most 25＋point game as a rookie since 2001

Since 2000-01, Carmelo Anthony has the most games by a rookie with 25+ points in a season, with 30 games in 2003-04.

	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	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	30	869	2003-04	DEN	38.9	29.0	6.2	2.7	1.4	0.7	10.6	20.4	51.7	1.3	2.9	43.2	6.6	8.1	81.4	60.4	2.3	3.9	3.1	1,166	185	80	41	20	93	98	+139
2	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	28	852	2010-11	LAC	39.0	30.4	12.7	5.0	0.7	0.5	11.5	19.4	59.2	0.2	0.4	41.7	7.3	10.6	68.4	63.1	3.9	8.9	2.6	1,093	356	140	19	13	73	92	+59
3	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	27	780	2017-18	UTA	36.7	28.9	4.1	3.4	1.6	0.3	10.6	21.0	50.2	3.0	8.0	37.7	4.8	5.7	83.8	61.3	0.7	3.5	2.6	990	112	93	43	7	70	72	+186
4	LeBron James L. James	24	743	2003-04	CLE	43.9	31.0	6.4	6.4	2.2	0.7	11.7	23.3	50.3	1.4	3.6	38.4	6.2	7.8	79.6	58.0	1.5	4.9	3.6	1,053	154	153	52	17	87	32	+9
5	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	22	662	2023-24	SAS	31.2	30.1	11.5	4.1	1.4	4.0	10.8	20.3	53.2	2.8	7.0	40.0	5.6	7.1	79.5	64.2	2.4	9.1	4.0	686	254	90	31	88	87	52	+45
6	Stephen Curry S. Curry	22	642	2009-10	GSW	43.2	29.2	6.4	7.6	2.4	0.3	10.6	20.3	52.1	3.9	7.4	52.8	4.1	4.5	90.9	65.4	1.0	5.4	3.3	950	140	167	52	6	73	65	+61
7	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	21	687	2025-26	DAL	36.2	32.7	7.3	5.4	1.1	1.0	12.2	22.0	55.4	1.8	4.3	41.1	6.6	7.9	83.6	64.3	1.3	6.0	2.2	761	154	114	24	20	46	40	-27
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	21	612	2018-19	DAL	34.8	29.1	8.2	6.9	1.2	0.3	9.8	19.6	49.9	3.1	8.3	37.4	6.5	9.0	72.5	61.9	1.5	6.7	4.1	731	172	145	26	7	87	51	-11
9	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	21	583	2015-16	MIN	35.8	27.8	12.3	2.5	0.8	2.1	11.7	18.8	62.4	0.5	1.4	34.5	3.9	4.8	81.0	66.6	3.4	8.9	2.2	751	259	53	16	45	47	66	+88
10	Tyreke Evans T. Evans	21	585	2009-10	SAC	40.0	27.9	5.6	7.0	1.4	0.6	9.7	18.8	51.5	0.7	2.4	29.4	7.8	9.6	81.2	60.6	1.0	4.5	3.1	840	117	148	30	13	65	66	-44
11	Kevin Durant K. Durant	20	579	2007-08	SEA	38.7	29.0	5.3	2.8	1.1	1.1	10.9	20.8	52.5	1.4	3.4	40.3	5.8	6.7	87.2	61.1	1.0	4.4	3.5	773	106	56	21	22	69	35	-22
12	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	19	556	2020-21	MIN	36.6	29.3	4.9	3.1	1.2	0.6	10.5	21.6	48.8	3.7	9.1	40.7	4.5	5.8	77.5	60.6	1.1	3.9	2.5	696	94	58	22	12	48	43	-62
13	Trae Young T. Young	16	498	2018-19	ATL	36.2	31.1	4.9	9.7	0.6	0.2	10.7	21.3	50.3	3.8	8.9	42.3	6.0	6.9	87.3	64.1	0.9	3.9	3.8	579	78	155	9	3	60	34	+19
14	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	15	436	2025-26	CHA	36.3	29.1	5.2	4.1	0.9	0.3	10.1	17.6	57.2	5.6	10.7	52.2	3.3	3.9	86.2	75.3	1.2	4.0	1.9	544	78	62	13	4	29	37	+74
15	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	15	428	2022-23	ORL	34.9	28.5	8.1	3.7	0.8	0.9	9.9	19.7	50.3	2.1	4.6	44.9	6.6	8.3	79.2	61.0	1.1	7.0	2.7	523	121	55	12	13	40	35	+15
16	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	15	440	2012-13	POR	40.3	29.3	3.5	6.7	1.0	0.3	10.2	19.2	53.1	3.7	7.9	46.2	5.3	5.9	88.8	67.2	0.5	3.0	2.9	604	52	100	15	5	44	34	+77
17	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	15	406	2001-02	MEM	41.2	27.1	10.1	3.1	0.7	2.3	10.3	17.2	59.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.5	8.3	78.4	64.9	3.5	6.5	2.8	618	151	47	11	35	42	40	-33
18	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	14	384	2021-22	DET	36.6	27.4	5.9	6.3	1.9	1.1	10.6	20.9	50.7	3.3	7.4	44.7	3.0	3.6	84.0	61.1	0.7	5.2	4.5	512	83	88	26	16	63	49	-58
19	Andrew Wiggins A. Wiggins	14	394	2014-15	MIN	41.4	28.1	5.6	2.8	1.7	0.7	9.9	19.6	50.4	1.2	2.4	50.0	7.2	8.6	84.2	60.3	2.1	3.5	2.6	579	78	39	24	10	37	30	-87
20	O.J. Mayo	14	410	2008-09	MEM	42.3	29.3	4.1	3.1	1.4	0.1	10.8	20.6	52.4	3.2	6.2	51.7	4.5	4.9	92.6	64.5	0.6	3.5	2.3	592	57	44	20	1	32	36	-17
21	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	13	377	2008-09	LAC	41.7	29.0	3.3	4.2	1.2	0.6	9.7	17.8	54.3	3.8	7.0	54.9	5.8	6.8	84.3	69.5	0.8	2.5	2.3	542	43	54	16	8	30	32	-11
22	Kyle Kuzma K. Kuzma	12	340	2017-18	LAL	39.4	28.3	8.2	2.5	0.8	0.4	10.0	18.8	53.3	3.9	8.3	47.0	4.4	6.0	73.6	66.2	1.3	6.8	2.0	473	98	30	10	5	24	23	-45
23	Brandon Miller B. Miller	11	323	2023-24	CHA	35.0	29.4	5.3	2.5	1.0	1.0	10.5	18.6	56.6	4.6	8.6	53.7	3.6	4.0	90.9	72.0	1.0	4.3	2.0	385	58	27	11	11	22	28	+2
24	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	11	301	2022-23	IND	33.6	27.4	5.3	2.5	0.6	0.3	8.8	17.5	50.5	2.7	6.0	45.5	7.0	8.5	82.8	64.6	1.3	4.0	1.8	369	58	28	7	3	20	26	+38
25	Jalen Green J. Green	11	340	2021-22	HOU	37.6	30.9	3.5	2.7	0.5	0.6	10.7	20.5	52.4	5.2	10.6	48.7	4.3	5.2	82.5	68.0	0.5	3.1	1.8	413	39	30	6	7	20	21	-11

