highest ppg rookie in 2026

Kon Knueppel has the most points per game by a rookie this season, with 19.4 per game.

Interpreted as:
highest ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games rookie in 2026
NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
19.4
2025-26
28
34.0
5.4
3.6
0.8
0.3
6.8
14.3
47.3
3.5
8.6
40.9
2.3
2.5
91.5
62.8
0.9
4.5
2.5
952
542
152
102
22
7
69
65
-41
2Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
18.8
2025-26
28
34.3
6.4
3.5
1.3
0.8
7.1
14.9
47.8
0.8
3.4
23.4
3.8
4.6
82.8
55.7
1.2
5.2
2.1
960
526
178
99
35
23
59
65
-134
3VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
16.0
2025-26
24
35.1
5.5
4.0
1.3
0.5
6.0
13.8
43.2
2.1
5.5
38.3
2.0
2.5
78.3
53.7
1.8
3.7
1.7
843
384
132
95
30
11
41
78
+94
4Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
15.1
2025-26
29
27.2
3.4
3.1
1.3
0.1
5.7
12.7
44.7
1.1
3.1
35.6
2.6
3.3
78.9
53.2
0.6
2.8
2.3
788
437
99
89
39
4
67
58
-208
5Cedric Coward
C. Coward
13.4
2025-26
28
27.2
6.2
2.8
0.6
0.3
4.9
10.5
46.3
1.4
4.5
31.5
2.3
2.8
83.1
57.3
1.4
4.8
1.6
762
376
173
79
16
9
46
58
+29
6Derik Queen
D. Queen
13.0
2025-26
29
25.7
6.7
4.0
1.0
0.8
5.0
9.7
51.4
0.1
0.7
14.3
2.9
3.7
79.4
57.5
1.6
5.1
2.3
744
376
195
116
28
24
67
97
-76
7Tre Johnson
T. Johnson
11.1
2025-26
19
23.2
3.0
1.4
0.5
0.4
4.1
9.4
43.0
1.9
5.0
38.9
1.0
1.2
82.6
55.5
0.5
2.5
1.5
441
210
57
27
9
7
29
34
-112
8Ace Bailey
A. Bailey
10.5
2025-26
27
24.1
3.3
1.7
0.7
0.4
4.1
9.4
44.1
1.5
4.3
35.3
0.7
1.0
67.9
53.3
1.4
1.9
1.3
650
284
89
46
20
10
35
68
-129
9Maxime Raynaud
M. Raynaud
10.0
2025-26
20
20.0
5.4
1.0
0.5
0.5
4.0
7.6
52.3
0.3
0.9
35.3
1.8
2.3
76.1
58.1
1.6
3.8
1.1
400
199
107
20
9
10
22
45
-110
10Egor Dëmin
E. Dëmin
8.7
2025-26
24
23.1
3.1
3.4
0.9
0.3
3.1
8.2
37.8
1.9
5.5
34.4
0.7
0.8
84.2
51.1
0.5
2.6
1.7
554
209
75
82
21
8
41
47
-65
11Ryan 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
12Will Richard
W. Richard
8.5
2025-26
24
19.1
2.8
1.0
1.0
0.0
3.0
5.4
55.0
1.4
3.2
42.9
1.2
1.5
80.0
70.3
1.1
1.7
0.7
459
203
67
25
23
1
17
50
+10
13Caleb Love
C. Love
7.6
2025-26
20
17.0
2.3
2.0
0.5
0.0
2.9
8.6
33.3
1.3
5.0
26.0
0.6
0.8
80.0
42.8
0.6
1.7
0.8
340
152
46
40
9
0
16
24
-103
14Sion James
S. James
6.8
2025-26
28
26.1
3.3
1.5
0.7
0.5
2.2
5.3
40.9
1.3
3.3
37.6
1.2
1.4
85.0
57.3
0.4
2.9
0.9
732
191
92
41
20
13
26
47
-75
15Collin Murray-Boyles
C. Murray-Boyles
6.8
2025-26
24
17.7
3.4
1.4
0.6
0.4
2.7
4.8
56.0
0.5
1.2
44.8
0.8
1.4
60.6
62.4
1.7
1.7
1.1
425
163
81
34
15
9
27
57
-49
16Kobe Sanders
K. Sanders
6.2
2025-26
20
19.4
2.0
1.3
0.6
0.2
2.1
4.9
42.9
0.9
2.6
35.3
1.1
1.2
91.7
57.1
0.4
1.6
1.6
388
124
39
26
12
3
31
45
-34
17Walter Clayton Jr.
W. Clayton Jr.
6.1
2025-26
23
16.1
2.1
3.2
0.5
0.2
2.1
5.0
42.2
0.8
2.7
29.5
1.1
1.2
92.6
55.1
0.4
1.7
1.3
370
141
48
74
11
4
31
43
-33
18Drake Powell
D. Powell
6.0
2025-26
19
17.7
1.8
1.9
0.7
0.2
2.1
4.3
48.8
0.7
1.9
37.8
1.1
1.1
95.2
62.5
0.2
1.6
1.2
337
114
35
37
14
3
22
32
-21
19Tyrese Proctor
T. Proctor
5.6
2025-26
21
12.5
1.5
1.5
0.3
0.0
1.8
5.2
34.5
1.0
3.4
31.0
0.9
1.1
82.6
48.7
0.2
1.3
0.4
263
117
32
31
7
0
9
25
-41
20Micah Peavy
M. Peavy
5.0
2025-26
23
16.0
2.4
1.0
0.6
0.1
2.1
5.0
41.4
0.4
1.6
24.3
0.4
0.6
71.4
47.1
1.0
1.4
0.4
368
115
55
24
13
2
9
38
-62
21Nique Clifford
N. Clifford
4.6
2025-26
24
17.3
2.6
1.3
0.5
0.3
1.8
4.5
39.3
0.5
2.0
27.7
0.6
0.8
70.0
47.9
0.5
2.1
0.9
414
111
63
31
11
6
21
51
-77
22Will Riley
W. Riley
4.4
2025-26
20
11.8
1.7
1.0
0.4
0.1
1.6
3.5
46.4
0.3
1.2
26.1
0.9
1.2
75.0
55.3
0.8
1.0
0.7
235
88
34
20
7
2
13
13
-91
23Hugo González
H. González
4.2
2025-26
23
13.3
2.8
0.5
0.8
0.2
1.7
3.3
52.6
0.5
1.2
44.4
0.2
0.4
44.4
60.0
0.7
2.0
0.6
305
96
64
11
18
5
14
46
+111
24Carter Bryant
C. Bryant
2.6
2025-26
20
8.0
1.8
0.1
0.2
0.1
1.0
2.7
35.2
0.5
1.5
30.0
0.2
0.3
66.7
45.0
0.3
1.5
0.5
159
51
35
2
4
2
9
16
+13
25Mohamed Diawara
M. Diawara
0.9
2025-26
19
4.1
0.7
0.5
0.2
0.1
0.4
1.1
35.0
0.1
0.5
22.2
0.1
0.2
25.0
39.1
0.2
0.6
0.4
77
17
14
9
4
1
7
10
-27

