most points in a season opener nva

Diana Taurasi has the most career points in season openers, with 321 points.

Interpreted as:
most points by a player in a season opener nva
NAMEPTSGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Diana Taurasi
D. Taurasi
321
18
31.1
17.8
3.4
3.0
1.2
1.1
5.6
13.7
40.5
2.3
6.7
34.7
4.4
5.1
86.8
55.9
0.2
3.2
3.1
560
61
54
21
20
56
60
-81
2Tina Charles
T. Charles
259
14
30.5
18.5
9.3
1.6
1.1
0.4
7.3
16.7
43.6
0.3
1.2
23.5
3.6
4.5
81.0
49.5
2.3
7.0
2.1
426
130
22
16
6
30
26
+44
3DeWanna Bonner
D. Bonner
236
15
30.2
15.7
6.1
1.9
1.5
0.8
5.5
12.8
42.7
1.1
4.3
26.6
3.7
4.7
78.6
53.0
1.0
5.1
1.5
453
92
29
22
12
22
27
+26
4Candace Parker
C. Parker
212
11
29.0
19.3
7.2
3.7
1.5
1.4
7.5
13.8
54.6
1.3
2.4
53.8
2.9
4.7
61.5
60.6
0.9
6.3
2.7
319
79
41
16
15
30
22
+112
5Sue Bird
S. Bird
211
18
30.6
11.7
2.2
5.9
1.3
0.1
4.2
9.9
42.1
1.8
4.3
42.9
1.6
1.9
80.0
54.6
0.2
2.0
2.6
550
39
106
24
2
46
23
+70
6Tina Thompson
T. Thompson
209
15
32.9
13.9
6.5
2.1
0.8
1.3
4.9
13.6
36.3
1.9
5.5
35.4
2.1
2.9
72.7
46.8
1.5
5.0
2.5
493
98
32
12
19
38
47
-22
7Nneka Ogwumike
N. Ogwumike
207
13
25.8
15.9
6.2
1.2
1.8
0.3
6.3
11.0
57.3
0.7
1.5
47.4
2.6
2.8
91.9
65.0
1.8
4.3
1.4
335
80
15
24
4
18
31
+89
8Seimone Augustus
S. Augustus
207
13
28.7
15.9
3.3
2.3
0.8
0.5
6.8
14.0
48.4
0.5
1.3
35.3
1.9
2.1
92.6
53.4
0.7
2.6
1.5
373
43
30
11
6
20
13
+124
9Lisa Leslie
L. Leslie
204
12
33.5
17.0
8.7
2.0
1.3
3.3
6.5
15.2
42.9
0.2
1.4
11.8
3.8
5.6
68.7
48.2
1.5
7.2
3.3
402
104
24
16
39
39
50
+37
10Candice Dupree
C. Dupree
199
16
31.3
12.4
6.0
1.3
1.3
1.1
5.1
11.4
44.3
0.1
0.4
33.3
2.2
2.6
83.3
49.4
1.8
4.3
2.1
501
96
20
21
17
34
33
-121
11Sylvia Fowles
S. Fowles
197
13
28.2
15.2
9.8
0.5
1.4
1.7
6.1
10.4
58.5
0.0
0.0
3.0
3.8
78.0
62.7
2.5
7.3
2.9
366
128
7
18
22
38
45
+37
12Lauren Jackson
L. Jackson
196
10
31.3
19.6
6.6
1.3
1.5
1.5
6.6
13.6
48.5
1.6
4.8
33.3
4.8
5.3
90.6
61.5
1.3
5.3
1.8
313
66
13
15
15
18
35
+95
13Becky Hammon
B. Hammon
194
14
25.9
13.9
2.4
3.3
1.1
0.1
4.6
11.6
40.1
1.9
5.9
32.9
2.6
2.8
94.9
54.1
0.4
2.0
2.6
362
34
46
15
2
37
32
-17
14Sheryl Swoopes
S. Swoopes
194
11
32.1
17.6
4.5
2.6
2.3
0.9
6.8
13.5
50.7
0.8
2.3
36.0
3.2
3.6
87.5
58.6
1.1
3.4
2.8
354
49
29
25
10
31
14
+11
15Cappie Pondexter
C. Pondexter
192
13
28.4
14.8
3.2
4.5
0.8
0.2
5.2
13.1
40.0
0.7
3.0
23.1
3.6
4.4
