most mpg as a rookie year player as a 1st pick

Elvin Hayes had 45.1 minutes per game in his rookie season in 1968-69.

NAME MPG SEASON TM GP PPG 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 Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
45.1
1968-69
SDR SDR
82
28.4
17.1
1.4
11.3
25.4
44.7
5.7
9.1
62.6
48.3
3,695
2,327
1,406
113
266
2 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
43.1
1969-70
MIL MIL
82
28.8
14.5
4.1
11.4
22.1
51.8
5.9
9.1
65.3
55.2
3,534
2,361
1,190
337
283
3 Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
42.7
1960-61
CIN CIN
71
30.5
10.1
9.7
10.6
22.5
47.3
9.2
11.2
82.2
55.5
3,032
2,165
716
690
219
4 Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
42.3
1961-62
CHI CHI
79
31.6
19.0
2.7
12.3
23.7
51.9
6.9
10.8
64.4
55.4
3,344
2,495
1,500
210
281
5 Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
40.8
1958-59
MIN MIN
70
24.9
15.0
4.1
8.6
21.2
40.8
7.6
9.8
77.7
48.8
2,855
1,742
1,050
287
270
6 Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
40.1
1996-97
PHI PHI
76
23.5
4.1
7.5
2.1
0.3
8.2
19.8
41.6
2.0
6.0
34.1
5.0
7.2
70.2
51.3
1.5
2.6
4.4
3,045
1,787
312
567
157
24
337
233
-439
7 LeBron James
L. James
39.5
2003-04
CLE CLE
79
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
1,654
432
465
130
58
273
149
-144
8 Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
39.1
1997-98
SAS SAS
82
21.1
11.9
2.7
0.7
2.5
8.6
15.7
54.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.9
5.9
66.2
57.7
3.3
8.6
3.4
3,204
1,731
977
224
55
206
279
254
+429
9 Blake Griffin
B. Griffin
38.0
2010-11
LAC LAC
82
22.5
12.1
3.8
0.8
0.5
8.5
16.8
50.6
0.1
0.3
29.2
5.4
8.5
64.2
54.9
3.3
8.8
2.7
3,112
1,845
989
312
63
45
223
252
-146
10 Shaquille O'Neal
S. O'Neal
37.9
1992-93
ORL ORL
81
23.4
13.9
1.9
0.7
3.5
9.0
16.1
56.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
5.3
8.9
59.2
58.4
4.2
9.6
3.8
3,071
1,893
1,122
152
60
286
307
321
11 John Wall
J. Wall
37.8
2010-11
WAS WAS
69
16.4
4.6
8.3
1.8
0.5
5.8
14.1
40.9
0.5
1.7
29.6
4.4
5.7
76.6
49.4
0.5
4.1
3.8
2,606
1,131
317
574
121
35
261
175
-440
12 Frank Selvy
F. Selvy
37.6
1954-55
TOT
71
19.0
5.5
3.5
6.4
16.8
37.8
6.3
8.6
72.8
46.1
2,668
1,348
394
245
230
13 Larry Johnson
L. Johnson
37.2
1991-92
CHA CHA
82
19.2
11.0
3.6
1.0
0.6
7.5
15.3
49.0
0.1
0.3
22.7
4.1
5.0
82.9
54.8
3.9
7.0
2.0
3,047
1,576
899
292
81
51
160
225
14 Derrick Rose
D. Rose
37.0
2008-09
CHI CHI
81
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
1,361
317
512
66
18
202
125
-121
15 Elton Brand
E. Brand
37.0
1999-00
CHI CHI
81
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
1,627
810
155
66
132
228
259
-647
16 Glenn Robinson
G. Robinson
37.0
1994-95
MIL MIL
80
21.9
6.4
2.5
1.4
0.3
8.0
17.6
45.1
1.1
3.4
32.1
5.0
6.2
79.6
53.8
2.1
4.3
3.9
2,958
1,755
513
197
115
22
313
234
17 David Robinson
D. Robinson
36.6
1989-90
SAS SAS
82
24.3
12.0
2.0
1.7
3.9
8.4
15.9
53.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
7.5
10.2
73.2
59.7
3.7
8.3
3.1
3,002
1,993
983
164
138
319
257
259
18 Danny Manning
D. Manning
36.5
1988-89
LAC LAC
26
16.7
6.6
3.1
1.7
1.0
6.8
13.8
49.4
0.0
0.2
20.0
3.0
4.0
76.7
53.8
2.7
3.9
3.6
950
434
171
81
44
25
93
89
19 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
36.3
1979-80
LAL LAL
77
18.0
7.7
7.3
2.4
0.5
6.5
12.3
53.0
0.1
0.4
22.6
4.9
6.0
81.0
60.2
2.2
5.6
4.0
2,795
1,387
596
563
187
41
305
218
20 Andrew Wiggins
A. Wiggins
36.2
2014-15
MIN MIN
82
16.9
4.6
2.1
1.0
0.6
6.1
13.9
43.7
0.5
1.5
31.0
4.3
5.7
76.0
51.7
1.6
2.9
2.2
2,969
1,387
374
170
86
50
177
190
-550
21 Austin Carr
A. Carr
35.8
1971-72
CLE CLE
43
21.2
3.5
3.4
8.9
20.8
42.6
3.5
4.6
76.0
46.5
1,539
911
150
148
99
22 Joe Barry Carroll
J. Barry Carroll
35.6
1980-81
GSW GSW
82
18.9
9.3
1.4
0.6
1.5
7.5
15.3
49.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.8
5.4
71.6
53.4
3.3
5.9
3.0
2,919
1,547
759
117
50
121
243
313
23 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
35.5
1984-85
HOU HOU
82
20.6
11.9
1.4
1.2
2.7
8.3
15.3
53.8
0.0
0.0
4.1
6.7
61.3
56.4
5.4
6.5
2.9
2,914
1,692
974
111
99
220
234
344
24 Patrick Ewing
P. Ewing
35.4
1985-86
NYK NYK
50
20.0
9.0
2.0
1.1
2.1
7.7
16.3
47.4
0.0
0.1
0.0
4.5
6.1
73.9
52.6
2.5
6.5
3.4
1,771
998
451
102
54
103
172
191
25 Derrick Coleman
D. Coleman
35.2
1990-91
NJN NJN
74
18.4
10.3
2.2
1.0
1.3
6.9
14.9
46.7
0.2
0.5
34.2
4.4
6.0
73.1
52.7
3.6
6.6
2.9
2,602
1,364
759
163
71
99
217
217
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Thunder Thunder
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.829
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Rockets Rockets
52
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.634
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Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
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