highest ppg by an active rookie

Kon Knueppel has averaged the most points per game by an active rookie this season, with 19.5 per game.

Interpreted as:
highest ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by an active rookie this regular season
NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
19.5
2025-26
35
32.9
5.1
3.5
0.7
0.2
6.7
13.9
48.3
3.6
8.3
43.5
2.5
2.8
87.9
64.5
0.9
4.1
2.5
1,153
684
178
124
23
7
86
82
-15
2Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
18.9
2025-26
35
34.6
6.4
4.1
1.2
0.8
7.2
15.1
47.6
0.9
3.4
27.1
3.6
4.4
81.3
55.4
1.1
5.3
2.2
1,212
662
225
145
43
28
78
81
-150
3VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
16.5
2025-26
30
35.8
5.4
4.1
1.4
0.6
6.2
14.3
43.2
2.3
6.0
38.7
1.8
2.4
77.5
53.9
1.9
3.5
1.7
1,073
495
162
122
43
17
50
94
+66
4Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
14.5
2025-26
37
26.8
3.5
3.1
1.2
0.2
5.5
12.5
44.0
1.1
3.1
34.2
2.4
3.1
78.3
52.3
0.7
2.8
2.4
990
535
131
115
44
8
87
67
-273
5Cedric Coward
C. Coward
13.7
2025-26
34
26.7
6.6
2.9
0.6
0.3
4.9
10.5
47.1
1.4
4.4
32.9
2.4
2.9
84.5
58.4
1.6
4.9
1.6
908
467
223
100
19
11
54
66
+13
6Derik Queen
D. Queen
13.1
2025-26
36
25.9
7.0
4.0
1.0
0.9
5.0
10.0
49.9
0.2
1.0
20.0
2.9
3.8
77.4
56.1
1.6
5.4
2.4
933
473
252
145
37
34
87
114
-130
7Tre Johnson
T. Johnson
12.2
2025-26
27
23.8
2.9
1.7
0.6
0.4
4.4
9.7
45.2
2.1
5.0
41.2
1.3
1.5
90.0
58.8
0.5
2.4
1.5
642
330
79
45
15
10
40
44
-88
8Dylan Harper
D. Harper
11.6
2025-26
25
21.6
3.2
3.8
1.1
0.2
4.6
10.3
44.7
0.7
2.5
27.0
1.8
2.4
72.1
51.3
0.9
2.4
1.6
540
291
81
94
27
4
39
51
+80
9Ace Bailey
A. Bailey
10.4
2025-26
30
23.8
3.3
1.5
0.7
0.4
4.1
9.4
43.8
1.5
4.2
35.7
0.7
1.0
66.7
52.9
1.4
1.8
1.2
715
311
98
46
22
11
37
74
-155
10Maxime Raynaud
M. Raynaud
10.4
2025-26
28
22.9
6.4
1.1
0.4
0.5
4.4
8.0
54.5
0.3
0.8
31.8
1.4
2.0
70.9
58.4
1.9
4.5
1.0
641
290
178
30
12
15
28
71
-192
11Caleb Love
C. Love
10.1
2025-26
29
20.4
2.5
2.2
0.4
0.1
3.7
9.6
38.6
1.9
5.9
32.0
0.8
1.1
74.2
50.2
0.6
1.9
1.0
593
292
72
64
13
3
30
37
-106
12Egor Dëmin
E. Dëmin
9.9
2025-26
30
24.4
3.3
3.4
0.9
0.3
3.5
8.9
39.1
2.2
6.0
37.2
0.8
0.9
88.5
53.7
0.5
2.8
1.9
732
298
99
103
27
9
56
57
-21
13Ryan Kalkbrenner
R. Kalkbrenner
8.7
2025-26
26
25.6
6.4
0.6
0.7
1.8
3.7
4.7
78.7
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.3
1.8
72.3
79.2
2.6
3.8
1.2
665
226
167
16
18
47
30
48
-99
14Will Richard
W. Richard
7.9
2025-26
32
19.2
2.8
1.2
1.0
0.1
2.8
5.5
51.1
1.3
3.3
38.7
1.0
1.3
80.5
65.5
1.1
1.7
0.8
615
254
88
37
32
2
25
62
-7
15Ryan Nembhard
R. Nembhard
7.7
2025-26
23
20.5
1.7
5.1
0.3
0.0
3.3
6.9
47.8
1.0
2.4
39.3
0.1
0.1
66.7
54.9
0.2
1.5
1.6
472
176
40
117
6
0
37
38
-36
16Danny Wolf
D. Wolf
7.4
2025-26
19
19.5
3.8
1.9
0.5
0.2
2.6
6.8
38.8
1.0
2.9
34.5
1.2
1.4
84.6
50.2
0.8
3.1
1.3
370
141
73
37
10
3
25
28
-10
17Collin Murray-Boyles
C. Murray-Boyles
7.2
2025-26
30
19.2
4.3
1.6
0.8
0.6
3.0
5.5
53.9
0.5
1.3
39.5
0.7
1.3
56.4
59.0
2.2
2.1
1.1
576
215
129
49
23
17
34
77
+14
18Kobe Sanders
K. Sanders
6.6
2025-26
27
19.8
2.3
1.5
0.6
0.1
2.4
5.1
46.0
1.0
2.5
38.8
0.9
1.0
89.3
59.1
0.4
1.9
1.5
534
179
62
40
16
3
40
61
+16
19Walter Clayton Jr.
W. Clayton Jr.
6.5
2025-26
31
16.6
1.9
3.1
0.5
0.2
2.2
5.2
41.6
0.9
2.8
31.0
1.4
1.4
95.5
56.3
0.3
1.6
1.0
514
203
60
95
14
7
32
54
-58
20Sion James
S. James
6.5
2025-26
36
25.8
3.4
1.8
0.6
0.4
2.0
5.0
40.6
1.1
3.0
36.7
1.4
1.6
86.0
57.3
0.6
2.8
0.9
929
235
121
64
23
16
31
62
-73
21Drake Powell
D. Powell
6.3
2025-26
24
18.2
1.5
1.8
0.7
0.2
2.2
4.5
48.1
0.8
2.1
36.0
1.2
1.3
90.3
61.7
0.2
1.4
1.0
437
150
37
42
16
4
25
39
-76
22Nique Clifford
N. Clifford
5.6
2025-26
32
18.7
2.9
1.4
0.7
0.3
2.1
5.1
40.9
0.7
2.3
30.6
0.7
1.0
71.0
50.1
0.7
2.2
1.1
598
178
93
44
21
8
35
68
-105
23Asa Newell
A. Newell
5.3
2025-26
27
11.1
2.0
0.6
0.4
0.3
2.0
3.6
56.1
0.9
1.8
46.9
0.4
0.7
55.6
67.5
0.9
1.1
0.6
299
143
54
15
10
8
15
44
-10
24Jase Richardson
J. Richardson
5.3
2025-26
25
11.1
1.3
1.3
0.3
0.0
2.0
4.0
49.0
0.7
1.7
39.5
0.7
0.9
73.9
59.9
0.5
0.8
0.6
278
132
33
33
8
1
15
26
+25
25Tyrese Proctor
T. Proctor
4.8
2025-26
26
11.1
1.3
1.3
0.3
0.0
1.6
4.7
34.4
0.9
3.0
29.9
0.7
0.9
82.6
47.7
0.2
1.1
0.4
289
126
34
35
8
0
11
26
-51

