highest ppg by a rookie in a season post 1970

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar had the most points per game by a rookie big man in 1969-70, with 28.8 per game.

Interpreted as:
highest ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a rookie in a season post 1970
NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
28.8
1969-70
82
43.1
14.5
4.1
11.4
22.1
51.8
5.9
9.1
65.3
55.2
3,534
2,361
1,190
337
283
2Rick Roberson
R. Roberson
8.7
1969-70
74
27.1
9.1
1.2
3.5
7.9
44.7
1.6
2.9
56.6
47.4
2,005
644
672
92
256
3Neal Walk
N. Walk
8.2
1969-70
82
17.0
5.5
1.0
3.1
6.7
47.0
1.9
3.0
64.0
51.2
1,394
669
455
80
225
4Luther Rackley
L. Rackley
7.6
1969-70
66
19.0
5.7
0.8
2.9
6.4
44.9
1.9
3.0
63.6
49.5
1,256
504
378
56
204
5Lamar Green
L. Green
4.2
1969-70
58
12.1
4.8
0.3
1.7
4.0
43.2
0.7
1.2
58.6
45.9
700
243
276
17
115

More Bucks Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

17.3

Rollins

Ryan Rollins

RPG

6.4

Portis

Bobby Portis

APG

5.6

Rollins

Ryan Rollins
Team Rankings

ORTG

112.8

25th

DRTG

119.3

27th

NETRTG

-6.5

25th

3P%

38.7

2nd

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
9
43
37
.538
15.0
10
41
38
.519
16.5
11
Bucks Bucks
31
49
.388
27.0
12
30
49
.380
27.5
13
20
59
.253
37.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
4/10
@
8:00 PM
Sun
4/12
@
6:00 PM
Last Game
MIL Bucks

31 - 49

111

Final

137

DET Pistons

58 - 22

Wed 8 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
58
22
.725
2
54
25
.684
3.5
3
51
28
.646
6.5
4
51
29
.638
7.0
5
45
35
.563
13.0
6
44
35
.557
13.5
7
44
36
.550
14.0
8
43
36
.544
14.5
9
43
37
.538
15.0
10
41
38
.519
16.5
11
Bucks Bucks - e
31
49
.388
27.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
30
49
.380
27.5
13
Nets Nets - e
20
59
.253
37.5
14
18
61
.228
39.5
15
17
62
.215
40.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
63
16
.797
2
Spurs Spurs - x
60
19
.759
3.0
3
51
28
.646
12.0
4
50
29
.633
13.0
5
50
29
.633
13.0
6
47
33
.588
16.5
7
43
36
.544
20.0
8
41
38
.519
22.0
9
40
39
.506
23.0
10
37
42
.468
26.0
11
26
54
.325
37.5
12
25
54
.316
38.0
13
25
54
.316
38.0
14
Kings Kings - e
21
59
.263
42.5
15
Jazz Jazz - e
21
59
.263
42.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
3/12
@
101-92
Thu
3/12
@
115-122
Thu
3/12
@
138-105
Thu
3/12
@
105-107
Thu
3/12
@
114-124

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
4/9
@
7:00 PM
Thu
4/9
@
7:00 PM
Thu
4/9
@
7:30 PM
Thu
4/9
@
7:30 PM
Thu
4/9
@
8:00 PM