highest ppg by a rookie in knick history

Bill Cartwright has put up the most points per game by a Knicks rookie, with 21.7 per game in 1979-80.

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highest ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a rookie in knick history

	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	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	21.7	1979-80	NYK	82	38.4	8.9	2.0	0.6	1.2	8.1	14.8	54.7	0.0	0.0		5.5	6.9	79.7	60.8	2.4	6.5	2.7	3,150	1,781	726	165	48	101	222	279
2	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	20.0	1985-86	NYK	50	35.4	9.0	2.0	1.1	2.1	7.7	16.3	47.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	6.1	73.9	52.6	2.5	6.5	3.4	1,771	998	451	102	54	103	172	191
3	Willis Reed W. Reed	19.5	1964-65	NYK	80	38.0	14.7	1.7			7.9	18.2	43.2				3.8	5.1	74.2	47.7				3,042	1,560	1,175	133				339
4	Jim Barnes J. Barnes	15.5	1964-65	NYK	75	34.5	9.7	1.2			6.1	14.3	42.4				3.3	5.1	66.2	46.9				2,586	1,159	729	93				312
5	Art Heyman A. Heyman	15.4	1963-64	NYK	75	29.8	4.0	3.4			5.8	13.4	43.1				3.9	5.6	68.5	48.5				2,236	1,153	298	256				229
6	Al Butler A. Butler	14.7	1961-62	NYK	54	36.5	6.0	3.7			6.2	13.4	46.3				2.3	3.3	70.5	49.6				1,969	796	324	201				147
7	RJ Barrett	14.3	2019-20	NYK	56	30.4	5.0	2.6	1.0	0.3	5.2	13.0	40.2	1.1	3.5	32.0	2.8	4.5	61.4	47.9	0.9	4.1	2.2	1,704	803	279	143	55	17	124	122	-325
8	Kristaps Porziņģis K. Porziņģis	14.3	2015-16	NYK	72	28.4	7.3	1.3	0.7	1.9	5.2	12.3	42.1	1.1	3.4	33.3	2.8	3.3	83.8	51.8	1.8	5.5	1.7	2,047	1,028	526	94	53	134	121	205	+15
9	Carl Braun C. Braun	14.3	1947-48	NYK	47			1.3			5.9	18.2	32.3				2.5	3.9	65.0	35.9					671		61				102
10	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	13.6	1987-88	NYK	82	39.6	4.8	10.6	2.5	0.1	5.3	12.4	43.2	0.4	1.5	25.4	2.5	3.2	77.4	49.3	1.5	3.4	3.1	3,249	1,114	396	868	205	6	258	244
11	Kevin Knox II K. Knox II	12.8	2018-19	NYK	75	28.8	4.5	1.1	0.6	0.3	4.5	12.2	37.0	1.7	4.9	34.3	2.2	3.0	71.7	47.5	0.8	3.7	1.5	2,158	963	335	82	43	24	114	175	-637
12	Kenny Sears K. Sears	12.8	1955-56	NYK	70	29.6	8.8	1.6			4.6	10.4	43.8				3.7	4.6	79.6	51.5				2,069	896	616	114				201
13	Dave Stallworth D. Stallworth	12.6	1965-66	NYK	80	23.7	6.2	2.3			4.7	10.3	45.5				3.2	4.7	68.6	50.9				1,893	1,004	492	186				237
14	Gerald Wilkins G. Wilkins	12.5	1985-86	NYK	81	25.0	2.6	2.0	0.8	0.1	5.4	11.5	46.8	0.1	0.3	28.0	1.6	2.9	55.7	48.8	1.1	1.4	1.9	2,025	1,013	208	161	68	9	157	155
15	Channing Frye C. Frye	12.3	2005-06	NYK	65	24.2	5.8	0.8	0.5	0.7	4.7	9.8	47.7	0.0	0.1	33.3	2.9	3.5	82.5	54.1	2.1	3.6	1.5	1,572	802	374	53	30	47	97	200	-49
16	Dick Van Arsdale D. Van Arsdale	12.3	1965-66	NYK	79	29.0	4.8	2.3			4.5	10.6	42.8				3.2	4.4	71.5	48.8				2,289	969	376	184				235
17	Howard Komives H. Komives	12.2	1964-65	NYK	80	29.7	2.4	3.3			4.8	12.8	37.4				2.7	3.2	83.5	43.0				2,378	974	195	265				246
18	Langston Galloway L. Galloway	11.8	2014-15	NYK	45	32.4	4.2	3.3	1.2	0.3	4.5	11.4	39.9	1.4	3.9	35.2	1.4	1.7	80.8	48.9	0.8	3.4	1.4	1,457	533	190	150	52	12	61	129	-271
19	Lonnie Shelton L. Shelton	11.6	1976-77	NYK	82	25.7	7.7	1.8	1.5	1.2	4.9	10.2	47.6				1.9	2.7	70.7	51.1	2.7	5.0		2,104	955	633	149	125	98		363
20	Immanuel Quickley I. Quickley	11.4	2020-21	NYK	64	19.4	2.1	2.0	0.5	0.2	3.6	9.1	39.5	1.8	4.7	38.9	2.4	2.7	89.1	55.7	0.4	1.8	0.9	1,243	731	137	127	30	12	58	114	+182
21	Cazzie Russell C. Russell	11.3	1966-67	NYK	77	22.0	3.3	2.4			4.5	10.2	43.6				2.3	3.0	78.5	48.7				1,696	867	251	187				174
22	Guy Sparrow G. Sparrow	11.1	1957-58	NYK	72	23.1	6.4	1.0			4.4	11.6	37.9				2.3	3.6	64.2	42.1				1,661	801	461	69				232
23	Allonzo Trier A. Trier	10.9	2018-19	NYK	64	22.8	3.1	1.9	0.4	0.2	3.6	8.1	44.8	0.8	2.1	39.4	2.8	3.5	80.3	56.4	0.5	2.6	1.8	1,458	695	197	119	28	14	116	117	-205
24	Dick Holub D. Holub	10.5	1947-48	NYK	48			0.8			4.1	13.8	29.5				2.4	3.8	63.3	34.0					504		37				159
25	Kenny Walker K. Walker	10.4	1986-87	NYK	68	25.3	5.0	1.1	0.7	0.7	4.2	8.5	49.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.1	2.7	75.7	53.6	1.7	3.2	1.1	1,719	710	338	75	49	49	75	236

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