most points in a game by a rookie starter by suns all-time

Walter Davis has scored the most points by a Suns rookie as a starter in a game, with 40 points against the Celtics on January 5, 1978.

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most points in a regular-season game by a rookie starter by suns all-time

	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	Walter Davis W. Davis	40	1/5/1978	PHX	@	BOS	38	11	2	1	0	16	29	55.2				8	9	88.9	60.7	5	6	3	4
2	Walter Davis W. Davis	39	2/14/1978	PHX	@	POR	38	3	5	2	0	16	27	59.3				7	8	87.5	63.9	2	1	3	2
3	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	38	12/30/2002	PHX	@	MIN	45	14	1	0	2	16	24	66.7	0	1	0.0	6	11	54.5	65.9	6	8	4	4	+2
4	Walter Davis W. Davis	38	3/14/1978	PHX	@	MIL	38	9	2	1	0	17	31	54.8				4	6	66.7	56.5	4	5	3	4
5	Walter Davis W. Davis	36	2/28/1978	PHX	@	CHI	37	6	2	5	1	16	21	76.2				4	6	66.7	76.1	3	3	5	5
6	Devin Booker D. Booker	35	3/10/2016	PHX	@	DEN	44	3	5	1	1	12	24	50.0	1	5	20.0	10	11	90.9	60.7	0	3	5	3	-16
7	Walter Davis W. Davis	35	4/4/1978	PHX	@	SAS	31	0	1	0	0	13	23	56.5				9	9	100.0	64.9	0	0	1	5
8	Walter Davis W. Davis	35	12/21/1977	PHX	@	PHI	36	5	1			14	23	60.9				7	8	87.5	66.0			2	5
9	Alvan Adams A. Adams	35	11/14/1975	PHX	@	LAL	37	12	8	4	1	16	27	59.3				3	7	42.9	58.2	6	6		2
10	Tyler Ulis T. Ulis	34	4/2/2017	PHX	vs	HOU	45	9	9	1	0	15	22	68.2	3	7	42.9	1	1	100.0	75.8	2	7	4	4	-3
11	Devin Booker D. Booker	34	4/5/2016	PHX	@	ATL	39	5	2	2	0	12	25	48.0	4	9	44.4	6	10	60.0	57.8	0	5	2	4	-9
12	Devin Booker D. Booker	34	3/3/2016	PHX	@	MIA	39	3	4	0	0	11	21	52.4	3	7	42.9	9	9	100.0	68.1	0	3	4	4	-8
13	Walter Davis W. Davis	34	3/11/1978	PHX	vs	LAL	39	7	5	1	0	13	23	56.5				8	10	80.0	62.0	2	5	5	1
14	Walter Davis W. Davis	34	3/7/1978	PHX	@	DEN	36	4	9	5	1	12	21	57.1				10	11	90.9	65.8	2	2	0	4
15	Walter Davis W. Davis	34	11/22/1977	PHX	vs	LAL	37	6	5	0	0	13	19	68.4				8	8	100.0	75.5	0	6	7	2
16	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	33	12/29/2018	PHX	vs	DEN	39	14	1	4	0	16	20	80.0	0	0		1	3	33.3	77.4	10	4	0	2	0
17	Walter Davis W. Davis	33	12/29/1977	PHX	vs	KCK	32	11	2	2	0	15	27	55.6				3	4	75.0	57.4	5	6	5	3
18	Walter Davis W. Davis	33	12/18/1977	PHX	@	ATL	38	7	4	1	0	12	18	66.7				9	11	81.8	72.2	4	3	5	6
19	Ron Lee R. Lee	33	3/27/1977	PHX	@	SEA	43	6	3	1	1	14	22	63.6				5	5	100.0	68.2	1	5		4
20	Alvan Adams A. Adams	33	2/6/1976	PHX	vs	GSW	37	10	7	2	4	11	19	57.9				11	14	78.6	65.6	4	6		4
21	Devin Booker D. Booker	32	3/9/2016	PHX	vs	NYK	39	3	1	0	0	14	28	50.0	3	8	37.5	1	2	50.0	55.4	1	2	3	2	-25
22	Devin Booker D. Booker	32	1/19/2016	PHX	vs	IND	40	0	2	0	0	9	16	56.3	6	11	54.5	8	8	100.0	82.0	0	0	4	3	-9
23	Richard Dumas R. Dumas	32	2/18/1993	PHX	vs	ATL	45	9	3	1	1	13	20	65.0	0	0		6	9	66.7	66.8	5	4	4	4
24	Walter Davis W. Davis	32	2/21/1978	PHX	@	BUF	35	2	2	1	0	15	25	60.0				2	2	100.0	61.8	0	2	2	3
25	Alvan Adams A. Adams	32	2/17/1976	PHX	@	CHI	42	19	6	2	3	10	14	71.4				12	12	100.0	83.0	2	17		3