More Hornets Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

21.1

Bridges

Miles Bridges

RPG

7.3

Diabaté

Moussa Diabaté

APG

8.6

Ball

LaMelo Ball
Team Rankings

ORTG

113.9

21st

DRTG

117.9

23rd

NETRTG

-4.0

23rd

3P%

35.2

17th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
10
12
15
.444
9.5
11
11
17
.393
11.0
12
Hornets Hornets
9
19
.321
13.0
13
7
19
.269
14.0
14
6
22
.214
16.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/22
@
7:00 PM
Tue
12/23
@
7:00 PM
Fri
12/26
@
7:00 PM
Mon
12/29
@
7:00 PM
Wed
12/31
@
1:00 PM
Last Game
CHA Hornets

9 - 19

86

Final

112

DET Pistons

22 - 6

Sat 20 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
22
6
.786
2
19
8
.704
2.5
3
17
11
.607
5.0
4
16
11
.593
5.5
5
17
12
.586
5.5
6
16
12
.571
6.0
7
15
13
.536
7.0
8
15
14
.517
7.5
9
15
14
.517
7.5
10
12
15
.444
9.5
11
11
17
.393
11.0
12
9
19
.321
13.0
13
7
19
.269
14.0
14
6
22
.214
16.0
15
5
21
.192
16.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
25
3
.893
2
20
7
.741
4.5
3
20
7
.741
4.5
4
19
8
.704
5.5
5
17
8
.680
6.5
6
18
10
.643
7.0
7
15
13
.536
10.0
8
14
15
.483
11.5
9
13
15
.464
12.0
10
12
16
.429
13.0
11
11
18
.379
14.5
12
10
17
.370
14.5
13
7
21
.250
18.0
14
7
22
.241
18.5
15
6
22
.214
19.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
11/18
@
125-118
Tue
11/18
@
99-113
Tue
11/18
@
109-120
Tue
11/18
@
113-111
Tue
11/18
@
122-121

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
12/21
@
6:00 PM
Sun
12/21
@
6:00 PM
Sun
12/21
@
7:00 PM
Sun
12/21
@
7:00 PM
Sun
12/21
@
10:00 PM