most points by a rookie in pistons history

Kelly Tripucka has the most points by a Pistons rookie, with 1,772 points in 1981-82.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	1,772	1981-82	DET	82	37.5	21.6	5.4	3.3	1.1	0.2	7.8	15.6	49.6	0.1	0.3	22.7	6.0	7.6	79.7	57.0	2.7	2.7	3.4	3,077	443	270	89	16	280	241
2	Dave Bing D. Bing	1,601	1966-67	DET	80	34.5	20.0	4.5	4.1			8.3	19.0	43.6				3.4	4.6	73.8	47.5				2,762	359	330				217
3	Grant Hill G. Hill	1,394	1994-95	DET	70	38.3	19.9	6.4	5.0	1.8	0.9	7.3	15.2	47.7	0.1	0.4	14.8	5.3	7.3	73.2	54.1	1.8	4.6	2.9	2,678	445	353	124	62	202	203
4	Bailey Howell B. Howell	1,332	1959-60	DET	75	31.3	17.8	10.5	0.8			6.8	14.9	45.6				4.2	5.6	73.9	51.0				2,346	790	63				282
5	John Long J. Long	1,319	1978-79	DET	82	30.5	16.1	3.2	1.5	1.2	0.2	7.1	15.1	46.9				1.9	2.3	82.6	49.8	1.5	1.7	1.7	2,498	266	121	102	19	137	224
6	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	1,281	1970-71	DET	82	24.6	15.6	8.1	1.8			6.1	13.5	45.5				3.3	4.6	72.6	50.3				2,017	665	146				272
7	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	1,225	1981-82	DET	72	33.8	17.0	2.9	7.8	2.1	0.2	6.3	14.8	42.4	0.2	0.8	28.8	4.2	6.0	70.4	48.7	0.8	2.1	4.2	2,433	209	565	150	17	299	253
8	Jaden Ivey J. Ivey	1,204	2022-23	DET	74	31.1	16.3	3.9	5.2	0.8	0.2	5.5	13.3	41.6	1.6	4.7	34.3	3.6	4.8	74.7	52.8	1.0	2.9	3.2	2,304	288	387	61	17	237	242	-642
9	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	1,114	2021-22	DET	64	32.6	17.4	5.5	5.6	1.2	0.7	6.7	16.1	41.6	1.8	5.7	31.4	2.2	2.6	84.5	50.4	0.9	4.6	3.7	2,088	354	356	78	43	234	200	-275
10	Terry Tyler T. Tyler	1,056	1978-79	DET	82	31.2	12.9	7.9	1.1	1.3	2.5	5.6	11.5	48.2				1.8	2.7	65.8	50.7	2.6	5.3	1.7	2,560	648	89	104	201	141	254
11	Don Ohl D. Ohl	1,054	1960-61	DET	79	27.5	13.3	3.2	3.4			5.4	13.7	39.4				2.5	3.5	71.9	43.7				2,172	256	265				224
12	Dave DeBusschere D. DeBusschere	1,018	1962-63	DET	80	29.4	12.7	8.7	2.6			5.1	11.8	43.0				2.6	3.6	71.8	47.6				2,352	694	207				247
13	Ray Scott R. Scott	995	1961-62	DET	75	27.8	13.3	11.5	1.8			4.9	12.7	38.7				3.4	5.2	65.7	44.2				2,087	865	132				232
14	Fred Schaus F. Schaus	972	1949-50	FTW	68		14.3		2.6			5.2	14.6	35.2				4.0	4.9	81.8	42.6						176				232
15	Curtis Rowe C. Rowe	930	1971-72	DET	82	32.5	11.3	8.5	1.2			4.5	9.8	46.0				2.3	3.5	66.9	50.1				2,661	699	99				171
16	Larry Foust L. Foust	915	1950-51	FTW	68		13.5	10.0	1.3			4.8	13.9	34.6				3.8	5.8	65.9	40.9					681	90				247
17	George Lee G. Lee	896	1960-61	DET	74	23.4	12.1	6.6	1.2			4.2	10.5	39.9				3.7	5.3	70.1	47.2				1,735	490	89				158
18	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	857	2020-21	DET	70	27.3	12.2	4.5	1.4	0.7	0.2	4.0	9.9	40.4	2.5	6.6	38.0	1.8	2.1	84.4	56.7	0.6	3.9	0.9	1,909	318	95	52	14	60	110	-213
19	Brandon Knight B. Knight	847	2011-12	DET	66	32.3	12.8	3.2	3.8	0.7	0.2	4.8	11.7	41.5	1.6	4.2	38.0	1.6	2.1	75.9	51.1	0.5	2.7	2.6	2,129	211	251	49	10	171	154	-259
20	Lindsey Hunter L. Hunter	843	1993-94	DET	82	26.5	10.3	2.3	4.8	1.5	0.1	4.1	10.9	37.5	0.8	2.5	33.3	1.3	1.7	73.2	44.1	0.6	1.7	2.2	2,172	189	390	121	10	184	174
21	Tom Van Arsdale T. Van Arsdale	833	1965-66	DET	79	25.8	10.5	3.9	2.6			3.9	10.6	37.4				2.6	3.7	72.1	43.3				2,041	309	205				251
22	Joe Dumars J. Dumars	769	1985-86	DET	82	23.9	9.4	1.5	4.8	0.8	0.1	3.5	7.3	48.1	0.1	0.2	31.3	2.3	2.9	79.8	54.8	0.7	0.7	1.9	1,957	119	390	66	11	158	200
23	Greg Monroe G. Monroe	751	2010-11	DET	80	27.8	9.4	7.5	1.3	1.2	0.6	3.8	6.9	55.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.9	62.2	57.5	3.1	4.4	1.0	2,222	601	105	93	45	81	196	-136
24	Jonas Jerebko J. Jerebko	741	2009-10	DET	80	27.9	9.3	6.0	0.7	1.0	0.4	3.6	7.5	48.1	0.5	1.4	31.3	1.6	2.2	71.0	54.5	2.4	3.6	1.0	2,232	478	58	79	29	82	230	-160
25	Monk Meineke M. Meineke	725	1952-53	FTW	68	33.1	10.7	6.9	2.2			3.5	9.3	38.1				3.6	4.6	78.3	47.2				2,250	466	148				334

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