Allen Iverson scored the most points per game by a rookie in 1996-97, with 23.5 per game.

Interpreted as:

most points per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a rookie 1997

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	23.5	1996-97	PHI	76	40.1	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	8.2	19.8	41.6	2.0	6.0	34.1	5.0	7.2	70.2	51.3	1.5	2.6	4.4	3,045	1,787	312	567	157	24	337	233	-439
2	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	18.7	1996-97	VAN	80	35.0	6.9	2.2	1.0	1.0	6.9	15.2	45.3	0.1	0.3	25.9	4.8	6.5	74.6	51.8	2.7	4.2	2.8	2,802	1,494	555	175	79	79	225	199	-596
3	Antoine Walker A. Walker	17.5	1996-97	BOS	82	36.2	9.0	3.2	1.3	0.6	7.0	16.5	42.5	0.6	1.9	32.7	2.8	4.5	63.1	47.4	3.5	5.5	2.8	2,970	1,435	741	262	105	53	230	271	-559
4	Kerry Kittles K. Kittles	16.4	1996-97	NJN	82	36.7	3.9	3.0	1.9	0.4	6.2	14.5	42.6	1.9	5.1	37.7	2.1	2.8	77.1	52.3	1.3	2.6	1.5	3,012	1,347	319	249	157	35	127	165	-266
5	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	15.8	1996-97	MIN	67	34.7	2.7	7.8	1.0	0.3	5.3	13.0	40.8	1.5	4.3	35.4	3.7	5.0	72.7	51.9	0.8	1.9	3.1	2,324	1,057	184	522	67	19	210	159	-157
6	Marcus Camby M. Camby	14.8	1996-97	TOR	63	30.1	6.3	1.5	1.0	2.1	6.0	12.3	48.2	0.0	0.2	14.3	2.9	4.2	69.3	52.3	2.1	4.2	2.1	1,897	935	394	97	66	130	134	214	-37
7	Ray Allen R. Allen	13.4	1996-97	MIL	82	30.9	4.0	2.6	0.9	0.1	4.8	11.1	43.0	1.4	3.6	39.3	2.5	3.0	82.3	54.1	1.2	2.8	1.8	2,532	1,102	326	210	75	10	149	218	-60
8	Matt Maloney M. Maloney	9.4	1996-97	HOU	82	29.1	2.0	3.7	1.0	0.0	3.3	7.5	44.1	1.9	4.6	40.4	0.9	1.1	76.3	58.5	0.2	1.7	1.5	2,386	767	160	303	82	1	122	125	+326
9	Dean Garrett D. Garrett	8.0	1996-97	MIN	68	24.5	7.3	0.6	0.6	1.4	3.3	5.7	57.3	0.0	0.0		1.4	2.0	69.6	60.3	2.2	5.1	0.5	1,665	542	495	38	40	95	34	158	+34
10	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	7.6	1996-97	LAL	71	15.5	1.9	1.3	0.7	0.3	2.5	5.9	41.7	0.7	1.9	37.5	1.9	2.3	81.9	54.4	0.7	1.2	1.6	1,103	539	132	91	49	23	112	102	+60
11	Lorenzen Wright L. Wright	7.3	1996-97	LAC	77	25.1	6.1	0.6	0.6	0.8	3.1	6.4	48.1	0.0	0.1	25.0	1.1	1.9	58.7	50.4	2.7	3.4	1.0	1,936	561	471	49	48	60	79	211	-168
12	Roy Rogers R. Rogers	6.6	1996-97	VAN	82	22.5	4.7	0.6	0.3	2.0	3.0	5.9	50.5	0.0	0.0	100.0	0.7	1.1	57.4	51.8	1.7	3.0	1.0	1,848	543	386	46	21	163	86	214	-492
13	Shandon Anderson S. Anderson	5.9	1996-97	UTA	65	16.4	2.8	0.8	0.4	0.1	2.3	4.9	46.2	0.4	0.7	51.1	1.0	1.5	68.7	53.4	0.8	2.0	1.1	1,066	386	179	49	27	8	73	113	+37
14	Vitaly Potapenko V. Potapenko	5.8	1996-97	CLE	80	15.5	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.4	2.3	5.3	44.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.2	1.6	73.6	48.6	1.3	1.4	1.4	1,238	465	217	40	26	34	109	216	-36
15	Tony Delk T. Delk	5.4	1996-97	CHA	61	14.2	1.6	1.6	0.6	0.1	2.0	4.2	46.5	0.9	1.8	46.4	0.7	0.8	82.4	59.6	0.5	1.1	1.1	867	332	99	99	36	6	68	71	+13
16	Erick Dampier E. Dampier	5.1	1996-97	IND	72	14.6	4.1	0.6	0.3	1.0	1.8	4.7	39.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	1.5	2.3	63.7	45.1	1.3	2.8	1.2	1,052	370	294	43	19	73	84	153	-75
17	Travis Knight T. Knight	4.8	1996-97	LAL	71	16.3	4.5	0.5	0.4	0.8	2.0	3.9	50.9	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.4	62.0	53.6	1.8	2.7	0.7	1,156	342	319	39	31	58	49	170	+120
18	John Wallace J. Wallace	4.8	1996-97	NYK	68	11.6	2.3	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.8	3.5	51.7	0.0	0.1	50.0	1.2	1.6	71.8	57.1	0.8	1.5	1.1	787	325	155	37	21	25	76	102	+15
19	Todd Fuller T. Fuller	4.1	1996-97	GSW	75	12.7	3.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.5	3.5	42.9	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.5	69.1	48.3	1.4	1.9	0.7	949	304	249	24	10	20	52	146	-178
20	Randy Livingston R. Livingston	3.9	1996-97	HOU	64	15.3	1.5	2.4	0.6	0.2	1.6	3.6	43.7	0.1	0.3	40.9	0.7	1.0	64.6	48.7	0.5	1.0	1.6	981	251	94	155	39	12	102	107	+1
21	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	3.9	1996-97	LAL	80	11.5	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.1	1.3	3.3	39.7	0.3	0.9	30.1	1.0	1.5	65.8	49.1	0.3	0.9	0.9	921	309	97	119	41	5	71	87	+71
22	Steve Nash S. Nash	3.3	1996-97	PHX	65	10.5	1.0	2.1	0.3	0.0	1.1	2.7	42.3	0.4	0.8	41.8	0.6	0.8	82.4	53.9	0.2	0.7	1.0	684	213	63	138	20	0	63	92	-110
23	Brett Szabo B. Szabo	2.2	1996-97	BOS	70	9.5	2.4	0.2	0.2	0.5	0.8	1.7	44.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.9	73.8	51.7	0.8	1.6	0.6	662	153	165	17	16	32	41	119	-170