most points in rookie season in 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Carmelo Anthony dropped the most points by a rookie, with 1,725 points in 2003-04.

NAMEPTSSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
1,725
2003-04
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
2LeBron James
L. James
1,654
2003-04
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
3Elton Brand
E. Brand
1,627
1999-00
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
4Kevin Durant
K. Durant
1,624
2007-08
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
5O.J. Mayo
O.J. Mayo
1,516
2008-09
82
38.0
18.5
3.8
3.2
1.1
0.2
6.9
15.6
43.8
1.8
4.6
38.4
3.0
3.4
87.9
53.9
0.7
3.1
2.8
3,120
308
262
91
13
226
204
-416
6Pau Gasol
P. Gasol
1,441
2001-02
82
36.7
17.6
8.9
2.7
0.5
2.1
6.7
13.0
51.8
0.0
0.1
20.0
4.1
5.8
70.9
56.6
2.9
6.0
2.7
3,007
730
223
41
169
224
195
-310
7Steve Francis
S. Francis
1,388
1999-00
77
36.1
18.0
5.3
6.6
1.5
0.4
6.5
14.5
44.5
1.4
4.0
34.5
3.7
4.7
78.6
54.3
2.0
3.3
4.0
2,776
409
507
118
29
306
231
-158
8Derrick Rose
D. Rose
1,361
2008-09
81
37.0
16.8
3.9
6.3
0.8
0.2
7.1
14.9
47.5
0.2
0.9
22.2
2.4
3.1
78.8
51.6
1.2
2.7
2.5
3,000
317
512
66
18
202
125
-121
9Lamar Odom
L. Odom
1,259
1999-00
76
36.4
16.6
7.8
4.2
1.2
1.3
5.9
13.5
43.8
0.8
2.2
36.0
4.0
5.5
71.9
52.1
2.1
5.7
3.4
2,767
595
317
91
95
258
291
-451
10Chris Paul
C. Paul
1,258
2005-06
78
36.0
16.1
5.1
7.8
2.2
0.1
5.2
12.1
43.0
0.6
2.3
28.2
5.1
6.0
84.7
54.6
0.8
4.3
2.3
2,808
400
611
175
6
183
218
-181
11Russell Westbrook
R. Westbrook
1,256
2008-09
82
32.5
15.3
4.9
5.3
1.3
0.2
5.3
13.4
39.8
0.4
1.6
27.1
4.3
5.2
81.5
48.9
2.2
2.7
3.3
2,668
399
435
110
16
274
191
-272
12Eric Gordon
E. Gordon
1,252
2008-09
78
34.3
16.1
2.6
2.8
1.0
0.4
5.3
11.6
45.6
1.7
4.3
38.9
3.8
4.5
85.4
59.3
0.6
2.0
2.1
2,677
201
215
78
35
164
172
-457
13Ben Gordon
B. Gordon
1,235
2004-05
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
14Caron Butler
C. Butler
1,201
2002-03
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
15Jason Richardson
J. Richardson
1,151
2001-02
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
16Shane Battier
S. Battier
1,125
2001-02
78
39.7
14.4
5.4
2.8
1.6
1.0
5.3
12.3
42.9
1.3
3.5
37.3
2.5
3.6
70.0
51.8
2.3
3.1
2.0
3,097
418
216
121
81
155
215
-289
17Michael Beasley
M. Beasley
1,123
2008-09
81
24.8
13.9
5.4
1.0
0.5
0.5
5.6
11.8
47.2
0.4
1.0
40.7
2.3
3.0
77.2
52.8
1.4
4.1
1.5
2,009
439
83
41
37
121
184
+8
18Amar'e Stoudemire
A. Stoudemire
1,106
2002-03
82
31.3
13.5
8.8
1.0
0.8
1.1
4.8
10.1
47.2
0.0
0.1
20.0
3.9
5.9
66.1
53.0
3.0
5.7
2.3
2,570
721
78
62
87
189
269
+8
19Emeka Okafor
E. Okafor
1,105
2004-05
73
35.6
15.1
10.9
0.9
0.8
1.7
6.1
13.7
44.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.9
4.7
60.9
47.9
3.8
7.1
1.7
2,600
795
64
62
125
125
214
-344
20Yao Ming
Y. Ming
1,104
2002-03
82
29.0
13.5
8.2
1.7
0.4
1.8
4.9
9.8
49.8
0.0
0.0
50.0
3.7
4.5
81.1
57.0
2.4
5.8
2.1
2,382
675
137
31
147
173
230
+142
21Brook Lopez
B. Lopez
1,068
2008-09
82
30.5
13.0
8.1
1.0
0.5
1.8
5.5
10.3
53.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.1
2.6
79.3
56.8
2.7
5.4
1.8
2,501
665
86
44
151
147
257
-104
22Charlie Villanueva
C. Villanueva
1,053
2005-06
81
29.1
13.0
6.4
1.1
0.7
0.8
5.4
11.6
46.3
0.9
2.6
32.7
1.4
2.0
70.6
52.1
2.2
4.2
1.2
2,361
521
88
60
63
99
247
-37
23Al Thornton
A. Thornton
1,005
2007-08
79
27.3
12.7
4.5
1.2
0.6
0.5
4.7
11.0
42.9
0.5
1.6
33.1
2.7
3.6
74.3
50.4
1.2
3.3
1.6
2,158
358
98
46
43
128
195
-405
24Dwyane Wade
D. Wade
991
2003-04
61
34.9
16.2
4.0
4.5
1.4
0.6
6.1
13.1
46.5
0.3
0.9
30.2
3.8
5.1
74.7
53.0
1.4
2.7
3.2
2,126
247
275
86
34
196
140
+87
25Dwight Howard
D. Howard
981
2004-05
82
32.6
12.0
10.0
0.9
0.9
1.7
4.3
8.3
52.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.4
5.0
67.1
57.1
3.5
6.5
2.0
2,670
823
75
77
136
165
232
-179

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