who is the youngest player with 40 points in a season opener

Ja Morant is the youngest with 40+ points in a season opener. He was 21 years and 135 days old against the Spurs on December 23, 2020.

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Who is the youngest player with 40 or more points in a season opener?

	NAME	AGE	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Ja Morant J. Morant	21-135	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
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	21-244	42	11/5/1993	ORL	@	MIA	31	12	1	1	1	17	24	70.8	0	0		8	13	61.5	70.7	4	8	1	4
3	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	21-291	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
4	Rick Barry R. Barry	22-201	41	10/15/1966	SFW	@	BOS	44	13	2			15	31	48.4				11	13	84.6	55.8				4
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	23-064	43	10/24/1959	PHI	@	NYK	48	28	1			17	27	63.0				9	15	60.0	64.0				2
6	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	23-084	43	10/16/1962	CHI	@	NYK		21				16						11	15	73.3					3
7	Anthony Davis A. Davis	23-229	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
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	23-257	50	11/1/1986	CHI	@	NYK	41	6	3	4	3	15	31	48.4	0	0		20	22	90.9	61.5	2	4	6	2
9	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	24-062	42	10/22/1960	PHI	@	SYR	47	31	1			18	35	51.4				6	15	40.0	50.5				1
10	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	24-078	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
11	Nick Anderson N. Anderson	24-291	42	11/6/1992	ORL	vs	MIA	42	8	6	5	0	17	26	65.4	3	6	50.0	5	12	41.7	67.1	2	6	3	4
12	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	24-352	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
13	Jaylen Brown J. Brown	24-361	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
14	Monta Ellis M. Ellis	25-001	46	10/27/2010	GSW	vs	HOU	40	3	2	2	0	18	24	75.0	1	2	50.0	9	12	75.0	78.6	0	3	1	4	+9
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	25-031	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
16	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	25-032	52	10/18/1959	MIN	vs	DET		21				22	36	61.1				8	12	66.7	63.0				4
17	Nate Archibald N. Archibald	25-038	42	10/10/1973	KCO	vs	CHI	48	4	8	5		16	23	69.6				10	11	90.9	75.4	1	3		2
18	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	25-059	48	10/19/1961	PHI		LAL	48	25	1			21	44	47.7				6	12	50.0	48.7				1
19	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	25-180	41	10/13/1972	MIL	@	PHX	42	11	4			17	25	68.0				7	13	53.8	66.7				5
20	World B. Free W. B. Free	25-307	46	10/12/1979	SDC	vs	LAL	41	7	5	7	1	19	29	65.5	0	0		8	8	100.0	70.7	2	5	8	4
21	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	25-361	44	10/31/2000	DET	@	TOR	42	5	3	0	1	17	35	48.6	1	3	33.3	9	10	90.0	55.8	1	4	2	1	+16
22	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	26-063	56	10/23/1962	SFW	vs	DET	48	29	4			23	35	65.7				10	17	58.8	65.9				0
23	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	26-087	47	10/27/1984	POR	@	KCK	38	4	1	0	1	19	23	82.6	0	0		9	9	100.0	87.2	1	3	2	1
24	Karl Malone K. Malone	26-102	40	11/3/1989	UTA	vs	DEN	40	16	5	2	2	18	25	72.0	0	0		4	7	57.1	71.2	3	13	5	2
25	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	26-235	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