most pts in first 20 games to a player in 1997-98

Shaquille O'Neal put up the most points in his first 20 games in 1997-98, with 547 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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	547	1997-98	LAL	20	34.7	27.4	12.1	2.9	0.8	2.9	10.9	17.9	60.9	0.0	0.0		5.6	11.4	48.9	59.7	4.0	8.1	2.8	693	242	58	15	57	56	68	+255
2	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	537	1997-98	CHI	20	39.0	26.9	6.6	3.8	1.9	0.5	9.9	23.4	42.4	0.3	1.5	20.0	6.8	9.0	75.0	49.2	1.7	4.9	2.9	779	131	76	38	9	58	38	+107
3	Karl Malone K. Malone	513	1997-98	UTA	20	36.7	25.7	10.9	3.7	1.1	0.8	9.4	17.6	53.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	7.0	9.7	71.6	58.6	3.0	7.9	3.9	734	217	74	22	16	77	62	+81
4	David Robinson D. Robinson	468	1997-98	SAS	20	34.5	23.4	11.7	2.9	0.7	2.4	8.0	16.0	50.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	7.4	9.8	75.5	57.7	4.1	7.6	3.2	690	233	58	14	48	63	64	-20
5	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	456	1997-98	SAC	20	36.4	22.8	3.1	3.7	1.0	0.2	7.9	17.8	44.5	1.5	3.6	40.3	5.6	6.3	88.1	55.6	0.7	2.4	2.4	728	61	74	20	4	47	41	-35
6	Glen Rice G. Rice	447	1997-98	CHA	20	39.4	22.4	4.0	2.2	1.5	0.3	7.9	16.3	48.5	1.1	2.7	41.5	5.5	6.4	85.8	58.5	1.0	3.1	2.3	787	80	43	29	5	46	58	+54
7	Antoine Walker A. Walker	442	1997-98	BOS	20	38.9	22.1	10.3	3.8	2.2	0.8	8.6	20.2	42.4	1.2	3.9	30.8	3.8	6.6	57.6	47.9	3.5	6.8	4.1	777	205	76	44	16	81	59	-9
8	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	431	1997-98	VAN	20	35.8	21.6	7.4	2.4	0.9	0.6	7.8	16.5	47.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.1	7.8	78.1	54.1	3.1	4.3	3.1	716	147	47	17	12	61	48	-93
9	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	428	1997-98	PHI	20	38.0	21.4	2.8	6.5	2.5	0.4	8.1	17.6	46.0	1.1	3.6	31.0	4.1	6.1	67.8	52.8	0.9	1.9	2.7	760	55	130	49	7	54	45	-43
10	Chris Webber C. Webber	424	1997-98	WAS	20	37.4	21.2	9.5	3.5	1.2	1.5	9.1	18.8	48.3	0.9	2.9	31.0	2.2	3.8	58.7	52.0	2.5	7.0	2.5	747	190	70	24	29	50	79	-11
11	Reggie Miller R. Miller	423	1997-98	IND	20	34.5	21.2	2.4	2.0	1.0	0.1	7.0	14.1	49.5	1.7	3.7	45.2	5.6	6.4	88.2	62.8	0.4	2.0	2.4	690	47	39	20	2	47	49	+108
12	Vin Baker V. Baker	414	1997-98	SEA	20	36.3	20.7	8.3	1.3	1.5	1.2	8.6	15.8	54.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.6	5.7	63.7	56.8	3.7	4.6	1.7	726	166	25	29	23	33	64	+117
13	Isaiah Rider I. Rider	412	1997-98	POR	20	39.3	20.6	5.1	3.5	0.6	0.5	7.5	18.5	40.5	2.9	7.4	38.5	2.8	3.4	80.9	51.5	1.2	3.9	3.3	786	101	69	11	10	65	52	+70
14	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	401	1997-98	NYK	20	32.4	20.1	10.0	1.0	0.6	2.0	7.4	14.9	49.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.4	7.2	74.3	55.6	2.3	7.7	3.1	648	199	20	12	40	62	57	+36
15	Grant Hill G. Hill	400	1997-98	DET	20	41.1	20.0	7.6	7.8	1.7	0.8	6.9	17.6	39.3	0.1	0.3	16.7	6.2	8.1	75.9	47.4	0.9	6.7	3.8	822	151	156	33	15	75	43	-3
16	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	400	1997-98	MIL	20	37.6	20.0	5.0	3.3	1.4	0.7	8.4	17.3	48.4	0.4	0.8	46.7	3.0	3.7	80.8	53.0	1.3	3.7	3.0	751	100	66	28	13	60	54	+29
17	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	399	1997-98	MIN	20	39.1	20.0	9.3	4.5	1.6	0.6	7.3	15.1	48.5	0.1	0.4	14.3	5.3	6.3	84.1	56.0	2.8	6.6	2.5	782	186	89	31	12	49	55	+1
18	Juwan Howard J. Howard	399	1997-98	WAS	20	40.3	20.0	7.2	3.1	1.3	0.4	7.7	16.2	47.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.7	5.9	79.5	53.1	2.8	4.4	3.5	806	144	62	25	8	69	70	-5
19	Keith Van Horn K. Van Horn	395	1997-98	NJN	20	39.5	19.8	6.3	1.1	1.1	0.3	6.8	16.5	41.2	1.5	4.7	31.2	4.7	5.7	82.5	52.0	1.8	4.6	2.8	789	126	21	22	6	55	71	+52
20	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	392	1997-98	MIA	20	37.8	19.6	4.5	8.8	2.1	0.3	7.4	16.1	46.0	2.0	5.1	38.2	2.9	3.5	82.6	55.6	0.8	3.8	2.7	756	90	176	42	6	53	46	+129
21	Michael Finley M. Finley	384	1997-98	DAL	20	39.7	19.2	5.4	4.4	1.4	0.6	7.0	15.2	45.7	1.3	3.2	41.3	4.0	5.1	79.2	55.1	2.1	3.3	2.9	794	107	87	28	12	57	47	-122
22	Wesley Person W. Person	384	1997-98	CLE	20	39.0	19.2	4.6	3.1	2.4	0.3	7.1	13.9	51.3	2.6	6.5	40.3	2.4	2.8	85.7	63.7	1.2	3.4	1.4	779	92	62	48	5	27	20	+112
23	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	382	1997-98	NJN	20	34.6	19.1	2.9	7.8	1.9	0.3	6.1	15.8	38.7	0.2	0.9	17.6	6.8	8.1	83.9	49.5	1.0	1.9	3.9	692	57	156	38	6	77	76	+28
24	Clyde Drexler C. Drexler	379	1997-98	HOU	20	34.6	19.0	5.0	5.9	1.7	0.5	6.5	15.1	43.0	1.2	4.6	26.1	4.8	5.9	80.5	53.5	1.7	3.3	2.4	691	99	118	34	9	48	56	+56
25	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	379	1997-98	MIN	20	37.8	19.0	2.5	8.1	1.7	0.1	6.4	15.4	41.2	0.9	3.3	27.3	5.4	7.2	74.8	51.1	0.8	1.7	3.1	756	49	162	33	2	62	63	-1