youngest player to score 40 points as a rookie

LeBron James is the youngest rookie in a game with 40+ points. He was 19 years and 88 days old versus the New Jersey Nets on March 27, 2004.

Interpreted as:

youngest player to score 40 or more points in a regular-season game as a rookie

	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	LeBron James L. James	19-088	41	3/27/2004	CLE	vs	NJN	43	6	13	3	0	15	29	51.7	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	61.4	2	4	2	1	+10
2	GG Jackson	19-119	44	4/14/2024	MEM	vs	DEN	44	12	1	2	1	17	36	47.2	4	13	30.8	6	7	85.7	56.3	6	6	3	1	-13
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	19-200	42	4/16/2008	SEA	@	GSW	43	13	6	1	2	18	25	72.0	1	2	50.0	5	6	83.3	76.0	3	10	5	0	+14
4	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	19-225	42	3/18/2021	MIN	@	PHX	38	7	3	2	0	15	31	48.4	4	13	30.8	8	13	61.5	57.2	3	4	2	2	+9
5	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	19-273	42	5/5/2021	MIN	vs	MEM	38	6	7	1	1	17	22	77.3	8	9	88.9	0	1	0.0	93.6	1	5	3	4	+11
6	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	19-306	41	3/30/2004	DEN	vs	SEA	44	5	0	2	1	19	29	65.5	2	3	66.7	1	1	100.0	69.6	0	5	4	5	+3
7	Cliff Robinson C. Robinson	19-362	45	3/9/1980	NJN	vs	DET	36	10	4			19	28	67.9	1			6	7	85.7	72.4				3
8	John Drew J. Drew	20-022	41	10/22/1974	ATL	vs	PHI	35	18	1	3		15	29	51.7				11	17	64.7	56.2				4
9	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	20-029	41	1/23/2009	LAC	vs	OKC	44	2	4	1	0	12	19	63.2	5	7	71.4	12	14	85.7	81.5	0	2	2	4	0
10	John Drew J. Drew	20-047	44	11/16/1974	ATL	vs	NOJ	39	20	5	5		16	20	80.0				12	16	75.0	81.4	3	17		5
11	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	20-052	55	11/14/2009	MIL	vs	GSW	41	5	5	0	0	21	34	61.8	7	8	87.5	6	8	75.0	73.3	1	4	4	1	+11
12	Jalen Green J. Green	20-060	41	4/10/2022	HOU	vs	ATL	40	1	3	1	0	14	26	53.8	4	11	36.4	9	11	81.8	66.5	0	1	0	1	0
13	Carl Braun C. Braun	20-072	47	12/6/1947	NYK	@	PRO						18	35	51.4				11
14	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	20-085	40	3/29/2024	SAS	vs	NYK	38	20	7	2	1	13	22	59.1	4	9	44.4	10	12	83.3	73.3	5	15	4	2	+1
15	John Drew J. Drew	20-089	40	12/28/1974	ATL	vs	LAL	39	25	7			12	24	50.0				16	19	84.2	61.8	13	12		4
16	Trae Young T. Young	20-163	49	3/1/2019	ATL	vs	CHI	56	8	16	1	1	17	33	51.5	6	13	46.2	9	11	81.8	64.7	1	7	9	2	-9
17	Kenneth Lofton Jr. K. Lofton Jr.	20-238	42	4/9/2023	MEM	@	OKC	40	14	0	1	0	17	25	68.0	0	2	0.0	8	12	66.7	69.4	6	8	2	3	-17
18	Bernard King B. King	20-335	41	11/4/1977	NJN	vs	PHI	43	14	2			16	28	57.1				9	11	81.8	62.4				3
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	20-347	46	2/16/1993	ORL	@	DET	49	21	3	0	5	19	25	76.0	0	0		8	16	50.0	71.8	3	18	6	5
20	Bernard King B. King	21-031	44	1/4/1978	NJN	vs	PHX	37	13	2	1	2	20	29	69.0				4	6	66.7	69.5	8	5	3	2
21	Elton Brand E. Brand	21-033	44	4/13/2000	CHI	vs	WAS	43	12	2	0	3	16	21	76.2	0	0		12	15	80.0	79.7	7	5	1	2	-11
22	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	21-085	41	12/1/2017	UTA	vs	NOP	37	4	4	0	0	13	25	52.0	6	12	50.0	9	11	81.8	68.7	0	4	2	3	+11
23	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	21-086	40	4/16/2002	GSW	@	SAC	41	2	2	3	0	18	28	64.3	2	5	40.0	2	2	100.0	69.3	1	1	3	6	-5
24	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	21-148	40	2/2/2018	UTA	@	PHX	33	5	6	2	0	14	19	73.7	7	9	77.8	5	5	100.0	94.3	1	4	2	0	+36
25	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	21-158	41	3/2/1973	BUF	vs	SEA	40	11	2			14	27	51.9				13	16	81.3	60.2				5