most points in first season with less than 1196 points

Ja Morant put up the most points by a player with fewer than 1,196 points in his first season, with 1,193 points in his rookie season in 2019-20.

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most points by a player in first season with less than 1196 points

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	1,163	1956-57	BOS	72	29.9	16.2	9.8	1.6			6.2	15.6	39.7				3.8	4.8	79.0	45.6				2,150	705	117				304
12	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	1,162	1989-90	GSW	79	33.7	14.7	3.9	8.7	2.1	0.2	5.9	12.5	47.1	0.3	1.1	27.4	2.7	3.5	76.4	52.5	0.7	3.2	3.3	2,663	310	689	165	12	260	232
13	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	1,159	2018-19	PHX	71	30.7	16.3	10.3	1.8	0.9	0.9	7.2	12.3	58.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	2.7	74.6	60.8	3.1	7.1	1.8	2,183	729	125	61	67	126	209	-383
14	Jim Barnes J. Barnes	1,159	1964-65	NYK	75	34.5	15.5	9.7	1.2			6.1	14.3	42.4				3.3	5.1	66.2	46.9				2,586	729	93				312
15	Jalen Green J. Green	1,157	2021-22	HOU	67	31.9	17.3	3.4	2.6	0.7	0.3	6.1	14.2	42.6	2.3	6.8	34.3	2.8	3.5	79.7	54.7	0.5	2.9	2.0	2,138	226	176	44	18	135	103	-519
16	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	1,156	1977-78	KCK	73	25.7	15.8	2.4	2.4	1.0	0.2	6.4	13.1	49.2				3.0	4.2	69.7	53.0	1.0	1.4	2.0	1,878	175	174	74	12	145	179
17	Sherman Douglas S. Douglas	1,155	1989-90	MIA	81	30.5	14.3	2.5	7.6	1.8	0.1	5.7	11.6	49.4	0.1	0.4	16.1	2.8	4.0	68.7	53.4	0.9	1.7	3.0	2,470	206	619	145	10	246	187
18	Charles Smith C. Smith	1,155	1988-89	LAC	71	30.4	16.3	6.5	1.5	1.0	1.3	6.1	12.4	49.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.5	72.5	55.0	2.4	4.1	2.1	2,161	465	103	68	89	146	273
19	Art Heyman A. Heyman	1,153	1963-64	NYK	75	29.8	15.4	4.0	3.4			5.8	13.4	43.1				3.9	5.6	68.5	48.5				2,236	298	256				229
20	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	1,151	2001-02	GSW	80	32.9	14.4	4.3	3.0	1.3	0.4	5.8	13.6	42.6	1.0	3.1	33.3	1.8	2.6	67.1	48.7	1.6	2.7	2.0	2,629	340	236	106	31	160	195	-274
21	Quintin Dailey Q. Dailey	1,151	1982-83	CHI	76	27.4	15.1	3.4	3.7	0.9	0.1	6.2	13.3	46.6	0.1	0.3	20.0	2.7	3.7	73.0	50.8	1.1	2.3	2.7	2,081	260	280	72	10	205	248
22	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1,148	1984-85	PHI	82	28.6	14.0	8.6	1.9	1.2	1.0	5.2	9.5	54.5	0.0	0.1	16.7	3.6	4.9	73.3	59.9	3.2	5.3	2.5	2,347	703	155	95	80	209	301
23	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	1,143	2010-11	SAC	81	28.5	14.1	8.6	2.5	1.0	0.8	5.3	12.4	43.0	0.0	0.2	16.7	3.4	5.0	68.7	48.4	2.7	6.0	3.3	2,309	699	204	85	68	268	332	-261
24	Billy Cunningham B. Cunningham	1,143	1965-66	PHI	80	26.7	14.3	7.5	2.6			5.4	12.6	42.6				3.5	5.5	63.4	47.4				2,134	599	207				301
25	Lamond Murray L. Murray	1,142	1994-95	LAC	81	31.6	14.1	4.4	1.6	0.9	0.7	5.4	13.5	40.2	0.8	2.7	29.8	2.5	3.3	75.4	47.2	1.6	2.7	2.0	2,556	354	133	72	55	163	180