which rookie has the most points in first 30 nba single game this season

Kon Knueppel posted the most points by a rookie in his first 30 games in 2025-26, with 581 points.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	581	2025-26	CHA	30	33.7	19.4	5.2	3.5	0.7	0.2	6.7	14.2	47.4	3.6	8.7	41.9	2.3	2.5	89.5	63.2	0.9	4.3	2.4	1,011	156	106	22	7	73	69	-47
2	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	575	2025-26	DAL	30	34.5	19.2	6.4	3.8	1.2	0.8	7.3	14.9	48.7	0.9	3.4	26.7	3.7	4.6	80.6	56.5	1.2	5.2	2.1	1,035	193	114	37	25	63	68	-133
3	VJ Edgecombe	495	2025-26	PHI	30	35.8	16.5	5.4	4.1	1.4	0.6	6.2	14.3	43.2	2.3	6.0	38.7	1.8	2.4	77.5	53.9	1.9	3.5	1.7	1,073	162	122	43	17	50	94	+66
4	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	449	2025-26	NOP	30	27.1	15.0	3.5	3.1	1.3	0.1	5.6	12.8	44.1	1.1	3.1	35.1	2.6	3.3	78.8	52.6	0.7	2.8	2.3	812	104	93	40	4	68	59	-201
5	Cedric Coward C. Coward	407	2025-26	MEM	30	27.1	13.6	6.2	2.9	0.6	0.3	4.9	10.4	46.6	1.5	4.5	33.1	2.3	2.8	82.4	58.1	1.5	4.7	1.5	812	186	87	17	10	46	60	+28
6	Derik Queen D. Queen	395	2025-26	NOP	30	25.9	13.2	6.8	4.1	1.0	0.8	5.0	9.7	51.7	0.1	0.8	13.0	3.0	3.8	79.6	57.8	1.6	5.2	2.3	778	205	122	30	25	70	100	-63
7	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	368	2025-26	WAS	30	23.9	12.3	2.9	1.8	0.7	0.3	4.4	9.7	45.5	2.0	5.0	39.7	1.5	1.6	91.7	59.1	0.5	2.4	1.6	718	87	55	21	10	47	54	-110
8	Dylan Harper D. Harper	323	2025-26	SAS	30	21.4	10.8	3.3	3.4	1.0	0.2	4.2	9.9	42.9	0.8	2.7	28.7	1.5	2.1	73.0	49.9	0.9	2.4	1.4	641	99	101	30	5	43	61	+59
9	Maxime Raynaud M. Raynaud	312	2025-26	SAC	30	23.4	10.4	6.5	1.1	0.4	0.6	4.4	7.9	55.7	0.2	0.8	30.4	1.4	1.9	71.9	59.5	1.9	4.6	1.0	702	194	33	13	17	31	80	-215
10	Ace Bailey A. Bailey	311	2025-26	UTA	30	23.8	10.4	3.3	1.5	0.7	0.4	4.1	9.4	43.8	1.5	4.2	35.7	0.7	1.0	66.7	52.9	1.4	1.8	1.2	715	98	46	22	11	37	74	-155
11	Caleb Love C. Love	302	2025-26	POR	30	20.7	10.1	2.6	2.3	0.4	0.1	3.7	9.6	38.4	1.9	5.9	32.0	0.8	1.0	74.2	49.9	0.6	2.1	1.1	622	79	68	13	3	32	38	-101
12	Egor Dëmin E. Dëmin	298	2025-26	BKN	30	24.4	9.9	3.3	3.4	0.9	0.3	3.5	8.9	39.1	2.2	6.0	37.2	0.8	0.9	88.5	53.7	0.5	2.8	1.9	732	99	103	27	9	56	57	-21
13	Ryan Kalkbrenner R. Kalkbrenner	253	2025-26	CHA	30	24.7	8.4	6.3	0.7	0.7	1.6	3.6	4.7	77.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.2	1.7	71.2	77.7	2.5	3.8	1.0	741	189	20	20	49	31	50	-76
14	Will Richard W. Richard	246	2025-26	GSW	30	19.6	8.2	2.8	1.2	1.1	0.1	2.9	5.6	51.5	1.3	3.4	38.6	1.1	1.4	80.5	65.8	1.1	1.7	0.8	587	85	35	32	2	23	60	-1
