highest ppg by a rookie under 21 in a month with at least 10 games

Carmelo Anthony has averaged the most points per game by a rookie younger than 21 when playing 10+ games in a month, with 27.1 per game in February 2004.

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	NAME	PPG	GP	MONTH	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	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	27.1	12	February 2004	36.9	6.3	2.6	1.3	0.4	9.7	19.7	49.2	1.0	2.3	42.9	6.8	8.4	80.2	57.9	2.7	3.7	3.2	443	325	76	31	16	5	38	28	+11
2	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	26.8	13	January 1993	39.2	13.8	1.8	0.6	4.2	10.4	16.4	63.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	6.0	9.4	63.9	65.2	4.5	9.2	3.8	509	348	179	23	8	55	50	50
3	Bernard King B. King	26.1	15	November 1977	40.8	9.7	2.8			11.2	22.7	49.3				3.7	4.7	78.9	52.7				612	392	145	42				52
4	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	25.5	14	February 1993	38.6	13.6	1.6	0.8	3.6	10.1	17.4	58.2	0.0	0.0		5.2	9.1	57.0	59.4	4.2	9.4	3.9	541	357	191	22	11	50	54	57
5	Antoine Walker A. Walker	24.7	10	April 1997	44.3	8.5	5.9	1.4	0.7	9.7	22.2	43.7	1.7	4.6	37.0	3.6	4.6	78.3	51.0	2.7	5.8	2.9	443	247	85	59	14	7	29	33	-115
6	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	24.5	12	February 1997	38.2	8.2	2.4	1.3	1.3	9.5	18.3	51.8	0.3	0.5	66.7	5.2	7.1	72.9	57.1	2.9	5.3	3.1	458	294	98	29	15	15	37	35	-46
7	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	24.2	13	March 2021	35.1	5.5	2.5	1.6	0.5	8.9	21.1	42.3	2.6	8.7	30.1	3.7	5.0	73.8	51.9	1.2	4.2	2.6	457	314	71	33	21	6	34	31	-68
8	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	24.0	14	January 2024	26.7	9.6	3.3	0.9	3.3	8.7	17.2	50.6	1.6	5.1	32.4	4.9	5.9	83.1	60.5	2.1	7.6	3.6	374	336	135	46	12	46	50	33	+30
9	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	23.6	11	November 1992	37.1	15.6	1.5	0.8	3.3	8.9	16.1	55.4	0.0	0.0		5.8	10.3	56.6	57.3	4.9	10.7	4.6	408	260	172	16	9	36	51	45
10	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	23.6	15	March 2004	38.1	5.4	3.3	1.1	0.1	8.9	21.1	42.1	0.7	2.5	26.3	5.2	6.5	79.6	49.3	2.3	3.1	3.3	572	354	81	49	16	2	50	44	+3
11	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	23.5	13	December 2025	35.6	6.2	4.8	1.0	1.2	8.8	17.2	51.6	1.0	3.0	33.3	4.8	6.0	80.8	59.5	1.1	5.1	2.4	463	306	80	63	13	15	31	29	+16
12	Trae Young T. Young	23.4	15	March 2019	32.2	4.9	9.3	0.9	0.1	8.0	18.3	43.6	2.3	6.9	33.7	5.1	6.0	84.4	55.8	1.2	3.7	3.7	482	351	74	140	13	2	56	26	0
13	Trae Young T. Young	23.3	12	February 2019	33.7	4.3	9.3	0.7	0.1	7.3	17.7	41.0	3.2	7.3	43.7	5.7	6.8	84.0	56.5	0.6	3.7	3.3	405	280	51	111	8	1	40	22	-39
14	LeBron James L. James	23.3	15	December 2003	39.2	5.0	5.5	1.9	0.7	8.7	19.9	43.5	1.1	4.1	27.9	4.8	5.8	82.8	51.7	1.5	3.5	4.1	588	349	75	83	29	11	61	25	-15
15	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	23.2	12	March 2024	31.6	11.7	4.8	1.2	3.8	8.1	17.1	47.3	2.0	6.5	30.8	5.0	6.7	75.0	57.9	2.7	9.0	4.5	380	278	140	57	14	46	54	29	+20
