highest rookie ppg in nba histroy

Cooper Flagg put up the most points per game by a rookie this season, with 21.0 per game.

Interpreted as:
highest rookie ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games in NBA histroy this regular season
NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
21.0
2025-26
70
33.5
6.7
4.5
1.2
0.9
8.0
17.1
46.8
1.0
3.5
29.5
4.0
4.9
82.7
54.8
1.2
5.4
2.3
2,344
1,473
466
316
84
64
161
142
-266
2Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
18.5
2025-26
81
31.5
5.3
3.4
0.7
0.2
6.4
13.4
47.5
3.4
7.9
42.5
2.4
2.8
86.3
63.3
1.2
4.1
2.0
2,551
1,498
432
274
57
19
161
169
+322
3VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
16.0
2025-26
75
35.0
5.6
4.2
1.4
0.5
6.0
13.7
43.8
2.0
5.6
35.4
2.0
2.4
81.8
54.0
1.6
4.0
1.8
2,623
1,199
423
315
107
39
137
214
+57
4Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
14.3
2025-26
82
25.8
3.7
3.4
1.2
0.4
5.3
12.3
43.4
1.2
3.7
33.0
2.4
3.0
78.9
52.5
0.7
2.9
2.2
2,112
1,169
300
279
97
30
178
151
-287
5Ace Bailey
A. Bailey
13.8
2025-26
72
27.6
4.2
1.8
0.8
0.7
5.5
12.4
44.3
1.9
5.5
34.4
0.9
1.2
75.0
53.3
1.4
2.8
1.5
1,988
993
302
131
60
49
107
193
-448
6Cedric Coward
C. Coward
13.6
2025-26
62
25.8
5.9
2.8
0.6
0.4
4.9
10.5
47.1
1.5
4.4
33.8
2.3
2.7
84.3
58.5
1.3
4.5
1.7
1,598
843
364
171
40
27
105
126
+23
7Maxime Raynaud
M. Raynaud
12.5
2025-26
74
26.5
7.5
1.4
0.5
0.5
5.2
9.1
57.1
0.3
1.0
32.4
1.8
2.3
78.6
61.9
1.9
5.6
1.3
1,964
922
556
100
38
39
94
170
-461
8Tre Johnson
T. Johnson
12.2
2025-26
60
24.1
2.8
2.0
0.6
0.3
4.5
10.8
41.9
1.9
5.4
35.8
1.3
1.5
87.4
53.5
0.5
2.4
1.6
1,443
733
170
122
33
18
93
122
-338
9Dylan Harper
D. Harper
11.8
2025-26
69
22.6
3.4
3.9
0.8
0.3
4.8
9.5
50.5
0.9
2.6
34.3
1.3
1.7
75.6
57.4
0.8
2.6
1.4
1,558
813
234
266
54
24
99
139
+303
10Derik Queen
D. Queen
11.7
2025-26
81
25.0
7.1
3.7
1.0
0.9
4.4
9.2
47.3
0.3
1.1
26.1
2.7
3.4
79.5
54.6
1.7
5.4
2.3
2,023
948
572
298
84
74
190
215
-304
11Will Riley
W. Riley
10.3
2025-26
74
22.1
2.9
2.0
0.7
0.1
3.7
8.4
43.9
1.1
3.3
31.6
1.9
2.4
80.0
54.8
0.8
2.1
1.3
1,633
764
212
146
54
9
94
91
-484
12Nique Clifford
N. Clifford
8.6
2025-26
75
25.1
3.8
2.4
0.9
0.3
3.3
7.9
41.8
1.0
3.1
33.3
0.9
1.3
72.2
50.5
0.9
2.9
1.5
1,882
645
282
179
68
24
116
156
-219
13Walter Clayton Jr.
W. Clayton Jr.
7.8
2025-26
TOT
69
20.4
2.0
4.0
0.6
0.3
2.6
6.7
38.4
1.1
3.5
30.7
1.6
1.8
90.1
52.3
0.4
1.7
1.7
1,410
538
139
279
44
19
116
119
-285
14Ryan Kalkbrenner
R. Kalkbrenner
7.6
2025-26
69
21.4
5.5
0.8
0.5
1.5
3.2
4.2
75.3
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.2
1.7
71.6
76.2
2.4
3.0
0.9
1,479
521
377
54
32
101
62
107
+46
15Kobe Sanders
