Reggie Theus had the most points per game by a rookie in 1978-79, with 16.3 per game.

Interpreted as:

1979 n rookie leaders in points with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Reggie Theus R. Theus	16.3	1978-79	CHI	82	33.6	2.8	5.2	1.1	0.2	6.5	13.6	48.0	3.2	4.2	76.1	52.6	1.1	1.7	3.7	2,753	1,338	228	429	93	18	303	270
2	John Long J. Long	16.1	1978-79	DET	82	30.5	3.2	1.5	1.2	0.2	7.1	15.1	46.9	1.9	2.3	82.6	49.8	1.5	1.7	1.7	2,498	1,319	266	121	102	19	137	224
3	Phil Ford P. Ford	15.9	1978-79	KCK	79	34.5	2.3	8.6	2.2	0.1	5.9	12.7	46.5	4.1	5.1	81.3	53.4	0.4	1.9	4.1	2,723	1,260	182	681	174	6	323	245
4	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	14.7	1978-79	POR	73	29.4	8.3	2.4	0.9	1.8	6.3	12.8	49.0	2.1	3.7	57.2	50.8	2.7	5.6	2.8	2,144	1,074	604	176	67	134	205	270
5	Ron Brewer R. Brewer	13.3	1978-79	POR	81	30.3	2.8	2.0	1.3	1.0	5.4	10.8	49.4	2.6	3.2	82.0	54.4	1.1	1.7	1.9	2,454	1,078	229	165	102	79	153	181
6	Terry Tyler T. Tyler	12.9	1978-79	DET	82	31.2	7.9	1.1	1.3	2.5	5.6	11.5	48.2	1.8	2.7	65.8	50.7	2.6	5.3	1.7	2,560	1,056	648	89	104	201	141	254
7	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	10.7	1978-79	CLE	80	19.7	4.1	0.8	0.6	0.4	4.5	8.8	51.3	1.6	2.2	73.6	54.5	1.6	2.5	1.3	1,576	855	329	60	51	29	102	215
8	Purvis Short P. Short	10.6	1978-79	GSW	75	22.7	4.6	1.3	0.7	0.2	4.9	10.3	47.9	0.8	1.1	67.1	49.2	1.7	2.9	1.5	1,703	795	347	97	54	12	111	233
9	Freeman Williams F. Williams	10.4	1978-79	SDC	72	16.6	1.4	1.2	0.6	0.0	4.7	9.5	49.0	1.1	1.4	77.6	51.4	0.7	0.7	1.4	1,195	746	98	83	42	2	99	88
10	Rick Robey R. Robey	10.4	1978-79	TOT	79	22.3	6.5	1.7	0.6	0.2	4.1	8.5	47.8	2.2	2.8	77.7	53.0	2.1	4.4	2.1	1,763	818	513	132	48	15	164	232
11	Winford Boynes W. Boynes	9.3	1978-79	NJN	69	17.0	2.2	1.1	0.6	0.1	3.7	8.6	43.0	1.9	2.4	78.7	48.2	0.9	1.4	1.7	1,176	645	155	75	43	7	119	117
12	Butch Lee B. Lee	9.2	1978-79	TOT	82	21.7	1.5	3.6	1.0	0.0	3.5	7.7	45.7	2.1	2.8	76.1	51.3	0.4	1.1	1.9	1,779	755	126	295	86	1	154	146
13	Jeff Judkins J. Judkins	8.8	1978-79	BOS	81	18.8	2.4	1.8	1.0	0.1	3.6	7.2	50.3	1.5	1.8	81.5	54.4	0.9	1.5	1.3	1,521	709	191	145	81	12	109	184
14	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	8.4	1978-79	PHI	82	29.4	3.1	5.3	2.1	0.1	3.6	7.0	51.0	1.2	1.7	72.1	54.1	0.8	2.3	2.4	2,409	685	254	431	174	12	193	198
15	Billy McKinney B. McKinney	7.8	1978-79	KCK	78	15.9	1.1	3.2	0.7	0.0	3.1	6.1	50.3	1.7	2.1	79.6	55.5	0.3	0.8	1.6	1,242	609	85	253	58	3	124	121
16	Jack Givens J. Givens	7.7	1978-79	ATL	74	18.2	2.9	1.1	1.0	0.2	3.2	7.6	41.5	1.4	1.8	75.6	45.7	1.3	1.6	1.0	1,347	570	214	83	72	17	75	121
17	James Hardy J. Hardy	6.7	1978-79	NOJ	68	21.4	4.6	1.0	0.8	0.9	2.9	6.3	46.0	0.9	1.3	69.3	48.7	1.8	2.8	1.4	1,456	453	310	65	52	61	93	133
18	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	6.5	1978-79	NYK	72	16.9	3.2	3.0	1.4	0.3	2.8	6.7	41.4	1.0	1.8	53.9	43.5	1.1	2.2	2.0	1,218	469	233	213	100	18	141	188
19	George Johnson G. Johnson	6.2	1978-79	MIL	67	17.3	5.4	1.2	1.1	0.7	2.5	5.1	48.2	1.3	1.7	71.8	52.6	1.6	3.8	1.5	1,157	414	360	81	75	49	100	187
20	Marty Byrnes M. Byrnes	6.1	1978-79	TOT	79	16.0	2.4	1.3	0.3	0.1	2.4	4.9	48.1	1.3	1.9	68.8	52.5	1.1	1.3	1.5	1,264	480	191	104	27	10	119	111
21	Joel Kramer J. Kramer	5.9	1978-79	PHX	82	17.1	4.1	1.1	0.5	0.3	2.2	4.5	48.9	1.5	2.1	71.0	54.4	1.6	2.5	1.2	1,401	487	337	92	45	23	98	224
22	Kenny Higgs K. Higgs	5.0	1978-79	CLE	68	15.4	1.5	2.1	1.0	0.2	1.9	4.1	45.5	1.3	1.6	76.6	51.7	0.3	1.2	0.7	1,050	339	102	141	66	11	47	176
23	Raymond Townsend R. Townsend	4.7	1978-79	GSW	65	11.9	0.8	1.4	0.4	0.1	2.0	4.4	43.9	0.8	1.0	73.5	47.7	0.2	0.7	0.8	771	304	55	91	27	6	51	70
24	Wayne Cooper W. Cooper	4.6	1978-79	GSW	65	12.2	4.3	0.3	0.1	0.7	2.0	4.5	43.7	0.6	0.9	67.2	46.4	1.4	2.9	0.8	795	297	280	21	7	44	52	118
25	Tommie Green T. Green	3.9	1978-79	NOJ	59	13.7	1.2	2.4	1.0	0.1	1.6	4.0	38.8	0.8	1.1	76.2	43.8	0.3	0.8	1.5	809	232	68	140	61	6	89	111

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Wed 10/21	CHI	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Fri 10/23	CHI	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/24	WAS	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	NYK	@	CHI	8:00 PM

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11.6

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119.6

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113.0

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6.5

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1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
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6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
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8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
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10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
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12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
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4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
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7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
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