most points in first season with less than 1781 points

Kelly Tripucka put up the most points by a player with fewer than 1,781 points in his first season, with 1,772 points in his rookie season.

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most points by a player in first season with less than 1781 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	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	Julius Erving J. Erving	1,770	1976-77	PHI	82	35.9	21.6	8.5	3.7	1.9	1.4	8.4	16.7	49.9				4.9	6.3	77.7	55.3	2.3	6.1		2,940	695	306	159	113		251
3	George McGinnis G. McGinnis	1,769	1975-76	PHI	77	38.3	23.0	12.6	4.7	2.6	0.5	8.4	20.2	41.7				6.2	8.3	74.0	48.2	3.4	9.2		2,946	967	359	198	41		334
4	Dan Issel D. Issel	1,765	1976-77	DEN	79	31.7	22.3	8.8	2.2	1.2	0.4	8.4	16.2	51.5				5.6	7.1	79.7	57.8	2.7	6.1		2,507	696	177	91	29		246
5	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	1,755	1994-95	MIL	80	37.0	21.9	6.4	2.5	1.4	0.3	8.0	17.6	45.1	1.1	3.4	32.1	5.0	6.2	79.6	53.8	2.1	4.3	3.9	2,958	513	197	115	22	313	234
6	Larry Bird L. Bird	1,745	1979-80	BOS	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
7	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	1,742	1958-59	MIN	70	40.8	24.9	15.0	4.1			8.6	21.2	40.8				7.6	9.8	77.7	48.8				2,855	1,050	287				270
8	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	1,741	1988-89	GSW	79	34.4	22.0	5.9	4.2	1.0	0.2	8.2	17.5	46.8	0.4	1.1	36.7	5.2	6.4	81.0	54.1	2.0	3.9	3.4	2,717	468	334	82	13	269	223
9	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	1,732	1981-82	DAL	81	32.4	21.4	7.0	2.2	1.1	0.3	8.9	17.9	49.7	0.0	0.0	25.0	3.6	5.0	71.6	53.2	2.2	4.7	2.4	2,626	565	176	89	21	194	308
10	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	1,731	1997-98	SAS	82	39.1	21.1	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	8.6	15.7	54.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	5.9	66.2	57.7	3.3	8.6	3.4	3,204	977	224	55	206	279	254	+429
11	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	1,725	2003-04	DEN	82	36.5	21.0	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	7.6	17.9	42.6	0.8	2.6	32.2	5.0	6.4	77.7	50.9	2.2	3.8	3.0	2,995	498	227	97	41	247	225	+65
12	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	1,720	1983-84	HOU	82	32.8	21.0	11.1	2.0	0.9	2.4	8.7	16.7	52.3	0.0	0.0	25.0	3.5	5.3	66.1	55.1	3.6	7.6	3.6	2,693	913	163	70	197	294	339
13	Larry Kenon L. Kenon	1,705	1976-77	SAS	78	37.6	21.9	11.3	2.9	2.1	0.8	9.1	18.4	49.2				3.8	4.6	82.3	53.6	3.6	7.7		2,936	879	229	167	60		190
14	George Mikan G. Mikan	1,698	1948-49	MIN	60		28.3		3.6			9.7	23.4	41.6				8.9	11.5	77.2	49.8						218				260
15	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1,692	1984-85	HOU	82	35.5	20.6	11.9	1.4	1.2	2.7	8.3	15.3	53.8	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.7	61.3	56.4	5.4	6.5	2.9	2,914	974	111	99	220	234	344
16	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	1,671	1980-81	UTA	81	35.4	20.6	3.6	2.4	1.3	0.5	8.8	19.1	46.4	0.1	0.6	19.2	2.8	4.0	71.6	49.6	1.0	2.6	2.9	2,867	288	194	106	40	231	219
17	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	1,660	1982-83	SDC	70	36.2	23.7	10.6	2.5	1.8	0.9	9.8	18.7	52.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2	5.9	70.9	55.7	4.3	6.3	2.9	2,531	744	177	129	62	204	294
18	LeBron James L. James	1,654	2003-04	CLE	79	39.5	20.9	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.7	7.9	18.9	41.7	0.8	2.7	29.0	4.4	5.8	75.4	48.8	1.3	4.2	3.5	3,122	432	465	130	58	273	149	-144
19	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	1,639	1992-93	CHA	78	33.9	21.0	10.3	1.0	0.3	3.5	7.3	14.3	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.3	8.1	78.1	58.6	3.4	6.9	3.0	2,644	805	76	27	271	236	286
20	Elton Brand E. Brand	1,627	1999-00	CHI	81	37.0	20.1	10.0	1.9	0.8	1.6	7.8	16.1	48.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	6.6	68.5	52.8	4.3	5.7	2.8	2,999	810	155	66	132	228	259	-647
21	Clark Kellogg C. Kellogg	1,625	1982-83	IND	81	34.1	20.1	10.6	2.8	1.7	0.5	8.4	17.5	47.9	0.0	0.2	22.2	3.2	4.3	74.1	51.6	4.2	6.4	2.7	2,761	860	223	141	43	217	298
22	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1,624	2007-08	SEA	80	34.6	20.3	4.4	2.4	1.0	0.9	7.3	17.1	43.0	0.7	2.6	28.8	4.9	5.6	87.3	51.9	0.9	3.5	2.9	2,768	348	192	78	75	232	122	-651
23	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	1,616	2017-18	UTA	79	33.4	20.5	3.7	3.7	1.5	0.3	7.5	17.2	43.7	2.4	7.0	34.0	3.0	3.8	80.5	54.1	0.7	3.1	2.7	2,638	296	291	118	27	215	213	+357
24	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
25	Maurice Lucas M. Lucas	1,599	1976-77	POR	79	36.2	20.2	11.4	2.9	1.1	0.7	8.0	17.2	46.6				4.2	5.5	76.5	51.6	3.4	7.9		2,863	899	229	83	56		294