K. Sanders
7.3
2025-26
68
19.9
2.3
1.6
0.7
0.1
2.6
5.6
46.6
1.2
2.9
40.8
0.8
1.0
82.6
59.7
0.4
1.8
1.2
1,351
495
153
109
49
10
81
146
+32
16Ryan Nembhard
R. Nembhard
6.6
2025-26
60
19.5
2.2
5.3
0.4
0.0
2.7
6.5
41.5
0.8
2.3
35.6
0.4
0.5
80.6
49.2
0.2
2.0
1.4
1,171
397
133
316
25
2
85
86
-24
17Drake Powell
D. Powell
6.5
2025-26
63
21.0
1.8
1.4
0.6
0.2
2.3
5.7
40.2
0.8
2.9
28.0
1.1
1.2
89.6
52.1
0.3
1.4
1.0
1,320
408
111
91
36
14
60
89
-447
18Will Richard
W. Richard
6.4
2025-26
69
20.0
2.5
1.3
1.2
0.1
2.3
5.0
46.8
1.0
3.1
33.5
0.7
0.8
85.2
59.6
1.0
1.5
0.8
1,377
441
172
93
80
9
53
131
-97
19Sion James
S. James
5.4
2025-26
82
22.5
3.5
2.0
0.6
0.2
1.7
4.5
37.1
1.0
2.9
35.2
1.0
1.2
83.7
53.1
0.6
2.9
0.8
1,843
441
287
163
52
20
65
148
+65
20Micah Peavy
M. Peavy
4.3
2025-26
61
15.0
1.9
1.0
0.7
0.1
1.7
4.5
38.5
0.5
1.8
25.9
0.4
0.5
75.9
45.5
0.8
1.2
0.3
913
262
117
61
43
9
20
96
-104
21Carter Bryant
C. Bryant
4.2
2025-26
71
11.5
2.5
0.7
0.2
0.3
1.5
3.7
40.8
0.7
2.2
33.5
0.4
0.6
71.4
52.6
0.5
2.0
0.5
818
298
178
47
16
23
33
94
-4
22Hugo González
H. González
3.9
2025-26
74
14.6
3.3
0.5
0.6
0.3
1.6
3.3
47.6
0.6
1.6
36.2
0.2
0.4
50.0
56.1
0.8
2.5
0.5
1,084
289
246
40
42
21
38
124
+246
23Noah Penda
N. Penda
3.8
2025-26
59
12.8
3.2
1.2
0.5
0.3
1.4
3.4
40.4
0.5
1.6
32.3
0.6
0.8
68.8
50.6
1.1
2.0
0.7
757
227
187
70
30
18
42
70
-55
24Mohamed Diawara
M. Diawara
3.6
2025-26
69
9.2
1.4
0.8
0.2
0.1
1.3
3.1
42.3
0.7
1.9
36.9
0.3
0.3
75.0
55.0
0.2
1.1
0.4
634
246
94
53
17
6
30
50
+58

More Mavericks Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

21.0

Flagg

Cooper Flagg

RPG

7.0

Washington

P.J. Washington

APG

5.3

Nembhard

Ryan Nembhard
Team Rankings

ORTG

111.2

27th

DRTG

116.5

20th

NETRTG

-5.4

23rd

3P%

34.4

26th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
Mavericks Mavericks
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
14
22
60
.268
42.0
Last Game
CHI Bulls

31 - 51

128

Final

149

DAL Mavericks

26 - 56

Sun 12 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
Hawks Hawks - x
46
36
.561
14.0
7
76ers 76ers - x
45
37
.549
15.0
8
45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
.390
28.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
51
.378
29.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
22
60
.268
42.0
15
Jazz Jazz - e
22
60
.268
42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
3/17
@
118-125
Tue
3/17
@
124-116
Wed
3/18
@
117-95
Wed
3/18
@
111-130
Wed
3/18
@
99-105

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
4/17
@
7:30 PM
Fri
4/17
@
10:00 PM
Sat
4/18
@
1:00 PM
Sat
4/18
@
3:30 PM
Sat
4/18
@
6:00 PM