highest ppg by 7th overall picks in rookie season

Bernard King has the most points per game by a rookie #7 overall pick in a season, with 24.2 per game in 1977-78.

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	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	Bernard King B. King	24.2	1977-78	NJN	79	39.1	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	10.1	21.1	47.9				4.0	5.8	67.7	51.1	3.4	6.2	3.9	3,092	1,909	751	193	122	36	311	302
2	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	19.0	1995-96	TOR	70	40.9	4.0	9.3	1.4	0.3	6.9	16.1	42.6	1.9	4.8	39.5	3.4	4.2	79.7	52.8	0.8	3.2	3.8	2,865	1,331	281	653	98	19	267	166
3	Lionel Simmons L. Simmons	18.0	1990-91	SAC	79	37.7	8.8	4.0	1.4	1.1	6.9	16.5	42.2	0.0	0.1	27.3	4.1	5.5	73.6	47.6	2.4	6.4	2.9	2,978	1,421	697	315	113	85	230	249
4	Stephen Curry S. Curry	17.5	2009-10	GSW	80	36.2	4.5	5.9	1.9	0.2	6.6	14.3	46.2	2.1	4.8	43.7	2.2	2.5	88.5	56.8	0.6	3.9	3.0	2,896	1,399	356	472	152	19	243	252	-186
5	Walt Williams W. Williams	17.0	1992-93	SAC	59	28.4	4.5	3.0	1.1	0.5	6.1	13.9	43.5	1.0	3.2	31.9	3.8	5.1	74.2	52.4	1.9	2.5	3.0	1,673	1,001	265	178	66	29	179	209
6	John Johnson J. Johnson	16.6	1970-71	CLE	67	34.5	6.8	4.8			6.5	15.4	42.2				3.6	4.4	80.5	47.7				2,310	1,110	453	323				251
7	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	16.1	2008-09	LAC	78	34.3	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	2,677	1,252	201	215	78	35	164	172	-457
8	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	15.2	2017-18	CHI	68	29.7	7.5	1.2	0.6	0.6	5.5	12.7	43.4	2.1	5.9	36.2	2.1	2.4	84.3	55.2	1.2	6.3	1.2	2,020	1,033	508	79	39	40	83	103	-387
9	Quintin Dailey Q. Dailey	15.1	1982-83	CHI	76	27.4	3.4	3.7	0.9	0.1	6.2	13.3	46.6	0.1	0.3	20.0	2.7	3.7	73.0	50.8	1.1	2.3	2.7	2,081	1,151	260	280	72	10	205	248
10	Billy Cunningham B. Cunningham	14.3	1965-66	PHI	80	26.7	7.5	2.6			5.4	12.6	42.6				3.5	5.5	63.4	47.4				2,134	1,143	599	207				301
11	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	14.3	2025-26	NOP	82	25.8	3.7	3.4	1.2	0.4	5.3	12.3	43.4	1.2	3.7	33.0	2.4	3.0	78.9	52.5	0.7	2.9	2.2	2,112	1,169	300	279	97	30	178	151	-287
12	Lamond Murray L. Murray	14.1	1994-95	LAC	81	31.6	4.4	1.6	0.9	0.7	5.4	13.5	40.2	0.8	2.7	29.8	2.5	3.3	75.4	47.2	1.6	2.7	2.0	2,556	1,142	354	133	72	55	163	180
13	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	14.0	1985-86	GSW	55	25.3	2.1	1.9	1.3	0.4	5.2	11.3	46.3	0.1	0.5	18.5	3.4	3.8	89.6	53.9	0.8	1.3	1.4	1,391	768	115	105	70	23	75	130
14	Ron Brewer R. Brewer	13.3	1978-79	POR	81	30.3	2.8	2.0	1.3	1.0	5.4	10.8	49.4				2.6	3.2	82.0	54.4	1.1	1.7	1.9	2,454	1,078	229	165	102	79	153	181
15	Coby White C. White	13.2	2019-20	CHI	65	25.8	3.5	2.7	0.8	0.1	4.8	12.2	39.4	2.0	5.8	35.4	1.6	2.0	79.1	50.6	0.4	3.1	1.7	1,674	859	230	175	49	6	109	117	-163
16	Mike Gminski M. Gminski	13.2	1980-81	NJN	56	28.2	7.5	1.3	1.0	1.8	5.2	12.3	42.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.6	76.7	47.4	2.4	5.0	2.3	1,579	737	419	72	54	100	128	127
17	Charlie Villanueva C. Villanueva	13.0	2005-06	TOR	81	29.1	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	2,361	1,053	521	88	60	63	99	247	-37
18	Steve Johnson S. Johnson	12.8	1981-82	KCK	78	22.3	5.9	1.2	0.5	1.1	5.1	8.3	61.3	0.0	0.0		2.7	4.2	64.2	63.5	1.9	3.9	2.5	1,741	1,002	459	91	39	89	197	372
19	Emmanuel Mudiay E. Mudiay	12.8	2015-16	DEN	68	30.4	3.4	5.5	1.0	0.5	4.8	13.3	36.4	1.1	3.4	31.9	2.1	3.1	67.0	43.7	0.5	2.9	3.2	2,068	872	232	372	65	35	217	141	-118
20	Jason Williams J. Williams	12.8	1998-99	SAC	50	36.1	3.1	6.0	1.9	0.0	4.6	12.3	37.4	2.0	6.5	31.0	1.6	2.1	75.2	48.3	0.3	2.8	2.9	1,805	641	153	299	95	1	143	91	-44
21	Tom Meschery T. Meschery	12.1	1961-62	PHI	80	31.4	9.1	1.8			4.7	11.6	40.4				2.7	3.3	82.4	46.3				2,509	966	729	145				330
22	Kirk Hinrich K. Hinrich	12.0	2003-04	CHI	76	35.6	3.4	6.8	1.3	0.3	4.2	10.8	38.6	1.9	4.9	39.0	1.8	2.2	80.4	51.0	0.6	2.9	2.7	2,706	915	259	517	101	21	204	276	-257
23	Luol Deng L. Deng	11.7	2004-05	CHI	61	27.3	5.3	2.2	0.8	0.4	4.6	10.6	43.4	0.5	1.9	26.5	2.0	2.7	74.1	49.6	1.5	3.8	1.9	1,663	711	322	135	48	27	118	98	+158
24	Tom Henderson T. Henderson	11.4	1974-75	ATL	79	27.0	2.7	4.0	1.3	0.1	4.6	11.3	41.1				2.1	3.1	69.7	45.1	0.6	2.0		2,131	902	212	314	105	7		149
25	Tim Thomas T. Thomas	11.0	1997-98	PHI	77	23.1	3.7	1.2	0.7	0.2	4.0	8.9	44.7	0.8	2.2	36.3	2.2	3.0	74.0	53.8	1.4	2.4	1.5	1,779	845	288	90	54	17	118	185	-103

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Team Leaders

PPG

24.2

Porter

RPG

7.1

Porter

APG

3.8

Traore

Team Rankings

ORTG

108.7

30th

DRTG

119.0

26th

NETRTG

-10.3

29th

3P%

34.0

30th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards	17	65	.207	43.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	CHA	@	BKN	7:30 PM
Sat 10/24	BKN	@	CLE	7:30 PM
Sun 10/25	IND	@	BKN	6:00 PM
Tue 10/27	BKN	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Fri 10/30	DET	@	BKN	7:30 PM

Last Game

Nets

20 - 62

101

Final

136

Raptors

46 - 36

Sun 12 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0