highest scoring rookie 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Carmelo Anthony put up the most points by a rookie, with 1,725 points in 2003-04.

NAMEPTSSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
1,725
2003-04
82
36.5
21.0
6.1
2.8
1.2
0.5
7.6
17.9
42.6
0.8
2.6
32.2
5.0
6.4
77.7
50.9
2.2
3.8
3.0
2,995
498
227
97
41
247
225
+65
2LeBron James
L. James
1,654
2003-04
79
39.5
20.9
5.5
5.9
1.6
0.7
7.9
18.9
41.7
0.8
2.7
29.0
4.4
5.8
75.4
48.8
1.3
4.2
3.5
3,122
432
465
130
58
273
149
-144
3Elton Brand
E. Brand
1,627
1999-00
81
37.0
20.1
10.0
1.9
0.8
1.6
7.8
16.1
48.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.5
6.6
68.5
52.8
4.3
5.7
2.8
2,999
810
155
66
132
228
259
-647
4Kevin Durant
K. Durant
1,624
2007-08
80
34.6
20.3
4.4
2.4
1.0
0.9
7.3
17.1
43.0
0.7
2.6
28.8
4.9
5.6
87.3
51.9
0.9
3.5
2.9
2,768
348
192
78
75
232
122
-651
5O.J. Mayo
O.J. Mayo
1,516
2008-09
82
38.0
18.5
3.8
3.2
1.1
0.2
6.9
15.6
43.8
1.8
4.6
38.4
3.0
3.4
87.9
53.9
0.7
3.1
2.8
3,120
308
262
91
13
226
204
-416
6Pau Gasol
P. Gasol
1,441
2001-02
82
36.7
17.6
8.9
2.7
0.5
2.1
6.7
13.0
51.8
0.0
0.1
20.0
4.1
5.8
70.9
56.6
2.9
6.0
2.7
3,007
730
223
41
169
224
195
-310
7Steve Francis
S. Francis
1,388
1999-00
77
36.1
18.0
5.3
6.6
1.5
0.4
6.5
14.5
44.5
1.4
4.0
34.5
3.7
4.7
78.6
54.3
2.0
3.3
4.0
2,776
409
507
118
29
306
231
-158
8Derrick Rose
D. Rose
1,361
2008-09
81
37.0
16.8
3.9
6.3
0.8
0.2
7.1
14.9
47.5
0.2
0.9
22.2
2.4
3.1
78.8
51.6
1.2
2.7
2.5
3,000
317
512
66
18
202
125
-121
9Lamar Odom
L. Odom
1,259
1999-00
76
36.4
16.6
7.8
4.2
1.2
1.3
5.9
13.5
43.8
0.8
2.2
36.0
4.0
5.5
71.9
52.1
2.1
5.7
3.4
2,767
595
317
91
95
258
291
-451
10Chris Paul
C. Paul
1,258
2005-06
78
36.0
16.1
5.1
7.8
2.2
0.1
5.2
12.1
43.0
0.6
2.3
28.2
5.1
6.0
84.7
54.6
0.8
4.3
2.3
2,808
400
611
175
6
183
218
-181
11Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
1,256
2008-09
82
32.5
15.3
4.9
5.3
1.3
0.2
5.3
13.4
39.8
0.4
1.6
27.1
4.3
5.2
81.5
48.9
2.2
2.7
3.3
2,668
399
435
110
16
274
191
-272
12Eric Gordon
E. Gordon
1,252
2008-09
78
34.3
16.1
2.6
2.8
1.0
0.4
5.3
11.6
45.6
1.7
4.3
38.9
3.8
4.5
85.4
59.3
0.6
2.0
2.1
2,677
201
215
78
35
164
172
-457
13Ben Gordon
B. Gordon
1,235
2004-05
82
24.4
15.1
2.6
2.0
0.6
0.1
5.3
12.9
41.1
1.6
4.0
40.5
2.8
3.3
86.3
52.6
0.7
2.0
2.3
2,002
215
164
53
10
186
224
+146
14Caron Butler
C. Butler
1,201
2002-03
78
36.6
15.4
5.1
2.7
1.8
0.4
5.5
13.2
41.6
0.4
1.4
31.8
4.0
4.8
82.4
50.2
1.7
3.4
2.5
2,858
397
213
137
31
192
230
-383
15Jason Richardson
J. Richardson
1,151
2001-02
80
32.9
14.4
4.3
3.0
1.3
0.4
5.8
13.6
42.6
1.0
3.1
33.3
1.8
2.6
67.1
48.7
1.6
2.7
2.0
2,629
340
236
106
31
160
195
-274
16Shane Battier
S. Battier
1,125
2001-02
78
39.7
14.4
5.4
2.8
1.6
1.0
5.3
12.3
42.9
1.3
3.5
37.3
2.5
3.6
70.0
51.8
2.3
3.1
2.0
3,097
418
216
121
81
155
215
-289
17Michael Beasley
M. Beasley
1,123
2008-09
81
24.8
13.9
5.4
1.0
0.5
0.5
5.6
11.8
47.2
0.4
1.0
40.7
2.3
3.0
77.2
52.8
1.4
4.1
1.5
2,009
439
83
41
37
121
184
+8
18Amar'e Stoudemire
A. Stoudemire
1,106
2002-03
82
31.3
13.5
8.8
1.0
0.8
1.1
4.8
10.1
47.2
0.0
0.1
20.0
3.9
5.9
66.1
53.0
3.0
5.7
2.3
2,570
721
78
62
87
189
269
+8
19Emeka Okafor
E. Okafor
1,105
2004-05
73
35.6
15.1
10.9
0.9
0.8
1.7
6.1
13.7
44.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.9
4.7
60.9
47.9
3.8
7.1
1.7
2,600
795
64
62
125
125
214
-344
20Yao Ming
Y. Ming
1,104
2002-03
82
29.0
13.5
8.2
1.7
0.4
1.8
4.9
9.8
49.8
0.0
0.0
50.0
3.7
4.5
81.1
57.0
2.4
5.8
2.1
2,382
675
137
31
147
173
230
+142
21Brook Lopez
B. Lopez
1,068
2008-09
82
30.5
13.0
8.1
1.0
0.5
1.8
5.5
10.3
53.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.1
2.6
79.3
56.8
2.7
5.4
1.8
2,501
665
86
44
151
147
257
-104
22Charlie Villanueva
C. Villanueva
1,053
2005-06
81
29.1
13.0
6.4
1.1
0.7
0.8
5.4
11.6
46.3
0.9
2.6
32.7
1.4
2.0
70.6
52.1
2.2
4.2
1.2
2,361
521
88
60
63
99
247
-37
23Al Thornton
A. Thornton
1,005
2007-08
79
27.3
12.7
4.5
1.2
0.6
0.5
4.7
11.0
42.9
0.5
1.6
33.1
2.7
3.6
74.3
50.4
1.2
3.3
1.6
2,158
358
98
46
43
128
195
-405
24Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
991
2003-04
61
34.9
16.2
4.0
4.5
1.4
0.6
6.1
13.1
46.5
0.3
0.9
30.2
3.8
5.1
74.7
53.0
1.4
2.7
3.2
2,126
247
275
86
34
196
140
+87
25Dwight Howard
D. Howard
981
2004-05
82
32.6
12.0
10.0
0.9
0.9
1.7
4.3
8.3
52.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.4
5.0
67.1
57.1
3.5
6.5
2.0
2,670
823
75
77
136
165
232
-179

