highest points in a rookie season post 2000

Elton Brand put up the most points by a rookie big man in 1999-00, with 1,627 points.

NAMEPTSSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Elton Brand
E. Brand
1,627
1999-00
CHI 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
2,999
810
155
66
132
228
259
-647
2Kenny Thomas
K. Thomas
594
1999-00
HOU HOU
72
25.0
8.3
6.1
1.6
0.8
0.3
2.9
7.4
39.9
0.4
1.7
26.2
1.9
2.9
66.0
47.7
2.0
4.0
1.6
1,797
437
113
54
22
112
167
+52
3Todd MacCulloch
T. MacCulloch
206
1999-00
PHI PHI
56
9.4
3.7
2.6
0.2
0.2
0.7
1.6
2.9
55.3
0.0
0.0
0.5
1.0
51.9
55.7
0.9
1.8
0.5
528
146
13
11
37
26
94
+20
4Michael Ruffin
M. Ruffin
159
1999-00
CHI CHI
71
13.7
2.2
3.5
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.8
1.9
42.0
0.0
0.0
0.6
1.2
48.9
45.0
1.6
1.9
0.8
975
250
44
26
26
59
170
-159
5Obinna Ekezie
O. Ekezie
125
1999-00
VAN VAN
39
9.0
3.2
2.4
0.2
0.2
0.1
1.1
2.3
46.6
0.0
0.0
1.1
1.6
67.2
53.8
0.9
1.5
0.7
351
92
8
9
4
26
61
-30
6Evan Eschmeyer
E. Eschmeyer
91
1999-00
NJN NJN
31
12.0
2.9
3.5
0.7
0.3
0.7
1.2
2.3
52.8
0.0
0.0
0.5
1.0
50.0
53.4
1.3
2.2
0.7
373
108
21
8
21
21
84
-27
7Rick Hughes
R. Hughes
82
1999-00
DAL DAL
21
10.7
3.9
2.3
0.4
0.1
0.0
1.7
3.4
48.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.6
1.2
46.2
49.1
1.1
1.2
0.7
224
49
9
3
1
14
30
+19
8Jumaine Jones
J. Jones
57
1999-00
PHI PHI
33
4.2
1.7
1.2
0.2
0.2
0.2
0.7
1.8
37.9
0.1
0.1
50.0
0.3
0.5
61.1
43.2
0.5
0.7
0.4
138
38
5
6
5
14
10
-4
9Tim Young
T. Young
54
1999-00
GSW GSW
25
5.5
2.2
1.4
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.5
1.6
33.3
0.0
0.0
1.1
1.4
77.8
49.2
0.5
0.9
0.4
137
35
5
2
1
9
18
+1
10Jeff Foster
J. Foster
43
1999-00
IND IND
19
4.5
2.3
1.7
0.3
0.3
0.1
0.7
1.2
56.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.9
1.3
68.0
63.2
0.6
1.1
0.1
86
32
5
5
1
2
18
-13
11Calvin Booth
C. Booth
42
1999-00
WAS WAS
11
13.0
3.8
2.9
0.6
0.3
1.3
1.5
4.2
34.8
0.0
0.0
0.9
1.3
71.4
40.3
1.4
1.5
0.5
143
32
7
3
14
6
23
-12
12Lari Ketner
L. Ketner
34
1999-00
TOT
22
6.0
1.5
1.5
0.0
0.2
0.1
0.6
1.5
40.6
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.5
66.7
45.6
0.5
1.0
0.5
132
34
1
4
3
10
20
-69
13Mirsad Turkcan
M. Turkcan
33
1999-00
TOT
17
5.3
1.9
1.9
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.8
2.2
36.8
0.0
0.4
0.0
0.3
0.5
62.5
39.7
0.8
1.2
0.5
90
33
5
3
1
8
14
-41
14Harold Jamison
H. Jamison
18
1999-00
MIA MIA
12
6.2
1.5
1.8
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.6
1.7
35.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
1.5
22.2
32.2
1.3
0.4
0.3
74
21
4
2
1
4
17
-18
15A.J. Bramlett
A.J. Bramlett
8
1999-00
CLE CLE
8
7.6
1.0
2.8
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.5
2.6
19.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
19.0
1.5
1.3
0.4
61
22
0
1
0
3
13
-42
16Aleksandar Radojevic
A. Radojevic
7
1999-00
TOR TOR
3
8.0
2.3
2.7
0.3
0.7
0.3
0.7
2.3
28.6
0.0
0.0
1.0
2.0
50.0
36.3
0.7
2.0
1.7
24
8
1
2
1
5
5
-8
17DeMarco Johnson
D. Johnson
6
1999-00
NYK NYK
5
7.4
1.2
1.4
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.6
1.8
33.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
33.3
0.6
0.8
0.6
37
7
0
1
0
3
5
-4

More Bulls Stats

Team Rankings

ORTG

113.3

23rd

DRTG

118.3

23rd

NETRTG

-5.1

23rd

3P%

36.6

12th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
9
Hawks Hawks
14
11
.560
5.5
10
Bucks Bucks
11
15
.423
9.0
11
Bulls Bulls
9
14
.391
9.5
12
Hornets Hornets
7
17
.292
12.0
13
Nets Nets
6
17
.261
12.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/14
NOP NOP
@
CHI CHI
7:00 PM
Wed
12/17
CLE CLE
@
CHI CHI
8:00 PM
Fri
12/19
CHI CHI
@
CLE CLE
7:30 PM
Sun
12/21
CHI CHI
@
ATL ATL
3:30 PM
Tue
12/23
CHI CHI
@
ATL ATL
7:30 PM
Last Game
GSW Warriors

13 - 12

123

Final

91

CHI Bulls

9 - 14

Sun 7 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Conference Standings

WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
24
1
.960
2
Nuggets Nuggets
18
6
.750
5.5
3
Rockets Rockets
16
6
.727
6.5
4
Lakers Lakers
17
7
.708
6.5
5
Spurs Spurs
17
7
.708
6.5
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
15
9
.625
8.5
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Pistons Pistons
19
5
.792
2
Knicks Knicks
17
7
.708
2.0
3
Celtics Celtics
15
10
.600
4.5
4
Magic Magic
15
10
.600
4.5
5
Raptors Raptors
15
11
.577
5.0
6
76ers 76ers
13
10
.565
5.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
11/11
MEM MEM
@
BOS BOS
95-131
Tue
11/11
CLE CLE
@
MIA MIA
130-116
Tue
11/11
POR POR
@
NOP NOP
125-117
Tue
11/11
WAS WAS
@
HOU HOU
112-135
Tue
11/11
GSW GSW
@
SAS SAS
125-120

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
12/12
MIN MIN
@
GSW GSW
10:00 PM
Sat
12/13
NYK NYK
@
ORL ORL
5:30 PM
Sat
12/13
SAS SAS
@
OKC OKC
9:00 PM
Sun
12/14
WAS WAS
@
IND IND
3:00 PM
Sun
12/14
CHA CHA
@
CLE CLE
3:30 PM