highest ppg by rookie in 1997 nba

Allen Iverson scored the most points per game by a rookie in 1996-97, with 23.5 per game.

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NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
23.5
1996-97
76
40.1
4.1
7.5
2.1
0.3
8.2
19.8
41.6
2.0
6.0
34.1
5.0
7.2
70.2
51.3
1.5
2.6
4.4
3,045
1,787
312
567
157
24
337
233
-439
2Shareef Abdur-Rahim
S. Abdur-Rahim
18.7
1996-97
80
35.0
6.9
2.2
1.0
1.0
6.9
15.2
45.3
0.1
0.3
25.9
4.8
6.5
74.6
51.8
2.7
4.2
2.8
2,802
1,494
555
175
79
79
225
199
-596
3Antoine Walker
A. Walker
17.5
1996-97
82
36.2
9.0
3.2
1.3
0.6
7.0
16.5
42.5
0.6
1.9
32.7
2.8
4.5
63.1
47.4
3.5
5.5
2.8
2,970
1,435
741
262
105
53
230
271
-559
4Kerry Kittles
K. Kittles
16.4
1996-97
82
36.7
3.9
3.0
1.9
0.4
6.2
14.5
42.6
1.9
5.1
37.7
2.1
2.8
77.1
52.3
1.3
2.6
1.5
3,012
1,347
319
249
157
35
127
165
-266
5Stephon Marbury
S. Marbury
15.8
1996-97
67
34.7
2.7
7.8
1.0
0.3
5.3
13.0
40.8
1.5
4.3
35.4
3.7
5.0
72.7
51.9
0.8
1.9
3.1
2,324
1,057
184
522
67
19
210
159
-157
6Marcus Camby
M. Camby
14.8
1996-97
63
30.1
6.3
1.5
1.0
2.1
6.0
12.3
48.2
0.0
0.2
14.3
2.9
4.2
69.3
52.3
2.1
4.2
2.1
1,897
935
394
97
66
130
134
214
-37
7Ray Allen
R. Allen
13.4
1996-97
82
30.9
4.0
2.6
0.9
0.1
4.8
11.1
43.0
1.4
3.6
39.3
2.5
3.0
82.3
54.1
1.2
2.8
1.8
2,532
1,102
326
210
75
10
149
218
-60
8Matt Maloney
M. Maloney
9.4
1996-97
82
29.1
2.0
3.7
1.0
0.0
3.3
7.5
44.1
1.9
4.6
40.4
0.9
1.1
76.3
58.5
0.2
1.7
1.5
2,386
767
160
303
82
1
122
125
+326
9Dean Garrett
D. Garrett
8.0
1996-97
68
24.5
7.3
0.6
0.6
1.4
3.3
5.7
57.3
0.0
0.0
1.4
2.0
69.6
60.3
2.2
5.1
0.5
1,665
542
495
38
40
95
34
158
+34
10Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
7.6
1996-97
71
15.5
1.9
1.3
0.7
0.3
2.5
5.9
41.7
0.7
1.9
37.5
1.9
2.3
81.9
54.4
0.7
1.2
1.6
1,103
539
132
91
49
23
112
102
+60
11Lorenzen Wright
L. Wright
7.3
1996-97
77
25.1
6.1
0.6
0.6
0.8
3.1
6.4
48.1
0.0
0.1
25.0
1.1
1.9
58.7
50.4
2.7
3.4
1.0
1,936
561
471
49
48
60
79
211
-168
12Roy Rogers
R. Rogers
6.6
1996-97
82
22.5
4.7
0.6
0.3
2.0
3.0
5.9
50.5
0.0
0.0
100.0
0.7
1.1
57.4
51.8
1.7
3.0
1.0
1,848
543
386
46
21
163
86
214
-492
13Shandon Anderson
S. Anderson
5.9
1996-97
65
16.4
2.8
0.8
0.4
0.1
2.3
4.9
46.2
0.4
0.7
51.1
1.0
1.5
68.7
53.4
0.8
2.0
1.1
1,066
386
179
49
27
8
73
113
+37
14Vitaly Potapenko
V. Potapenko
5.8
1996-97
80
15.5
2.7
0.5
0.3
0.4
2.3
5.3
44.0
0.0
0.0
50.0
1.2
1.6
73.6
48.6
1.3
1.4
1.4
1,238
465
217
40
26
34
109
216
-36
15Tony Delk
T. Delk
5.4
1996-97
61
14.2
1.6
1.6
0.6
0.1
2.0
4.2
46.5
0.9
1.8
46.4
0.7
0.8
82.4
59.6
0.5
1.1
1.1
867
332
99
99
36
6
68
71
+13
16Erick Dampier
E. Dampier
5.1
1996-97
72
14.6
4.1
0.6
0.3
1.0
1.8
4.7
39.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
1.5
2.3
63.7
45.1
1.3
2.8
1.2
1,052
370
294
43
19
73
84
153
-75
17Travis Knight
T. Knight
4.8
1996-97
71
16.3
4.5
0.5
0.4
0.8
2.0
3.9
50.9
0.0
0.0
0.9
1.4
62.0
53.6
1.8
2.7
0.7
1,156
342
319
39
31
58
49
170
+120
18John Wallace
J. Wallace
4.8
1996-97
68
11.6
2.3
0.5
0.3
0.4
1.8
3.5
51.7
0.0
0.1
50.0
1.2
1.6
71.8
57.1
0.8
1.5
1.1
787
325
155
37
21
25
76
102
+15
19Todd Fuller
T. Fuller
4.1
1996-97
75
12.7
3.3
0.3
0.1
0.3
1.5
3.5
42.9
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.5
69.1
48.3
1.4
1.9
0.7
949
304
249
24
10
20
52
146
-178
20Randy Livingston
R. Livingston
3.9
1996-97
64
15.3
1.5
2.4
0.6
0.2
1.6
3.6
43.7
0.1
0.3
40.9
0.7
1.0
64.6
48.7
0.5
1.0
1.6
981
251
94
155
39
12
102
107
+1
21Derek Fisher
D. Fisher
3.9
1996-97
80
11.5
1.2
1.5
0.5
0.1
1.3
3.3
39.7
0.3
0.9
30.1
1.0
1.5
65.8
49.1
0.3
0.9
0.9
921
309
97
119
41
5
71
87
+71
22Steve Nash
S. Nash
3.3
1996-97
65
10.5
1.0
2.1
0.3
0.0
1.1
2.7
42.3
0.4
0.8
41.8
0.6
0.8
82.4
53.9
0.2
0.7
1.0
684
213
63
138
20
0
63
92
-110
23Brett Szabo
B. Szabo
2.2
1996-97
70
9.5
2.4
0.2
0.2
0.5
0.8
1.7
44.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.6
0.9
73.8
51.7
0.8
1.6
0.6
662
153
165
17
16
32
41
119
-170

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5.5
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6.0
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.200
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7.0
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7.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
9
2
.818
2
8
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.800
0.5
3
8
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.800
0.5
4
8
3
.727
1.0
5
7
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.700
1.5
6
7
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.700
1.5
7
6
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.667
2.0
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6
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.667
2.0
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2.5
11
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4.5
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