More Nuggets Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

28.0

Jokić

Nikola Jokić

RPG

12.9

Jokić

Nikola Jokić

APG

10.9

Jokić

Nikola Jokić
Team Rankings

ORTG

122.3

1st

DRTG

117.5

21st

NETRTG

4.8

8th

3P%

39.5

1st

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
62
16
.795
2
60
19
.759
2.5
3
Nuggets Nuggets
51
28
.646
11.5
4
50
28
.641
12.0
5
49
29
.628
13.0
Schedule
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4/8
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9:00 PM
Fri
4/10
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9:00 PM
Sun
4/12
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8:30 PM
Last Game

132

Final

137

DEN Nuggets

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
57
22
.722
2
53
25
.679
3.5
3
51
28
.646
6.0
4
50
29
.633
7.0
5
45
34
.570
12.0
6
43
35
.551
13.5
7
43
36
.544
14.0
8
43
36
.544
14.0
9
43
36
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14.0
10
41
37
.526
15.5
11
Bucks Bucks - e
31
47
.397
25.5
12
Bulls Bulls - e
29
49
.372
27.5
13
Nets Nets - e
19
59
.244
37.5
14
18
60
.231
38.5
15
17
61
.218
39.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
62
16
.795
2
Spurs Spurs - x
60
19
.759
2.5
3
51
28
.646
11.5
4
50
28
.641
12.0
5
49
29
.628
13.0
6
46
32
.590
16.0
7
43
35
.551
19.0
8
40
38
.513
22.0
9
40
39
.506
22.5
10
36
42
.462
26.0
11
25
53
.321
37.0
12
25
54
.316
37.5
13
25
54
.316
37.5
14
Kings Kings - e
21
58
.266
41.5
15
Jazz Jazz - e
21
58
.266
41.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
3/10
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93-129
Tue
3/10
@
117-109
Tue
3/10
@
128-153
Wed
3/11
@
109-131
Wed
3/11
@
131-136

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
4/7
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7:00 PM
Tue
4/7
@
7:00 PM
Tue
4/7
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7:30 PM
Tue
4/7
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Tue
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