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PPG

22.3

Murray

RPG

9.7

Jokić

APG

8.7

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Team Rankings

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112.8

13th

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121.5

27th

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-8.7

25th

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31.1

23rd

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
8	Mavericks	2	2	.500	2.0
9	Clippers	1	2	.333	2.5
10	Nuggets	1	2	.333	2.5
11	Suns	1	2	.333	2.5
12	Warriors	1	3	.250	3.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/28	DEN	@	NOP	8:00 PM
Fri 10/30	DEN	@	PHX	10:00 PM
Mon 11/2	POR	@	DEN	9:00 PM
Wed 11/4	TOR	@	DEN	9:00 PM
Sat 11/7	DEN	@	IND	5:00 PM

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1 - 3

134

Final

114

Nuggets

1 - 2

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NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

36.0

Dončić

33.3

Edwards

29.8

Jerome

RPG Leaders

16.5

Sabonis

14.3

Gobert

14.0

Towns

APG Leaders

11.0

Young

9.5

Haliburton

8.7

Jokić

SPG Leaders

3.7

Flagg

3.5

Daniels

3.3

Dunn

BPG Leaders

4.3

Wembanyama

3.0

Holmgren

2.8

Kessler

3PM Leaders

5.3

Dončić

4.5

Edwards

4.3

Camara

TS% Leaders

91.1

Camara

86.7

Carter

81.7

Reaves

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

128.7

126.7

121.1

119.4

118.1

118.0

DRtg Rankings

98.8

101.4

101.7

102.5

107.2

NetRtg Rankings

18.6

16.4

10.6

9.8

9.5

Tank Leaderboard

0-4

0-3

0-4

1-3

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FanDuel Points Leaders

223.9

Dončić

209.1

Wembanyama

198.3

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

241.8

Dončić

211

Sabonis

204

Antetokounmpo

USG% Leaders

40.5

Dončić

37.7

Edwards

35.4

Antetokounmpo

MPG Leaders

38.7

Murray

38.0

Jokić

37.8

Maxey

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.71

Wembanyama

1.58

Dončić

1.53

Johnson

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.70

Dončić

1.65

Wembanyama

1.61

Antetokounmpo

NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

4-0

3-0

4-0

3-1

Worst Record ATS

0-4

0-3

1-3

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	3	1	.750
2	76ers	3	1	.750
3	Hornets	3	1	.750
4	Celtics	3	1	.750
5	Raptors	2	1	.667	0.5
6	Cavaliers	2	1	.667	0.5
7	Hawks	2	2	.500	1.0
8	Wizards	2	2	.500	1.0
9	Pacers	2	2	.500	1.0
10	Magic	1	2	.333	1.5
11	Bulls	1	3	.250	2.0
12	Bucks	1	3	.250	2.0
13	Knicks	1	3	.250	2.0
14	Heat	0	4	.000	3.0
15	Nets	0	4	.000	3.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Rockets	4	0	1.000
2	Thunder	4	0	1.000
3	Grizzlies	4	0	1.000
4	Trail Blazers	3	0	1.000	0.5
5	Lakers	3	1	.750	1.0
6	Timberwolves	3	1	.750	1.0
7	Spurs	2	2	.500	2.0
8	Mavericks	2	2	.500	2.0
9	Clippers	1	2	.333	2.5
10	Nuggets	1	2	.333	2.5
11	Suns	1	2	.333	2.5
12	Warriors	1	3	.250	3.0
13	Jazz	1	3	.250	3.0
14	Pelicans	0	3	.000	3.5
15	Kings	0	4	.000	4.0

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	132-125
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	116-128

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/28	WAS	@	CLE	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	MIA	@	ATL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	PHI	@	IND	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	CHA	@	DET	7:00 PM
Wed 10/28	ORL	@	TOR	7:30 PM

Since 2000-01, Carmelo Anthony has the most games by a rookie with 25+ points in a season, with 30 games in 2003-04.

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