	68	77.9	63.2	5	54	20	19	+99	34.6	30.0	7.4	5.1	1.9	0.5	2.5
4	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	230	8	303	108	88	12	10	84	158	53.2	18	35	51.4	44	55	80.0	63.1	35	73	32	16	+59	37.9	28.8	13.5	11.0	1.5	1.3	4.0
5	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	229	8	293	65	65	11	3	76	189	40.2	26	79	32.9	51	65	78.5	52.6	4	61	23	28	+53	36.6	28.6	8.1	8.1	1.4	0.4	2.9
6	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	227	8	288	36	54	7	2	69	148	46.6	31	80	38.8	58	65	89.2	64.3	7	29	23	16	-3	36.0	28.4	4.5	6.8	0.9	0.3	2.9
7	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	225	8	260	38	48	12	2	79	171	46.2	37	94	39.4	30	35	85.7	60.4	8	30	40	36	-10	32.6	28.1	4.8	6.0	1.5	0.3	5.0
8	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	224	8	295	47	27	6	4	79	164	48.2	41	89	46.1	25	38	65.8	62.0	4	43	24	15	+14	36.8	28.0	5.9	3.4	0.8	0.5	3.0
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	222	8	312	54	27	6	11	81	147	55.1	21	50	42.0	39	48	81.3	66.0	1	53	29	14	+5	39.0	27.8	6.8	3.4	0.8	1.4	3.6
10	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	221	8	262	64	39	5	7	72	146	49.3	19	49	38.8	58	85	68.2	60.3	14	50	27	18	+28	32.7	27.6	8.0	4.9	0.6	0.9	3.4
11	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	208	8	263	48	54	13	8	75	156	48.1	13	49	26.5	45	50	90.0	58.4	7	41	23	15	+112	32.9	26.0	6.0	6.8	1.6	1.0	2.9
12	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	205	8	301	32	31	15	4	74	140	52.9	8	21	38.1	49	56	87.5	62.3	5	27	17	12	+59	37.6	25.6	4.0	3.9	1.9	0.5	2.1
13	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	205	8	289	53	29	10	3	70	165	42.4	16	56	28.6	49	63	77.8	53.2	12	41	20	21	+68	36.2	25.6	6.6	3.6	1.3	0.4	2.5
14	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	201	8	297	24	29	11	4	70	178	39.3	22	83	26.5	39	47	83.0	50.6	0	24	15	21	-68	37.2	25.1	3.0	3.6	1.4	0.5	1.9
15	Norman Powell N. Powell	200	8	267	19	19	9	2	71	134	53.0	33	68	48.5	25	29	86.2	68.1	2	17	15	13	+1	33.4	25.0	2.4	2.4	1.1	0.3	1.9
16	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	199	8	272	25	25	8	0	66	156	42.3	19	62	30.6	48	52	92.3	55.6	4	21	20	16	-33	34.0	24.9	3.1	3.1	1.0	0.0	2.5
17	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	197	8	260	50	36	7	5	78	156	50.0	20	53	37.7	21	24	87.5	59.1	10	40	24	23	-47	32.6	24.6	6.3	4.5	0.9	0.6	3.0
18	Devin Booker D. Booker	195	8	295	32	49	8	3	61	141	43.3	22	63	34.9	51	58	87.9	58.6	10	22	17	17	+31	36.9	24.4	4.0	6.1	1.0	0.4	2.1
19	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	194	8	257	102	21	5	7	69	131	52.7	20	36	55.6	36	40	90.0	65.3	28	74	14	25	+27	32.1	24.3	12.8	2.6	0.6	0.9	1.8
20	LeBron James L. James	192	8	280	55	60	5	3	69	135	51.1	22	47	46.8	32	41	78.0	62.7	2	53	23	14	-39	34.9	24.0	6.9	7.5	0.6	0.4	2.9
21	Jalen Brunson J. Brunson	192	8	270	20	49	4	0	70	153	45.8	19	46	41.3	33	41	80.5	56.1	4	16	13	15	+56	33.7	24.0	2.5	6.1	0.5	0.0	1.6
22	Stephen Curry S. Curry	191	8	233	38	53	14	5	64	133	48.1	32	74	43.2	31	33	93.9	64.7	2	36	29	11	+83	29.1	23.9	4.8	6.6	1.8	0.6	3.6
23	Trae Young T. Young	191	8	288	35	88	10	2	56	143	39.2	23	75	30.7	56	62	90.3	56.1	8	27	39	15	-30	36.0	23.9	4.4	11.0	1.3	0.3	4.9
24	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	190	8	296	38	41	16	0	67	145	46.2	16	55	29.1	40	46	87.0	57.5	8	30	30	24	+44	36.9	23.8	4.8	5.1	2.0	0.0	3.8
25	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	186	8	287	51	59	5	7	73	151	48.3	18	48	37.5	22	29	75.9	56.8	7	44	39	19	-10	35.8	23.3	6.4	7.4	0.6	0.9	4.9