82.5
49.2
0.4
2.8
1.8
369
41
58
10
2
23
26
+11
16Lindsay Whalen
L. Whalen
190
15
27.6
12.7
3.6
5.4
1.1
0.1
4.1
9.0
45.9
0.5
1.4
33.3
3.9
4.9
79.7
56.7
0.7
2.9
1.6
413
54
81
17
1
24
33
+73
17Katie Smith
K. Smith
189
13
30.7
14.5
2.8
2.7
1.0
0.2
5.0
11.6
43.0
2.4
5.4
44.3
2.2
3.0
71.8
56.2
0.6
2.2
2.8
399
37
35
13
3
36
25
+52
18Katie Douglas
K. Douglas
179
14
30.3
12.8
3.1
2.6
1.6
0.2
4.4
10.0
44.3
1.8
4.0
44.6
2.1
2.6
83.3
57.4
1.1
1.9
2.0
425
43
37
23
3
28
20
+22
19Angel McCoughtry
A. McCoughtry
178
9
30.0
19.8
5.7
2.6
2.2
1.2
7.1
15.6
45.7
0.4
2.2
20.0
5.1
6.2
82.1
54.1
2.1
3.6
4.0
270
51
23
20
11
36
29
+14
20Chamique Holdsclaw
C. Holdsclaw
178
9
35.0
19.8
10.7
2.3
1.6
0.8
7.7
17.7
43.4
0.3
1.2
27.3
4.1
4.9
84.1
49.9
2.4
8.2
3.9
315
96
21
14
7
35
23
+38
21Tamika Catchings
T. Catchings
176
12
32.1
14.7
7.5
2.8
2.6
1.2
4.9
13.0
37.8
1.6
4.4
35.8
3.3
4.0
81.3
49.7
1.8
5.8
2.8
385
90
34
31
14
34
40
+91
22A'ja Wilson
A. Wilson
170
8
31.6
21.3
11.3
2.4
0.9
1.3
7.5
15.8
47.6
0.3
0.9
28.6
6.0
7.3
82.8
56.1
2.1
9.1
1.6
252
90
19
7
10
13
14
+4
23Taj McWilliams-Franklin
T. McWilliams-Franklin
170
14
30.5
12.1
6.4
2.3
2.3
0.8
4.8
10.1
47.2
0.4
1.0
35.7
2.2
2.8
79.5
53.4
2.6
3.9
1.3
428
90
32
32
11
18
40
-15
24Jewell Loyd
J. Loyd
169
11
30.5
15.4
4.5
3.2
1.1
0.4
5.2
14.0
37.0
1.5
5.0
29.1
3.5
4.1
86.7
48.6
1.3
3.3
2.6
336
50
35
12
4
29
21
-24
25Alyssa Thomas
A. Thomas
166
11
31.0
15.1
8.3
4.8
1.9
0.5
5.7
10.1
56.8
0.0
0.0
3.6
6.3
58.0
58.7
1.8
6.5
3.1
341
91
53
21
6
34
27
+49
StatMuse has game-level data for points going back to the 1997 season.

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10
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2
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30
14
.682
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27
17
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23
21
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Lynx Lynx
34
10
.773
Aces Aces
30
14
.682
4.0
Mercury Mercury
27
17
.614
7.0
Storm Storm
23
21
.523
11.0
Valkyries Valkyries
23
21
.523
11.0
Sparks Sparks
21
23
.477
13.0
Wings Wings
10
34
.227
24.0
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Dream Dream
30
14
.682
Liberty Liberty
27
17
.614
3.0
Fever Fever
24
20
.545
6.0
Mystics Mystics
16
28
.364
14.0
Sun Sun
11
33
.250
19.0
Sky Sky
10
34
.227
20.0