who has the highest ppg in their rookie first game all-time

Cynthia Cooper and Paige Bueckers scored 44.0 points per game.

NAMEPPGDATETMOPPMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-
1Cynthia Cooper
C. Cooper
44.0
7/25/1997
HOU HOU
@
SAC SAC
34
44
6
3
1
0
14
21
66.7
7
9
77.8
9
9
100.0
88.1
1
5
1
4
+12
2Paige Bueckers
P. Bueckers
44.0
8/20/2025
DAL DAL
@
LAS LAS
36
44
4
3
1
0
17
21
81.0
4
4
100.0
6
6
100.0
93.1
0
4
3
3
+12
3Candace Parker
C. Parker
40.0
7/9/2008
LAS LAS
vs
HOU HOU
42
40
16
6
2
5
15
23
65.2
1
2
50.0
9
12
75.0
70.7
4
12
4
4
+12
4Cynthia Cooper
C. Cooper
39.0
8/11/1997
HOU HOU
@
CHA CHA
40
39
5
4
8
0
15
19
78.9
5
7
71.4
4
5
80.0
92.0
2
3
2
1
+10
5Odyssey Sims
O. Sims
39.0
7/22/2014
TUL TUL
@
SAN SAN
40
39
3
4
1
1
15
20
75.0
2
3
66.7
7
8
87.5
82.9
0
3
0
3
-2
6Breanna Stewart
B. Stewart
38.0
6/28/2016
SEA SEA
vs
ATL ATL
34
38
6
3
3
0
12
16
75.0
3
4
75.0
11
13
84.6
87.5
0
6
4
3
+8
7Danielle Robinson
D. Robinson
36.0
9/11/2011
SAN SAN
@
TUL TUL
39
36
4
6
2
1
14
19
73.7
0
0
8
9
88.9
78.4
0
4
2
4
+12
8Cappie Pondexter
C. Pondexter
35.0
7/6/2006
PHX PHX
@
DET DET
38
35
7
2
2
0
12
19
63.2
4
6
66.7
7
7
100.0
79.3
3
4
0
3
+15
9A'ja Wilson
A. Wilson
35.0
6/12/2018
LVA LVA
@
IND IND
40
35
13
2
0
3
16
24
66.7
0
0
3
6
50.0
65.7
3
10
0
1
+12
10Arike Ogunbowale
A. Ogunbowale
35.0
8/14/2019
DAL DAL
vs
LAS LAS
39
35
6
0
1
0
12
21
57.1
3
5
60.0
8
9
88.9
70.1
1
5
6
5
+6
11Arike Ogunbowale
A. Ogunbowale
35.0
8/29/2019
DAL DAL
@
CHI CHI
37
35
5
6
1
0
13
28
46.4
3
6
50.0
6
7
85.7
56.3
1
4
0
4
+2
12Chennedy Carter
C. Carter
35.0
8/6/2020
ATL ATL
vs
SEA SEA
36
35
3
7
2
1
11
17
64.7
3
4
75.0
10
10
100.0
81.8
0
3
6
5
+9
13Caitlin Clark
C. Clark
35.0
9/15/2024
IND IND
vs
DAL DAL
36
35
2
8
3
0
10
22
45.5
6
14
42.9
9
9
100.0
67.4
0
2
5
1
+1
14Paige Bueckers
P. Bueckers
35.0
6/11/2025
DAL DAL
@
PHX PHX
37
35
6
4
1
1
13
19
68.4
5
7
71.4
4
5
80.0
82.5
0
6
2
2
-12
15Cynthia Cooper
C. Cooper
34.0
8/1/1997
HOU HOU
@
LAS LAS
38
34
3
5
2
0
9
19
47.4
5
9
55.6
11
12
91.7
70.0
2
1
3
2
+21
16Cynthia Cooper
C. Cooper
34.0
8/7/1997
HOU HOU
vs
PHX PHX
33
34
8
2
2
0
10
16
62.5
4
8
50.0
10
12
83.3
79.9
2
6
4
0
0
17Ruthie Bolton
R. Bolton
34.0
8/8/1997
SAC SAC
vs
UTA UTA
37
34
4
5
3
0
11
18
61.1
5
9
55.6
7
8
87.5
79.0
1
3
1
1
+14
18Ruthie Bolton
R. Bolton
34.0
8/12/1997
SAC SAC
vs
CLE CLE
36
34
2
3
2
0
12
15
80.0
6
9
66.7
4
4
100.0
101.4
0
2
1
2
+9
19Candace Parker
C. Parker
34.0
5/17/2008
LAS LAS
@
PHX PHX
39
34
12
8
2
1
12
19
63.2
2
2
100.0
8
16
50.0
65.3
2
10
2
3
+7
20Angel McCoughtry
A. McCoughtry
34.0
8/20/2009
ATL ATL
vs
SAN SAN
29
34
7
4
3
1
12
18
66.7
0
2
0.0
10
17
58.8
66.7
3
4
2
5
+17
21Kia Nurse
K. Nurse
34.0
6/2/2018
NYL NYL
@
IND IND
40
34
9
4
2
1
8
16
50.0
3
8
37.5
15
16
93.8
73.8
3
6
4
2
+10
22A'ja Wilson
A. Wilson
34.0
7/7/2018
LVA LVA
vs
CON CON
34
34
14
1
1
2
13
24
54.2
0
0
8
9
88.9
60.8
4
10
3
1
+10
23A'ja Wilson
A. Wilson
34.0
8/17/2018
LVA LVA
@
DAL DAL
38
34
7
0
1
4
15
20
75.0
0
0
4
6
66.7
75.1
1
6
1
4
-4
24Sue Bird
S. Bird
33.0
8/9/2002
SEA SEA
vs
POR POR
37
33
5
6
2
1
10
18
55.6
3
4
75.0
10
11
90.9
72.2
1
4
4
0
+9
25Brittney Sykes
B. Sykes
33.0
9/3/2017
ATL ATL
@
PHX PHX
33
33
5
2
1
1
12
19
63.2
2
5
40.0
7
11
63.6
69.2
1
4
1
3
-6
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10
.773
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30
14
.682
4.0
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17
.614
7.0
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21
.523
11.0
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21
.523
11.0
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21
23
.477
13.0
Wings Wings
10
34
.227
24.0
undefinedWLPCTGB
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