highest ppg nba rookie 2016

Karl-Anthony Towns averaged the most points per game by a rookie in 2015-16, with 18.3 per game.

Interpreted as:
highest ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games NBA rookie 2016
NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Karl-Anthony Towns
K. Towns
18.3
2015-16
82
32.0
10.5
2.0
0.7
1.7
7.6
14.1
54.2
0.4
1.1
34.1
2.7
3.4
81.1
59.0
2.8
7.7
2.2
2,627
1,503
858
161
58
138
183
245
-131
2Kristaps Porziņģis
K. Porziņģis
14.3
2015-16
72
28.4
7.3
1.3
0.7
1.9
5.2
12.3
42.1
1.1
3.4
33.3
2.8
3.3
83.8
51.8
1.8
5.5
1.7
2,047
1,028
526
94
53
134
121
205
+15
3Devin Booker
D. Booker
13.8
2015-16
76
27.7
2.5
2.6
0.6
0.3
4.8
11.4
42.3
1.3
3.8
34.3
2.8
3.4
84.0
53.5
0.4
2.1
2.1
2,108
1,048
187
200
44
20
160
225
-374
4D'Angelo Russell
D. Russell
13.2
2015-16
80
28.2
3.4
3.3
1.2
0.2
4.9
12.0
41.0
1.6
4.6
35.1
1.8
2.4
73.7
50.7
0.6
2.8
2.5
2,259
1,054
274
266
93
13
196
142
-546
5Emmanuel Mudiay
E. Mudiay
12.8
2015-16
68
30.4
3.4
5.5
1.0
0.5
4.8
13.3
36.4
1.1
3.4
31.9
2.1
3.1
67.0
43.7
0.5
2.9
3.2
2,068
872
232
372
65
35
217
141
-118
6Myles Turner
M. Turner
10.3
2015-16
60
22.8
5.5
0.7
0.4
1.4
4.4
8.8
49.8
0.1
0.2
21.4
1.5
2.0
72.7
53.1
1.1
4.4
1.1
1,367
619
332
41
25
86
67
158
-69
7Nikola Jokić
N. Jokić
10.0
2015-16
80
21.7
7.0
2.4
1.0
0.6
3.8
7.5
51.2
0.4
1.1
33.3
1.9
2.4
81.1
58.2
2.3
4.7
1.3
1,733
796
560
189
79
50
104
208
+92
8Stanley Johnson
S. Johnson
8.1
2015-16
73
23.1
4.2
1.6
0.8
0.2
3.1
8.2
37.5
0.9
2.8
30.7
1.1
1.4
78.4
46.0
0.8
3.4
1.6
1,687
593
306
118
55
12
114
178
-141
9Frank Kaminsky
F. Kaminsky
7.5
2015-16
81
21.1
4.1
1.2
0.5
0.5
2.7
6.5
41.0
0.8
2.5
33.7
1.3
1.8
73.0
51.3
0.9
3.3
0.7
1,708
606
335
98
38
43
58
126
-17
10Bobby Portis
B. Portis
7.0
2015-16
62
17.8
5.4
0.8
0.4
0.4
3.0
7.0
42.7
0.3
0.8
30.8
0.8
1.1
72.7
46.9
2.0
3.5
0.9
1,102
436
337
52
25
22
54
100
-178
11Willie Cauley-Stein
W. Cauley-Stein
7.0
2015-16
66
21.4
5.3
0.6
0.7
1.0
2.9
5.1
56.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.2
1.9
64.8
58.8
2.0
3.3
0.7
1,412
463
352
37
47
66
46
146
-77
12Justise Winslow
J. Winslow
6.4
2015-16
78
28.2
5.2
1.5
0.9
0.3
2.5
5.9
42.2
0.4
1.5
27.6
1.0
1.5
68.4
48.9
1.0
4.1
1.2
2,203
502
403
118
68
26
95
184
+105
13Trey Lyles
T. Lyles
6.1
2015-16
80
17.3
3.7
0.7
0.3
0.2
2.4
5.5
43.8
0.6
1.6
38.3
0.7
1.0
69.5
51.7
0.7
3.0
0.8
1,382
488
299
59
26
18
65
114
-44
14T.J. McConnell
T.J. McConnell
6.1
2015-16
81
19.8
3.1
4.5
1.2
0.1
2.7
5.7
47.0
0.4
1.1
34.8
0.3
0.5
63.4
51.1
0.5
2.6
1.7
1,606
493
250
367
95
10
140
114
-277
15Mario Hezonja
M. Hezonja
6.1
2015-16
79
17.9
2.2
1.4
0.5
0.2
2.3
5.3
43.3
0.8
2.4
34.9
0.6
0.7
90.7
54.1
0.4
1.9
1.2
1,413
478
176
109
39
17
97
124
-4
16Raul Neto
R. Neto
5.9
2015-16
81
18.5
1.5
2.1
0.8
0.0
2.2
5.2
43.1
0.8
2.0
39.5
0.6
0.9
74.3
53.0
0.2
1.3
1.3
1,499
476
120
174
62
2
109
122
+76
17Jerian Grant
J. Grant
5.6
2015-16
76
16.6
1.9
2.3
0.7
0.1
2.0
5.1
39.4
0.3
1.3
22.0
1.3
1.6
78.0
47.9
0.3
1.6
1.1
1,265
426
143
177
50
10
87
97
-165
18Larry Nance Jr.
L. Nance Jr.
5.5
2015-16
63
20.1
5.0
0.7
0.9
0.4
2.5
4.8
52.7
0.0
0.2
10.0
0.5
0.7
68.1
54.4
1.6
3.3
0.7
1,266
349
312
44
54
23
41
124
-95
19Nemanja Bjelica
N. Bjelica
5.1
2015-16
60
17.9
3.5
1.4
0.4
0.4
1.8
3.9
46.8
0.8
2.1
38.4
0.7
0.9
72.7
59.4
0.8
2.7
0.8
1,075
308
210
82
26
21
47
154
-127
20Kelly Oubre Jr.
K. Oubre Jr.
3.7
2015-16
63
10.7
2.1
0.2
0.3
0.1
1.4
3.3
42.7
0.4
1.3
31.6
0.5
0.8
63.3
50.7
0.4
1.7
0.5
671
236
133
13
22
7
34
100
-46
21Rashad Vaughn
R. Vaughn
3.1
2015-16
70
14.3
1.3
0.6
0.4
0.2
1.2
3.8
30.5
0.6
2.1
29.3
0.2
0.2
80.0
39.8
0.2
1.1
0.4
1,001
217
88
39
29
16
28
73
-149

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11
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Thu
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Sun
1/11
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Tue
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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
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.556
7.0
7
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.556
7.0
8
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.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

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Schedule

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