best avg points as a rookie

Kon Knueppel has averaged the most points per game by a rookie this season, with 19.0 per game.

Interpreted as:
best avg points with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games as a rookie this regular season
NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
19.0
2025-26
42
32.3
5.3
3.5
0.7
0.2
6.6
13.6
48.8
3.4
7.8
43.5
2.4
2.7
89.4
64.5
1.1
4.2
2.2
1,358
800
221
149
28
10
93
98
-15
2Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
18.8
2025-26
41
33.9
6.3
4.1
1.3
0.8
7.2
15.0
47.8
1.0
3.4
28.6
3.5
4.3
80.7
55.6
1.1
5.1
2.2
1,391
770
257
170
52
32
91
93
-135
3VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
15.6
2025-26
37
35.8
5.3
4.3
1.5
0.5
5.8
13.5
42.7
2.2
5.8
37.7
1.9
2.4
76.7
53.5
1.6
3.6
1.8
1,323
576
195
158
55
19
67
119
+75
4Cedric Coward
C. Coward
14.0
2025-26
38
26.6
6.5
2.9
0.5
0.3
5.0
10.6
47.4
1.5
4.5
33.7
2.4
2.8
85.0
59.0
1.5
5.0
1.7
1,011
531
247
110
20
13
64
78
+46
5Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
13.9
2025-26
45
26.5
3.7
3.2
1.2
0.2
5.3
12.2
43.4
1.0
3.2
32.4
2.3
2.9
80.0
51.8
0.8
3.0
2.4
1,194
627
167
143
54
11
106
79
-281
6Derik Queen
D. Queen
12.6
2025-26
44
26.0
7.5
4.3
1.0
0.9
4.9
10.0
49.2
0.2
1.0
19.0
2.6
3.4
78.4
55.1
1.7
5.8
2.4
1,146
556
329
190
45
41
107
126
-197
7Tre Johnson
T. Johnson
12.4
2025-26
35
24.7
2.8
2.0
0.7
0.3
4.5
10.1
44.6
2.1
5.3
39.1
1.3
1.5
88.5
57.6
0.5
2.4
1.5
866
434
99
71
24
11
52
64
-117
8Caleb Love
C. Love
11.1
2025-26
36
21.9
2.7
2.6
0.6
0.1
4.1
10.4
39.1
2.1
6.3
32.9
0.9
1.2
74.4
50.8
0.5
2.1
1.3
788
398
96
92
22
4
45
45
-90
9Dylan Harper
D. Harper
10.6
2025-26
33
21.5
3.2
3.5
0.9
0.2
4.2
9.6
43.7
0.7
2.6
25.3
1.5
2.1
73.9
50.4
0.8
2.4
1.4
709
351
105
117
31
6
47
66
+79
10Egor Dëmin
E. Dëmin
10.4
2025-26
36
24.7
3.0
3.4
0.9
0.3
3.6
8.8
40.5
2.4
6.1
39.8
0.9
1.0
83.8
56.4
0.5
2.6
1.7
888
375
109
123
32
12
62
65
-33
11Ace Bailey
A. Bailey
10.2
2025-26
36
24.0
3.4
1.6
0.7
0.4
4.1
9.3
44.0
1.4
4.1
34.2
0.7
0.9
70.6
52.7
1.5
1.9
1.2
865
368
122
59
25
15
44
89
-198
12Maxime Raynaud
M. Raynaud
10.1
2025-26
35
23.5
6.5
1.2
0.4
0.5
4.3
7.9
54.9
0.2
0.8
28.6
1.2
1.7
70.5
58.4
1.9
4.6
1.0
824
355
228
41
14
18
35
92
-198
13Ryan Kalkbrenner
R. Kalkbrenner
8.7
2025-26
31
24.6
6.3
0.7
0.6
1.6
3.7
4.8
77.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.2
1.7
71.7
77.9
2.5
3.8
1.0
764
270
195
21
20
49
32
51
-59
14Collin Murray-Boyles
C. Murray-Boyles
7.8
2025-26
37
21.5
5.1
2.0
0.9
0.7
3.2
6.0
53.6
0.4
1.2
34.9
0.9
1.4
64.2
58.5
2.5
2.6
1.1
796
287
189
73
32
26
41
97
+5
15Ryan Nembhard
R. Nembhard
7.5
2025-26
31
20.6
1.9
5.2
0.2
0.0
3.1
6.9
45.5
1.0
2.5
39.5
0.3
0.4
72.7
53.3
0.2
1.7
1.5
638
232
60
162
7
0
48
47
-35
16Walter Clayton Jr.
W. Clayton Jr.
7.3
2025-26
38
18.5
2.1
3.5
0.6
0.2
2.4
5.9
40.8
1.1
3.4
31.3
1.4
1.5
94.7
55.6
0.3
1.7
1.2
702
276
78
133
22
8
47
71
-85
17Will Richard
W. Richard
7.3
2025-26
39
19.2
2.6
1.3
1.0
0.1
2.6
5.2
49.8
1.2
3.1
37.7
0.9
1.1
81.4
63.8
1.0
1.6
0.8
748
283
101
52
40
5
30
73
+49
18Kobe Sanders
K. Sanders
6.6
2025-26
34
20.4
2.4
1.4
0.6
0.1
2.4
5.5
43.0
1.0
2.6
37.5
0.9
1.1
86.1
55.5
0.4
1.9
1.3
695
224
80
49
21
4
45
74
+2
19Drake Powell
D. Powell
6.4
2025-26
30
19.0
1.6
1.7
0.6
0.2
2.3
5.0
46.0
0.8
2.5
32.4
1.0
1.1
88.2
58.2
0.2
1.4
1.0
569
192
48
51
17
5
30
44
-113
20Sion James
S. James
6.3
2025-26
43
25.3
3.5
2.0
0.6
0.4
1.9
5.0
38.8
1.1
3.0
35.9
1.3
1.6
86.6
55.4
0.6
2.9
0.8
1,090
270
150
87
26
17
34
79
-51
21Nique Clifford
N. Clifford
5.2
2025-26
39
18.5
2.8
1.3
0.6
0.3
2.0
4.9
40.1
0.7
2.2
31.0
0.6
0.9
67.6
49.3
0.7
2.2
1.1
720
204
111
50
23
10
44
77
-91
22Asa Newell
A. Newell
5.2
2025-26
33
10.6
1.9
0.5
0.4
0.3
2.0
3.6
55.8
0.8
1.7
43.9
0.3
0.6
55.0
66.0
0.8
1.1
0.5
351
170
63
18
12
11
17
53
+11
23Will Riley
W. Riley
5.1
2025-26
34
13.8
2.0
1.1
0.4
0.1
1.9
4.5
40.9
0.4
1.6
23.2
1.0
1.2
82.9
50.3
0.7
1.2
0.8
468
173
67
39
14
4
27
24
-165
24Micah Peavy
M. Peavy
4.6
2025-26
37
15.8
2.1
1.2
0.6
0.1
1.9
5.0
39.1
0.4
1.8
24.2
0.3
0.4
73.3
44.9
0.8
1.3
0.3
585
171
79
43
24
5
11
65
-67
25Hugo González
H. González
3.9
2025-26
37
15.0
3.4
0.6
0.6
0.3
1.6
3.2
49.2
0.5
1.4
35.3
0.2
0.5
52.9
56.9
0.9
2.5
0.6
554
145
124
22
22
10
23
72
+190

