most points by a rookie in a game in nba 2025-2026

Cooper Flagg has scored the most points by a rookie in a game this season, with 42 points against the Jazz yesterday.

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most points by a rookie in a regular-season game in NBA 2025-2026

	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	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	42	12/15/2025	DAL	@	UTA	42	7	6	1	2	13	27	48.1	1	4	25.0	15	20	75.0	58.7	1	6	4	3	-9
2	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	35	11/29/2025	DAL	@	LAC	38	8	2	0	0	13	22	59.1	0	3	0.0	9	11	81.8	65.2	1	7	3	3	-5
3	VJ Edgecombe	34	10/22/2025	PHI	@	BOS	42	7	3	1	0	13	26	50.0	5	13	38.5	3	6	50.0	59.4	1	6	2	1	-2
4	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	33	12/12/2025	CHA	vs	CHI	36	5	9	0	0	12	21	57.1	5	12	41.7	4	4	100.0	72.5	2	3	2	3	+8
5	Derik Queen D. Queen	33	12/8/2025	NOP	vs	SAS	33	10	10	0	3	11	15	73.3	0	1	0.0	11	13	84.6	79.6	0	10	4	3	+14
6	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	32	11/14/2025	CHA	@	MIL	41	3	3	3	0	12	20	60.0	4	9	44.4	4	5	80.0	72.1	1	2	2	3	-8
7	Derik Queen D. Queen	30	11/19/2025	NOP	vs	DEN	30	9	4	2	2	12	18	66.7	1	2	50.0	5	8	62.5	69.7	4	5	4	4	0
8	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	30	11/7/2025	CHA	@	MIA	40	8	3	1	1	9	23	39.1	5	13	38.5	7	7	100.0	57.5	1	7	2	4	-3
9	Will Richard W. Richard	30	11/5/2025	GSW	@	SAC	35	7	3	1	0	10	15	66.7	5	8	62.5	5	7	71.4	83.0	5	2	1	3	+1
10	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	29	12/14/2025	CHA	@	CLE	44	4	3	1	1	11	19	57.9	3	7	42.9	4	4	100.0	69.8	0	4	2	5	+10
11	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	29	11/21/2025	DAL	vs	NOP	32	7	5	2	0	12	19	63.2	0	4	0.0	5	6	83.3	67.0	2	5	2	2	+9
12	Ryan Nembhard R. Nembhard	28	12/1/2025	DAL	@	DEN	35	3	10	0	0	12	14	85.7	4	5	80.0	0	0		100.0	0	3	0	4	+9
13	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	28	11/23/2025	CHA	@	ATL	34	6	3	0	1	9	17	52.9	7	11	63.6	3	3	100.0	76.4	1	5	2	1	+4
14	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	28	11/19/2025	CHA	@	IND	42	8	7	0	0	11	20	55.0	5	12	41.7	1	1	100.0	68.5	4	4	2	2	-9
15	Cedric Coward C. Coward	27	10/25/2025	MEM	vs	IND	24	6	4	1	0	9	13	69.2	6	6	100.0	3	4	75.0	91.5	2	4	0	1	+36
16	VJ Edgecombe	26	12/14/2025	PHI	@	ATL	39	6	2	0	1	9	21	42.9	4	10	40.0	4	4	100.0	57.1	1	5	2	5	0
17	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	26	11/22/2025	CHA	vs	LAC	34	1	1	1	0	9	12	75.0	6	9	66.7	2	2	100.0	100.9	1	0	2	4	-12
18	Caleb Love C. Love	26	11/21/2025	POR	@	GSW	38	7	5	1	0	9	20	45.0	6	14	42.9	2	2	100.0	62.3	3	4	1	3	+4
19	Derik Queen D. Queen	26	11/12/2025	NOP	vs	POR	38	7	4	0	0	12	18	66.7	0	1	0.0	2	3	66.7	67.3	3	4	1	3	0
20	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	26	11/10/2025	DAL	vs	MIL	35	9	4	2	1	9	15	60.0	1	5	20.0	7	10	70.0	67.0	2	7	1	2	-7
21	VJ Edgecombe	26	10/27/2025	PHI	vs	ORL	39	4	7	1	1	10	17	58.8	2	4	50.0	4	4	100.0	69.3	2	2	2	4	+13
22	Maxime Raynaud M. Raynaud	25	12/3/2025	SAC	@	HOU	32	6	3	1	1	10	15	66.7	2	2	100.0	3	3	100.0	76.6	2	4	1	0	-18
23	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	24	12/1/2025	DAL	@	DEN	33	8	2	2	1	10	19	52.6	1	3	33.3	3	4	75.0	57.8	0	8	2	1	+13
24	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	24	11/17/2025	CHA	@	TOR	36	7	1	3	0	9	16	56.3	4	10	40.0	2	2	100.0	71.1	5	2	3	4	+2
25	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	24	11/17/2025	NOP	vs	OKC	25	1	1	0	0	9	16	56.3	2	5	40.0	4	5	80.0	65.9	0	1	3	2	-12