nba rookies most points in a game last 2 seasons

Since 2024-25, Zaccharie Risacher has posted the most points by a rookie in a game, with 38 points against the Nets on April 10.

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NBA rookies most points in a regular-season game last 2 seasons

	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	Zaccharie Risacher Z. Risacher	38	4/10/2025	ATL	@	BKN	35	4	2	2	1	15	20	75.0	6	11	54.5	2	5	40.0	85.6	0	4	1	5	+28
2	Dalton Knecht D. Knecht	37	11/19/2024	LAL	vs	UTA	38	5	0	1	0	12	16	75.0	9	12	75.0	4	5	80.0	101.6	0	5	0	2	+18
3	Zaccharie Risacher Z. Risacher	36	3/30/2025	ATL	@	MIL	35	6	0	1	0	12	21	57.1	5	11	45.5	7	9	77.8	72.1	4	2	1	3	+19
4	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	35	11/29/2025	DAL	@	LAC	38	8	2	0	0	13	22	59.1	0	3	0.0	9	11	81.8	65.2	1	7	3	3	-5
5	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
6	Alex Sarr A. Sarr	34	3/15/2025	WAS	@	DEN	32	6	5	1	1	12	28	42.9	5	9	55.6	5	5	100.0	56.3	4	2	2	4	+8
7	Antonio Reeves A. Reeves	34	11/20/2024	NOP	@	CLE	40	5	3	0	0	14	25	56.0	4	12	33.3	2	2	100.0	65.7	1	4	0	1	-16
8	Jared McCain J. McCain	34	11/13/2024	PHI	vs	CLE	38	2	10	2	0	12	26	46.2	6	13	46.2	4	4	100.0	61.2	0	2	3	1	-11
9	Stephon Castle S. Castle	33	2/7/2025	SAS	@	CHA	31	4	2	0	0	10	15	66.7	3	5	60.0	10	11	90.9	83.2	1	3	4	2	+7
10	Zaccharie Risacher Z. Risacher	33	11/6/2024	ATL	vs	NYK	37	7	3	3	2	11	18	61.1	6	10	60.0	5	9	55.6	75.1	1	6	0	1	+14
11	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	32	11/14/2025	CHA	@	MIL	41	3	3	3	0	12	20	60.0	4	9	44.4	4	5	80.0	72.1	1	2	2	3	-8
12	Bub Carrington B. Carrington	32	4/3/2025	WAS	vs	ORL	37	9	7	0	0	12	18	66.7	7	10	70.0	1	1	100.0	86.8	1	8	1	3	-5
13	Dalton Knecht D. Knecht	32	3/14/2025	LAL	@	DEN	37	2	1	0	0	13	27	48.1	5	13	38.5	1	2	50.0	57.4	1	1	0	5	-10
14	Stephon Castle S. Castle	32	3/2/2025	SAS	vs	OKC	32	8	3	0	0	12	21	57.1	4	10	40.0	4	7	57.1	66.4	4	4	4	2	0
15	Jaylon Tyson J. Tyson	31	4/13/2025	CLE	vs	IND	46	7	4	3	1	12	25	48.0	4	12	33.3	3	4	75.0	57.9	3	4	5	3	0
16	Matas Buzelis M. Buzelis	31	3/22/2025	CHI	@	LAL	30	2	1	1	0	12	18	66.7	5	10	50.0	2	2	100.0	82.1	1	1	2	5	+26
17	Derik Queen D. Queen	30	11/19/2025	NOP	vs	DEN	30	9	4	2	2	12	18	66.7	1	2	50.0	5	8	62.5	69.7	4	5	4	4	0
18	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	30	11/7/2025	CHA	@	MIA	40	8	3	1	1	9	23	39.1	5	13	38.5	7	7	100.0	57.5	1	7	2	4	-3
19	Will Richard W. Richard	30	11/5/2025	GSW	@	SAC	35	7	3	1	0	10	15	66.7	5	8	62.5	5	7	71.4	83.0	5	2	1	3	+1
20	Kyle Filipowski K. Filipowski	30	4/9/2025	UTA	vs	POR	34	18	5	3	2	13	17	76.5	2	5	40.0	2	4	50.0	80.0	5	13	5	5	+9
21	Zaccharie Risacher Z. Risacher	30	1/30/2025	ATL	@	CLE	25	1	1	2	0	11	14	78.6	5	6	83.3	3	6	50.0	90.1	0	1	0	1	-6
22	Jaylen Wells J. Wells	30	1/3/2025	MEM	@	SAC	36	5	2	0	0	11	16	68.8	8	9	88.9	0	0		93.8	3	2	0	1	-4
23	Jared McCain J. McCain	30	11/22/2024	PHI	vs	BKN	39	5	3	2	0	11	20	55.0	6	11	54.5	2	3	66.7	70.4	2	3	3	3	+8
24	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	29	11/21/2025	DAL	vs	NOP	32	7	5	2	0	12	19	63.2	0	4	0.0	5	6	83.3	67.0	2	5	2	2	+9
25	Jared McCain J. McCain	29	11/15/2024	PHI	@	ORL	31	1	4	0	0	10	17	58.8	5	10	50.0	4	4	100.0	77.3	1	0	0	6	+13