highest ppg in their first season

Wilt Chamberlain averaged the most points per game by a player in his first season, with 37.6 per game in his rookie season in 1959-60.

Interpreted as:
highest ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a player in their first season
NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
37.6
1959-60
72
46.4
27.0
2.3
14.8
32.1
46.1
8.0
13.8
58.2
49.3
3,338
2,707
1,941
168
150
2Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
31.6
1961-62
79
42.3
19.0
2.7
12.3
23.7
51.9
6.9
10.8
64.4
55.4
3,344
2,495
1,500
210
281
3Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
30.5
1960-61
71
42.7
10.1
9.7
10.6
22.5
47.3
9.2
11.2
82.2
55.5
3,032
2,165
716
690
219
4Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
28.8
1969-70
82
43.1
14.5
4.1
11.4
22.1
51.8
5.9
9.1
65.3
55.2
3,534
2,361
1,190
337
283
5Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
28.4
1968-69
82
45.1
17.1
1.4
11.3
25.4
44.7
5.7
9.1
62.6
48.3
3,695
2,327
1,406
113
266
6George Mikan
G. Mikan
28.3
1948-49
60
3.6
9.7
23.4
41.6
8.9
11.5
77.2
49.8
1,698
218
260
7Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
28.2
1984-85
82
38.3
6.5
5.9
2.4
0.8
10.2
19.8
51.5
0.1
0.6
17.3
7.7
9.1
84.5
59.2
2.0
4.5
3.5
3,144
2,313
534
481
196
69
291
285
8Billy Knight
B. Knight
26.6
1976-77
78
40.0
7.5
3.3
1.5
0.2
10.7
21.6
49.3
5.3
6.5
81.6
54.3
2.9
4.6
3,117
2,075
582
260
117
19
197
9David Thompson
D. Thompson
25.9
1976-77
82
36.6
4.1
4.1
1.4
0.6
10.0
19.8
50.7
5.8
7.6
76.6
55.9
1.7
2.4
3,001
2,125
334
337
114
53
236
10Rick Barry
R. Barry
25.7
1965-66
80
37.4
10.6
2.2
9.3
21.2
43.9
7.1
8.3
86.2
51.8
2,990
2,059
850
173
297
11Terry Dischinger
T. Dischinger
25.5
1962-63
57
40.2
8.0
3.1
9.2
18.0
51.2
7.1
9.2
77.0
57.8
2,294
1,452
458
175
188
12Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
24.9
1958-59
70
40.8
15.0
4.1
8.6
21.2
40.8
7.6
9.8
77.7
48.8
2,855
1,742
1,050
287
270
13Geoff Petrie
G. Petrie
24.8
1970-71
82
37.0
3.4
4.8
9.6
21.6
44.3
5.6
7.3
77.2
49.9
3,032
2,031
280
390
196
14Connie Hawkins
C. Hawkins
24.6
1969-70
81
40.9
10.4
4.8
8.8
17.9
49.0
7.1
9.1
77.9
56.3
3,312
1,995
846
391
287
15Sidney Wicks
S. Wicks
24.5
1971-72
82
39.6
11.5
4.3
9.6
22.4
42.7
5.4
7.6
71.0
47.6
3,245
2,009
943
350
186
16David Robinson
D. Robinson
24.3
1989-90
82
36.6
12.0
2.0
1.7
3.9
8.4
15.9
53.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
7.5
10.2
73.2
59.7
3.7
8.3
3.1
3,002
1,993
983
164
138
319
257
259
17Earl Monroe
E. Monroe
24.3
1967-68
82
36.7
5.7
4.3
9.0
20.0
45.3
6.2
7.9
78.1
51.8
3,012
1,991
465
349
282
18Walter Davis
W. Davis
24.2
1977-78
81
32.0
6.0
3.4
1.4
0.2
9.7
18.4
52.6
4.8
5.8
83.0
57.7
2.0
4.0
3.5
2,590
1,959
484
273
113
20
283
242
19Bernard King
B. King
24.2
1977-78
79
39.1
9.5
2.4
1.5
0.5
10.1
21.1
47.9
4.0
5.8
67.7
51.1
3.4
6.2
3.9
3,092
1,909
751
193
122
36
311
302
20Terry Cummings
T. Cummings
23.7
1982-83
70
36.2
10.6
2.5
1.8
0.9
9.8
18.7
52.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.2
5.9
70.9
55.7
4.3
6.3
2.9
2,531
1,660
744
177
129
62
204
294
21Allen 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
22Alex Groza
A. Groza
23.4
1949-50
64
2.5
8.1
17.0
47.8
7.1
9.7
72.9
54.8
1,496
162
221
23Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
23.4
1992-93
81
37.9
13.9
1.9
0.7
3.5
9.0
16.1
56.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.3
8.9
59.2
58.4
4.2
9.6
3.8
3,071
1,893
1,122
152
60
286
307
321
24Pete Maravich
P. Maravich
23.2
1970-71
81
36.1
3.7
4.4
9.1
19.9
45.8
5.0
6.2
80.0
51.2
2,926
1,880
298
355
238
25Joe Fulks
J. Fulks
23.2
1946-47
60
0.4
7.9
26.0
30.5
7.3
10.0
73.0
38.1
1,389
25
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Team Leaders

PPG

28.1

Curry

Stephen Curry

RPG

5.9

Green

Draymond Green

APG

5.2

Green

Draymond Green
Team Rankings

ORTG

115.9

13th

DRTG

113.4

8th

NETRTG

2.6

11th

3P%

36.2

11th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
6
23
15
.605
10.0
7
24
17
.585
10.5
8
Warriors Warriors
23
19
.548
12.0
9
20
22
.476
15.0
10
18
23
.439
16.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
1/17
@
8:30 PM
Mon
1/19
@
10:00 PM
Tue
1/20
@
10:00 PM
Thu
1/22
@
7:30 PM
Sat
1/24
@
5:30 PM
Last Game
NYK Knicks

25 - 16

113

Final

126

GSW Warriors

23 - 19

Thu 15 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
29
10
.744
2
25
15
.625
4.5
3
25
16
.610
5.0
4
25
18
.581
6.0
5
23
18
.561
7.0
6
24
19
.558
7.0
7
22
18
.550
7.5
8
21
20
.512
9.0
9
20
23
.465
11.0
10
19
22
.463
11.0
11
17
24
.415
13.0
12
15
26
.366
15.0
13
12
27
.308
17.0
14
10
29
.256
19.0
15
10
32
.238
20.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
35
7
.833
2
28
13
.683
6.5
3
28
13
.683
6.5
4
27
14
.659
7.5
5
24
15
.615
9.5
6
23
15
.605
10.0
7
24
17
.585
10.5
8
23
19
.548
12.0
9
20
22
.476
15.0
10
18
23
.439
16.5
11
17
23
.425
17.0
12
16
26
.381
19.0
13
14
27
.341
20.5
14
11
30
.268
23.5
15
10
34
.227
26.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
12/19
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88-103
Sat
12/20
@
152-150
Sat
12/20
@
125-132
Sat
12/20
@
81-96
Sat
12/20
@
100-103

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sat
1/17
@
5:00 PM
Sat
1/17
@
7:30 PM
Sat
1/17
@
7:30 PM
Sat
1/17
@
7:30 PM
Sat
1/17
@
8:00 PM