highest points per game among rookie starters in the nba this season

Kon Knueppel has averaged the most points per game by a rookie as a starter this season, with 19.7 per game.

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	19.7	2025-26	CHA	34	33.0	5.1	3.6	0.7	0.2	6.8	14.0	48.3	3.6	8.4	43.4	2.5	2.9	88.7	64.6	0.9	4.2	2.4	1,123	670	175	123	23	7	83	78	-15
2	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	18.9	2025-26	DAL	35	34.6	6.4	4.1	1.2	0.8	7.2	15.1	47.6	0.9	3.4	27.1	3.6	4.4	81.3	55.4	1.1	5.3	2.2	1,212	662	225	145	43	28	78	81	-150
3	Kasparas Jakučionis K. Jakučionis	17.0	2025-26	MIA	1	35.6	6.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	5.0	13.0	38.5	5.0	8.0	62.5	2.0	2.0	100.0	61.2	5.0	1.0	1.0	36	17	6	4	0	0	1	3	+3
4	VJ Edgecombe	16.5	2025-26	PHI	30	35.8	5.4	4.1	1.4	0.6	6.2	14.3	43.2	2.3	6.0	38.7	1.8	2.4	77.5	53.9	1.9	3.5	1.7	1,073	495	162	122	43	17	50	94	+66
5	Tyrese Proctor T. Proctor	16.0	2025-26	CLE	1	26.9	6.0	3.0	1.0	0.0	6.0	15.0	40.0	3.0	8.0	37.5	1.0	2.0	50.0	50.4	1.0	5.0	1.0	27	16	6	3	1	0	1	0	-10
6	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	14.4	2025-26	NOP	35	26.9	3.6	3.2	1.2	0.2	5.5	12.7	43.1	1.1	3.2	34.8	2.4	3.1	77.8	51.5	0.7	2.9	2.4	943	505	127	112	42	8	83	63	-270
7	Derik Queen D. Queen	14.4	2025-26	NOP	24	27.8	7.5	4.9	1.0	1.1	5.5	10.8	50.4	0.3	1.0	24.0	3.3	4.2	78.0	56.9	1.5	6.0	2.6	668	346	180	117	25	27	62	77	-112
8	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	14.1	2025-26	WAS	9	26.6	3.1	1.9	0.8	0.1	5.1	10.6	48.4	2.6	4.9	52.3	1.3	1.6	85.7	62.8	0.3	2.8	1.8	240	127	28	17	7	1	16	13	-20
9	Kobe Sanders K. Sanders	13.5	2025-26	LAC	4	30.6	2.8	1.5	0.5	0.5	4.8	10.5	45.2	1.8	4.5	38.9	2.3	2.3	100.0	58.7	0.0	2.8	2.3	122	54	11	6	2	2	9	13	+20
10	Cedric Coward C. Coward	13.4	2025-26	MEM	21	26.6	7.0	2.9	0.3	0.3	5.1	11.0	46.3	1.3	4.4	30.1	1.9	2.3	79.6	55.6	1.6	5.3	1.9	559	281	146	60	7	6	39	39	+26
11	Maxime Raynaud M. Raynaud	13.2	2025-26	SAC	14	30.0	9.0	1.3	0.5	0.6	5.8	10.3	56.3	0.2	0.8	27.3	1.4	2.3	62.5	58.5	2.8	6.2	1.4	419	185	126	18	7	9	19	44	-137
12	Ace Bailey A. Bailey	12.3	2025-26	UTA	21	26.1	3.2	1.5	0.9	0.5	4.9	10.6	46.4	2.0	5.1	38.3	0.5	1.0	55.0	55.9	1.3	1.9	1.2	549	258	68	32	19	10	25	58	-57
13	Egor Dëmin E. Dëmin	11.3	2025-26	BKN	23	26.1	3.4	3.7	0.9	0.3	4.0	10.0	40.0	2.5	6.5	38.3	0.9	1.0	90.9	54.4	0.4	3.0	2.0	600	261	78	85	20	7	45	44	+29
14	Danny Wolf D. Wolf	10.0	2025-26	BKN	2	32.2	5.0	4.0	1.5	0.0	4.0	10.0	40.0	0.5	3.0	16.7	1.5	2.0	75.0	46.0	1.0	4.0	1.0	64	20	10	8	3	0	2	5	-29
15	Ryan Nembhard R. Nembhard	9.6	2025-26	DAL	16	24.8	2.3	6.1	0.4	0.0	4.1	8.4	49.3	1.3	3.0	43.8	0.0	0.0		57.1	0.3	2.0	1.9	397	153	36	98	6	0	30	34	-36
16	Collin Murray-Boyles C. Murray-Boyles	9.5	2025-26	TOR	6	23.5	4.2	2.7	1.0	0.5	4.2	7.3	56.8	0.5	1.7	30.0	0.7	0.8	80.0	61.7	1.8	2.3	0.7	141	57	25	16	6	3	4	16	0
17	Will Richard W. Richard	8.8	2025-26	GSW	13	21.8	3.3	1.0	0.9	0.1	3.2	6.4	50.6	1.5	3.7	39.6	0.8	1.1	78.6	63.9	1.5	1.8	0.9	283	114	43	13	12	1	12	27	+3
18	Ryan Kalkbrenner R. Kalkbrenner	8.7	2025-26	CHA	25	25.6	6.3	0.6	0.7	1.8	3.8	4.7	79.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.2	1.7	69.8	79.6	2.6	3.8	1.2	641	218	158	16	18	44	30	46	-94
19	Mohamed Diawara M. Diawara	8.5	2025-26	NYK	4	14.7	2.5	1.0	0.8	0.5	3.3	6.5	50.0	1.8	3.5	50.0	0.3	0.5	50.0	63.2	0.3	2.3	0.5	59	34	10	4	3	2	2	3	-8
20	Drake Powell D. Powell	8.0	2025-26	BKN	1	25.3	0.0	1.0	1.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	33.3	1.0	4.0	25.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	38.8	0.0	0.0	2.0	25	8	0	1	1	0	2	2	-25
21	Ethan Thompson E. Thompson	7.2	2025-26	IND	5	28.8	3.2	2.0	1.0	0.4	2.4	7.4	32.4	1.6	5.2	30.8	0.8	1.0	80.0	45.9	1.4	1.8	0.6	144	36	16	10	5	2	3	14	-22
22	Sion James S. James	6.5	2025-26	CHA	15	29.9	3.7	1.6	0.6	0.5	2.2	6.1	36.3	1.2	3.8	31.6	0.9	1.2	77.8	49.5	0.3	3.4	1.3	448	98	56	24	9	8	20	33	-64
23	Nique Clifford N. Clifford	5.3	2025-26	SAC	3	28.3	5.0	1.7	1.0	0.3	2.0	6.3	31.6	1.0	4.0	25.0	0.3	0.7	50.0	40.2	1.3	3.7	2.0	85	16	15	5	3	1	6	8	-25
24	Moussa Cisse M. Cisse	5.0	2025-26	DAL	1	25.5	10.0	0.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	6.0	33.3	0.0	0.0		1.0	7.0	14.3	27.5	4.0	6.0	1.0	26	5	10	0	1	2	1	4	-20
25	Yang Hansen Y. Hansen	4.0	2025-26	POR	1	19.2	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	5.0	40.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0		40.0	1.0	4.0	2.0	19	4	5	2	0	0	2	5	+2

