who scored the most points under 37 in a game on opening night all-time

24 players are tied for the most points with fewer than 37 points in a season opener, with 36 points. The first three are Bennedict Mathurin on Thursday, Cam Thomas on October 23, 2024 and on October 25, 2023 and Anthony Davis on October 22, 2024.

Interpreted as:

Who scored the most points under 37 in a regular-season game on opening night all-time?

	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	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	36	10/23/2025	IND	vs	OKC	45	11	1	0	0	9	19	47.4	3	8	37.5	15	17	88.2	68.0	3	8	4	6	+9
2	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	36	10/23/2024	BKN	@	ATL	34	5	3	3	0	14	27	51.9	7	13	53.8	1	1	100.0	65.6	2	3	2	4	-8
3	Anthony Davis A. Davis	36	10/22/2024	LAL	vs	MIN	38	16	4	1	3	11	23	47.8	1	3	33.3	13	15	86.7	60.8	3	13	1	1	+1
4	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	36	10/25/2023	BKN	vs	CLE	25	3	2	1	0	13	21	61.9	2	5	40.0	8	11	72.7	69.7	0	3	1	0	+5
5	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	36	10/20/2021	SAC	@	POR	37	9	2	2	0	10	19	52.6	8	11	72.7	8	9	88.9	78.4	2	7	0	0	+6
6	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	36	10/23/2019	MIN	@	BKN	39	14	3	3	3	11	22	50.0	7	11	63.6	7	8	87.5	70.5	1	13	3	5	-1
7	Dirk Nowitzki D. Nowitzki	36	10/30/2008	DAL	vs	HOU	39	7	0	0	2	10	22	45.5	2	4	50.0	14	14	100.0	63.9	2	5	2	3	+6
8	Antawn Jamison A. Jamison	36	10/30/2002	GSW	vs	SAS	46	8	2	0	1	14	25	56.0	2	3	66.7	6	7	85.7	64.1	2	6	2	1	+12
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	36	10/31/2000	LAL	@	POR	44	11	5	1	4	14	20	70.0	0	0		8	16	50.0	66.6	3	8	1	1	+7
10	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	36	2/6/1999	NJN	@	ATL	42	1	9	1	0	9	22	40.9	1	5	20.0	17	19	89.5	59.3	1	0	4	4	-3
11	Reggie Miller R. Miller	36	11/3/1989	IND	@	ATL	38	6	3	0	0	13	20	65.0	0	2	0.0	10	11	90.9	72.5	4	2	3	4
12	Ron Harper R. Harper	36	11/3/1989	CLE	@	CHI	45	10	6	1	3	14	27	51.9	1	4	25.0	7	7	100.0	59.8	3	7	7	4
13	Karl Malone K. Malone	36	11/4/1988	UTA	vs	SEA	45	10	2	3	0	11	25	44.0	0	0		14	19	73.7	54.0	5	5	3	4
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	36	11/7/1987	CHI	vs	PHI	38	5	3	6	4	15	25	60.0	0	0		6	10	60.0	61.2	2	3	2	3
15	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	36	10/31/1986	POR	vs	SEA	45	0	8	0	0	13	21	61.9	0	0		10	11	90.9	69.7	0	0	1	2
16	Derek Smith D. Smith	36	10/25/1985	LAC	@	SAC	36	6	1	1	2	14	19	73.7	0	0		8	14	57.1	71.5	4	2	4	6
17	Moses Malone M. Malone	36	10/30/1981	HOU	@	LAL	48	10	2	1	4	18	28	64.3	0	0		0	2	0.0	62.3			1	5
18	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	36	10/10/1980	UTA	vs	POR	39	7	2	0	0	14	25	56.0	0	0		8	11	72.7	60.3	3	4	4	3
19	David Thompson D. Thompson	36	10/19/1977	DEN	vs	MIL	40	3	4	2	1	13	24	54.2				10	14	71.4	59.7	2	1	4	3
20	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	36	10/25/1975	BUF	vs	GSW	46	15	2	3	7	14	26	53.8				8	13	61.5	56.7	3	12		4
21	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	36	10/18/1968	LAL	@	PHI	45	15	1			13	26	50.0				10	14	71.4	56.0				3
22	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	36	10/15/1966	LAL	@	BAL		19				13	20	65.0				10	15	66.7	67.7
23	Gus Johnson G. Johnson	36	10/15/1966	BAL	vs	LAL		15				16						4	6	66.7
24	Guy Rodgers G. Rodgers	36	10/15/1966	CHI	@	STL	44	4	5			13	23	56.5				10	11	90.9	64.7				3
25	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	36	10/15/1965	CIN	vs	STL	46	5	8			14	21	66.7				8	11	72.7	69.7				4