most points by a rookie in a single game

Gale Sayers has scored the most points by a rookie in a game, with 36 points against the 49ers on December 12, 1965.

Interpreted as:
most points by a rookie in a single regular-season game
NAME PTS DATE TM OPP RUSH TD REC TD RET TD TD FGM XPM XP2 SFTY
1 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
36
12/12/1965
CHI CHI
vs
SF SF
4
1
1
6
0
0
0
2 De'Von Achane
D. Achane
24
9/24/2023
MIA MIA
vs
DEN DEN
2
2
0
4
0
0
0
0
3 Chase Claypool
C. Claypool
24
10/11/2020
PIT PIT
vs
PHI PHI
1
3
0
4
0
0
0
0
4 Jonas Gray
J. Gray
24
11/16/2014
NE NE
@
IND IND
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
5 Doug Martin
D. Martin
24
11/4/2012
TB TB
@
OAK OAK
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
6 Reggie Bush
R. Bush
24
12/3/2006
NO NO
vs
SF SF
3
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
7 Joseph Addai
J. Addai
24
11/26/2006
IND IND
vs
PHI PHI
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
8 Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
24
11/28/2004
BUF BUF
@
SEA SEA
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
9 Clinton Portis
C. Portis
24
12/15/2002
DEN DEN
vs
KC KC
3
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
10 Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
24
12/3/2000
DEN DEN
@
NO NO
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
11 Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
24
12/4/1997
CIN CIN
vs
TEN TEN
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
12 Ronald Moore
R. Moore
24
12/5/1993
PHX PHX
vs
RAM RAM
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
13 Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
24
12/16/1990
DAL DAL
vs
PHX PHX
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
14 Jerry Butler
J. Butler
24
9/23/1979
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
0
4
0
4
0
0
0
15 Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
24
11/20/1978
HOU HOU
vs
MIA MIA
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
16 Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
24
10/17/1965
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
1
2
1
4
0
0
0
17 Frank Jackson
F. Jackson
24
12/10/1961
DLT DLT
vs
DEN DEN
3
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
18 Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
24
10/15/1961
SF SF
@
MIN MIN
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
19 Gene Mingo
G. Mingo
21
12/10/1960
DEN DEN
@
LAC LAC
1
0
0
1
4
3
0
0
20 Randy Moss
R. Moss
20
11/26/1998
MIN MIN
@
DAL DAL
0
3
0
3
0
0
1
0
21 John Love
J. Love
20
10/1/1967
WAS WAS
vs
NYG NYG
0
1
1
2
1
5
0
22 Garo Yepremian
G. Yepremian
20
11/13/1966
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
0
0
0
0
6
2
0
23 Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
20
12/8/1962
BUF BUF
@
NYT NYT
2
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
24 Cody Parkey
C. Parkey
19
11/23/2014
PHI PHI
vs
TEN TEN
0
0
0
0
5
4
0
0
25 Jeff Reed
J. Reed
19
12/1/2002
PIT PIT
@
JAX JAX
0
0
0
0
6
1
0
0
Results may be incomplete. StatMuse has complete game-level data for points going back to the 1960 season.

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