More Hornets Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

19.9

Ball

LaMelo Ball

RPG

8.4

Diabaté

Moussa Diabaté

APG

7.6

Ball

LaMelo Ball
Team Rankings

ORTG

117.8

8th

DRTG

117.8

22nd

NETRTG

0.0

16th

3P%

37.2

5th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
10
20
25
.444
13.0
11
18
24
.429
13.5
12
Hornets Hornets
16
27
.372
16.0
13
12
29
.293
19.0
14
10
32
.238
21.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
1/21
@
7:00 PM
Thu
1/22
@
7:00 PM
Sat
1/24
@
6:00 PM
Mon
1/26
@
7:00 PM
Wed
1/28
@
8:00 PM
Last Game
CHA Hornets

16 - 27

110

Final

87

DEN Nuggets

29 - 14

Sun 18 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
31
10
.756
2
26
16
.619
5.5
3
25
18
.581
7.0
4
25
19
.568
7.5
5
23
18
.561
8.0
6
23
19
.548
8.5
7
24
20
.545
8.5
8
22
21
.512
10.0
9
20
22
.476
11.5
10
20
25
.444
13.0
11
18
24
.429
13.5
12
16
27
.372
16.0
13
12
29
.293
19.0
14
10
32
.238
21.5
15
10
34
.227
22.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
36
8
.818
2
30
13
.698
5.5
3
29
14
.674
6.5
4
27
16
.628
8.5
5
25
15
.625
9.0
6
25
16
.610
9.5
7
26
17
.605
9.5
8
25
19
.568
11.0
9
22
22
.500
14.0
10
19
23
.452
16.0
11
18
23
.439
16.5
12
18
26
.409
18.0
13
14
29
.326
21.5
14
12
31
.279
23.5
15
10
35
.222
26.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
12/22
@
136-127
Mon
12/22
@
108-128
Wed
12/24
@
124-126
Wed
12/24
@
117-102
Wed
12/24
@
116-126

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
1/20
@
7:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
8:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
8:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
9:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
10:00 PM