most points per game by a rookie in 1986

Xavier McDaniel put up the most points per game by a rookie in 1985-86, with 17.1 per game.

Interpreted as:
most points per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a rookie in 1986
NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Xavier McDaniel
X. McDaniel
17.1
1985-86
82
33.0
8.0
2.4
1.2
0.5
7.0
14.3
49.0
0.0
0.1
20.0
3.0
4.4
68.7
52.5
3.7
4.2
3.0
2,706
1,404
655
193
101
37
248
305
2Karl Malone
K. Malone
14.9
1985-86
81
30.6
8.9
2.9
1.3
0.5
6.2
12.5
49.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.4
5.0
48.1
50.4
2.1
6.7
3.4
2,475
1,203
718
236
105
44
279
295
3Wayman Tisdale
W. Tisdale
14.7
1985-86
81
28.1
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
1,192
584
79
32
44
188
290
4Gerald Wilkins
G. Wilkins
12.5
1985-86
81
25.0
2.6
2.0
0.8
0.1
5.4
11.5
46.8
0.1
0.3
28.0
1.6
2.9
55.7
48.8
1.1
1.4
1.9
2,025
1,013
208
161
68
9
157
155
5Benoit Benjamin
B. Benjamin
11.1
1985-86
79
26.4
7.6
1.0
0.8
2.6
4.1
8.4
49.0
0.0
0.0
33.3
2.9
3.9
74.6
55.1
2.0
5.6
1.8
2,088
878
600
79
64
206
145
286
6Charles Oakley
C. Oakley
9.6
1985-86
77
23.0
8.6
1.7
0.9
0.4
3.6
7.0
51.9
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.3
3.5
66.2
56.1
3.3
5.3
2.3
1,772
740
664
133
68
30
175
250
7Joe Dumars
J. Dumars
9.4
1985-86
82
23.9
1.5
4.8
0.8
0.1
3.5
7.3
48.1
0.1
0.2
31.3
2.3
2.9
79.8
54.8
0.7
0.7
1.9
1,957
769
119
390
66
11
158
200
8Ed Pinckney
E. Pinckney
8.5
1985-86
80
20.0
3.9
1.1
0.9
0.5
3.2
5.7
55.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.1
3.2
67.3
59.9
1.2
2.7
1.9
1,602
681
308
90
71
37
148
190
9Jon Koncak
J. Koncak
8.3
1985-86
82
20.7
5.7
0.7
0.5
0.8
3.2
6.3
50.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.9
3.1
60.7
53.9
2.1
3.6
1.4
1,695
682
467
55
37
69
111
296
10Spud Webb
S. Webb
7.8
1985-86
79
15.6
1.6
4.3
1.0
0.1
2.5
5.2
48.3
0.0
0.1
18.2
2.7
3.5
78.5
57.8
0.3
1.2
2.0
1,229
616
123
337
82
5
159
164
11Terry Catledge
T. Catledge
7.7
1985-86
64
17.1
4.3
0.3
0.5
0.1
3.2
6.7
46.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.4
2.2
64.7
50.2
1.7
2.6
1.1
1,092
494
272
21
31
8
69
127
12Keith Lee
K. Lee
7.4
1985-86
58
20.6
6.1
1.2
0.5
0.6
3.1
6.6
46.6
0.0
0.2
22.2
1.3
1.7
78.1
51.0
2.0
4.1
1.3
1,197
431
351
67
29
37
78
204
13Terry Porter
T. Porter
7.1
1985-86
79
15.4
1.5
2.5
1.0
0.0
2.7
5.7
47.4
0.2
0.5
31.0
1.6
2.0
80.6
54.5
0.4
1.0
1.3
1,214
562
117
198
81
1
106
136
14A.C. Green
A.C. Green
6.4
1985-86
82
18.8
4.6
0.7
0.6
0.6
2.5
4.7
53.9
0.0
0.1
16.7
1.2
2.0
61.1
56.4
2.0
2.7
1.2
1,542
521
381
54
49
49
99
229
15Detlef Schrempf
D. Schrempf
6.2
1985-86
64
15.1
3.1
1.4
0.4
0.2
2.2
4.9
45.1
0.0
0.1
42.9
1.7
2.4
72.4
52.0
1.1
2.0
1.3
969
397
198
88
23
10
84
166
16Dirk Minniefield
D. Minniefield
5.5
1985-86
76
14.9
1.7
3.5
0.9
0.0
2.2
4.6
48.1
0.1
0.5
27.0
1.0
1.2
78.5
53.7
0.6
1.2
1.4
1,131
417
131
269
65
1
108
165
