most points averaged by a rookie in nuggets

Carmelo Anthony has the most points per game by a Nuggets rookie, with 21.0 per game in 2003-04.

Interpreted as:

most points with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games averaged by a rookie in nuggets

	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	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	21.0	2003-04	DEN	82	36.5	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	1,725	498	227	97	41	247	225	+65
2	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	16.6	1991-92	DEN	71	38.3	12.3	2.2	0.6	3.0	6.0	12.2	49.3	0.0	0.0		4.5	7.0	64.2	54.0	4.5	7.8	3.5	2,716	1,177	870	156	43	210	252	273
3	LaPhonso Ellis L. Ellis	14.7	1992-93	DEN	82	33.5	9.1	1.8	0.9	1.4	5.9	11.7	50.4	0.0	0.2	15.4	2.9	3.9	74.8	54.9	3.3	5.7	1.9	2,749	1,205	744	151	72	111	153	293
4	Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf M. Abdul-Rauf	14.1	1990-91	DEN	67	22.5	1.8	3.1	0.8	0.1	6.2	15.1	41.3	0.4	1.5	24.0	1.3	1.5	85.7	44.8	0.5	1.3	1.6	1,505	942	121	206	55	4	110	149
5	Antonio McDyess A. McDyess	13.4	1995-96	DEN	76	30.0	7.5	1.0	0.7	1.5	5.6	11.6	48.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.2	3.2	68.3	51.6	3.0	4.5	2.0	2,280	1,020	572	75	54	114	154	250
6	Emmanuel Mudiay E. Mudiay	12.8	2015-16	DEN	68	30.4	3.4	5.5	1.0	0.5	4.8	13.3	36.4	1.1	3.4	31.9	2.1	3.1	67.0	43.7	0.5	2.9	3.2	2,068	872	232	372	65	35	217	141	-118
7	Bobby Jackson B. Jackson	11.6	1997-98	DEN	68	30.0	4.4	4.7	1.5	0.2	4.6	11.6	39.2	0.3	1.2	25.9	2.2	2.7	81.4	45.3	1.1	3.3	2.7	2,042	790	302	317	105	11	184	160	-491
8	Kiki VanDeWeghe K. VanDeWeghe	11.5	1980-81	DEN	51	27.0	5.3	1.8	0.6	0.5	4.5	10.5	42.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.5	3.1	81.8	48.4	1.7	3.6	1.7	1,376	588	270	94	29	24	86	116
9	Mark Macon M. Macon	10.6	1991-92	DEN	76	30.3	2.9	2.2	2.0	0.2	4.4	11.7	37.5	0.1	0.4	13.3	1.8	2.4	73.0	41.5	1.1	1.8	2.0	2,304	805	220	168	154	14	155	242
10	Nene	10.5	2002-03	DEN	80	28.2	6.1	1.9	1.6	0.8	4.0	7.7	51.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	4.3	57.8	54.5	2.6	3.5	2.3	2,258	839	491	149	127	65	181	295	-261
11	Kenneth Faried K. Faried	10.2	2011-12	DEN	46	22.5	7.7	0.8	0.7	1.0	3.9	6.7	58.6	0.0	0.0		2.4	3.6	66.5	61.8	3.1	4.6	1.2	1,037	471	352	36	34	47	54	116	+5
12	Danny Fortson D. Fortson	10.2	1997-98	DEN	80	22.6	5.6	1.0	0.6	0.4	3.5	7.6	45.2	0.0	0.0	33.3	3.3	4.2	77.6	53.7	2.3	3.3	2.0	1,811	816	448	76	44	30	157	314	-409
13	Bones Hyland B. Hyland	10.1	2021-22	DEN	69	19.0	2.7	2.8	0.6	0.3	3.3	8.3	40.3	1.9	5.2	36.6	1.6	1.8	85.6	55.8	0.2	2.5	1.2	1,310	698	188	191	41	20	86	153	+39
14	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	10.0	2015-16	DEN	80	21.7	7.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	3.8	7.5	51.2	0.4	1.1	33.3	1.9	2.4	81.1	58.2	2.3	4.7	1.3	1,733	796	560	189	79	50	104	208	+92
15	Jamal Murray J. Murray	9.9	2016-17	DEN	82	21.5	2.6	2.1	0.6	0.3	3.6	8.9	40.4	1.4	4.2	33.4	1.3	1.5	88.3	51.8	0.5	2.1	1.4	1,765	811	214	170	51	24	113	124	+77
16	Anthony Roberts A. Roberts	9.5	1977-78	DEN	82	19.5	4.3	1.3	0.5	0.1	3.8	9.0	42.3				1.9	2.6	72.2	46.7	1.6	2.6	1.4	1,598	775	351	105	40	7	118	212
17	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	9.3	2019-20	DEN	55	16.4	4.7	0.8	0.5	0.5	3.5	7.0	50.9	1.1	2.7	42.2	1.1	1.3	83.3	61.7	1.2	3.5	0.9	903	512	259	46	27	25	49	100	+21
18	Cedrick Hordges C. Hordges	8.4	1980-81	DEN	68	23.5	6.7	1.5	0.5	0.3	3.3	7.1	46.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.9	2.7	69.9	50.9	1.8	5.0	1.8	1,599	572	458	104	33	19	120	226
19	Tony Battie T. Battie	8.4	1997-98	DEN	65	23.2	5.4	0.9	0.8	1.1	3.6	8.1	44.6	0.0	0.2	21.4	1.1	1.6	70.2	47.7	2.1	3.3	1.5	1,506	544	351	60	54	69	98	199	-478
20	Ty Lawson T. Lawson	8.3	2009-10	DEN	65	20.3	1.9	3.1	0.7	0.0	3.1	6.0	51.5	0.5	1.3	41.0	1.6	2.2	75.7	60.0	0.6	1.3	1.3	1,318	542	124	203	48	2	82	89	+170
21	Jalen Rose J. Rose	8.2	1994-95	DEN	81	22.2	2.7	4.8	0.8	0.3	2.8	6.2	45.4	0.4	1.4	31.6	2.1	2.9	73.9	55.0	0.7	2.0	2.0	1,798	663	217	389	65	22	160	206
22	James Posey J. Posey	8.2	1999-00	DEN	81	25.3	3.9	1.8	1.2	0.4	2.8	6.6	42.9	1.0	2.7	37.3	1.5	1.9	80.0	55.0	1.0	2.9	1.2	2,052	662	317	146	98	33	95	207	-70
23	Rodney Rogers R. Rogers	8.1	1993-94	DEN	79	17.8	2.9	1.3	0.8	0.6	3.0	6.9	43.9	0.4	1.2	38.0	1.6	2.4	67.2	50.9	1.1	1.7	1.7	1,406	640	226	101	63	48	131	195
24	Todd Lichti T. Lichti	8.0	1989-90	DEN	79	16.8	1.9	1.5	0.7	0.2	3.2	6.5	48.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.6	2.2	74.7	53.3	0.6	1.3	1.2	1,326	630	151	116	55	13	95	145
25	Mark Alarie M. Alarie	7.9	1986-87	DEN	64	17.3	3.3	1.2	0.3	0.4	3.4	6.9	49.0	0.0	0.1	22.2	1.0	1.6	66.3	51.6	1.1	2.2	0.9	1,110	503	214	74	22	28	56	138