most points scored by a rookie in their first playoff game 1979-80 to 2023-24

Between the 1979-80 and 2023-24 seasons, Derrick Rose put up the most points by a rookie in his first game, with 36 points in Game 1 of the 2009 First Round against the Celtics.

	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	Derrick Rose D. Rose	36	4/18/2009	CHI	@	BOS	50	4	11	1	0	12	19	63.2	0	1	0.0	12	12	100.0	74.1	1	3	5	6	+8
2	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	34	4/17/2010	MIL	@	ATL	40	3	3	1	0	14	25	56.0	4	6	66.7	2	4	50.0	63.5	1	2	3	3	-7
3	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	32	4/23/1998	SAS	@	PHX	37	10	1	1	2	12	21	57.1	0	0		8	14	57.1	58.9	1	9	3	3	+12
4	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	30	4/24/2005	CHI	vs	WAS	33	3	2	1	2	11	19	57.9	3	5	60.0	5	8	62.5	66.6	1	2	0	4	+10
5	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	30	4/29/1993	CHA	@	BOS	37	11	0	1	2	9	16	56.3	0	0		12	15	80.0	66.4	3	8	4	3
6	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	30	4/27/1989	GSW	@	UTA	45	7	5	1	0	13	21	61.9	1	2	50.0	3	3	100.0	67.2	0	7	6	4
7	Billy Ray Bates B. Ray Bates	29	4/2/1980	POR	@	SEA	33	3	6	1	0	11	18	61.1	1	3	33.3	6	8	75.0	67.4	0	3	3	5
8	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	28	4/24/1997	MIN	@	HOU	35	4	4	1	0	10	19	52.6	4	9	44.4	4	6	66.7	64.7	0	4	0	2	-21
9	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	27	4/15/2018	UTA	@	OKC	35	10	3	2	1	11	22	50.0	3	7	42.9	2	2	100.0	59.0	1	9	1	1	-9
10	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	26	4/25/1996	POR	@	UTA	34	6	1	0	1	5	11	45.5	0	0		16	20	80.0	65.7	2	4	2	3
11	David Robinson D. Robinson	26	4/26/1990	SAS	vs	DEN	33	13	2	1	5	11	20	55.0	0	0		4	6	66.7	57.4	3	10	1	0
12	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	26	4/18/1985	DAL	vs	POR	53	13	2	1	0	9	16	56.3	0	0		8	11	72.7	62.4	8	5	1	2
13	Andres Nocioni A. Nocioni	25	4/24/2005	CHI	vs	WAS	47	18	4	0	1	8	18	44.4	2	4	50.0	7	8	87.5	58.1	3	15	2	4	+10
14	Billy Owens B. Owens	25	4/23/1992	GSW	vs	SEA	45	11	3	2	1	10	18	55.6	0	0		5	5	100.0	61.9	3	8	2	3
15	Roy Tarpley R. Tarpley	25	4/23/1987	DAL	vs	SEA	32	11	1	0	3	10	15	66.7	0	0		5	7	71.4	69.1	3	8	0	5
16	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	24	4/19/2003	PHX	@	SAS	39	9	0	0	2	9	13	69.2	1	1	100.0	5	6	83.3	76.7	3	6	4	4	+7
17	Karl Malone K. Malone	23	4/18/1986	UTA	@	DAL	43	13	3	2	0	11	17	64.7	0	0		1	3	33.3	62.8	0	13	3	3
18	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	23	4/19/1985	CHI	@	MIL	44	4	10	3	0	7	19	36.8	0	1	0.0	9	10	90.0	49.1	1	3	1	3
19	Buck Williams B. Williams	23	4/20/1982	NJN	vs	WAS	37	13	1	1	1	9	15	60.0	0	0		5	11	45.5	58.0	9	4	2	5
20	Todd Lichti T. Lichti	22	4/26/1990	DEN	@	SAS	31	13	8	1	0	9	15	60.0	0	0		4	6	66.7	62.4	2	11	4	1
21	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	21	4/18/2004	MIA	vs	NOH	41	5	5	1	0	8	19	42.1	1	2	50.0	4	6	66.7	48.5	3	2	2	4	-1
22	Tony Parker T. Parker	21	4/20/2002	SAS	vs	SEA	27	1	3	1	0	9	12	75.0	3	3	100.0	0	0		87.5	0	1	1	2	+27
23	Chuck Person C. Person	21	4/24/1987	IND	@	ATL	41	4	5	3	1	8	15	53.3	0	2	0.0	5	6	83.3	59.5	1	3	5	5
24	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	21	4/19/1983	ATL	@	BOS	38	6	0	0	0	10	18	55.6	0	0		1	2	50.0	55.6	3	3	2	3
25	Kevin McHale K. McHale	21	4/5/1981	BOS	vs	CHI	27	4	0		5	8	15	53.3	0	0		5	7	71.4	58.1				5