rookies most points scored in a game nba 2025-2026

Kon Knueppel has posted the most points by a rookie this season, with 398 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	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	398	2025-26	CHA	22	33.5	18.1	5.6	3.0	0.7	0.2	6.3	13.8	45.7	3.4	8.3	40.7	2.1	2.3	90.2	61.0	1.0	4.6	2.3	737	124	67	16	4	51	49	-52
2	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	380	2025-26	DAL	22	33.8	17.3	6.6	3.3	1.4	0.6	6.7	14.1	47.6	0.9	3.5	25.6	2.9	3.6	80.0	54.9	1.2	5.4	2.2	743	145	73	30	14	48	52	-153
3	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	365	2025-26	NOP	23	27.8	15.9	3.4	3.0	1.5	0.2	6.0	13.2	45.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	2.7	3.3	79.2	54.0	0.7	2.8	2.3	639	79	68	34	4	53	45	-206
4	Cedric Coward C. Coward	286	2025-26	MEM	22	27.2	13.0	5.8	2.6	0.6	0.3	4.5	10.1	44.4	1.5	4.6	33.7	2.5	2.9	85.7	57.0	1.3	4.5	1.5	598	128	57	13	7	32	44	+44
5	Derik Queen D. Queen	283	2025-26	NOP	23	24.5	12.3	6.1	3.6	1.0	0.7	4.6	9.6	48.2	0.1	0.7	11.8	3.0	3.8	78.4	54.7	1.8	4.3	2.2	563	141	82	24	16	50	75	-132
6	VJ Edgecombe	260	2025-26	PHI	18	34.9	14.4	5.8	4.2	1.4	0.5	5.5	13.3	41.3	1.9	5.2	36.2	1.6	2.1	73.7	50.6	1.9	3.9	1.9	629	104	76	26	9	35	56	+52
7	Ace Bailey A. Bailey	210	2025-26	UTA	21	22.3	10.0	3.3	1.7	0.8	0.3	3.9	8.5	45.8	1.4	3.9	36.6	0.8	0.9	84.2	56.0	1.5	1.8	1.2	468	69	35	17	6	26	52	-81
8	Ryan Kalkbrenner R. Kalkbrenner	179	2025-26	CHA	20	25.6	9.0	6.8	0.5	0.8	1.9	3.8	4.7	79.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.5	1.8	80.6	81.5	3.0	3.8	1.3	512	135	9	15	38	25	34	-101
9	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	173	2025-26	WAS	15	24.3	11.5	3.0	1.3	0.4	0.5	4.3	9.7	44.5	2.0	5.1	39.5	0.9	1.1	81.3	56.5	0.5	2.5	1.6	364	45	20	6	7	24	28	-109
10	Will Richard W. Richard	170	2025-26	GSW	21	18.8	8.1	2.6	1.2	1.0	0.0	2.9	5.4	54.0	1.2	3.1	39.4	1.0	1.4	75.9	67.6	1.0	1.6	0.7	395	55	25	21	1	14	44	-26
11	Egor Dëmin E. Dëmin	167	2025-26	BKN	20	22.9	8.4	3.3	3.5	0.9	0.4	3.0	7.9	37.3	1.9	5.4	34.6	0.6	0.7	85.7	50.9	0.6	2.7	1.7	457	65	70	17	7	33	39	-92
12	Dylan Harper D. Harper	150	2025-26	SAS	11	21.3	13.6	3.0	3.5	1.1	0.0	5.1	10.3	49.6	0.7	2.2	33.3	2.7	3.5	78.9	57.8	1.0	2.0	1.5	234	33	39	12	0	16	26	+31
13	Sion James S. James	148	2025-26	CHA	22	26.6	6.7	3.1	1.5	0.7	0.5	2.1	5.1	41.6	1.2	3.2	38.0	1.2	1.4	87.1	58.4	0.5	2.7	1.0	586	69	34	15	10	21	35	-51
14	Collin Murray-Boyles C. Murray-Boyles	133	2025-26	TOR	18	17.9	7.4	3.3	1.3	0.7	0.3	2.8	5.2	54.8	0.6	1.3	45.8	1.1	1.7	66.7	62.6	1.7	1.6	1.1	323	60	23	13	6	19	41	-33
15	Caleb Love C. Love	124	2025-26	POR	14	18.3	8.9	2.9	2.0	0.5	0.0	3.2	9.6	33.6	1.6	5.9	28.0	0.8	1.0	78.6	44.2	0.6	2.2	0.7	256	40	28	7	0	10	18	-42
16	Maxime Raynaud M. Raynaud	105	2025-26	SAC	14	15.8	7.5	3.7	0.9	0.4	0.4	2.9	5.7	51.3	0.3	0.8	36.4	1.4	1.6	82.6	58.3	1.0	2.7	0.6	221	52	12	5	6	9	27	-55
17	Tyrese Proctor T. Proctor	101	2025-26	CLE	18	12.4	5.6	1.3	1.4	0.3	0.0	1.8	5.2	34.4	1.1	3.4	31.1	1.0	1.2	85.7	49.4	0.2	1.1	0.4	223	23	25	6	0	7	24	-40
18	Kobe Sanders K. Sanders	100	2025-26	LAC	14	19.8	7.1	1.7	1.5	0.6	0.1	2.3	5.6	41.0	1.0	2.9	34.1	1.6	1.6	95.7	56.7	0.5	1.2	1.3	277	24	21	8	2	18	32	+12
19	Walter Clayton Jr. W. Clayton Jr.	99	2025-26	UTA	17	16.4	5.8	2.2	3.4	0.5	0.2	1.9	4.9	39.8	0.7	2.5	27.9	1.2	1.2	100.0	53.7	0.4	1.8	1.4	278	38	57	9	4	24	31	-6
20	Drake Powell D. Powell	98	2025-26	BKN	15	19.1	6.5	1.8	2.0	0.9	0.1	2.3	4.7	49.3	0.7	2.0	36.7	1.1	1.2	94.4	62.1	0.3	1.5	1.1	287	27	30	13	2	17	27	-49
21	Micah Peavy M. Peavy	96	2025-26	NOP	19	16.5	5.1	2.6	1.1	0.6	0.1	2.1	5.1	41.2	0.3	1.6	19.4	0.5	0.7	71.4	46.5	1.2	1.4	0.5	314	49	21	12	2	9	35	-57
22	Ryan Nembhard R. Nembhard	86	2025-26	DAL	10	17.5	8.6	1.5	4.6	0.2	0.0	3.6	6.5	55.4	1.2	2.4	50.0	0.2	0.3	66.7	64.8	0.2	1.3	1.1	175	15	46	2	0	11	15	-17
23	Liam McNeeley L. McNeeley	74	2025-26	CHA	16	13.5	4.6	2.1	0.9	0.2	0.1	1.3	3.6	36.2	0.9	2.3	37.8	1.1	1.3	85.7	55.0	0.4	1.7	0.5	216	34	14	3	2	8	25	-24
24	Nique Clifford N. Clifford	67	2025-26	SAC	18	16.2	3.7	2.4	1.7	0.4	0.3	1.3	3.7	34.3	0.5	1.7	29.0	0.7	1.0	66.7	44.7	0.6	1.8	0.6	291	44	30	7	5	11	39	-34
25	Danny Wolf D. Wolf	64	2025-26	BKN	8	15.4	8.0	3.9	1.8	0.0	0.1	2.5	5.6	44.4	1.4	3.1	44.0	1.6	1.8	92.9	62.5	0.8	3.1	1.3	123	31	14	0	1	10	9	+24