most points in a season opener by a rookie since 2000 to 2001

Between the 2000 and 2001 seasons, Lauren Jackson dropped the most points by a rookie in a season opener, with 21 points versus the Mercury on May 31, 2001.

	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	Lauren Jackson L. Jackson	21	5/31/2001	SEA	vs	PHX	28	6	3	3	0	6	11	54.5	1	3	33.3	8	11	72.7	66.3	3	3	1	4	+13
2	Kamila Vodichkova K. Vodichkova	20	5/31/2000	SEA	@	SAC	30	9	0	2	1	7	15	46.7	1	1	100.0	5	6	83.3	56.7	4	5	2	0	-10
3	Jackie Stiles J. Stiles	17	5/31/2001	POR	vs	MIN	34	2	2	1	0	5	13	38.5	1	4	25.0	6	7	85.7	52.9	0	2	2	4	-13
4	Sylvia Crawley S. Crawley	14	5/31/2000	POR	vs	HOU	23	6	0	0	1	5	10	50.0	0	0		4	4	100.0	59.5	2	4	5	5	-11
5	Penny Taylor P. Taylor	13	5/31/2001	CLE	vs	WAS	24	5	3	2	1	5	14	35.7	1	2	50.0	2	2	100.0	43.7	3	2	1	2	+15
6	Semeka Randall S. Randall	13	5/31/2001	SEA	vs	PHX	33	4	2	1	0	6	12	50.0	0	0		1	2	50.0	50.5	1	3	3	2	+11
7	Nadine Malcolm N. Malcolm	11	5/31/2001	IND	vs	HOU	22	6	1	0	0	3	4	75.0	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	95.5	2	4	0	2	-14
8	Stacey Thomas S. Thomas	11	5/31/2000	POR	vs	HOU	39	8	6	1	3	5	13	38.5	0	0		1	2	50.0	39.6	4	4	4	3	-6
9	Katie Douglas K. Douglas	10	6/1/2001	ORL	vs	LAS	29	2	3	3	0	4	11	36.4	2	5	40.0	0	0		45.5	2	0	1	0	+7
10	Katy Steding K. Steding	10	5/31/2000	SAC	vs	SEA	17	3	0	0	0	4	8	50.0	1	4	25.0	1	1	100.0	59.2	0	3	0	0	+13
11	Stacy Clinesmith S. Clinesmith	10	5/31/2000	SAC	vs	SEA	18	3	4	1	0	3	3	100.0	2	2	100.0	2	2	100.0	128.9	0	3	1	2	+22
12	Edwina Brown E. Brown	9	6/3/2000	DET	vs	SAC	13	1	0	0	1	2	5	40.0	0	0		5	6	83.3	58.9	1	0	2	1	-1
13	Cintia dos Santos C. dos Santos	9	5/31/2000	ORL	@	WAS	21	3	0	1	1	4	8	50.0	0	0		1	3	33.3	48.3	1	2	3	2	-5
14	Ruth Riley R. Riley	8	5/31/2001	MIA	vs	NYL	26	3	2	1	1	1	6	16.7	0	0		6	8	75.0	42.0	2	1	1	2	+12
15	Tausha Mills T. Mills	8	5/31/2000	WAS	vs	ORL	15	6	2	0	0	3	6	50.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	58.1	1	5	3	3	+14
16	Niele Ivey N. Ivey	7	5/31/2001	IND	vs	HOU	29	5	5	3	1	2	5	40.0	1	3	33.3	2	2	100.0	59.5	1	4	1	3	-11
17	Tamicha Jackson T. Jackson	7	6/3/2000	DET	vs	SAC	10	0	3	0	0	1	3	33.3	1	1	100.0	4	4	100.0	73.5	0	0	1	0	-3
18	Vicki Hall V. Hall	7	5/31/2000	CLE	@	MIN	29	3	1	0	0	3	7	42.9	1	3	33.3	0	0		50.0	1	2	1	5	-13
19	Michelle Marciniak M. Marciniak	7	5/31/2000	POR	vs	HOU	15	0	5	1	0	3	6	50.0	1	1	100.0	0	0		58.3	0	0	0	3	+6
20	Marie Ferdinand-Harris M. Ferdinand-Harris	6	5/30/2001	UTA	@	PHX	9	1	0	0	0	2	6	33.3	0	0		2	2	100.0	43.6	0	1	0	1	-2
21	Summer Erb S. Erb	6	6/1/2000	CHA	@	ORL	16	1	0	2	0	3	4	75.0	0	0		0	0		75.0	0	1	2	3	-3
22	Jameka Jones J. Jones	6	6/1/2000	MIA	vs	IND	24	5	1	1	0	3	18	16.7	0	6	0.0	0	0		16.7	1	4	2	2	-5
23	Jurgita Streimikyte J. Streimikyte	6	6/1/2000	IND	@	MIA	18	1	1	2	0	2	4	50.0	0	0		2	2	100.0	61.5	0	1	2	4	-10
24	Shantia Owens S. Owens	6	6/1/2000	MIA	vs	IND	26	4	2	0	0	3	5	60.0	0	0		0	0		60.0	4	0	2	2	-2
25	Beth Cunningham B. Cunningham	6	5/31/2000	WAS	vs	ORL	9	0	0	0	0	2	4	50.0	2	4	50.0	0	0		75.0	0	0	0	0	+2