who scored the most points under 39 in a game on opening night all-time

12 players are tied for the most points with fewer than 39 points in a season opener, with 38 points. The first three are Trae Young on October 24, 2019, Russell Westbrook on October 29, 2014 and Klay Thompson on October 30, 2013.

Interpreted as:

Who scored the most points under 39 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	Trae Young T. Young	38	10/24/2019	ATL	@	DET	37	7	9	1	0	11	21	52.4	6	10	60.0	10	12	83.3	72.3	0	7	6	0	+17
2	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	38	10/29/2014	OKC	@	POR	33	3	6	3	0	11	26	42.3	1	2	50.0	15	16	93.8	57.5	2	1	2	3	-4
3	Klay Thompson K. Thompson	38	10/30/2013	GSW	vs	LAL	31	3	1	0	0	15	19	78.9	5	7	71.4	3	4	75.0	91.5	1	2	1	3	+30
4	LeBron James L. James	38	10/27/2009	CLE	vs	BOS	45	4	8	2	4	12	22	54.5	4	9	44.4	10	13	76.9	68.5	0	4	5	4	0
5	Dell Curry D. Curry	38	11/2/1996	CHA	vs	TOR	43	4	3	1	0	15	23	65.2	6	11	54.5	2	2	100.0	79.6	0	4	1	4	+22
6	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	38	11/5/1993	PHX	@	LAL	44	11	3	4	4	14	28	50.0	2	5	40.0	8	18	44.4	52.9	2	9	2	4
7	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	38	11/2/1990	NYK	@	CHA	41	12	4	1	7	14	23	60.9	0	0		10	14	71.4	65.2	2	10	4	5
8	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	38	11/2/1990	GSW	@	DEN	41	9	5	5	1	16	25	64.0	0	2	0.0	6	8	75.0	66.6	1	8	4	2
9	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	38	11/2/1990	PHX	@	UTA	38	10	3	2	0	14	24	58.3	0	1	0.0	10	13	76.9	63.9	1	9	1	2
10	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	38	10/13/1978	SAS	@	DEN	41	9	5	3	0	12	22	54.5				14	16	87.5	65.4	5	4	4	5
11	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	38	10/13/1978	DET	vs	NJN	39	16	0			11	23	47.8				16	24	66.7	56.6				4
12	Jack Twyman J. Twyman	38	10/17/1959	CIN	@	BOS	37	10	6			13	28	46.4				12	13	92.3	56.3				6
13	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	37	10/22/2025	MIL	vs	WAS	27	14	5	0	0	16	26	61.5	1	3	33.3	4	7	57.1	63.6	2	12	2	4	+10
14	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	37	10/22/2024	BOS	vs	NYK	30	4	10	1	1	14	18	77.8	8	11	72.7	1	2	50.0	98.0	0	4	1	1	+26
15	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	37	10/19/2022	CHI	@	MIA	36	6	9	2	1	14	22	63.6	2	3	66.7	7	11	63.6	68.9	1	5	1	3	+13
16	Ja Morant J. Morant	37	10/20/2021	MEM	vs	CLE	34	6	6	0	2	17	29	58.6	1	4	25.0	2	2	100.0	61.9	1	5	2	2	-6
17	Trae Young T. Young	37	12/23/2020	ATL	@	CHI	26	6	7	0	0	10	12	83.3	5	6	83.3	12	14	85.7	101.9	2	4	4	1	+30
18	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	37	10/18/2017	MIL	@	BOS	37	13	3	3	0	13	22	59.1	0	1	0.0	11	13	84.6	66.7	1	12	5	4	+7
19	CJ McCollum	37	10/28/2015	POR	vs	NOP	37	6	1	1	0	14	22	63.6	6	9	66.7	3	3	100.0	79.3	1	5	0	3	+22
20	James Harden J. Harden	37	10/31/2012	HOU	@	DET	44	6	12	4	1	14	25	56.0	4	10	40.0	5	6	83.3	66.9	1	5	4	2	+18
21	LeBron James L. James	37	12/25/2011	MIA	@	DAL	36	10	6	2	2	11	19	57.9	0	0		15	19	78.9	67.6	3	7	3	3	+27
22	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	37	12/25/2011	NYK	vs	BOS	34	8	3	2	1	10	17	58.8	4	7	57.1	13	15	86.7	78.4	1	7	5	4	+15
23	Michael Redd M. Redd	37	11/1/2006	MIL	@	DET	38	5	1	0	0	14	22	63.6	1	4	25.0	8	8	100.0	72.5	1	4	3	4	+4
24	Richard Hamilton R. Hamilton	37	11/2/2005	DET	vs	PHI	38	6	3	1	0	16	24	66.7	0	0		5	6	83.3	69.4	3	3	3	3	+17
25	Jim Jackson J. Jackson	37	11/5/1994	DAL	vs	NJN	40	6	2	0	0	11	22	50.0	0	0		15	17	88.2	62.8	4	2	3	1