most points in rookie season with under 30 mpg

Victor Wembanyama has scored the most points by a rookie with fewer than 30.0 minutes per game, with 1,522 points in 2023-24.

	NAME	PTS	MPG	SEASON	TM	GP	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	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	1,522	29.7	2023-24	SAS	71	21.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	7.8	16.7	46.5	1.8	5.5	32.5	4.1	5.2	79.6	56.5	2.3	8.4	3.7	2,106	755	274	88	254	260	153	-142
2	Bob Rule B. Rule	1,484	29.6	1967-68	SEA	82	18.1	9.5	1.2			6.9	14.2	48.9				4.2	6.5	65.8	53.2				2,424	776	99				316
3	John Drew J. Drew	1,442	29.3	1974-75	ATL	78	18.5	10.7	1.8	1.5	0.5	6.8	15.8	42.8				5.0	7.0	71.3	49.1	4.6	6.1		2,289	836	138	119	39		274
4	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	1,357	29.4	2023-24	OKC	82	16.5	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	6.2	11.6	53.0	1.6	4.3	37.0	2.7	3.4	79.3	63.2	1.6	6.3	1.6	2,413	648	200	53	190	131	197	+422
5	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	1,302	28.5	2022-23	IND	78	16.7	4.1	1.5	0.6	0.2	5.3	12.2	43.4	1.3	4.0	32.3	4.8	5.8	82.8	56.6	1.1	3.0	1.9	2,222	318	116	48	13	152	162	-179
6	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	1,298	24.6	1970-71	SDR	82	15.8	3.0	4.0			5.7	12.5	45.8				4.3	5.3	82.0	53.2				2,020	245	329				263
7	Dennis Scott D. Scott	1,284	28.5	1990-91	ORL	82	15.7	2.9	1.6	0.8	0.3	6.1	14.4	42.5	1.5	4.1	37.4	1.9	2.5	75.0	50.4	0.8	2.1	1.5	2,336	235	134	62	25	127	203
8	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	1,281	24.6	1970-71	DET	82	15.6	8.1	1.8			6.1	13.5	45.5				3.3	4.6	72.6	50.3				2,017	665	146				272
9	Rex Chapman R. Chapman	1,267	29.6	1988-89	CHA	75	16.9	2.5	2.3	0.9	0.3	7.0	16.9	41.4	0.8	2.5	31.4	2.1	2.6	79.5	46.7	1.0	1.5	1.5	2,219	187	176	70	25	113	167
10	Lee Shaffer L. Shaffer	1,267	27.8	1961-62	SYR	75	16.9	6.8	1.3			6.9	15.7	43.6				3.2	4.1	77.1	48.1				2,083	511	99				266
11	James Edwards J. Edwards	1,262	29.0	1977-78	TOT	83	15.2	7.4	1.0	0.6	0.9	6.0	13.2	45.3				3.3	5.1	64.6	49.4	2.4	5.0	2.0	2,405	615	85	53	78	169	322
12	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	1,235	24.4	2004-05	CHI	82	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
13	Dino Radja D. Radja	1,208	28.8	1993-94	BOS	80	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
14	Wayman Tisdale W. Tisdale	1,192	28.1	1985-86	IND	81	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
15	Stephon Castle S. Castle	1,190	26.7	2024-25	SAS	81	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
16	Jeff Ruland J. Ruland	1,183	27.0	1981-82	WAS	82	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
17	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	1,163	29.9	1956-57	BOS	72	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
18	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	1,156	25.7	1977-78	KCK	73	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
19	Art Heyman A. Heyman	1,153	29.8	1963-64	NYK	75	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	Quintin Dailey Q. Dailey	1,151	27.4	1982-83	CHI	76	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
21	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	1,148	28.6	1984-85	PHI	82	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
22	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	1,143	28.5	2010-11	SAC	81	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
23	Billy Cunningham B. Cunningham	1,143	26.7	1965-66	PHI	80	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
24	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	1,140	27.5	1962-63	BOS	80	14.3	6.7	2.2			6.0	13.6	44.5				2.2	3.0	72.8	47.9				2,200	534	179				189
25	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Z. Ilgauskas	1,139	29.0	1997-98	CLE	82	13.9	8.8	0.9	0.6	1.6	5.5	10.7	51.8	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.8	3.7	76.2	56.4	3.4	5.4	1.8	2,379	723	71	52	135	146	288	+211