most points scored by a rookie in their first playoff game 1989-90 to 2023-24

Between the 1989-90 and 2023-24 seasons, Derrick Rose had 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	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Al Horford A. Horford	20	4/20/2008	ATL	@	BOS	40	10	2	1	1	7	10	70.0	0	0		6	7	85.7	76.5	7	3	1	3	-30
17	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	19	4/15/2018	BOS	vs	MIL	44	10	4	3	1	8	18	44.4	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	50.3	2	8	5	0	+9
18	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	19	4/18/2004	DEN	@	MIN	36	6	3	2	0	6	17	35.3	0	5	0.0	7	10	70.0	44.4	2	4	3	6	-13
19	Steve Smith S. Smith	19	4/24/1992	MIA	@	CHI	36	1	7	3	0	7	14	50.0	2	5	40.0	3	3	100.0	62.0	1	0	0	0
20	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	18	4/13/2019	LAC	@	GSW	34	5	1	0	3	6	16	37.5	3	6	50.0	3	4	75.0	50.7	1	4	1	2	-8
21	Courtney Lee C. Lee	18	4/19/2009	ORL	vs	PHI	41	2	1	1	0	8	17	47.1	1	4	25.0	1	1	100.0	51.6	0	2	2	2	+9
22	Drew Gooden D. Gooden	18	4/20/2003	ORL	@	DET	36	14	1	0	2	6	16	37.5	0	0		6	6	100.0	48.3	4	10	2	3	-9
23	Negele Knight N. Knight	18	4/25/1991	PHX	vs	UTA	20	1	3	0	0	8	13	61.5	0	1	0.0	2	3	66.7	62.8	0	1	0	2
24	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	17	4/14/2018	PHI	vs	MIA	34	9	14	2	0	5	13	38.5	0	0		7	10	70.0	48.9	3	6	5	4	+15
25	Jaime Jaquez Jr. J. Jaquez Jr.	16	4/21/2024	MIA	@	BOS	36	4	4	1	0	8	16	50.0	0	2	0.0	0	0		50.0	1	3	2	1	-7