highest points per game by a rookie in their first 20 games ever this season

Kon Knueppel has averaged the most points per game by a rookie in his first 20 games this season, with 18.4 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	18.4	2025-26	CHA	20	33.4	5.7	3.0	0.8	0.2	6.4	13.5	47.0	3.5	8.4	41.3	2.2	2.5	89.8	62.9	1.0	4.8	2.3	669	367	114	59	16	4	46	49	-32
2	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	16.7	2025-26	DAL	20	33.9	6.6	3.5	1.4	0.6	6.5	14.0	46.2	1.0	3.8	25.3	2.9	3.6	80.3	53.8	1.3	5.3	2.2	678	334	131	69	27	12	43	48	-169
3	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	15.2	2025-26	NOP	20	27.2	3.4	2.7	1.6	0.2	5.8	13.0	44.2	1.3	3.6	36.1	2.4	3.1	75.8	52.7	0.7	2.7	2.3	544	303	67	54	31	3	46	39	-205
4	VJ Edgecombe	14.4	2025-26	PHI	20	34.6	5.7	4.0	1.3	0.5	5.4	13.1	41.4	1.9	5.1	37.6	1.7	2.2	76.7	51.3	1.8	3.9	1.8	692	287	113	80	26	9	36	64	+60
5	Cedric Coward C. Coward	13.4	2025-26	MEM	20	27.0	5.9	2.8	0.7	0.4	4.6	10.0	45.7	1.7	4.6	37.0	2.6	3.0	86.4	59.3	1.4	4.5	1.4	541	267	118	55	13	7	27	40	+33
6	Derik Queen D. Queen	11.8	2025-26	NOP	20	23.3	6.1	3.4	1.1	0.8	4.5	9.2	48.9	0.1	0.9	11.8	2.7	3.4	77.9	54.9	1.9	4.3	2.3	467	235	122	68	21	16	46	60	-89
7	Ace Bailey A. Bailey	10.3	2025-26	UTA	20	22.1	3.4	1.8	0.9	0.3	4.0	8.7	46.2	1.5	4.1	35.8	0.8	1.0	84.2	56.5	1.6	1.8	1.3	443	205	67	35	17	6	26	48	-93
8	Ryan Kalkbrenner R. Kalkbrenner	9.0	2025-26	CHA	20	25.6	6.8	0.5	0.8	1.9	3.8	4.7	79.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.5	1.8	80.6	81.5	3.0	3.8	1.3	512	179	135	9	15	38	25	34	-101
9	Egor Dëmin E. Dëmin	8.4	2025-26	BKN	20	22.9	3.3	3.5	0.9	0.4	3.0	7.9	37.3	1.9	5.4	34.6	0.6	0.7	85.7	50.9	0.6	2.7	1.7	457	167	65	70	17	7	33	39	-92
10	Will Richard W. Richard	8.3	2025-26	GSW	20	18.7	2.8	1.2	1.0	0.1	3.0	5.6	53.2	1.3	3.3	38.5	1.1	1.5	75.9	66.7	1.1	1.7	0.6	374	165	55	23	19	1	12	42	-36
11	Collin Murray-Boyles C. Murray-Boyles	7.0	2025-26	TOR	20	17.4	3.2	1.3	0.7	0.3	2.7	4.9	55.7	0.6	1.3	48.0	1.0	1.5	66.7	63.5	1.7	1.6	1.2	349	140	64	25	13	6	24	45	-42
12	Sion James S. James	6.6	2025-26	CHA	20	26.4	3.3	1.7	0.8	0.4	2.1	5.1	41.6	1.2	3.1	39.3	1.2	1.4	85.7	58.2	0.5	2.8	0.9	527	132	65	33	15	7	17	32	-20
13	Micah Peavy M. Peavy	4.9	2025-26	NOP	20	16.5	2.5	1.2	0.7	0.1	2.1	5.1	40.2	0.3	1.6	18.8	0.5	0.7	71.4	45.3	1.1	1.4	0.5	330	98	50	23	13	2	9	35	-52
14	Nique Clifford N. Clifford	4.5	2025-26	SAC	20	16.2	2.6	1.5	0.4	0.3	1.7	4.1	40.7	0.6	1.7	33.3	0.6	0.9	66.7	50.0	0.6	2.0	0.8	323	89	52	30	8	6	15	43	-44