highest ppg by a rookie since the merger

Kon Knueppel has scored the most points per game by a rookie this season, with 18.6 per game.

Interpreted as:

highest ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a rookie since the merger this regular season

	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	18.6	2025-26	CHA	18	33.3	5.7	2.8	0.7	0.2	6.5	13.7	47.6	3.5	8.4	41.7	2.1	2.4	88.4	63.2	1.1	4.7	2.4	600	335	103	51	13	4	43	41	-45
2	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	15.9	2025-26	DAL	18	33.6	6.4	3.1	1.3	0.7	6.2	13.7	45.1	1.0	3.8	26.1	2.6	3.2	79.3	52.7	1.3	5.2	2.2	604	286	116	56	24	12	39	41	-156
3	VJ Edgecombe	15.6	2025-26	PHI	15	37.3	6.0	4.2	1.3	0.5	5.9	14.4	40.7	2.0	5.5	36.6	1.9	2.5	73.7	50.3	2.1	3.9	1.9	560	234	90	63	19	7	29	47	+44
4	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	15.1	2025-26	NOP	19	26.7	3.2	2.7	1.5	0.2	5.8	12.8	45.3	1.2	3.3	36.5	2.3	2.9	78.6	53.6	0.7	2.5	2.3	508	287	61	52	29	3	44	36	-190
5	Cedric Coward C. Coward	13.7	2025-26	MEM	19	26.8	6.0	2.8	0.7	0.4	4.6	9.9	46.6	1.7	4.6	37.5	2.7	3.1	86.4	60.5	1.5	4.5	1.3	510	260	114	54	13	7	25	37	+37
6	Derik Queen D. Queen	12.3	2025-26	NOP	19	23.7	6.3	3.6	1.1	0.8	4.7	9.5	49.2	0.1	0.9	11.8	2.8	3.6	77.9	55.2	1.9	4.3	2.3	451	233	119	68	21	16	44	58	-72
7	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	11.5	2025-26	WAS	15	24.3	3.0	1.3	0.4	0.5	4.3	9.7	44.5	2.0	5.1	39.5	0.9	1.1	81.3	56.5	0.5	2.5	1.6	364	173	45	20	6	7	24	28	-109
8	Ace Bailey A. Bailey	9.9	2025-26	UTA	17	21.5	3.4	1.7	0.8	0.2	3.8	8.5	44.8	1.3	3.9	33.3	0.9	1.1	84.2	54.8	1.8	1.6	1.4	366	168	58	29	14	3	23	39	-103
9	Ryan Kalkbrenner R. Kalkbrenner	9.3	2025-26	CHA	16	25.6	6.8	0.4	0.8	1.8	4.1	5.1	80.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.2	1.6	76.0	81.0	3.2	3.6	1.4	410	149	109	6	13	29	23	29	-50
10	Will Richard W. Richard	8.7	2025-26	GSW	18	18.3	2.7	1.2	1.1	0.1	3.1	5.7	54.9	1.3	3.3	39.0	1.2	1.6	75.9	68.4	1.2	1.5	0.7	330	157	49	21	19	1	12	40	-30
11	Egor Dëmin E. Dëmin	7.6	2025-26	BKN	16	22.2	3.4	3.4	0.8	0.2	2.7	7.3	37.1	1.8	5.1	34.6	0.5	0.6	80.0	50.7	0.6	2.8	1.6	355	122	54	55	13	3	26	28	-87
12	Collin Murray-Boyles C. Murray-Boyles	7.1	2025-26	TOR	14	18.3	3.0	1.1	0.6	0.4	2.6	5.1	50.0	0.6	1.4	45.0	1.3	1.8	72.0	59.6	1.4	1.6	0.9	256	99	42	15	8	5	13	30	-26
13	Sion James S. James	6.7	2025-26	CHA	18	26.5	3.1	1.6	0.8	0.3	2.2	5.2	41.9	1.2	3.1	39.3	1.2	1.4	84.0	58.2	0.4	2.7	0.9	477	121	56	28	14	6	17	29	-39
14	Walter Clayton Jr. W. Clayton Jr.	5.4	2025-26	UTA	13	15.9	2.1	3.2	0.5	0.3	1.8	4.7	37.7	0.8	2.6	29.4	1.1	1.1	100.0	52.1	0.5	1.6	1.4	207	70	27	42	6	4	18	23	-38
15	Tyrese Proctor T. Proctor	5.1	2025-26	CLE	16	11.9	1.3	1.3	0.3	0.0	1.6	5.0	32.5	0.9	3.2	27.5	0.9	1.1	88.2	46.3	0.1	1.1	0.4	191	81	20	21	5	0	7	21	-57
16	Micah Peavy M. Peavy	4.5	2025-26	NOP	15	14.5	2.5	1.1	0.5	0.1	1.9	4.7	40.8	0.2	1.6	12.5	0.5	0.7	70.0	45.1	1.1	1.3	0.3	217	68	37	16	7	2	5	27	-29
17	Nique Clifford N. Clifford	4.0	2025-26	SAC	15	16.7	2.7	1.9	0.4	0.3	1.3	3.9	34.5	0.5	1.8	29.6	0.8	1.2	66.7	45.5	0.7	2.0	0.7	250	60	41	28	6	4	10	31	-25
18	Moussa Cisse M. Cisse	3.3	2025-26	DAL	15	10.5	3.6	0.2	0.3	1.2	1.3	2.1	64.5	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.7	36.0	58.3	1.5	2.1	0.9	157	49	54	3	4	18	13	28	-12
19	Hugo González H. González	2.5	2025-26	BOS	14	11.2	1.8	0.7	0.8	0.1	1.0	2.4	42.4	0.4	0.8	45.5	0.1	0.4	40.0	49.7	0.6	1.2	0.4	157	35	25	10	11	2	6	25	+35
20	Carter Bryant C. Bryant	2.3	2025-26	SAS	12	6.6	1.4	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.8	2.8	29.4	0.3	1.5	22.2	0.3	0.3	100.0	38.2	0.3	1.2	0.5	79	27	17	0	3	1	6	5	+1
21	Will Riley W. Riley	2.0	2025-26	WAS	12	6.6	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.8	2.0	41.7	0.1	0.5	16.7	0.3	0.5	50.0	45.0	0.3	1.0	0.3	79	24	15	10	3	0	3	2	-33
22	Chris Youngblood C. Youngblood	1.6	2025-26	OKC	16	5.0	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.4	31.8	0.4	1.2	31.6	0.4	0.4	100.0	52.8	0.1	0.6	0.1	80	26	11	4	1	0	1	11	+2
23	Brooks Barnhizer B. Barnhizer	1.4	2025-26	OKC	15	7.5	2.1	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.6	1.1	52.9	0.1	0.1	50.0	0.1	0.3	50.0	56.0	0.4	1.7	0.1	112	21	31	5	2	2	2	10	-41