16	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	22.9	14	March 2022	36.6	5.9	7.0	1.4	0.7	9.3	19.4	48.0	1.6	4.9	32.4	2.7	3.3	82.6	54.9	0.9	4.9	4.0	512	320	82	98	19	10	56	47	+50
17	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	22.4	14	January 2019	31.7	8.1	6.4	1.2	0.3	7.7	18.1	42.5	2.4	7.9	30.6	4.6	6.9	66.7	53.0	1.1	7.1	2.6	444	314	114	89	17	4	36	23	+2
18	Collin Sexton C. Sexton	22.4	15	March 2019	35.1	2.5	2.7	0.3	0.2	8.2	16.1	51.0	2.5	5.7	44.7	3.5	4.1	83.9	62.6	0.5	2.0	2.4	527	336	38	41	5	3	36	31	-106
19	Devin Booker D. Booker	22.4	16	March 2016	37.7	3.2	4.9	0.6	0.4	8.0	18.5	43.2	1.6	5.5	28.4	4.8	5.6	86.5	53.4	0.5	2.7	3.5	603	358	51	79	10	7	56	55	-115
20	LeBron James L. James	22.2	15	March 2004	37.7	4.3	5.9	1.9	1.0	8.3	19.0	43.9	0.7	2.4	30.6	4.8	6.5	73.5	50.7	1.3	3.1	3.0	565	333	65	89	28	15	45	28	+11
21	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	22.1	14	November 2009	35.0	3.8	5.6	1.1	0.3	8.1	19.2	42.0	2.4	4.8	49.3	3.6	4.6	78.5	52.1	0.8	3.0	3.3	489	310	53	79	16	4	46	22	+19
22	Tyreke Evans T. Evans	22.1	13	December 2009	37.9	5.3	5.1	1.6	0.7	8.3	17.5	47.6	0.4	2.2	17.2	5.1	6.6	76.7	54.2	1.2	4.2	2.9	493	287	69	66	21	9	38	41	-86
23	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	21.9	16	January 2009	41.1	2.8	4.1	1.0	0.5	6.9	16.0	43.0	2.1	5.4	37.9	6.1	6.8	90.7	57.8	0.6	2.1	2.8	657	351	44	66	16	8	45	47	-159
24	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	21.9	15	March 2016	35.9	10.5	2.7	1.0	1.3	9.2	15.8	58.2	0.4	1.1	35.3	3.1	3.7	83.6	62.8	2.7	7.8	2.7	539	328	158	40	15	20	41	44	-21
25	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	21.8	13	March 2019	32.1	9.2	6.8	1.3	0.6	7.4	18.9	39.0	1.8	7.8	22.5	5.3	8.2	65.1	48.5	1.2	8.0	3.5	417	284	120	88	17	8	45	28	-102

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Team Leaders

PPG

27.7

Jokić

RPG

12.9

Jokić

APG

10.7

Jokić

Team Rankings

ORTG

122.6

1st

DRTG

117.4

21st

NETRTG

5.2

7th

3P%

39.6

1st

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	64	18	.780
2	Spurs	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets	52	30	.634	12.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 10/22	DEN	@	OKC	9:30 PM
Sat 10/24	NOP	@	DEN	9:00 PM
Mon 10/26	GSW	@	DEN	10:00 PM
Wed 10/28	DEN	@	NOP	8:00 PM
Fri 10/30	DEN	@	PHX	10:00 PM

Last Game

Nuggets

2 - 4

Final

110

Timberwolves

4 - 2

Thu 30 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

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

Carmelo Anthony has averaged the most points per game by a rookie younger than 21 when playing 10+ games in a month, with 27.1 per game in February 2004.

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2.0

2.0

1.9

3.1

1.9

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4.0

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NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

4,039.7

3,694

3,474

4,298.5

3,909.3

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36.1

33.4

38.0

37.4

36.4

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