most nba mpg in first 3 seasons

Wilt Chamberlain played the most minutes per game by a player in his first 3 seasons with 47.6 minutes per game.

Interpreted as:
most NBA mpg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games by a player in first 3 seasons
NAMEMPGGPPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
47.6
231
42.3
26.6
2.2
16.9
34.3
49.4
8.4
14.8
57.0
51.8
10,993
9,769
6,142
508
403
2Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
44.7
246
28.2
16.9
1.9
11.3
25.7
44.2
5.5
8.3
66.0
48.0
10,993
6,933
4,154
461
761
3Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
43.7
230
29.8
11.0
10.2
10.6
21.8
48.9
8.6
10.5
81.1
56.5
10,056
6,861
2,536
2,347
770
4Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
43.1
224
20.1
19.5
2.6
8.0
16.4
48.7
4.1
5.2
79.3
53.8
9,654
4,511
4,364
574
788
5Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
42.5
245
31.8
15.7
4.0
12.9
23.2
55.7
6.0
8.8
67.7
58.7
10,405
7,779
3,847
979
782
6Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
42.0
239
28.8
17.4
2.4
11.0
21.1
51.9
6.9
10.5
65.6
56.0
10,044
6,887
4,170
569
864
7Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
41.6
213
29.8
17.1
4.2
10.8
25.5
42.2
8.3
10.9
76.4
49.3
8,861
6,354
3,647
901
783
8LeBron James
L. James
41.5
238
26.5
6.6
6.6
1.8
0.7
9.6
21.0
45.8
1.3
3.8
33.0
6.0
8.0
74.6
54.0
1.2
5.4
3.3
9,871
6,307
1,576
1,563
430
176
795
476
+283
9Spencer Haywood
S. Haywood
41.5
183
26.5
12.7
2.1
10.2
21.9
46.6
6.1
7.5
81.4
52.6
7,588
4,845
2,317
392
505
10Nate Archibald
N. Archibald
41.3
238
25.9
2.9
8.7
9.4
19.8
47.7
7.0
8.6
81.7
55.0
9,820
6,172
687
2,061
623
11Paul Arizin
P. Arizin
41.0
210
23.5
9.3
2.7
8.1
18.7
43.2
7.3
9.1
80.2
51.7
8,616
4,927
1,959
569
802
12Damon Stoudamire
D. Stoudamire
40.6
222
18.9
4.1
8.7
1.5
0.2
6.7
16.3
41.2
1.8
5.1
35.2
3.6
4.4
81.7
51.6
1.0
3.0
3.5
9,015
4,190
909
1,942
334
39
778
478
-465
13Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
40.6
209
20.2
6.0
7.2
7.0
19.0
36.8
6.2
7.7
80.4
45.1
8,483
4,223
1,264
1,506
618
14Ed Macauley
E. Macauley
40.4
206
19.5
8.4
3.8
6.3
13.8
45.7
6.9
8.9
76.9
55.0
8,325
4,010
1,729
783
530
15Mel Hutchins
M. Hutchins
40.4
209
10.4
11.3
3.0
4.0
10.6
38.2
2.3
3.6
65.8
42.9
8,443
2,179
2,368
627
635
16Andy Phillip
A. Phillip
40.2
207
10.9
5.1
6.7
3.8
10.0
37.9
3.4
4.5
74.0
45.5
8,328
2,263
1,063
1,385
651
17Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
40.1
204
23.7
4.1
6.3
2.2
0.3
8.4
19.4
43.1
1.4
4.4
31.8
5.5
7.6
72.6
51.9
1.3
2.8
3.7
8,185
4,829
844
1,284
443
56
748
531
-346
18Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
40.0
242
18.8
15.5
3.3
8.0
17.8
45.3
2.7
3.6
74.3
48.5
9,687
4,546
3,748
806
975
19Latrell Sprewell
L. Sprewell
39.7
228
19.0
4.1
4.2
1.8
0.8
6.8
15.6
43.6
1.3
4.0
33.2
4.0
5.2
77.0
53.0
1.0
3.1
2.9
9,045
4,322
928
959
418
174
659
432
20Grant Hill
G. Hill
39.5
230
20.5
8.5
6.5
1.6
0.7
7.4
15.4
47.9
0.1
0.4
22.1
5.7
7.8
73.1
54.5
1.6
6.8
3.1
9,085
4,722
1,949
1,484
368
158
724
631
+413
21Bob McAdoo
B. McAdoo
39.3
236
27.7
12.7
2.1
1.2
2.7
10.9
21.5
50.8
5.8
7.3
79.5
56.0
3.8
10.8
9,286
6,533
3,000
488
180
420
786
22Juwan Howard
J. Howard
39.3
228
19.6
8.1
3.7
0.9
0.3
8.0
16.4
48.8
0.0
0.1
18.2
3.5
4.9
72.9
52.7
2.5
5.6
3.1
8,966
4,463
1,857
836
212
77
715
764
+81
23Bill Russell
B. Russell
39.1
187
16.1
22.0
2.7
6.4
14.3
44.4
3.4
6.3
54.1
47.2
7,314
3,016
4,119
512
485
24Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
39.0
206
22.0
12.0
2.8
0.8
2.4
8.5
16.6
51.3
0.0
0.1
7.1
5.0
7.0
71.0
56.0
3.4
8.6
3.2
8,042
4,531
2,466
579
166
497
667
611
+1275
25Sidney Wicks
S. Wicks
39.0
237
23.6
10.5
4.7
1.2
0.9
9.4
21.2
44.5
4.8
6.6
72.8
49.1
2.6
6.5
9,250
5,599
2,497
1,116
90
64
653
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1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
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.634
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5
46
36
.561
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6
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8
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10
43
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32
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31
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20
62
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40.0
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19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
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1
64
18
.780
2
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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
Suns Suns - x
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
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