which nba player has the most points in a season opener game by active players

Aaron Gordon, Kyrie Irving and Anthony Davis are tied for the most points by an active player in a season opener, with 50 points.

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Which NBA player has the most points in a season opener regular-season game by active players?

	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	Aaron Gordon A. Gordon	50	10/23/2025	DEN	@	GSW	39	8	2	0	1	17	21	81.0	10	11	90.9	6	6	100.0	105.8	0	8	2	1	-1
2	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	50	10/23/2019	BKN	vs	MIN	38	8	7	0	1	17	33	51.5	7	14	50.0	9	10	90.0	66.8	2	6	0	4	+18
3	Anthony Davis A. Davis	50	10/26/2016	NOP	vs	DEN	41	15	5	5	4	17	34	50.0	0	2	0.0	16	17	94.1	60.3	1	14	3	4	-3
4	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	46	10/20/2021	BOS	@	NYK	46	9	6	3	1	16	30	53.3	8	14	57.1	6	8	75.0	68.6	0	9	4	5	+16
5	James Harden J. Harden	44	12/26/2020	HOU	@	POR	43	4	17	1	0	12	21	57.1	6	13	46.2	14	16	87.5	78.5	1	3	5	1	-6
6	Ja Morant J. Morant	44	12/23/2020	MEM	vs	SAS	35	2	9	2	1	18	27	66.7	1	2	50.0	7	8	87.5	72.1	0	2	1	1	+10
7	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	43	10/21/2025	LAL	vs	GSW	41	12	9	2	1	17	27	63.0	2	10	20.0	7	10	70.0	68.5	0	12	3	1	-8
8	Kevin Durant K. Durant	42	10/30/2013	OKC	@	UTA	39	6	1	3	0	9	24	37.5	2	8	25.0	22	24	91.7	60.8	0	6	5	1	+3
9	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	41	10/22/2025	MIN	@	POR	39	7	1	0	1	14	28	50.0	5	10	50.0	8	8	100.0	65.0	1	6	4	4	+9
10	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	40	10/22/2025	SAS	@	DAL	30	15	1	1	3	15	21	71.4	1	2	50.0	9	11	81.8	77.4	1	14	0	4	+31
11	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	40	10/22/2025	PHI	@	BOS	41	2	6	2	1	13	24	54.2	7	9	77.8	7	8	87.5	72.7	0	2	1	5	+3
12	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	40	10/26/2016	TOR	vs	DET	34	4	1	1	0	17	27	63.0	0	2	0.0	6	6	100.0	67.5	1	3	6	1	+21
13	Stephen Curry S. Curry	40	10/27/2015	GSW	vs	NOP	36	6	7	2	0	14	26	53.8	5	12	41.7	7	7	100.0	68.8	3	3	2	1	+12
14	Alperen Sengun A. Sengun	39	10/21/2025	HOU	@	OKC	49	11	7	2	1	12	24	50.0	5	8	62.5	10	11	90.9	67.6	4	7	4	5	+9
15	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	39	10/26/2023	MIL	vs	PHI	37	8	4	0	0	9	20	45.0	4	12	33.3	17	17	100.0	71.0	0	8	0	2	+12
16	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	39	10/25/2016	POR	vs	UTA	35	9	6	0	0	13	20	65.0	4	6	66.7	9	9	100.0	81.4	1	8	4	3	+1
17	Trae Young T. Young	38	10/24/2019	ATL	@	DET	37	7	9	1	0	11	21	52.4	6	10	60.0	10	12	83.3	72.3	0	7	6	0	+17
18	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	38	10/29/2014	OKC	@	POR	33	3	6	3	0	11	26	42.3	1	2	50.0	15	16	93.8	57.5	2	1	2	3	-4
19	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	38	10/30/2013	GSW	vs	LAL	31	3	1	0	0	15	19	78.9	5	7	71.4	3	4	75.0	91.5	1	2	1	3	+30
20	LeBron James L. James	38	10/27/2009	CLE	vs	BOS	45	4	8	2	4	12	22	54.5	4	9	44.4	10	13	76.9	68.5	0	4	5	4	0
21	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	37	10/22/2025	MIL	vs	WAS	27	14	5	0	0	16	26	61.5	1	3	33.3	4	7	57.1	63.6	2	12	2	4	+10
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	37	10/22/2024	BOS	vs	NYK	30	4	10	1	1	14	18	77.8	8	11	72.7	1	2	50.0	98.0	0	4	1	1	+26
23	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	37	10/19/2022	CHI	@	MIA	36	6	9	2	1	14	22	63.6	2	3	66.7	7	11	63.6	68.9	1	5	1	3	+13
24	Ja Morant J. Morant	37	10/20/2021	MEM	vs	CLE	34	6	6	0	2	17	29	58.6	1	4	25.0	2	2	100.0	61.9	1	5	2	2	-6
25	Trae Young T. Young	37	12/23/2020	ATL	@	CHI	26	6	7	0	0	10	12	83.3	5	6	83.3	12	14	85.7	101.9	2	4	4	1	+30