current nba player with highest ppg on opening night last 3 season

Since 2022-23, Jayson Tatum scored the most points per game by an active player in season openers, with 35.3 per game.

	NAME	PPG	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	35.3	3	35.9	9.0	6.0	1.3	1.0	13.3	20.0	66.7	4.3	8.7	50.0	4.3	5.7	76.5	78.5	0.0	9.0	2.7	108	106	27	18	4	3	8	5	+36
2	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	32.0	3	35.7	10.7	8.0	1.3	0.3	10.7	24.3	43.8	3.0	10.7	28.1	7.7	9.3	82.1	56.3	0.7	10.0	4.0	107	96	32	24	4	1	12	7	-6
3	James Harden J. Harden	32.0	2	38.6	10.0	7.5	0.5	0.0	9.5	21.0	45.2	3.5	9.0	38.9	9.5	10.5	90.5	62.5	1.5	8.5	5.5	77	64	20	15	1	0	11	6	-3
4	Shai Gilgeous-Alexander S. Gilgeous-Alexander	30.3	3	36.3	6.0	7.7	2.0	2.3	11.7	21.7	53.8	2.0	5.7	35.3	5.0	5.3	93.8	63.2	1.3	4.7	1.7	109	91	18	23	6	7	5	3	+26
5	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	29.7	3	37.4	7.0	6.0	0.7	0.0	7.7	19.0	40.4	3.7	10.7	34.4	10.7	11.0	97.0	62.2	2.0	5.0	2.3	112	89	21	18	2	0	7	3	+30
6	Ja Morant J. Morant	28.0	2	32.9	4.5	9.5	0.5	0.5	9.0	18.0	50.0	1.5	4.0	37.5	8.5	10.0	85.0	62.5	0.5	4.0	4.5	66	56	9	19	1	1	9	8	-2
7	DeMar DeRozan D. DeRozan	27.7	3	37.2	6.3	4.3	1.3	0.7	10.0	20.0	50.0	1.0	2.7	37.5	6.7	9.3	71.4	57.4	1.3	5.0	1.0	112	83	19	13	4	2	3	4	-8
8	Brandon Ingram B. Ingram	26.7	3	32.8	7.0	4.3	1.7	0.3	10.0	19.3	51.7	1.7	4.0	41.7	5.0	6.3	78.9	60.3	0.7	6.3	4.0	98	80	21	13	5	1	12	10	+40
9	Anthony Davis A. Davis	26.7	3	35.8	10.0	2.7	1.7	2.0	9.0	20.7	43.5	0.7	2.7	25.0	8.0	9.3	85.7	53.8	1.3	8.7	2.0	107	80	30	8	5	6	6	6	-37
10	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	26.3	3	32.6	3.0	6.0	3.0	0.7	10.0	18.7	53.6	2.7	7.7	34.8	3.7	4.7	78.6	63.5	0.7	2.3	1.7	98	79	9	18	9	2	5	7	+48
11	Stephen Curry S. Curry	25.7	3	29.5	6.7	6.0	2.3	0.3	7.3	17.3	42.3	3.7	11.3	32.4	7.3	7.3	100.0	62.4	0.7	6.0	2.7	89	77	20	18	7	1	8	6	+34
12	Tyrese Maxey T. Maxey	25.7	3	39.1	3.7	4.3	1.7	0.3	9.3	23.0	40.6	2.3	7.3	31.8	4.7	5.7	82.4	50.3	0.0	3.7	0.7	117	77	11	13	5	1	2	9	-19
13	Trae Young T. Young	25.3	3	36.9	3.0	11.3	1.0	0.7	6.0	19.0	31.6	1.3	8.0	16.7	12.0	13.0	92.3	51.2	0.3	2.7	3.7	111	76	9	34	3	2	11	5	+17
14	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	25.3	3	35.8	3.0	9.0	1.0	0.3	9.7	22.0	43.9	2.7	7.0	38.1	3.3	3.3	100.0	54.0	0.0	3.0	2.7	107	76	9	27	3	1	8	9	-9
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	25.0	3	37.4	7.0	1.7	1.3	2.0	8.7	20.0	43.3	1.7	4.3	38.5	6.0	7.7	78.3	53.5	0.7	6.3	4.3	112	75	21	5	4	6	13	9	-25
16	Devin Booker D. Booker	25.0	3	36.6	4.7	7.7	0.7	0.7	9.3	16.7	56.0	2.7	4.7	57.1	3.7	4.0	91.7	67.8	0.7	4.0	4.0	110	75	14	23	2	2	12	13	+21
17	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	25.0	2	36.8	11.0	5.5	0.0	1.0	9.0	19.5	46.2	2.0	6.5	30.8	5.0	8.5	58.8	53.8	0.5	10.5	6.5	74	50	22	11	0	2	13	9	-14
18	Cam Thomas C. Thomas	24.7	3	23.8	2.7	2.0	1.3	0.0	9.3	17.3	53.8	3.0	6.3	47.4	3.0	4.0	75.0	64.6	0.7	2.0	1.0	72	74	8	6	4	0	3	4	0
19	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	24.5	2	34.4	7.0	10.5	1.0	0.5	7.0	17.5	40.0	4.0	11.5	34.8	6.5	7.0	92.9	59.5	1.0	6.0	2.5	69	49	14	21	2	1	5	6	+21
20	Max Strus M. Strus	24.5	2	34.9	9.5	1.5	0.5	0.5	8.0	13.0	61.5	6.0	10.0	60.0	2.5	3.5	71.4	84.3	0.5	9.0	1.0	70	49	19	3	1	1	2	7	+16
21	Bojan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	24.0	1	34.8	5.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	8.0	16.0	50.0	6.0	10.0	60.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	71.1	1.0	4.0	1.0	35	24	5	2	1	0	1	3	+6
22	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	24.0	3	35.0	9.7	10.0	2.0	0.7	10.0	17.3	57.7	1.7	3.7	45.5	2.3	3.3	70.0	63.8	3.0	6.7	2.7	105	72	29	30	6	2	8	9	+1
23	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	24.0	2	30.9	8.0	3.0	2.0	0.0	10.0	19.5	51.3	0.0	0.0		4.0	5.5	72.7	54.7	3.5	4.5	2.5	62	48	16	6	4	0	5	4	+5
24	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	24.0	3	31.5	8.3	4.3	0.7	1.0	8.7	16.0	54.2	1.3	3.0	44.4	5.3	6.7	80.0	63.4	2.0	6.3	1.7	94	72	25	13	2	3	5	9	+57
25	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	23.7	3	33.1	7.7	2.3	1.3	0.0	7.0	14.0	50.0	3.0	6.7	45.0	6.7	7.3	90.9	68.7	1.0	6.7	1.3	99	71	23	7	4	0	4	6	+13