most points in a game off by a rookie

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 in a regular-season game off by a rookie
NAMEPTSOFFDATETMOPPRUSH TDREC TDRET TDTDFGMXPMXP2SFTY
1Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
36
12/12/1965
CHI CHI
vs
SF SF
4
1
1
6
0
0
0
2De'Von Achane
D. Achane
24
203
9/24/2023
MIA MIA
vs
DEN DEN
2
2
0
4
0
0
0
0
3Chase Claypool
C. Claypool
24
6
10/11/2020
PIT PIT
vs
PHI PHI
1
3
0
4
0
0
0
0
4Jonas Gray
J. Gray
24
201
11/16/2014
NE NE
@
IND IND
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
5Doug Martin
D. Martin
24
251
11/4/2012
TB TB
@
OAK OAK
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
6Reggie Bush
R. Bush
24
37
12/3/2006
NO NO
vs
SF SF
3
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
7Joseph Addai
J. Addai
24
171
11/26/2006
IND IND
vs
PHI PHI
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
8Willis McGahee
W. McGahee
24
116
11/28/2004
BUF BUF
@
SEA SEA
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
9Clinton Portis
C. Portis
24
130
12/15/2002
DEN DEN
vs
KC KC
3
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
10Mike Anderson
M. Anderson
24
251
12/3/2000
DEN DEN
@
NO NO
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
11Corey Dillon
C. Dillon
24
246
12/4/1997
CIN CIN
vs
TEN TEN
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
12Ronald Moore
R. Moore
24
126
12/5/1993
PHX PHX
vs
RAM RAM
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
13Emmitt Smith
E. Smith
24
103
12/16/1990
DAL DAL
vs
PHX PHX
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
14Jerry Butler
J. Butler
24
9/23/1979
BUF BUF
vs
NYJ NYJ
0
4
0
4
0
0
0
15Earl Campbell
E. Campbell
24
11/20/1978
HOU HOU
vs
MIA MIA
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
16Gale Sayers
G. Sayers
24
10/17/1965
CHI CHI
@
MIN MIN
1
2
1
4
0
0
0
17Frank Jackson
F. Jackson
24
12/10/1961
DLT DLT
vs
DEN DEN
3
1
0
4
0
0
0
0
18Billy Kilmer
B. Kilmer
24
10/15/1961
SF SF
@
MIN MIN
4
0
0
4
0
0
0
19Gene Mingo
G. Mingo
21
12/10/1960
DEN DEN
@
LAC LAC
1
0
0
1
4
3
0
0
20Randy Moss
R. Moss
20
0
11/26/1998
MIN MIN
@
DAL DAL
0
3
0
3
0
0
1
0
21John Love
J. Love
20
10/1/1967
WAS WAS
vs
NYG NYG
0
1
1
2
1
5
0
22Garo Yepremian
G. Yepremian
20
11/13/1966
DET DET
@
MIN MIN
0
0
0
0
6
2
0
23Cookie Gilchrist
C. Gilchrist
20
12/8/1962
BUF BUF
@
NYT NYT
2
0
0
2
2
2
0
0
24Cody Parkey
C. Parkey
19
0
11/23/2014
PHI PHI
vs
TEN TEN
0
0
0
0
5
4
0
0
25Jeff Reed
J. Reed
19
0
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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