most points by a rookie in a single season sin 1980

Bill Cartwright scored the most points by a rookie in 1979-80, with 1,781 points.

NAMEPTSSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Bill Cartwright
B. Cartwright
1,781
1979-80
82
38.4
21.7
8.9
2.0
0.6
1.2
8.1
14.8
54.7
0.0
0.0
5.5
6.9
79.7
60.8
2.4
6.5
2.7
3,150
726
165
48
101
222
279
2Larry Bird
L. Bird
1,745
1979-80
82
36.0
21.3
10.4
4.5
1.7
0.6
8.5
17.8
47.4
0.7
1.7
40.6
3.7
4.4
83.6
53.8
2.6
7.8
3.2
2,955
852
370
143
53
263
279
3Calvin Natt
C. Natt
1,553
1979-80
TOT
78
36.6
19.9
8.9
2.2
1.3
0.4
8.0
16.6
47.9
0.0
0.1
33.3
3.9
5.4
73.0
52.4
3.1
5.8
2.5
2,857
691
169
102
34
198
205
4Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
1,387
1979-80
77
36.3
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
596
563
187
41
305
218
5Dave Greenwood
D. Greenwood
1,334
1979-80
82
34.0
16.3
9.4
2.2
0.7
1.6
6.1
12.8
47.4
0.0
0.1
14.3
4.1
5.1
81.0
54.1
2.7
6.7
2.6
2,791
773
182
60
129
210
313
6Cliff Robinson
C. Robinson
951
1979-80
70
23.7
13.6
7.2
1.4
0.9
0.5
5.6
11.9
46.9
0.0
0.1
25.0
2.4
3.5
69.4
50.6
2.5
4.7
2.0
1,661
506
98
61
34
137
178
7Allen Leavell
A. Leavell
843
1979-80
77
27.6
10.9
2.4
5.4
1.6
0.4
4.3
8.5
50.3
0.0
0.2
15.8
2.3
2.9
81.4
56.0
0.7
1.6
2.7
2,123
184
417
127
28
205
197
8Abdul Jeelani
A. Jeelani
737
1979-80
77
16.7
9.6
3.5
1.2
0.5
0.5
3.7
7.3
51.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.1
2.6
78.9
56.3
1.5
2.0
1.5
1,286
270
95
40
40
117
155
9Greg Kelser
G. Kelser
709
1979-80
50
24.6
14.2
5.5
2.2
1.2
0.7
5.6
11.9
47.2
0.1
0.3
20.0
2.9
4.1
71.9
52.0
2.5
3.0
2.8
1,231
276
108
60
34
140
176
10Dudley Bradley
D. Bradley
688
1979-80
82
24.7
8.4
2.7
3.1
2.6
0.6
3.4
7.4
45.2
0.0
0.1
40.0
1.7
2.1
78.2
50.2
0.8
1.9
2.0
2,027
223
252
211
48
166
194
11Reggie King
R. King
673
1979-80
82
25.0
8.2
6.9
1.3
0.8
0.4
3.1
6.1
51.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.9
2.7
72.6
56.5
2.2
4.7
1.2
2,052
566
106
69
31
100
230
12Sidney Moncrief
S. Moncrief
654
1979-80
77
20.2
8.5
4.4
1.7
0.9
0.2
2.7
5.9
46.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.0
3.8
79.5
56.4
2.0
2.4
1.5
1,557
338
133
72
16
117
106
13Terry Duerod
T. Duerod
624
1979-80
67
19.9
9.3
1.5
1.7
0.6
0.2
4.2
8.9
47.2
0.2
0.8
28.3
0.7
1.0
68.2
49.8
0.4
1.0
1.2
1,331
98
117
41
11
79
102
14Phil Hubbard
P. Hubbard
585
1979-80
64
18.6
9.1
5.0
1.1
0.8
0.2
3.3
7.0
46.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.6
3.4
75.0
53.4
1.8
3.2
1.9
1,189
320
70
48
10
120
202
15Larry Demic
L. Demic
570
1979-80
82
22.8
7.0
5.9
0.8
0.7
0.4
2.8
6.4
43.6
0.0
0.0
1.3
2.2
60.1
46.8
2.4
3.5
2.0
1,872
483
64
56
30
168
306
16Duck Williams
D. Williams
506
1979-80
77
23.3
6.6
1.4
2.4
1.3
0.1
3.0
6.7
44.7
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.5
0.8
70.0
46.4
0.3
1.1
1.4
1,794
106
183
100
11
107
166
17Mike Evans
M. Evans
486
1979-80
79
15.8
6.2
1.4
2.9
0.8
0.1
2.6
5.9
44.8
0.2
0.5
28.6
0.7
1.1
68.2
48.5
0.4
1.0
1.6
1,246
107
230
60
9
128
194
18Gerald Henderson
G. Henderson
473
1979-80
76
14.0
6.2
1.1
1.9
0.6
0.2
2.5
5.0
50.0
0.0
0.1
33.3
1.2
1.7
69.0
53.9
0.5
0.6
1.4
1,061
83
147
45
15
109
96
19Pat Cummings
P. Cummings
468
1979-80
71
12.7
6.6
3.4
0.7
0.3
0.2
2.6
5.2
50.5
0.0
0.0
1.3
1.7
76.4
55.2
1.1
2.2
1.0
900
238
53
22
17
74
141
20Jim Paxson
J. Paxson
443
1979-80
72
17.6
6.2
1.5
2.0
0.7
0.1
2.6
6.4
41.1
0.0
0.3
4.5
0.9
1.3
71.1
44.3
0.3
1.2
1.3
1,270
109
144
48
5
93
97
21Major Jones
M. Jones
438
1979-80
82
18.8
5.3
4.6
0.8
0.6
0.8
2.3
4.8
48.0
0.0
0.0
33.3
0.7
1.3
56.5
49.8
1.8
2.9
1.4
1,545
381
67
50
67
112
186
22Hollis Copeland
H. Copeland
427
1979-80
75
15.2
5.7
2.1
1.1
0.8
0.3
2.4
4.9
49.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.8
1.1
73.3
52.6
0.9
1.1
1.1
1,142
156
80
61
25
84
154
23Johnny High
J. High
409
1979-80
82
13.7
5.0
2.1
1.5
0.9
0.2
1.8
3.9
44.6
0.0
0.1
14.3
1.5
2.2
67.4
51.0
0.8
1.3
1.5
1,121
173
119
71
15
123
172
24Jeff Cook
J. Cook
362
1979-80
66
13.7
5.5
3.7
1.3
0.4
0.3
2.0
4.2
46.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.6
2.0
80.6
54.6
1.4
2.3
1.1
904
241
84
28
18
71
102
25Clint Richardson
C. Richardson
347
1979-80
52
19.0
6.7
2.4
2.1
0.5
0.3
3.1
6.7
45.7
0.0
0.1
33.3
0.5
0.9
62.2
47.2
1.1
1.3
1.2
988
123
107
24
15
64
97

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56
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3
54
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.659
10.0
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53
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.646
11.0
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52
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