17Alfredrick Hughes
A. Hughes
5.2
1985-86
68
12.7
1.7
0.9
0.4
0.1
2.2
5.5
40.9
0.0
0.3
17.6
0.7
1.2
58.3
43.5
0.7
0.9
0.9
866
356
113
61
26
5
63
79
18Joe Kleine
J. Kleine
5.2
1985-86
80
14.8
4.7
0.6
0.3
0.4
2.0
4.3
46.5
0.0
0.0
1.2
1.6
72.3
51.6
1.4
3.3
1.3
1,180
414
373
46
24
34
107
224
19Bill Martin
B. Martin
5.0
1985-86
66
10.5
1.5
0.8
0.3
0.1
2.2
4.5
48.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.7
0.8
85.2
51.6
0.6
0.9
0.9
691
332
102
52
21
7
58
108
20Bob Thornton
B. Thornton
4.7
1985-86
71
18.6
4.1
0.6
0.4
0.1
1.8
3.9
45.6
0.0
0.0
1.2
2.3
53.1
48.7
1.6
2.5
1.2
1,323
336
290
43
30
7
83
209
21Carey Scurry
C. Scurry
4.7
1985-86
78
15.0
3.1
1.1
1.0
0.8
1.8
3.9
47.2
0.0
0.1
9.1
1.0
1.6
61.9
50.9
1.2
1.9
1.2
1,168
363
242
85
78
66
96
171
22John Battle
J. Battle
4.3
1985-86
64
10.0
1.0
1.2
0.4
0.0
1.6
3.5
45.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.2
1.6
72.8
51.8
0.2
0.8
0.7
639
277
62
74
23
3
47
80
23Perry Moss
P. Moss
4.2
1985-86
TOT
72
14.1
1.6
1.5
0.8
0.2
1.6
4.1
39.7
0.1
0.4
21.9
0.9
1.2
73.0
45.9
0.5
1.1
1.1
1,012
304
115
108
56
15
79
132
24Ken Johnson
K. Johnson
4.1
1985-86
64
12.7
3.8
0.3
0.2
0.3
1.8
3.3
52.8
0.0
0.0
0.6
1.3
43.5
52.3
1.4
2.4
0.9
815
263
243
19
13
22
59
147
25Michael Phelps
M. Phelps
4.0
1985-86
70
12.6
1.3
1.0
0.6
0.0
1.7
4.1
40.9
0.0
0.2
8.3
0.6
1.1
59.5
43.8
0.4
0.9
0.9
880
279
89
71
45
1
62
86

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118.9

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107.7

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36.5

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.754
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.729
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7.5
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3/1
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Wed
3/4
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Sat
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3/9
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1
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14
.759
2
39
20
.661
5.5
3
38
22
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7.0
4
37
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.607
8.5
5
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9
30
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.492
15.5
10
29
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.483
16.0
11
26
32
.448
18.0
12
24
36
.400
21.0
13
16
42
.276
28.0
14
15
44
.254
29.5
15
15
45
.250
30.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
46
15
.754
2
43
16
.729
2.0
3
37
21
.638
7.5
4
37
23
.617
8.5
5
37
23
.617
8.5
6
34
24
.586
10.5
7
34
26
.567
11.5
8
31
28
.525
14.0
9
29
31
.483
16.5
10
27
31
.466
17.5
11
22
36
.379
22.5
12
21
38
.356
24.0
13
18
41
.305
27.0
14
18
42
.300
27.5
15
14
47
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