most points in a season by a rookie with less than 1242 points

Ben Gordon has scored the most points by a rookie with fewer than 1,242 points, with 1,235 points in 2004-05.

	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	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	1,235	2004-05	CHI	82	24.4	15.1	2.6	2.0	0.6	0.1	5.3	12.9	41.1	1.6	4.0	40.5	2.8	3.3	86.3	52.6	0.7	2.0	2.3	2,002	215	164	53	10	186	224	+146
2	Ernie DiGregorio E. DiGregorio	1,234	1973-74	BUF	81	35.9	15.2	2.7	8.2	0.7	0.1	6.5	15.6	42.1				2.1	2.4	90.2	45.9	0.6	2.1		2,910	219	663	59	9		242
3	Michael Finley M. Finley	1,233	1995-96	PHX	82	39.2	15.0	4.6	3.5	1.0	0.4	5.7	11.9	47.6	0.7	2.3	32.8	3.0	3.9	74.9	55.1	1.7	2.9	1.6	3,212	374	289	85	31	133	199
4	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
5	Ron Mercer R. Mercer	1,221	1997-98	BOS	80	33.3	15.3	3.5	2.2	1.6	0.2	6.4	14.3	45.0	0.0	0.4	10.7	2.4	2.8	83.9	49.1	1.4	2.1	1.7	2,662	280	176	125	17	132	213	-101
6	Keith Van Horn K. Van Horn	1,219	1997-98	NJN	62	37.5	19.7	6.6	1.7	1.0	0.4	7.2	16.9	42.6	1.1	3.6	30.8	4.2	4.9	84.6	51.6	2.3	4.3	2.6	2,325	408	106	64	25	164	216	+145
7	Kelvin Ransey K. Ransey	1,217	1980-81	POR	80	30.4	15.2	2.4	6.9	1.1	0.1	6.6	14.5	45.2	0.0	0.4	9.7	2.1	2.7	74.9	48.4	0.5	1.9	2.9	2,431	195	555	88	9	232	201
8	Dino Radja D. Radja	1,208	1993-94	BOS	80	28.8	15.1	7.2	1.4	0.9	0.8	6.1	11.8	52.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	3.8	75.1	56.2	2.4	4.8	1.9	2,303	577	114	70	67	149	276
9	LaPhonso Ellis L. Ellis	1,205	1992-93	DEN	82	33.5	14.7	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	744	151	72	111	153	293
10	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
11	Karl Malone K. Malone	1,203	1985-86	UTA	81	30.6	14.9	8.9	2.9	1.3	0.5	6.2	12.5	49.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	5.0	48.1	50.4	2.1	6.7	3.4	2,475	718	236	105	44	279	295
12	Michael Brooks M. Brooks	1,202	1980-81	SDC	82	30.2	14.7	5.4	2.5	1.2	0.4	6.0	12.4	47.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.8	3.9	70.6	51.9	2.6	2.8	2.0	2,479	442	208	99	31	163	234
13	Caron Butler C. Butler	1,201	2002-03	MIA	78	36.6	15.4	5.1	2.7	1.8	0.4	5.5	13.2	41.6	0.4	1.4	31.8	4.0	4.8	82.4	50.2	1.7	3.4	2.5	2,858	397	213	137	31	192	230	-383
14	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	1,197	2021-22	ORL	79	30.7	15.2	4.5	2.9	0.9	0.4	5.8	12.3	46.8	1.2	3.4	35.4	2.4	2.8	86.3	55.9	1.1	3.4	1.5	2,429	356	231	68	34	119	164	-243
15	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	1,196	1988-89	PHI	79	32.6	15.1	2.8	3.0	1.5	0.5	5.6	12.3	45.5	0.9	2.1	42.8	3.1	3.7	83.1	54.4	0.6	2.2	2.0	2,577	225	239	120	37	158	184
16	Ja Morant J. Morant	1,193	2019-20	MEM	67	31.0	17.8	3.9	7.3	0.9	0.3	6.7	14.0	47.7	0.9	2.7	33.5	3.6	4.6	77.6	55.6	0.8	3.1	3.3	2,074	259	488	58	18	220	110	-17
17	Wayman Tisdale W. Tisdale	1,192	1985-86	IND	81	28.1	14.7	7.2	1.0	0.4	0.5	6.4	12.4	51.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	2.9	68.4	53.9	2.4	4.9	2.3	2,277	584	79	32	44	188	290
18	Stephon Castle S. Castle	1,190	2024-25	SAS	81	26.7	14.7	3.7	4.1	0.9	0.3	5.2	12.2	42.8	1.2	4.1	28.5	3.1	4.2	72.4	52.2	1.1	2.6	2.2	2,162	297	332	74	22	177	164	-239
19	Tom Gugliotta T. Gugliotta	1,187	1992-93	WAS	81	34.5	14.7	9.6	3.8	1.7	0.4	6.0	14.0	42.6	0.5	1.7	28.1	2.2	3.5	64.4	47.2	2.7	6.9	2.8	2,795	781	306	134	35	230	195
20	Jeff Ruland J. Ruland	1,183	1981-82	WAS	82	27.0	14.4	9.3	1.6	0.5	0.7	5.1	9.1	56.1	0.0	0.0	33.3	4.2	5.5	75.2	62.3	3.1	6.2	2.9	2,214	762	134	44	58	237	319
21	Latrell Sprewell L. Sprewell	1,182	1992-93	GSW	77	35.6	15.4	3.5	3.8	1.6	0.7	5.8	12.6	46.4	0.9	2.6	36.9	2.7	3.7	74.6	54.1	1.0	2.5	2.6	2,741	271	295	126	52	203	166
22	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	1,177	1991-92	DEN	71	38.3	16.6	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	870	156	43	210	252	273
23	Hot Rod Williams H. Rod Williams	1,168	1986-87	CLE	80	33.9	14.6	7.9	1.9	0.7	2.1	5.4	11.2	48.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.7	5.0	74.5	54.4	2.8	5.1	1.7	2,714	629	154	58	167	139	197
24	Michael Carter-Williams M. Carter-Williams	1,167	2013-14	PHI	70	34.5	16.7	6.2	6.3	1.9	0.6	6.1	15.1	40.5	0.8	3.0	26.4	3.7	5.2	70.3	48.0	1.4	4.8	3.5	2,414	437	441	130	43	247	213	-450
25	Jamaal Wilkes J. Wilkes	1,164	1974-75	GSW	82	30.7	14.2	8.2	2.2	1.3	0.3	6.1	13.8	44.2				2.0	2.7	73.4	47.3	2.5	5.7		2,515	671	183	107	22		222