15	Javon Small J. Small	243	2025-26	MEM	30	18.5	8.1	3.0	3.6	0.7	0.3	2.7	6.3	43.1	1.2	2.9	40.2	1.5	1.9	80.7	57.0	0.8	2.2	1.1	555	90	109	22	8	34	42	-59
16	Danny Wolf D. Wolf	233	2025-26	BKN	30	19.3	7.8	4.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	2.7	7.0	38.9	1.1	3.2	35.1	1.2	1.4	83.3	50.8	1.0	3.3	1.0	579	129	55	19	12	29	52	-84
17	Ryan Nembhard R. Nembhard	228	2025-26	DAL	30	20.6	7.6	1.9	5.2	0.2	0.0	3.2	6.9	46.1	1.0	2.5	40.0	0.3	0.4	72.7	54.1	0.2	1.7	1.5	617	57	157	6	0	46	46	-45
18	Collin Murray-Boyles C. Murray-Boyles	215	2025-26	TOR	30	19.2	7.2	4.3	1.6	0.8	0.6	3.0	5.5	53.9	0.5	1.3	39.5	0.7	1.3	56.4	59.0	2.2	2.1	1.1	576	129	49	23	17	34	77	+14
19	Nolan Traore N. Traore	211	2025-26	BKN	30	20.6	7.0	1.6	3.4	0.4	0.4	2.5	6.5	38.8	0.9	2.9	32.6	1.0	1.3	79.5	49.5	0.2	1.3	1.5	618	47	101	13	11	45	57	-122
20	Sion James S. James	211	2025-26	CHA	30	25.9	7.0	3.2	1.6	0.7	0.4	2.2	5.3	40.9	1.2	3.2	37.1	1.5	1.7	86.5	58.0	0.5	2.7	0.9	776	97	48	21	13	27	51	-88
21	Walter Clayton Jr. W. Clayton Jr.	198	2025-26	UTA	30	16.7	6.6	2.0	3.1	0.5	0.2	2.2	5.2	41.9	0.9	2.8	31.0	1.4	1.5	95.5	56.8	0.3	1.6	1.0	501	59	92	14	6	31	53	-58
22	Drake Powell D. Powell	192	2025-26	BKN	30	19.0	6.4	1.6	1.7	0.6	0.2	2.3	5.0	46.0	0.8	2.5	32.4	1.0	1.1	88.2	58.2	0.2	1.4	1.0	569	48	51	17	5	30	44	-113
23	Ethan Thompson E. Thompson	190	2025-26	IND	30	19.5	6.3	2.1	1.6	0.6	0.3	2.2	5.7	37.8	1.1	3.4	33.0	0.9	1.2	74.3	50.7	0.5	1.6	0.6	584	62	48	17	9	19	66	+3
24	Kobe Sanders K. Sanders	184	2025-26	LAC	30	19.6	6.1	2.3	1.6	0.6	0.1	2.2	5.0	44.0	0.9	2.3	37.1	0.9	1.0	86.7	56.4	0.4	1.9	1.4	588	70	47	18	4	43	67	+8
25	Jahmai Mashack J. Mashack	181	2025-26	MEM	30	21.2	6.0	2.7	1.9	1.2	0.4	2.4	6.1	39.9	0.6	2.2	25.8	0.6	1.1	52.9	45.7	0.8	1.9	1.5	635	80	58	37	12	46	61	-178

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PPG

20.2

Miller

RPG

8.7

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APG

7.1

Ball

Team Rankings

ORTG

119.4

5th

DRTG

114.4

12th

NETRTG

5.0

8th

3P%

37.8

3rd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
7	76ers	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	CHA	@	BKN	7:30 PM
Fri 10/23	ATL	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MIA	@	CHA	6:00 PM
Mon 10/26	WAS	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	CHA	@	DET	7:00 PM

Last Game

Hornets

1 - 1

Final

121

Magic

1 - 1

Fri 17 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

Kon Knueppel posted the most points by a rookie in his first 30 games in 2025-26, with 581 points.

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3,474

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