most pts in first 20 games to a player in 1996-97

Michael Jordan posted the most points in his first 20 games in 1996-97, with 621 points.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	621	1996-97	CHI	20	36.5	31.1	5.4	3.9	1.4	0.6	12.0	24.3	49.3	1.1	3.2	33.3	6.1	7.3	84.1	56.6	1.1	4.3	1.6	729	107	78	28	12	31	38	+227
2	Karl Malone K. Malone	521	1996-97	UTA	20	36.9	26.1	11.0	4.5	1.6	1.1	10.2	19.2	52.9	0.0	0.3	0.0	5.8	7.9	73.2	57.5	2.1	8.9	3.2	738	219	89	31	21	63	57	+202
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	501	1996-97	LAL	20	39.0	25.1	13.2	2.9	0.7	2.6	10.5	17.9	58.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.1	8.8	46.3	57.6	4.1	9.1	3.7	779	263	57	14	51	74	76	+56
4	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	482	1996-97	GSW	20	41.8	24.1	5.0	6.3	2.0	0.7	7.9	18.6	42.3	1.9	5.0	38.4	6.5	7.7	85.0	55.0	1.0	4.0	3.5	835	100	125	40	13	70	37	+3
5	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	472	1996-97	HOU	20	35.4	23.6	9.4	2.7	1.4	1.9	8.9	17.5	50.9	0.0	0.0		5.8	7.6	76.3	56.6	2.5	6.9	3.8	707	187	54	27	37	75	57	+164
6	Shawn Kemp S. Kemp	471	1996-97	SEA	20	35.4	23.6	11.9	1.8	1.6	1.3	8.1	15.0	53.7	0.1	0.3	16.7	7.4	9.7	76.7	61.2	3.4	8.5	3.9	707	238	36	31	25	77	82	+142
7	Vin Baker V. Baker	454	1996-97	MIL	20	39.8	22.7	11.0	2.8	1.1	1.6	8.6	17.0	50.7	0.2	0.6	33.3	5.3	7.3	73.1	56.4	3.8	7.3	3.7	796	220	55	21	32	73	70	+136
8	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	450	1996-97	MIL	20	38.1	22.5	6.5	3.2	1.3	0.9	8.6	17.4	49.3	1.2	2.9	41.4	4.2	5.3	80.0	57.2	1.8	4.8	3.3	762	130	63	25	18	66	55	+77
9	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	443	1996-97	MIN	20	38.5	22.2	8.6	3.4	1.5	1.3	7.6	16.9	45.0	0.4	1.2	34.8	6.6	8.1	80.9	54.1	2.5	6.1	4.2	770	171	67	29	25	84	70	-101
10	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	443	1996-97	PHI	20	38.8	22.2	4.7	6.9	2.1	0.4	7.4	19.0	38.7	2.2	6.6	33.3	5.3	8.1	64.8	49.1	1.7	3.0	5.8	775	94	137	42	8	115	60	-98
11	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	428	1996-97	NYK	20	36.4	21.4	11.0	1.7	1.4	2.2	8.1	16.9	47.6	0.1	0.1	50.0	5.3	7.1	73.9	53.4	2.2	8.8	4.2	727	219	33	28	44	83	66	+105
12	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	427	1996-97	SAC	20	38.7	21.4	3.7	3.8	1.6	0.3	7.6	17.7	43.1	1.5	4.3	35.3	4.7	5.6	83.8	53.1	0.6	3.1	2.8	774	73	75	32	5	55	47	-87
13	Reggie Miller R. Miller	425	1996-97	IND	20	34.7	21.3	3.6	3.8	0.7	0.4	7.0	15.6	44.9	2.5	6.2	40.7	4.8	5.4	88.0	59.1	0.6	3.0	2.1	693	71	75	14	7	42	34	+40
14	Gary Payton G. Payton	424	1996-97	SEA	20	38.3	21.2	4.3	7.6	2.6	0.2	8.3	17.7	46.7	1.3	4.6	27.5	3.5	5.1	68.3	53.3	1.4	2.9	2.7	766	85	152	51	4	54	51	+142
15	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	421	1996-97	TOR	20	40.4	21.1	4.5	8.4	1.8	0.2	7.6	19.1	39.5	2.4	6.7	35.8	3.6	4.7	76.3	49.8	1.0	3.5	4.0	808	90	168	36	3	80	40	-48
16	Grant Hill G. Hill	409	1996-97	DET	20	37.4	20.5	7.4	6.2	1.7	0.7	7.5	15.3	48.7	0.2	0.6	36.4	5.4	7.2	74.8	55.4	1.2	6.2	2.9	747	148	124	33	13	57	46	+171
17	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	407	1996-97	HOU	20	41.0	20.4	15.3	5.2	1.7	0.9	6.4	12.9	49.8	1.4	4.1	33.3	6.2	8.5	73.4	61.4	4.1	11.2	3.1	819	305	103	33	17	62	64	+164
18	Chris Gatling C. Gatling	407	1996-97	DAL	20	27.8	20.4	8.5	0.6	1.2	0.7	7.7	14.0	54.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.1	7.4	68.2	59.0	3.0	5.5	2.7	555	169	11	23	14	54	55	-46
19	Glen Rice G. Rice	404	1996-97	CHA	20	39.8	20.2	3.1	2.0	0.8	0.3	7.4	17.0	43.5	2.2	5.2	41.7	3.3	3.8	86.7	54.2	0.8	2.4	2.1	795	62	40	16	5	42	49	-4
20	LaPhonso Ellis L. Ellis	403	1996-97	DEN	20	31.8	20.2	6.8	1.6	0.7	1.1	7.5	16.8	44.6	1.4	3.7	37.8	3.8	4.7	79.8	53.4	1.7	5.1	2.0	636	135	31	14	21	40	81	-39
21	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	396	1996-97	ORL	20	37.4	19.8	5.0	5.5	1.5	0.6	7.0	16.2	43.2	1.1	3.5	31.9	4.7	5.7	83.2	53.0	1.8	3.3	2.4	747	100	109	30	12	47	44	+116
22	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	395	1996-97	SAS	20	32.8	19.8	8.3	1.8	0.9	0.8	6.8	16.0	42.2	1.6	5.2	31.1	4.7	5.7	81.6	53.4	3.8	4.5	2.4	655	166	36	18	15	47	41	-91
23	Chris Webber C. Webber	394	1996-97	WAS	20	39.7	19.7	9.7	4.0	0.9	2.4	8.5	16.4	51.5	0.3	1.1	28.6	2.5	5.1	49.5	52.9	3.3	6.4	3.2	794	194	80	18	47	64	75	-45
24	Dale Ellis D. Ellis	392	1996-97	DEN	20	41.1	19.6	4.5	1.8	0.7	0.1	7.0	17.2	40.7	2.5	7.3	33.6	3.2	3.9	80.8	51.8	1.4	3.1	2.4	822	89	36	14	1	47	53	-118
25	Terrell Brandon T. Brandon	388	1996-97	CLE	20	36.0	19.4	4.0	6.8	2.0	0.6	7.4	17.1	43.4	1.4	4.0	35.4	3.2	3.5	92.8	52.2	0.5	3.5	2.5	719	79	135	40	12	49	43	+118