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2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
10	Hawks	17	21	.447	11.0
11	Bucks	16	20	.444	11.0
12	Hornets	13	23	.361	14.0
13	Nets	11	22	.333	14.5
14	Wizards	9	25	.265	17.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 1/7	TOR	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Thu 1/8	IND	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Sat 1/10	CHA	@	UTA	9:30 PM
Mon 1/12	CHA	@	LAC	10:30 PM
Thu 1/15	CHA	@	LAL	10:30 PM

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Final

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30 - 7

Mon 5 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.7

Dončić

31.6

Gilgeous-Alexander

31.0

Maxey

RPG Leaders

12.2

Jokić

11.5

Towns

11.1

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APG Leaders

11.0

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9.7

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9.0

Giddey

SPG Leaders

2.1

Leonard

2.1

Wallace

1.9

Daniels

BPG Leaders

2.3

Sarr

2.2

Huff

2.1

Stewart

3PM Leaders

4.8

Curry

3.9

Mitchell

3.8

Maxey

TS% Leaders

71.3

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70.2

Ayton

69.4

Williams

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

124.5

122.9

122.0

121.0

120.0

119.1

DRtg Rankings

106.5

111.0

112.2

112.6

113.3

113.4

NetRtg Rankings

13.5

8.6

7.6

6.7

6.1

5.5

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8-29

8-28

9-25

11-22

12-23

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FanDuel Points Leaders

2,035.3

Jokić

1,828.8

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,724.4

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DraftKings Points Leaders

2,165.8

Jokić

1,837.3

Gilgeous-Alexander

1,825.5

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USG% Leaders

37.9

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.2

Gilgeous-Alexander

MPG Leaders

40.0

Maxey

36.7

Thompson

36.4

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FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.84

Jokić

1.60

Dončić

1.54

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.96

Jokić

1.69

Dončić

1.54

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NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

25-11

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21-14

21-15

Worst Record ATS

12-25

12-24

14-20

15-21

15-20

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	27	9	.750
2	Celtics	23	12	.657	3.5
3	Knicks	23	13	.639	4.0
4	Raptors	22	15	.595	5.5
5	76ers	19	15	.559	7.0
6	Magic	20	16	.556	7.0
7	Heat	20	16	.556	7.0
8	Cavaliers	20	17	.541	7.5
9	Bulls	17	19	.472	10.0
10	Hawks	17	21	.447	11.0
11	Bucks	16	20	.444	11.0
12	Hornets	13	23	.361	14.0
13	Nets	11	22	.333	14.5
14	Wizards	9	25	.265	17.0
15	Pacers	6	30	.167	21.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	30	7	.811
2	Spurs	25	10	.714	4.0
3	Lakers	22	11	.667	6.0
4	Nuggets	24	12	.667	5.5
5	Rockets	22	11	.667	6.0
6	Timberwolves	23	13	.639	6.5
7	Suns	21	15	.583	8.5
8	Warriors	19	18	.514	11.0
9	Trail Blazers	17	20	.459	13.0
10	Grizzlies	15	20	.429	14.0
11	Clippers	13	22	.371	16.0
12	Mavericks	13	23	.361	16.5
13	Jazz	12	23	.343	17.0
14	Kings	8	28	.222	21.5
15	Pelicans	8	29	.216	22.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Thu 12/4	LAC	@	MEM	98-107
Thu 12/4	PHI	@	MIL	116-101
Thu 12/4	PHX	@	HOU	98-117
Thu 12/4	DAL	@	OKC	111-132
Fri 12/5	NOP	@	BKN	101-119

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 1/6	CLE	@	IND	7:00 PM
Tue 1/6	ORL	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Tue 1/6	SAS	@	MEM	8:00 PM
Tue 1/6	MIA	@	MIN	8:00 PM
Tue 1/6	LAL	@	NOP	8:00 PM

Kon Knueppel has averaged the most points per game by a rookie as a starter this season, with 19.7 per game.

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