More Hornets Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

20.1

Bridges

Miles Bridges

RPG

8.2

Diabaté

Moussa Diabaté

APG

7.9

Ball

LaMelo Ball
Team Rankings

ORTG

116.6

11th

DRTG

118.4

26th

NETRTG

-1.8

19th

3P%

37.1

7th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
10
17
21
.447
11.0
11
16
20
.444
11.0
12
Hornets Hornets
13
23
.361
14.0
13
11
22
.333
14.5
14
9
25
.265
17.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
1/7
@
7:00 PM
Thu
1/8
@
7:00 PM
Sat
1/10
@
9:30 PM
Mon
1/12
@
10:30 PM
Thu
1/15
@
10:30 PM
Last Game
CHA Hornets

13 - 23

124

Final

97

OKC Thunder

30 - 7

Mon 5 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
27
9
.750
2
23
12
.657
3.5
3
23
13
.639
4.0
4
22
15
.595
5.5
5
19
15
.559
7.0
6
20
16
.556
7.0
7
20
16
.556
7.0
8
20
17
.541
7.5
9
17
19
.472
10.0
10
17
21
.447
11.0
11
16
20
.444
11.0
12
13
23
.361
14.0
13
11
22
.333
14.5
14
9
25
.265
17.0
15
6
30
.167
21.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
30
7
.811
2
25
10
.714
4.0
3
22
11
.667
6.0
4
24
12
.667
5.5
5
22
11
.667
6.0
6
23
13
.639
6.5
7
21
15
.583
8.5
8
19
18
.514
11.0
9
17
20
.459
13.0
10
15
20
.429
14.0
11
13
22
.371
16.0
12
13
23
.361
16.5
13
12
23
.343
17.0
14
8
28
.222
21.5
15
8
29
.216
22.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
12/4
@
98-107
Thu
12/4
@
116-101
Thu
12/4
@
98-117
Thu
12/4
@
111-132
Fri
12/5
@
101-119

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
1/6
@
11:00 PM
Wed
1/7
@
7:00 PM
Wed
1/7
@
7:00 PM
Wed
1/7
@
7:00 PM
Wed
1/7
@
7:00 PM