best points per minutes by a rookie last 25 year with at least 20 minutes played per game

Between October 6, 2000 and October 6, 2025, Zion Williamson has the most points per minute played by a rookie with 20.0+ minutes per game, with 0.81 in 2019-20.

	NAME	PTS/MIN	MPG	PTS	MIN	SEASON	TM	GP	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	0.81	27.8	540	668	2019-20	NOP	24	22.5	6.3	2.1	0.7	0.4	8.8	15.0	58.3	0.3	0.6	42.9	4.8	7.4	64.0	61.6	2.7	3.6	2.5	150	50	16	9	59	42	+62
2	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	0.8	25.4	627	786	2016-17	PHI	31	20.2	7.8	2.1	0.9	2.5	6.5	13.8	46.6	1.2	3.2	36.7	6.2	7.9	78.3	58.4	2.0	5.9	3.8	243	66	27	76	117	112	+67
3	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	0.72	29.7	1,522	2,106	2023-24	SAS	71	21.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	7.8	16.7	46.5	1.8	5.5	32.5	4.1	5.2	79.6	56.5	2.3	8.4	3.7	755	274	88	254	260	153	-142
4	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.66	32.2	1,526	2,318	2018-19	DAL	72	21.2	7.8	6.0	1.1	0.3	7.0	16.5	42.7	2.3	7.1	32.7	4.8	6.7	71.3	54.5	1.2	6.6	3.4	563	429	77	25	247	137	-118
5	Tolu Smith T. Smith	0.63	22.4	14	22	2024-25	DET	1	14.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	9.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.0	66.7	67.8	4.0	4.0	2.0	8	0	0	0	2	3	+7
6	Trae Young T. Young	0.62	30.9	1,549	2,503	2018-19	ATL	81	19.1	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	6.5	15.5	41.8	1.9	6.0	32.4	4.2	5.1	82.9	53.9	0.8	2.9	3.8	301	653	72	15	308	140	-336
7	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	0.62	24.4	1,235	2,002	2004-05	CHI	82	15.1	2.6	2.0	0.6	0.1	5.3	12.9	41.1	1.6	4.0	40.5	2.8	3.3	86.3	52.6	0.7	2.0	2.3	215	164	53	10	186	224	+146
8	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	0.61	33.4	1,616	2,638	2017-18	UTA	79	20.5	3.7	3.7	1.5	0.3	7.5	17.2	43.7	2.4	7.0	34.0	3.0	3.8	80.5	54.1	0.7	3.1	2.7	296	291	118	27	215	213	+357
9	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	0.61	30.5	944	1,558	2011-12	CLE	51	18.5	3.7	5.4	1.1	0.4	6.9	14.6	46.9	1.4	3.6	39.9	3.4	3.8	87.2	56.6	0.9	2.9	3.1	191	275	54	20	160	110	-160
10	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	0.6	32.1	1,392	2,314	2020-21	MIN	72	19.3	4.7	2.9	1.1	0.5	7.0	16.8	41.7	2.4	7.2	32.9	2.9	3.8	77.6	52.3	0.8	3.8	2.2	336	211	82	36	160	129	-228
11	Jared McCain J. McCain	0.59	25.7	352	592	2024-25	PHI	23	15.3	2.4	2.6	0.7	0.0	5.5	11.9	46.0	2.2	5.8	38.3	2.1	2.4	87.5	58.9	0.6	1.9	1.6	56	60	15	0	37	37	-27
12	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	0.59	37.9	1,845	3,111	2010-11	LAC	82	22.5	12.1	3.8	0.8	0.5	8.5	16.8	50.6	0.1	0.3	29.2	5.4	8.5	64.2	54.9	3.3	8.8	2.7	989	312	63	45	223	252	-146
13	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	0.59	33.7	1,437	2,430	2022-23	ORL	72	20.0	6.9	3.7	0.8	0.5	6.7	15.6	42.7	1.2	4.0	29.8	5.5	7.4	73.8	52.9	1.2	5.7	2.8	497	269	60	39	200	160	-215
14	Marvin Bagley III M. Bagley III	0.59	25.3	923	1,567	2018-19	SAC	62	14.9	7.6	1.0	0.5	1.0	5.7	11.4	50.4	0.5	1.5	31.3	2.9	4.2	69.1	56.2	2.6	5.0	1.6	471	62	33	59	98	120	-103
15	Kevin Durant K. Durant	0.59	34.6	1,624	2,768	2007-08	SEA	80	20.3	4.4	2.4	1.0	0.9	7.3	17.1	43.0	0.7	2.6	28.8	4.9	5.6	87.3	51.9	0.9	3.5	2.9	348	192	78	75	232	122	-651
16	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	0.59	28.5	1,302	2,222	2022-23	IND	78	16.7	4.1	1.5	0.6	0.2	5.3	12.2	43.4	1.3	4.0	32.3	4.8	5.8	82.8	56.6	1.1	3.0	1.9	318	116	48	13	152	162	-179
17	Jahlil Okafor J. Okafor	0.58	30.0	928	1,591	2015-16	PHI	53	17.5	7.0	1.2	0.4	1.2	7.5	14.7	50.8	0.0	0.1	16.7	2.5	3.7	68.6	53.6	2.3	4.7	2.3	373	65	22	61	124	140	-497
18	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	0.58	36.5	1,725	2,995	2003-04	DEN	82	21.0	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	7.6	17.9	42.6	0.8	2.6	32.2	5.0	6.4	77.7	50.9	2.2	3.8	3.0	498	227	97	41	247	225	+65
19	Ja Morant J. Morant	0.58	31.0	1,193	2,074	2019-20	MEM	67	17.8	3.9	7.3	0.9	0.3	6.7	14.0	47.7	0.9	2.7	33.5	3.6	4.6	77.6	55.6	0.8	3.1	3.3	259	488	58	18	220	110	-17
20	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	0.57	32.0	1,503	2,626	2015-16	MIN	82	18.3	10.5	2.0	0.7	1.7	7.6	14.1	54.2	0.4	1.1	34.1	2.7	3.4	81.1	59.0	2.8	7.7	2.2	858	161	58	138	183	245	-131
21	GG Jackson	0.57	25.7	699	1,233	2023-24	MEM	48	14.6	4.1	1.2	0.6	0.5	5.0	11.7	42.8	2.1	6.0	35.7	2.4	3.2	75.2	55.4	1.1	3.0	1.4	196	59	28	24	65	64	-195
22	Marcus Thornton M. Thornton	0.56	25.6	1,057	1,872	2009-10	NOH	73	14.5	2.9	1.6	0.8	0.2	5.5	12.1	45.1	1.6	4.3	37.4	2.0	2.4	81.4	55.0	1.0	1.9	1.0	211	114	58	11	76	127	-77
23	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	0.56	29.4	1,357	2,413	2023-24	OKC	82	16.5	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	6.2	11.6	53.0	1.6	4.3	37.0	2.7	3.4	79.3	63.2	1.6	6.3	1.6	648	200	53	190	131	197	+422
24	Michael Beasley M. Beasley	0.56	24.8	1,123	2,009	2008-09	MIA	81	13.9	5.4	1.0	0.5	0.5	5.6	11.8	47.2	0.4	1.0	40.7	2.3	3.0	77.2	52.8	1.4	4.1	1.5	439	83	41	37	121	184	+8
25	Stephon Castle S. Castle	0.55	26.7	1,190	2,162	2024-25	SAS	81	14.7	3.7	4.1	0.9	0.3	5.2	12.2	42.8	1.2	4.1	28.5	3.1	4.2	72.4	52.2	1.1	2.6	2.2	297	332	74	22	177	164	-239