what active nba player averages the most points on opening night

VJ Edgecombe has put up the most career points per game by an active player in season openers, with 34.0 per game.

	NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	VJ Edgecombe	34.0	1	42.2	7.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	13.0	26.0	50.0	5.0	13.0	38.5	3.0	6.0	50.0	59.4	1.0	6.0	2.0	42	34	7	3	1	0	2	1	-2
2	Ja Morant J. Morant	31.0	6	31.4	4.0	6.8	0.8	0.8	12.0	20.7	58.1	1.2	3.5	33.3	5.8	7.0	83.3	65.3	0.3	3.7	3.3	188	186	24	41	5	5	20	17	-27
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	29.1	8	35.6	10.0	6.5	1.1	0.3	10.4	22.3	46.6	2.1	8.6	24.6	6.3	8.0	78.1	56.5	0.9	9.1	3.9	285	233	80	52	9	2	31	18	-65
4	Anthony Davis A. Davis	27.0	14	36.1	11.5	2.5	1.6	2.5	9.4	21.3	44.3	0.4	1.9	22.2	7.7	9.6	80.0	52.9	3.1	8.4	2.2	505	378	161	35	22	35	31	37	-90
5	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	26.8	8	36.0	9.3	4.0	1.3	0.6	10.1	21.1	47.9	3.4	8.6	39.1	3.1	4.1	75.8	58.3	1.4	7.9	2.4	288	214	74	32	10	5	19	17	+35
6	Trae Young T. Young	25.8	8	34.2	3.9	9.3	0.6	0.3	6.9	16.8	41.0	2.4	7.1	33.3	9.6	10.9	88.5	59.8	0.4	3.5	4.0	274	206	31	74	5	2	32	14	+51
7	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	25.6	8	36.0	4.8	5.5	1.3	1.4	9.6	19.6	49.0	1.5	5.8	26.1	4.9	6.5	75.0	57.0	0.9	3.9	2.3	288	205	38	44	10	11	18	14	+10
8	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	25.6	12	30.3	11.5	5.0	0.8	1.2	9.8	17.7	55.2	0.8	2.8	30.3	5.3	8.4	62.4	59.9	1.6	9.9	3.5	364	307	138	60	9	14	42	48	+63
9	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	25.4	13	35.9	5.3	6.8	0.9	0.5	8.1	18.7	43.2	2.7	8.2	32.7	6.5	7.0	93.4	58.3	1.1	4.2	2.3	467	330	69	88	12	6	30	24	+65
10	Kevin Durant K. Durant	25.2	17	36.8	7.4	3.2	1.4	1.1	8.7	19.7	44.2	1.4	4.6	29.1	6.4	7.9	81.3	54.3	0.7	6.7	3.3	626	428	126	54	23	18	56	47	+10
11	LeBron James L. James	25.0	22	37.2	8.1	6.2	1.0	1.0	9.2	18.3	50.1	1.6	4.9	33.3	5.0	7.0	71.2	58.4	1.3	6.8	3.9	819	549	178	137	23	21	85	59	+34
12	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	24.8	6	34.4	7.5	3.2	0.2	0.2	8.5	21.7	39.2	3.7	9.0	40.7	4.2	4.8	86.2	52.2	1.8	5.7	2.8	207	149	45	19	1	1	17	16	+47
13	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	24.8	4	35.4	4.0	9.3	1.0	0.3	9.3	22.5	41.1	2.3	6.8	33.3	4.0	5.0	80.0	50.1	0.5	3.5	2.8	142	99	16	37	4	1	11	15	-15
14	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	24.0	3	27.2	9.7	1.3	1.0	1.7	8.7	16.0	54.2	1.7	5.0	33.3	5.0	6.0	83.3	64.4	1.0	8.7	3.0	81	72	29	4	3	5	9	10	+11
15	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	24.0	4	32.5	9.0	3.5	0.8	1.0	8.3	16.3	50.8	1.3	3.0	41.7	6.3	8.0	78.1	60.7	1.5	7.5	1.8	130	96	36	14	3	4	7	10	+55
16	James Harden J. Harden	23.9	16	33.6	5.7	8.5	1.2	0.4	6.9	16.1	43.2	2.6	7.6	33.9	7.5	8.4	89.6	60.6	1.1	4.6	3.5	538	383	91	136	19	7	56	38	-39
17	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	23.8	6	33.9	3.7	4.3	1.2	0.3	8.7	18.8	46.0	2.7	5.8	45.7	3.8	4.5	85.2	57.3	0.0	3.7	0.8	203	143	22	26	7	2	5	16	+10
18	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	23.6	9	32.4	3.7	4.6	1.9	0.6	8.8	18.7	47.0	2.3	7.4	31.3	3.7	4.2	86.8	57.4	1.0	2.7	2.1	292	212	33	41	17	5	19	23	+84
19	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	23.0	4	31.6	7.0	2.3	1.0	0.0	6.8	14.3	47.4	2.5	6.0	41.7	7.0	8.8	80.0	63.5	1.5	5.5	3.0	126	92	28	9	4	0	12	13	+40
20	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	22.7	10	33.5	5.6	2.5	1.3	0.5	8.5	17.1	49.7	2.6	6.5	40.0	3.1	4.0	77.5	60.2	0.6	5.0	2.0	335	227	56	25	13	5	20	36	+56
21	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	22.5	4	31.2	8.8	3.5	2.5	0.3	9.3	17.3	53.6	0.0	0.0		4.0	6.8	59.3	55.6	4.0	4.8	3.5	125	90	35	14	10	1	14	9	+11
22	Zach LaVine Z. LaVine	22.4	9	30.3	4.3	3.1	0.7	0.6	8.3	17.0	49.0	1.9	6.6	28.8	3.9	4.3	89.7	59.4	0.7	3.7	3.6	273	202	39	28	6	5	32	28	-64
23	Devin Booker D. Booker	21.9	11	31.7	4.0	5.0	0.9	0.3	8.3	15.5	53.2	2.0	4.7	42.3	3.4	4.7	71.2	62.2	0.6	3.4	3.5	349	241	44	55	10	3	39	43	+22
24	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	21.8	8	32.8	8.8	2.5	1.0	0.1	7.1	14.4	49.6	2.8	6.6	41.5	4.8	5.4	88.4	65.0	1.9	6.9	1.5	262	174	70	20	8	1	12	10	-16
25	Stephen Curry S. Curry	21.5	17	32.5	5.4	6.2	2.1	0.3	7.1	17.1	41.6	2.5	8.4	30.1	4.8	5.1	94.2	55.7	1.1	4.3	3.4	552	366	91	106	35	5	57	46	+76