who has the most 9 point games games in nba rookie history

4 players are tied for the most games by a rookie with 9+ points, with 82 games. The first three are Michael Jordan in 1984-85, Geoff Petrie in 1970-71 and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in 1969-70.

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Who has the most 9 or more point games regular-season games in NBA rookie history?

	NAME	GP	PTS	SEASON	TM	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	82	2,313	1984-85	CHI	38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	10.2	19.8	51.5	0.1	0.6	17.3	7.7	9.1	84.5	59.2	2.0	4.5	3.5	3,144	534	481	197	69	291	285
2	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	82	2,031	1970-71	POR	37.0	24.8	3.4	4.8			9.6	21.6	44.3				5.6	7.3	77.2	49.9				3,032	280	390				196
3	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	82	2,361	1969-70	MIL		28.8	14.5				11.4						5.9	9.1	65.3						1,190					279
4	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	82	2,327	1968-69	SDR		28.4	17.1				11.3						5.7	9.1	62.6						1,404
5	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	81	1,837	2010-11	LAC	38.0	22.7	12.1	3.8	0.8	0.6	8.5	16.9	50.7	0.1	0.3	29.2	5.5	8.5	64.5	55.0	3.3	8.8	2.7	3,080	980	311	63	45	220	249	-134
6	David Robinson D. Robinson	81	1,988	1989-90	SAS	36.7	24.5	12.0	2.0	1.6	3.9	8.5	16.0	53.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	10.2	73.6	59.9	3.7	8.3	3.1	2,969	974	162	133	315	255	257
7	Walter Davis W. Davis	81	1,959	1977-78	PHX	32.0	24.2	6.0	3.4			9.7	18.4	52.6				4.8	5.8	83.0	57.7			3.5	2,590	484	273			283	242
8	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	80	1,886	1992-93	ORL	37.9	23.6	13.9	1.9	0.8	3.6	9.1	16.2	56.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	8.9	59.5	58.7	4.2	9.7	3.8	3,033	1,110	151	60	286	304	316
9	Ron Harper R. Harper	80	1,858	1986-87	CLE	37.6	23.2	4.8	4.8	2.6	1.0	9.1	19.9	45.8	0.3	1.2	21.3	4.8	7.0	68.2	50.6	2.1	2.8	4.3	3,011	387	385	206	81	340	243
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	80	1,687	1984-85	HOU	36.0	21.1	12.1	1.4	1.2	2.8	8.5	15.7	53.9	0.0	0.0		4.2	6.8	61.2	56.4	5.5	6.6	2.9	2,876	965	110	99	220	228	332
11	Sidney Wicks S. Wicks	80	1,994	1971-72	POR	40.1	24.9	11.7	4.3			9.7	22.7	42.9				5.5	7.7	71.2	47.9				3,207	935	346				184
12	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	79	1,542	2012-13	POR	38.6	19.5	3.1	6.4	0.9	0.2	6.9	15.9	43.7	2.3	6.2	37.9	3.3	3.9	84.2	55.4	0.5	2.6	2.9	3,051	248	505	71	18	230	166	-43
13	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	79	1,707	2003-04	DEN	37.0	21.6	6.2	2.8	1.2	0.5	7.8	18.1	43.3	0.8	2.7	31.9	5.1	6.6	77.9	51.6	2.3	4.0	3.1	2,920	493	222	94	40	241	220	+118
14	Elton Brand E. Brand	79	1,615	1999-00	CHI	37.1	20.4	10.1	1.9	0.8	1.6	7.9	16.3	48.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.6	6.7	68.6	53.1	4.4	5.7	2.8	2,933	796	150	65	129	222	254	-612
15	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	79	1,707	1997-98	SAS	39.3	21.6	11.9	2.8	0.7	2.5	8.8	16.0	55.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.0	5.9	67.0	58.1	3.4	8.5	3.4	3,101	939	221	53	198	270	244	+413
16	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	79	1,761	1979-80	NYK		22.3	8.9				8.3			0.0	0.0		5.7	7.1	80.5						706
17	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	79	2,495	1961-62	CHI		31.6					12.3						6.9	10.8	64.3											281
18	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	78	1,560	1991-92	CHA	37.4	20.0	10.9	3.6	1.0	0.7	7.8	15.8	49.6	0.1	0.3	22.7	4.3	5.2	83.4	55.4	3.9	7.0	1.9	2,919	854	281	78	51	150	209
19	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	78	1,739	1988-89	GSW	34.7	22.3	6.0	4.2	1.1	0.2	8.3	17.7	46.9	0.4	1.2	36.7	5.3	6.5	81.0	54.2	2.0	4.0	3.4	2,710	468	331	82	13	269	223
20	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	78	1,690	1983-84	HOU	33.3	21.7	11.2	2.0	0.9	2.5	9.0	17.1	53.0	0.0	0.1	25.0	3.6	5.4	66.1	55.8	3.6	7.5	3.6	2,597	871	156	68	193	283	320
21	Larry Bird L. Bird	78	1,717	1979-80	BOS	36.3	22.0	10.4	4.6	1.7	0.7	8.8	18.2	48.2	0.7	1.7	41.9	3.7	4.5	83.4	54.5			3.3	2,830	809	357	135	54	256	270
22	Rick Barry R. Barry	78	2,043	1965-66	SFW	37.6	26.2	10.7	2.2			9.5	21.4	44.3				7.2	8.4	86.1	52.2				2,932	833	172				289
23	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	77	1,731	1994-95	MIL	37.5	22.5	6.5	2.5	1.5	0.3	8.2	18.1	45.3	1.1	3.4	31.8	5.1	6.3	80.2	54.0	2.2	4.3	3.9	2,889	499	193	112	22	303	220
24	Christian Laettner C. Laettner	77	1,445	1992-93	MIN	35.1	18.8	8.8	2.8	1.3	1.1	6.4	13.2	48.3	0.1	0.5	10.3	6.0	7.1	83.6	57.4	2.2	6.6	3.4	2,700	678	214	100	83	265	278
25	Willie Anderson W. Anderson	77	1,487	1988-89	SAS	34.2	19.3	5.1	4.7	1.9	0.8	8.2	16.3	50.3	0.1	0.3	19.0	2.9	3.7	77.3	53.8	1.9	3.2	3.2	2,633	396	362	145	59	248	281

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