most point by a rookie in their first game from 2000-01 to 2009-10

Between the 2000-01 and 2009-10 seasons, Gordan Giricek had the most points by a rookie in his first game, with 29 points against the Mavericks on October 30, 2002.

	NAME	PTS	DATE	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Gordan Giricek G. Giricek	29	10/30/2002	MEM	vs	DAL	31	5	1	1	0	10	13	76.9	4	6	66.7	5	8	62.5	87.8	0	5	3	1	-5
2	LeBron James L. James	25	10/29/2003	CLE	@	SAC	42	6	9	4	0	12	20	60.0	0	2	0.0	1	3	33.3	58.6	2	4	2	3	-9
3	Rudy Gay R. Gay	21	11/1/2006	MEM	vs	NYK	38	8	0	1	4	8	21	38.1	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	46.1	4	4	1	2	+3
4	Brandon Roy B. Roy	20	11/1/2006	POR	@	SEA	35	3	2	0	0	10	16	62.5	0	1	0.0	0	0		62.5	2	1	3	3	-8
5	Speedy Claxton S. Claxton	20	10/30/2001	PHI	@	MIN	40	1	4	1	0	7	15	46.7	1	1	100.0	5	5	100.0	58.1	1	0	2	3	-9
6	Emeka Okafor E. Okafor	19	11/4/2004	CHA	vs	WAS	32	10	1	0	1	5	9	55.6	0	0		9	10	90.0	70.9	4	6	0	3	+3
7	Jonny Flynn J. Flynn	18	10/28/2009	MIN	vs	NJN	29	4	2	2	0	5	13	38.5	0	0		8	10	80.0	51.7	1	3	3	2	-4
8	Jason Thompson J. Thompson	18	10/29/2008	SAC	@	MIN	22	10	0	0	1	7	11	63.6	0	0		4	4	100.0	70.5	2	8	2	0	-7
9	Kevin Durant K. Durant	18	10/31/2007	SEA	@	DEN	32	5	1	3	1	7	22	31.8	2	7	28.6	2	4	50.0	37.9	0	5	2	3	-8
10	Deron Williams D. Williams	18	11/2/2005	UTA	vs	DAL	26	3	3	0	0	7	14	50.0	3	4	75.0	1	1	100.0	62.3	0	3	1	2	+17
11	Luol Deng L. Deng	18	11/5/2004	CHI	vs	NJN	38	10	3	0	1	8	21	38.1	1	5	20.0	1	2	50.0	41.1	6	4	1	3	+13
12	Ronald Dupree R. Dupree	18	1/7/2004	CHI	@	MIA	26	9	3	0	0	7	11	63.6	0	0		4	4	100.0	70.5	5	4	1	3	+1
13	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	18	10/28/2003	MIA	@	PHI	41	4	4	0	0	8	18	44.4	0	1	0.0	2	3	66.7	46.6	1	3	5	3	-5
14	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	17	10/30/2009	MIL	@	PHI	34	9	9	0	0	7	16	43.8	2	5	40.0	1	2	50.0	50.4	1	8	5	5	-9
15	Ty Lawson T. Lawson	17	10/28/2009	DEN	vs	UTA	26	4	6	1	0	7	13	53.8	0	2	0.0	3	3	100.0	59.4	1	3	1	2	+12
16	Mario Chalmers M. Chalmers	17	10/29/2008	MIA	@	NYK	36	7	8	0	0	7	13	53.8	2	4	50.0	1	2	50.0	61.2	1	6	1	4	+2
17	Daequan Cook D. Cook	17	11/2/2007	MIA	@	IND	29	5	3	2	0	7	12	58.3	3	4	75.0	0	0		70.8	1	4	3	2	-6
18	Andres Nocioni A. Nocioni	17	11/5/2004	CHI	vs	NJN	42	14	1	2	1	5	19	26.3	2	6	33.3	5	10	50.0	36.3	4	10	5	6	-21
19	Dajuan Wagner D. Wagner	17	11/26/2002	CLE	vs	SAC	33	2	3	3	0	4	10	40.0	2	5	40.0	7	9	77.8	60.9	0	2	1	6	-6
20	Rudy Fernandez R. Fernandez	16	10/28/2008	POR	@	LAL	29	2	4	2	0	5	10	50.0	3	5	60.0	3	3	100.0	70.7	0	2	0	0	-6
21	Drew Gooden D. Gooden	16	10/30/2002	MEM	vs	DAL	27	4	2	1	1	8	12	66.7	0	0		0	2	0.0	62.1	1	3	2	2	-13
22	Caron Butler C. Butler	16	10/30/2002	MIA	vs	ORL	34	7	3	0	0	8	14	57.1	0	0		0	0		57.1	2	5	3	1	-5
23	Marcus Fizer M. Fizer	16	10/31/2000	CHI	vs	SAC	24	4	0	1	0	7	13	53.8	2	2	100.0	0	0		61.5	2	2	2	2	-9
24	Terrence Williams T. Williams	15	10/28/2009	NJN	@	MIN	31	10	1	0	0	6	14	42.9	0	2	0.0	3	3	100.0	49.0	2	8	5	2	-2
25	Omri Casspi O. Casspi	15	10/28/2009	SAC	@	OKC	19	4	0	0	1	7	10	70.0	0	2	0.0	1	2	50.0	68.9	2	2	1	1	+10