most points by an nba rookie in a single playoff run last 40 years

Between June 21, 1985 and June 21, 2025, Jayson Tatum has scored the most points by a rookie in a single NBA playoff run, with 351 points in 2017-18.

	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	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	351	2017-18	BOS	19	35.9	18.5	4.4	2.7	1.2	0.5	6.5	13.7	47.1	1.2	3.7	32.4	4.3	5.1	84.5	57.8	0.5	3.8	2.2	683	83	52	23	10	41	50	+51
2	Tyler Herro T. Herro	335	2019-20	MIA	21	33.6	16.0	5.1	3.7	0.4	0.1	5.7	13.2	43.3	2.3	6.1	37.5	2.2	2.6	87.0	55.7	0.3	4.8	2.0	706	107	77	8	2	42	31	+1
3	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	268	2017-18	UTA	11	37.4	24.4	5.9	4.2	1.5	0.4	9.3	22.1	42.0	2.3	7.3	31.3	3.5	3.9	90.7	51.2	0.8	5.1	2.9	411	65	46	16	4	32	35	-25
4	Richard Dumas R. Dumas	251	1992-93	PHX	23	21.7	10.9	2.8	1.0	0.9	0.5	4.7	8.9	52.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.6	2.1	75.5	55.6	1.6	1.3	1.2	499	65	24	21	11	27	52
5	David Robinson D. Robinson	243	1989-90	SAS	10	37.5	24.3	12.0	2.3	1.1	4.0	8.9	16.7	53.3	0.0	0.0		6.5	9.6	67.7	58.1	3.6	8.4	2.4	375	120	23	11	40	24	35
6	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	234	2003-04	MIA	13	39.2	18.0	4.0	5.6	1.3	0.3	6.6	14.5	45.5	0.2	0.6	37.5	4.5	5.8	78.7	52.7	1.2	2.8	4.2	510	52	73	17	4	54	45	+6
7	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	226	2002-03	SAS	24	27.5	9.4	3.8	2.9	1.7	0.4	3.0	7.7	38.6	1.2	3.0	38.4	2.3	3.1	75.7	52.2	1.2	2.6	1.5	660	92	70	41	9	36	62	+191
8	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	216	2019-20	DEN	19	23.7	11.4	6.7	0.8	0.7	0.3	4.1	8.6	47.6	1.8	4.7	38.2	1.4	1.8	74.3	60.2	1.1	5.6	1.3	451	127	16	13	6	25	43	+54
9	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	214	1992-93	CHA	9	40.8	23.8	9.9	1.4	0.7	3.4	7.9	16.4	48.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	8.0	10.3	77.4	56.6	3.1	6.8	4.1	367	89	13	6	31	37	37
10	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	207	1993-94	HOU	22	21.7	9.4	2.7	4.2	1.0	0.2	2.9	7.3	39.4	0.8	2.0	37.8	2.9	3.4	86.5	53.7	0.9	1.8	2.1	478	59	93	21	5	47	62
11	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	193	2012-13	GSW	12	38.4	16.1	6.4	1.3	0.6	0.4	6.0	13.5	44.4	1.6	4.3	36.5	2.5	2.9	85.7	54.4	1.5	4.9	1.3	461	77	15	7	5	16	33	+18
12	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	186	1997-98	SAS	9	41.6	20.7	9.0	1.9	0.6	2.6	8.1	15.6	52.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	6.7	66.7	55.9	2.2	6.8	2.8	374	81	17	5	23	25	24	+16
13	Matt Maloney M. Maloney	179	1996-97	HOU	16	32.9	11.2	1.2	3.1	0.6	0.2	3.8	9.6	39.9	2.7	6.8	39.8	0.9	1.3	66.7	55.2	0.1	1.1	2.4	526	19	50	10	3	38	31	+27
14	Oliver Miller O. Miller	173	1992-93	PHX	24	21.4	7.2	5.2	2.1	0.9	2.5	3.0	5.0	58.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.3	2.3	56.4	59.6	1.4	3.8	1.8	513	124	51	21	59	42	76
15	Dan Majerle D. Majerle	172	1988-89	PHX	12	29.3	14.3	4.8	1.2	1.1	0.3	5.3	12.0	43.8	0.7	2.3	28.6	3.2	4.0	79.2	52.1	1.8	2.9	1.3	352	57	14	13	4	15	28
16	Courtney Lee C. Lee	169	2008-09	ORL	21	26.2	8.0	1.9	1.3	0.9	0.1	3.2	7.3	43.5	0.6	2.1	27.3	1.1	1.2	88.5	51.1	0.3	1.6	1.0	550	39	27	19	3	20	42	+24
17	Dereck Lively II D. Lively II	165	2023-24	DAL	21	22.0	7.9	7.4	1.3	0.4	1.0	3.0	4.5	67.4	0.0	0.0	100.0	1.7	2.9	59.0	67.7	2.7	4.7	1.0	462	156	27	9	20	21	48	+98
18	Daniel Gibson D. Gibson	165	2006-07	CLE	20	20.1	8.3	1.6	1.1	0.6	0.2	2.5	5.8	43.1	1.4	3.3	40.9	1.9	2.2	88.4	61.1	0.5	1.2	0.5	402	32	21	12	4	9	34	+70
19	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	163	2017-18	PHI	10	36.9	16.3	9.4	7.7	1.7	0.8	6.1	12.5	48.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.1	5.8	70.7	54.1	1.6	7.8	4.4	369	94	77	17	8	44	34	-23
20	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	161	1988-89	GSW	8	39.3	20.1	7.3	4.4	1.8	0.1	7.8	16.9	45.9	0.4	2.0	18.8	4.3	4.8	89.5	53.1	1.3	6.0	3.0	314	58	35	14	1	24	25
21	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	156	2023-24	OKC	10	34.5	15.6	7.2	2.1	0.7	2.5	5.9	11.9	49.6	1.3	5.0	26.0	2.5	3.3	75.8	58.4	1.4	5.8	1.9	345	72	21	7	25	19	26	+75
22	Tony Parker T. Parker	155	2001-02	SAS	10	34.1	15.5	2.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	6.2	13.6	45.6	1.0	2.7	37.0	2.1	2.8	75.0	52.3	0.5	2.4	2.2	341	29	40	9	1	22	22	+53
23	Tayshaun Prince T. Prince	141	2002-03	DET	15	25.5	9.4	3.8	1.5	0.5	0.9	3.3	7.7	42.6	0.9	3.2	29.2	1.9	2.5	76.3	53.5	0.7	3.1	1.1	382	57	23	8	13	16	20	+47
24	Rodney Stuckey R. Stuckey	139	2007-08	DET	17	22.4	8.2	1.9	3.4	1.1	0.1	2.5	6.8	37.1	0.1	0.4	28.6	3.0	3.4	87.9	49.1	0.6	1.2	1.4	380	32	58	18	2	23	35	+7
25	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	139	2001-02	NJN	20	22.1	7.0	4.6	1.3	0.6	0.5	2.7	5.7	46.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.7	3.0	55.0	49.5	0.8	3.8	1.3	441	92	25	11	9	26	40	+8