highest ppg by a rookie in nba history post 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Elton Brand scored the most points per game by a rookie big man, with 20.1 per game in 1999-00.

Interpreted as:
highest ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a rookie in NBA history post 2000s
NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Elton Brand
E. Brand
20.1
1999-00
81
37.0
10.0
1.9
0.8
1.6
7.8
16.1
48.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.5
6.6
68.5
52.8
4.3
5.7
2.8
2,999
1,627
810
155
66
132
228
259
-647
2Pau Gasol
P. Gasol
17.6
2001-02
82
36.7
8.9
2.7
0.5
2.1
6.7
13.0
51.8
0.0
0.1
20.0
4.1
5.8
70.9
56.6
2.9
6.0
2.7
3,007
1,441
730
223
41
169
224
195
-310
3Emeka Okafor
E. Okafor
15.1
2004-05
73
35.6
10.9
0.9
0.8
1.7
6.1
13.7
44.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.9
4.7
60.9
47.9
3.8
7.1
1.7
2,600
1,105
795
64
62
125
125
214
-344
4Michael Beasley
M. Beasley
13.9
2008-09
81
24.8
5.4
1.0
0.5
0.5
5.6
11.8
47.2
0.4
1.0
40.7
2.3
3.0
77.2
52.8
1.4
4.1
1.5
2,009
1,123
439
83
41
37
121
184
+8
5Amar'e Stoudemire
A. Stoudemire
13.5
2002-03
82
31.3
8.8
1.0
0.8
1.1
4.8
10.1
47.2
0.0
0.1
20.0
3.9
5.9
66.1
53.0
3.0
5.7
2.3
2,570
1,106
721
78
62
87
189
269
+8
6Yao Ming
Y. Ming
13.5
2002-03
82
29.0
8.2
1.7
0.4
1.8
4.9
9.8
49.8
0.0
0.0
50.0
3.7
4.5
81.1
57.0
2.4
5.8
2.1
2,382
1,104
675
137
31
147
173
230
+142
7Brook Lopez
B. Lopez
13.0
2008-09
82
30.5
8.1
1.0
0.5
1.8
5.5
10.3
53.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.1
2.6
79.3
56.8
2.7
5.4
1.8
2,501
1,068
665
86
44
151
147
257
-104
8Charlie Villanueva
C. Villanueva
13.0
2005-06
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
9Al Thornton
A. Thornton
12.7
2007-08
79
27.3
4.5
1.2
0.6
0.5
4.7
11.0
42.9
0.5
1.6
33.1
2.7
3.6
74.3
50.4
1.2
3.3
1.6
2,158
1,005
358
98
46
43
128
195
-405
10Channing Frye
C. Frye
12.3
2005-06
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
11Kenyon Martin
K. Martin
12.0
2000-01
68
33.4
7.4
1.9
1.1
1.7
5.1
11.4
44.5
0.0
0.2
9.1
1.8
2.8
63.0
47.2
2.0
5.4
2.0
2,272
814
502
131
78
113
138
281
-289
12Dwight Howard
D. Howard
12.0
2004-05
82
32.6
10.0
0.9
0.9
1.7
4.3
8.3
52.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.4
5.0
67.1
57.1
3.5
6.5
2.0
2,670
981
823
75
77
136
165
232
-179
13Marc Gasol
M. Gasol
11.9
2008-09
82
30.7
7.4
1.7
0.8
1.1
4.3
8.1
53.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.4
4.6
73.3
59.0
2.5
4.9
2.0
2,521
975
605
143
63
90
164
265
-337
14Adam Morrison
A. Morrison
11.8
2006-07
78
29.8
2.9
2.1
0.4
0.1
4.6
12.1
37.6
1.1
3.3
33.7
1.5
2.2
71.0
45.0
0.7
2.3
1.7
2,326
917
230
163
28
6
130
179
-243
15Andrea Bargnani
A. Bargnani
11.6
2006-07
65
25.1
3.9
0.8
0.5
0.8
4.1
9.6
42.7
1.5
4.1
37.3
1.8
2.2
82.4
54.6
0.8
3.1
1.6
1,629
751
255
50
32
53
107
180
+44
16Chris Bosh
C. Bosh
11.5
2003-04
75
33.5
7.4
1.0
0.8
1.4
4.4
9.5
45.9
0.1
0.2
35.7
2.7
3.8
70.1
51.3
2.5
4.9
1.4
2,510
861
557
78
59
106
107
215
-164
17Kevin Love
K. Love
11.1
2008-09
81
25.3
9.1
1.0
0.4
0.6
3.9
8.5
45.9
0.0
0.2
10.5
3.3
4.1
78.9
53.8
3.4
5.7
1.5
2,048
899
734
84
35
50
118
205
-270
18Jason Thompson
J. Thompson
11.1
2008-09
82
28.1
7.4
1.1
0.6
0.7
4.3
8.7
49.7
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.4
3.5
69.2
54.0
2.9
4.5
1.8
2,303
910
606
93
46
59
146
314
-291
19Nene
Nene
10.5
2002-03
80
28.2
6.1
1.9
1.6
0.8
4.0
7.7
51.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
4.3
57.8
54.5
2.6
3.5
2.3
2,258
839
491
149
127
65
181
295
-261
20Luis Scola
L. Scola
10.3
2007-08
82
24.7
6.4
1.3
0.7
0.2
4.2
8.2
51.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.9
2.9
66.8
54.8
2.1
4.3
1.3
2,024
847
525
106
60
19
105
235
+165
21Al Horford
A. Horford
10.1
2007-08
81
31.4
9.7
1.5
0.7
0.9
4.1
8.2
49.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.9
2.6
73.1
53.9
3.1
6.6
1.7
2,540
821
785
124
60
76
137
267
-111
22Carlos Boozer
C. Boozer
10.0
2002-03
81
25.3
7.5
1.3
0.7
0.6
4.1
7.6
53.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.8
2.4
77.1
57.7
2.5
5.0
1.3
2,049
810
609
106
59
50
103
224
-497
23Nenad Krstic
N. Krstic
10.0
2004-05
75
26.2
5.3
1.0
0.4
0.8
3.7
7.6
49.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.5
3.4
72.5
54.7
2.1
3.2
1.5
1,965
747
401
77
32
63
112
280
+74
24Darius Miles
D. Miles
9.4
2000-01
81
26.3
5.9
1.2
0.6
1.5
3.9
7.8
50.5
0.0
0.2
5.3
1.5
2.9
52.1
51.8
1.6
4.3
1.8
2,133
761
477
99
51
125
147
191
+30
25Andrew Bogut
A. Bogut
9.4
2005-06
82
28.6
7.0
2.3
0.6
0.8
3.9
7.4
53.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.5
2.4
62.9
55.5
2.3
4.7
1.5
2,348
768
573
192
49
68
125
259
+77

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62
.244
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19
63
.232
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15
17
65
.207
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1
64
18
.780
2
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62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
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Suns Suns - x
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
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42
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22.0
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