highest single season points per game on eighth round picks

Dan Issel has averaged the most points per game by an 8th round pick in a season, with 23.8 per game in 1979-80.

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF
1	Dan Issel D. Issel	23.8	1979-80	DEN	82	35.8	8.8	2.4	1.1	0.7	8.7	17.3	50.5	0.0	0.1	33.3	6.3	8.1	77.5	57.1	2.9	5.9	2.0	2,938	1,951	719	198	88	54	163	190
2	Dan Issel D. Issel	22.9	1981-82	DEN	81	30.5	7.5	2.2	0.8	0.7	8.0	15.3	52.7	0.0	0.1	66.7	6.7	8.1	83.4	60.8	2.1	5.4	2.1	2,472	1,852	608	179	67	55	169	245
3	Dan Issel D. Issel	22.3	1976-77	DEN	79	31.7	8.8	2.2	1.2	0.4	8.4	16.2	51.5				5.6	7.1	79.7	57.8	2.7	6.1		2,507	1,765	696	177	91	29		246
4	Dan Issel D. Issel	21.9	1980-81	DEN	80	33.0	8.5	2.0	1.0	0.7	7.7	15.3	50.3	0.0	0.2	16.7	6.5	8.6	75.9	57.5	2.9	5.6	1.6	2,641	1,749	676	158	83	53	130	249
5	Dan Issel D. Issel	21.6	1982-83	DEN	80	30.4	7.5	2.8	1.0	0.5	8.3	16.2	51.0	0.1	0.2	21.1	5.0	6.0	83.5	57.3	1.9	5.6	2.2	2,431	1,726	596	223	83	43	174	227
6	Dan Issel D. Issel	21.3	1977-78	DEN	82	34.8	10.1	3.7	1.2	0.5	8.0	15.7	51.2				5.2	6.7	78.2	57.1	3.1	7.0	3.2	2,851	1,746	830	304	100	41	259	279
7	Dan Issel D. Issel	19.8	1983-84	DEN	76	27.3	6.8	2.3	0.8	0.6	7.5	15.2	49.3	0.1	0.3	21.1	4.8	5.6	85.0	56.1	1.5	5.3	1.6	2,076	1,506	513	173	60	44	122	182
8	Dan Issel D. Issel	17.0	1978-79	DEN	81	33.9	9.1	3.1	0.8	0.6	6.6	12.7	51.7				3.9	5.2	75.4	56.8	3.0	6.1	2.1	2,742	1,380	738	255	61	46	171	233
9	Woody Sauldsberry W. Sauldsberry	15.4	1958-59	PHI	72	38.1	11.5	1.0			7.0	19.2	36.3				1.5	2.4	62.5	38.1				2,743	1,112	826	71				276
10	Jim Fox J. Fox	12.9	1969-70	PHX	81	25.2	7.0	1.1			5.1	9.7	52.4				2.7	3.5	77.0	57.2				2,041	1,044	570	93				261
11	Woody Sauldsberry W. Sauldsberry	12.8	1957-58	PHI	71	33.5	10.3	0.8			5.5	15.2	36.0				1.9	3.1	61.5	38.7				2,377	912	729	58				245
12	Dan Issel D. Issel	12.8	1984-85	DEN	77	21.9	4.3	1.8	0.8	0.4	4.7	10.3	45.9	0.0	0.1	14.3	3.3	4.1	80.6	52.8	1.0	3.3	1.2	1,684	984	331	137	65	31	93	171
13	Jim Fox J. Fox	11.5	1971-72	TOT	81	26.9	8.8	1.1			4.4	9.7	44.9				2.8	3.7	76.4	50.9				2,180	935	713	86				257
14	Jim Fox J. Fox	11.4	1972-73	SEA	74	33.0	11.2	2.4			4.3	8.3	51.5				2.9	3.6	80.8	58.0				2,439	846	827	176				239
15	Don Adams D. Adams	11.4	1970-71	SDR	82	29.0	7.1	2.1			4.8	11.7	40.9				1.9	2.6	73.1	44.6				2,374	937	581	173				344
16	Don Adams D. Adams	11.4	1971-72	TOT	73	28.4	6.9	1.9			4.3	10.9	39.2				2.8	3.8	74.5	45.2				2,071	831	502	140				266
17	George King G. King	11.3	1953-54	SYR	72	32.9	3.7	3.8			3.9	10.3	37.6				3.6	5.7	62.7	44.2				2,370	817	268	272				179
18	Jim Fox J. Fox	11.3	1973-74	SEA	78	27.9	9.2	2.9	0.7	0.3	4.1	8.6	47.8				3.1	3.8	82.3	55.2	3.1	6.0		2,179	885	714	227	56	21		247
19	George King G. King	11.2	1952-53	SYR	71	35.5	4.0	5.1			3.6	8.9	40.2				4.0	6.2	64.3	47.9				2,519	794	281	364				244
20	Woody Sauldsberry W. Sauldsberry	10.9	1962-63	TOT	77	26.4	5.8	1.0			4.8	12.5	37.9				1.4	2.1	65.6	40.4				2,034	839	447	78				241
21	Jim Fox J. Fox	10.9	1968-69	TOT	76	31.0	10.8	2.2			4.2	8.9	47.0				2.5	3.5	71.5	52.0				2,354	827	818	166				266
22	Woody Sauldsberry W. Sauldsberry	10.7	1961-62	TOT	63	28.0	8.5	1.4			4.7	13.8	34.3				1.3	2.0	64.2	36.6				1,765	675	536	90				179
23	George King G. King	10.3	1955-56	SYR	72	32.5	3.5	5.7			3.9	10.6	37.2				2.4	3.8	64.0	42.1				2,343	744	250	410				150
24	Don Adams D. Adams	10.3	1973-74	DET	74	31.1	6.1	1.9	1.5	0.2	4.1	10.0	40.8				2.1	2.7	76.1	45.7	1.8	4.3		2,298	759	448	141	110	12		242
25	George King G. King	10.0	1951-52	SYR	66	28.6	4.2	3.7			3.6	8.8	40.6				2.8	4.0	71.2	47.3				1,889	658	274	244				199

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