most ppg by a player in season openers in nba history

Michael Jordan has put up the most career points per game in season openers, with 30.8 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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30.8	14	38.2	5.9	4.5	3.2	1.4	11.3	23.2	48.6	0.4	1.9	18.5	7.9	10.0	78.6	55.7	1.8	4.1	2.6	535	431	82	63	45	19	37	41	-2
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	30.2	13	43.1	23.5	3.8			12.4	21.2	58.3				5.5	12.3	44.4	56.7				560	393	305	50				22
3	Ja Morant J. Morant	30.2	5	31.9	4.2	7.6	0.8	1.0	11.8	20.8	56.7	1.0	3.0	33.3	5.6	6.8	82.4	63.5	0.4	3.8	3.6	160	151	21	38	4	5	18	15	-27
4	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	29.4	14	36.7	6.7	2.9	1.8	0.4	11.2	22.1	50.8	0.7	1.9	37.0	6.3	7.9	79.3	57.6	3.1	3.6	3.2	514	412	94	40	25	6	45	35	+9
5	Jerry West J. West	28.1	12				5.0	0.0	10.4						7.3	9.3	78.4		0.0	2.0			337			5	0
6	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	27.4	14						10.2						7.0	9.4	74.2						384
7	Anthony Davis A. Davis	27.4	13	36.4	11.4	2.6	1.5	2.6	9.6	21.2	45.3	0.3	1.8	17.4	7.8	9.9	79.1	53.5	3.0	8.4	2.4	473	356	148	34	20	34	31	33	-66
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	27.1	7	34.8	9.7	6.1	1.0	0.1	9.4	21.6	43.7	2.1	8.4	25.4	6.1	7.7	79.6	54.4	1.0	8.7	4.0	244	190	68	43	7	1	28	17	-57
9	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	27.1	13	35.9	7.2	1.8		0.3	8.6	16.8	51.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	9.8	12.5	78.5	60.7			2.9	467	352	94	23		4	35	44
10	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	26.8	8	36.0	9.3	4.0	1.3	0.6	10.1	21.1	47.9	3.4	8.6	39.1	3.1	4.1	75.8	58.3	1.4	7.9	2.4	288	214	74	32	10	5	19	17	+35
11	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	26.5	15	37.5	5.9	3.8	1.9	0.9	8.8	20.9	42.2	0.7	2.3	28.6	8.2	9.8	83.7	52.6	1.1	4.8	3.5	563	397	88	57	29	14	52	40	+55
12	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	26.4	10	34.6	2.9	2.9			10.0	16.6	60.2	0.3	0.9	33.3	6.1	7.0	87.1	67.1			1.1	346	264	29	29			11	23
13	Trae Young T. Young	26.3	7	34.2	4.3	9.9	0.6	0.3	7.1	17.1	41.7	2.6	7.1	36.0	9.4	10.6	89.2	60.3	0.4	3.9	4.3	240	184	30	69	4	2	30	10	+65
14	Rich Rinaldi R. Rinaldi	26.0	1	35.0	2.0	3.0			12.0	19.0	63.2				2.0	3.0	66.7	64.0				35	26	2	3				1
15	Cleo Hill C. Hill	26.0	1	33.0	4.0				9.0	15.0	60.0				8.0	8.0	100.0	70.2				33	26	4					6
16	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	25.6	11	40.5	3.6	7.3	2.3	0.0	8.5	20.8	41.0	1.4	4.3	31.9	7.2	9.1	79.0	51.6	0.7	2.9	3.8	445	282	40	80	25	0	42	25	+4
17	Damian Lillard D. Lillard	25.4	13	35.9	5.3	6.8	0.9	0.5	8.1	18.7	43.2	2.7	8.2	32.7	6.5	7.0	93.4	58.3	1.1	4.2	2.3	467	330	69	88	12	6	30	24	+65
18	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
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	25.3	16	36.2	7.3	3.2	1.4	1.1	8.7	19.9	43.6	1.4	4.7	30.7	6.5	8.0	81.3	54.0	0.8	6.6	3.3	579	405	117	51	23	18	52	41	+10
20	Bob Pettit B. Pettit	25.3	11						8.6						8.0	10.7	74.6						278						36
21	George Glamack G. Glamack	25.0	1						8.0						9.0	11.0	81.8						25						4
22	Frankie Baumholtz F. Baumholtz	25.0	1						10.0						5.0	7.0	71.4						25						3
23	LeBron James L. James	25.0	22	37.2	8.1	6.2	1.0	1.0	9.2	18.3	50.1	1.6	4.9	33.3	5.0	7.0	71.2	58.4	1.3	6.8	3.9	819	549	178	137	23	21	85	59	+34
24	Giannis Antetokounmpo G. Antetokounmpo	24.5	11	30.6	11.3	5.0	0.8	1.3	9.2	16.9	54.3	0.8	2.7	30.0	5.4	8.5	62.8	59.4	1.5	9.7	3.6	337	270	124	55	9	14	40	44	+53
25	James Harden J. Harden	24.5	15	33.9	5.9	8.3	1.3	0.5	7.1	16.3	43.3	2.6	7.5	34.8	7.8	8.7	90.0	60.9	1.2	4.7	3.6	509	368	89	125	19	7	54	37	-18