which rookie has the most points in an nba game under 40 minutes

Blake Griffin and Mitch Richmond are tied for the most points by a rookie in a game with fewer than 40 minutes played, with 47 points.

Interpreted as:
Which rookie has the most points in an NBA regular-season game under 40 minutes?
NAME PTS MIN DATE TM OPP REB AST STL BLK FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TOV PF +/-
1 Blake Griffin
B. Griffin
47
37
1/17/2011
LAC LAC
vs
IND IND
14
3
0
1
19
24
79.2
0
0
9
11
81.8
81.5
3
11
4
3
+17
2 Mitch Richmond
M. Richmond
47
37
3/4/1989
GSW GSW
vs
SAC SAC
9
2
2
0
17
24
70.8
0
1
0.0
13
19
68.4
72.6
2
7
3
3
3 Cliff Robinson
C. Robinson
45
36
3/9/1980
NJN NJN
vs
DET DET
10
4
19
28
67.9
1
6
7
85.7
72.4
3
4 Hal Greer
H. Greer
45
37
2/14/1959
SYR SYR
@
BOS BOS
11
20
28
71.4
5
7
71.4
72.4
4
5 Blake Griffin
B. Griffin
44
39
11/20/2010
LAC LAC
vs
NYK NYK
15
7
2
1
14
24
58.3
0
0
16
23
69.6
64.5
4
11
4
4
-13
6 Bernard King
B. King
44
37
1/4/1978
NJN NJN
vs
PHX PHX
13
2
1
2
20
29
69.0
4
6
66.7
69.5
8
5
3
2
7 John Drew
J. Drew
44
39
11/16/1974
ATL ATL
vs
NOJ NOJ
20
5
5
16
20
80.0
12
16
75.0
81.4
3
17
5
8 Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
42
38
5/5/2021
MIN MIN
vs
MEM MEM
6
7
1
1
17
22
77.3
8
9
88.9
0
1
0.0
93.6
1
5
3
4
+11
9 Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
42
38
3/18/2021
MIN MIN
@
PHX PHX
7
3
2
0
15
31
48.4
4
13
30.8
8
13
61.5
57.2
3
4
2
2
+9
10 Lionel Simmons
L. Simmons
42
39
3/23/1991
SAC SAC
vs
PHX PHX
12
3
1
0
16
31
51.6
0
0
10
12
83.3
57.9
3
9
3
4
11 Chuck Person
C. Person
42
38
2/11/1987
IND IND
@
PHX PHX
9
2
2
0
18
23
78.3
6
6
100.0
0
0
91.3
0
9
2
4
12 Jalen Green
J. Green
41
40
4/10/2022
HOU HOU
vs
ATL ATL
1
3
1
0
14
26
53.8
4
11
36.4
9
11
81.8
66.5
0
1
0
1
0
13 Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
41
37
12/1/2017
UTA UTA
vs
NOP NOP
4
4
0
0
13
25
52.0
6
12
50.0
9
11
81.8
68.7
0
4
2
3
+11
14 Ralph Sampson
R. Sampson
41
38
2/8/1984
HOU HOU
@
PHI PHI
12
0
3
4
16
26
61.5
0
0
9
10
90.0
67.4
6
6
5
4
15 Jay Vincent
J. Vincent
41
37
12/29/1981
DAL DAL
vs
KCK KCK
8
2
2
0
15
22
68.2
0
0
11
15
73.3
71.7
4
4
16 John Drew
J. Drew
41
35
10/22/1974
ATL ATL
vs
PHI PHI
18
1
3
15
29
51.7
11
17
64.7
56.2
4
17 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
41
39
3/20/1970
MIL MIL
@
PHI PHI
15
6
16
18
88.9
9
9
100.0
93.4
2
18 Victor Wembanyama
V. Wembanyama
40
38
3/29/2024
SAS SAS
vs
NYK NYK
20
7
2
1
13
22
59.1
4
9
44.4
10
12
83.3
73.3
5
15
4
2
+1
19 Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
40
33
2/2/2018
UTA UTA
@
PHX PHX
5
6
2
0
14
19
73.7
7
9
77.8
5
5
100.0
94.3
1
4
2
0
+36
20 Rodrigue Beaubois
R. Beaubois
40
30
3/27/2010
DAL DAL
@
GSW GSW
8
3
0
3
15
22
68.2
9
11
81.8
1
1
100.0
89.1
0
8
1
2
+21
21 Walt Williams
W. Williams
40
30
1/2/1993
SAC SAC
vs
PHI PHI
6
3
4
4
12
21
57.1
4
8
50.0
12
14
85.7
73.6
1
5
3
3
22 Dennis Scott
D. Scott
40
32
3/8/1991
ORL ORL
vs
DEN DEN
3
3
0
1
16
22
72.7
4
5
80.0
4
4
100.0
84.2
0
3
3
3
23 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
40
38
4/5/1985
CHI CHI
@
PHI PHI
1
5
3
0
13
21
61.9
0
1
0.0
14
15
93.3
72.5
0
1
2
6
24 Jay Vincent
J. Vincent
40
33
2/16/1982
DAL DAL
@
NYK NYK
10
3
17
22
77.3
0
6
7
85.7
79.7
4
1
25 Walter Davis
W. Davis
40
38
1/5/1978
PHX PHX
@
BOS BOS
11
2
1
0
16
29
55.2
8
9
88.9
60.7
5
6
3
4
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for minutes played going back to the 1982-83 season.

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