rookies who scored 40 points in a game before 2004

Jason Richardson posted 40 points in his rookie season versus the Kings on April 16, 2002.

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rookies who scored 40 or more points in a regular-season game before 2004

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	4/16/2002	40	GSW	@	SAC	41	2	2	3	0	18	28	64.3	2	5	40.0	2	2	100.0	69.3	1	1	3	6	-5
2	Elton Brand E. Brand	4/13/2000	44	CHI	vs	WAS	43	12	2	0	3	16	21	76.2	0	0		12	15	80.0	79.7	7	5	1	2	-11
3	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	4/7/1997	44	PHI	@	CHI	48	1	8	2	0	16	32	50.0	6	14	42.9	6	8	75.0	61.9	1	0	4	2	-26
4	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	4/9/1997	40	PHI	vs	ATL	48	8	9	2	0	12	29	41.4	1	4	25.0	15	18	83.3	54.2	4	4	7	2	-15
5	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	4/11/1997	44	PHI	@	MIL	43	3	9	2	1	16	28	57.1	3	4	75.0	9	11	81.8	67.0	1	2	4	5	-7
6	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	4/12/1997	50	PHI	@	CLE	46	5	6	2	0	17	32	53.1	5	9	55.6	11	18	61.1	62.6	2	3	9	5	-4
7	Kerry Kittles K. Kittles	4/13/1997	40	NJN	@	MIL	45	5	5	3	0	14	21	66.7	5	8	62.5	7	7	100.0	83.1	2	3	3	2	0
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	4/14/1997	40	PHI	vs	WAS	45	6	5	1	0	15	29	51.7	6	13	46.2	4	9	44.4	60.7	3	3	5	3	-19
9	Walt Williams W. Williams	1/2/1993	40	SAC	vs	PHI	30	6	3	4	4	12	21	57.1	4	8	50.0	12	14	85.7	73.6	1	5	3	3
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	2/16/1993	46	ORL	@	DET	49	21	3	0	5	19	25	76.0	0	0		8	16	50.0	71.8	3	18	6	5
11	Derrick Coleman D. Coleman	2/15/1991	42	NJN	vs	DEN	43	14	4	4	2	14	23	60.9	0	0		14	20	70.0	66.0	5	9	2	2
12	Dennis Scott D. Scott	3/8/1991	40	ORL	vs	DEN	32	3	3	0	1	16	22	72.7	4	5	80.0	4	4	100.0	84.2	0	3	3	3
13	Lionel Simmons L. Simmons	3/23/1991	42	SAC	vs	PHX	39	12	3	1	0	16	31	51.6	0	0		10	12	83.3	57.9	3	9	3	4
14	David Robinson D. Robinson	3/2/1990	41	SAS	vs	GSW	41	17	2	3	5	12	21	57.1	0	0		17	22	77.3	66.8	5	12	4	5
15	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	3/4/1989	47	GSW	vs	SAC	37	9	2	2	0	17	24	70.8	0	1	0.0	13	19	68.4	72.6	2	7	3	3
16	Ron Harper R. Harper	2/4/1987	40	CLE	@	BOS	46	6	9	1	1	15	21	71.4	2	3	66.7	8	11	72.7	77.4	2	4	4	6
17	Chuck Person C. Person	2/11/1987	42	IND	@	PHX	38	9	2	2	0	18	23	78.3	6	6	100.0	0	0		91.3	0	9	2	4
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	11/13/1984	45	CHI	vs	SAS	43	10	4	3	2	18	27	66.7	1	1	100.0	8	11	72.7	70.7	2	8	4	4
19	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	12/6/1984	42	HOU	@	GSW	45	13	0	0	5	18	22	81.8	0	0		6	9	66.7	80.9	5	8	3	4
20	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	12/27/1984	45	CHI	vs	CLE	44	7	11	3	0	20	33	60.6	0	1	0.0	5	5	100.0	63.9	2	5	3	1
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1/5/1985	42	CHI	@	NYK	42	7	4	2	1	16	25	64.0	0	0		10	11	90.9	70.4	4	3	3	3
22	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	1/26/1985	45	CHI	vs	ATL	43	8	10	0	4	17	24	70.8	0	0		11	11	100.0	78.0	1	7	5	3
23	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2/5/1985	41	CHI	vs	BOS	45	12	7	4	1	14	25	56.0	0	1	0.0	13	14	92.9	65.8	4	8	1	6
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2/12/1985	49	CHI	vs	DET	45	15	5	4	0	19	31	61.3	0	0		11	13	84.6	66.7	7	8	6	5
25	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/5/1985	40	CHI	@	PHI	38	1	5	3	0	13	21	61.9	0	1	0.0	14	15	93.3	72.5	0	1	2	6

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