highest nba rookie point per 36 minutes average in the 2000s

36 by a rookie, with 22.21 in 2004-05.

Interpreted as:

highest NBA rookie point per 36 minutes with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games average in the 2000s

	NAME	PTS/(MIN/36)	PTS	MIN	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	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	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	22.21	1,235	2,002	2004-05	CHI	82	24.4	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
2	Kevin Durant K. Durant	21.12	1,624	2,768	2007-08	SEA	80	34.6	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
3	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	20.73	1,725	2,995	2003-04	DEN	82	36.5	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
4	Michael Beasley M. Beasley	20.12	1,123	2,009	2008-09	MIA	81	24.8	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
5	Elton Brand E. Brand	19.53	1,627	2,999	1999-00	CHI	81	37.0	20.1	10.0	1.9	0.8	1.6	7.8	16.1	48.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	6.6	68.5	52.8	4.3	5.7	2.8	810	155	66	132	228	259	-647
6	LeBron James L. James	19.07	1,654	3,122	2003-04	CLE	79	39.5	20.9	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.7	7.9	18.9	41.7	0.8	2.7	29.0	4.4	5.8	75.4	48.8	1.3	4.2	3.5	432	465	130	58	273	149	-144
7	Steve Francis S. Francis	18	1,388	2,776	1999-00	HOU	77	36.1	18.0	5.3	6.6	1.5	0.4	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.4	4.0	34.5	3.7	4.7	78.6	54.3	2.0	3.3	4.0	409	507	118	29	306	231	-158
8	O.J. Mayo	17.49	1,516	3,120	2008-09	MEM	82	38.0	18.5	3.8	3.2	1.1	0.2	6.9	15.6	43.8	1.8	4.6	38.4	3.0	3.4	87.9	53.9	0.7	3.1	2.8	308	262	91	13	226	204	-416
9	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	17.25	1,441	3,007	2001-02	MEM	82	36.7	17.6	8.9	2.7	0.5	2.1	6.7	13.0	51.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.1	5.8	70.9	56.6	2.9	6.0	2.7	730	223	41	169	224	195	-310
10	Brandon Roy B. Roy	17.06	955	2,015	2006-07	POR	57	35.4	16.8	4.4	4.0	1.2	0.2	6.1	13.4	45.6	1.0	2.6	37.7	3.5	4.2	83.8	54.8	1.0	3.4	2.0	250	230	67	10	116	139	-191
11	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	16.95	1,256	2,668	2008-09	OKC	82	32.5	15.3	4.9	5.3	1.3	0.2	5.3	13.4	39.8	0.4	1.6	27.1	4.3	5.2	81.5	48.9	2.2	2.7	3.3	399	435	110	16	274	191	-272
12	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	16.84	1,252	2,677	2008-09	LAC	78	34.3	16.1	2.6	2.8	1.0	0.4	5.3	11.6	45.6	1.7	4.3	38.9	3.8	4.5	85.4	59.3	0.6	2.0	2.1	201	215	78	35	164	172	-457
13	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	16.78	991	2,126	2003-04	MIA	61	34.9	16.2	4.0	4.5	1.4	0.6	6.1	13.1	46.5	0.3	0.9	30.2	3.8	5.1	74.7	53.0	1.4	2.7	3.2	247	275	86	34	196	140	+87
14	Al Thornton A. Thornton	16.77	1,005	2,158	2007-08	LAC	79	27.3	12.7	4.5	1.2	0.6	0.5	4.7	11.0	42.9	0.5	1.6	33.1	2.7	3.6	74.3	50.4	1.2	3.3	1.6	358	98	46	43	128	195	-405
15	Yao Ming Y. Ming	16.69	1,104	2,382	2002-03	HOU	82	29.0	13.5	8.2	1.7	0.4	1.8	4.9	9.8	49.8	0.0	0.0	50.0	3.7	4.5	81.1	57.0	2.4	5.8	2.1	675	137	31	147	173	230	+142
16	Lamar Odom L. Odom	16.38	1,259	2,767	1999-00	LAC	76	36.4	16.6	7.8	4.2	1.2	1.3	5.9	13.5	43.8	0.8	2.2	36.0	4.0	5.5	71.9	52.1	2.1	5.7	3.4	595	317	91	95	258	291	-451
17	Derrick Rose D. Rose	16.33	1,361	3,000	2008-09	CHI	81	37.0	16.8	3.9	6.3	0.8	0.2	7.1	14.9	47.5	0.2	0.9	22.2	2.4	3.1	78.8	51.6	1.2	2.7	2.5	317	512	66	18	202	125	-121
18	Chris Paul C. Paul	16.13	1,258	2,808	2005-06	NOK	78	36.0	16.1	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	5.2	12.1	43.0	0.6	2.3	28.2	5.1	6.0	84.7	54.6	0.8	4.3	2.3	400	611	175	6	183	218	-181
19	Charlie Villanueva C. Villanueva	16.06	1,053	2,361	2005-06	TOR	81	29.1	13.0	6.4	1.1	0.7	0.8	5.4	11.6	46.3	0.9	2.6	32.7	1.4	2.0	70.6	52.1	2.2	4.2	1.2	521	88	60	63	99	247	-37
20	Kevin Love K. Love	15.8	899	2,048	2008-09	MIN	81	25.3	11.1	9.1	1.0	0.4	0.6	3.9	8.5	45.9	0.0	0.2	10.5	3.3	4.1	78.9	53.8	3.4	5.7	1.5	734	84	35	50	118	205	-270
21	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	15.76	1,151	2,629	2001-02	GSW	80	32.9	14.4	4.3	3.0	1.3	0.4	5.8	13.6	42.6	1.0	3.1	33.3	1.8	2.6	67.1	48.7	1.6	2.7	2.0	340	236	106	31	160	195	-274
22	Andre Miller A. Miller	15.72	914	2,093	1999-00	CLE	82	25.5	11.1	3.4	5.8	1.0	0.2	4.1	9.2	44.9	0.1	0.6	20.4	2.8	3.6	77.4	51.7	1.0	2.4	2.0	280	476	84	17	166	194	-107
23	Gordan Giricek G. Giricek	15.67	935	2,148	2002-03	TOT	76	28.3	12.3	3.1	1.8	0.7	0.1	4.6	10.6	43.6	1.1	3.3	34.1	2.0	2.4	82.0	52.9	0.5	2.7	1.9	238	137	52	8	145	159	-152
24	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	15.49	1,106	2,570	2002-03	PHX	82	31.3	13.5	8.8	1.0	0.8	1.1	4.8	10.1	47.2	0.0	0.1	20.0	3.9	5.9	66.1	53.0	3.0	5.7	2.3	721	78	62	87	189	269	+8
25	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	15.37	1,068	2,501	2008-09	NJN	82	30.5	13.0	8.1	1.0	0.5	1.8	5.5	10.3	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	2.6	79.3	56.8	2.7	5.4	1.8	665	86	44	151	147	257	-104

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10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
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Fri 10/23	CHI	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/24	WAS	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
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