most points per game by a rookie small forward since 1997

Since 1996-97, Carmelo Anthony has averaged the most points per game by a rookie small forward, with 21.0 per game in 2003-04.

Interpreted as:

most points per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a rookie small forward since 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	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	21.0	2003-04	DEN	82	36.5	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	1,725	498	227	97	41	247	225	+65
2	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	20.0	2022-23	ORL	72	33.8	6.9	3.7	0.8	0.5	6.7	15.6	42.7	1.2	4.0	29.8	5.5	7.4	73.8	52.9	1.2	5.7	2.8	2,430	1,437	497	269	60	39	200	160	-215
3	Vince Carter V. Carter	18.3	1998-99	TOR	50	35.2	5.7	3.0	1.1	1.5	6.9	15.3	45.0	0.4	1.3	28.8	4.1	5.4	76.1	51.6	1.9	3.8	2.2	1,760	913	283	149	55	77	110	140	+47
4	Brandon Miller B. Miller	17.3	2023-24	CHA	74	32.2	4.3	2.4	0.9	0.6	6.4	14.6	44.0	2.5	6.7	37.3	1.9	2.3	82.7	55.2	0.8	3.4	1.8	2,383	1,279	315	175	66	42	132	184	-510
5	Lamar Odom L. Odom	16.6	1999-00	LAC	76	36.4	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	1,259	595	317	91	95	258	291	-451
6	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	16.5	1998-99	BOS	48	34.0	6.4	2.4	1.7	1.0	5.9	13.5	43.9	1.8	4.3	41.2	2.9	4.1	71.3	54.0	2.4	4.0	2.4	1,632	791	309	115	82	50	113	139	-64
7	Caron Butler C. Butler	15.4	2002-03	MIA	78	36.6	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	1,201	397	213	137	31	192	230	-383
8	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	15.3	2021-22	TOR	74	35.4	7.5	3.5	1.1	0.7	6.2	12.6	49.2	0.8	2.6	30.1	2.1	2.9	73.5	55.2	2.6	4.9	1.8	2,617	1,134	557	256	80	55	136	192	+66
9	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	15.2	2021-22	ORL	79	30.7	4.5	2.9	0.9	0.4	5.8	12.3	46.8	1.2	3.4	35.4	2.4	2.8	86.3	55.9	1.1	3.4	1.5	2,429	1,197	356	231	68	34	119	164	-243
10	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	13.9	2017-18	BOS	80	30.5	5.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	5.0	10.4	47.5	1.3	3.0	43.4	2.7	3.2	82.6	58.6	0.6	4.4	1.4	2,443	1,112	402	128	83	58	114	170	+344
11	Josh Jackson J. Jackson	13.1	2017-18	PHX	77	25.4	4.6	1.5	1.0	0.5	5.1	12.1	41.7	0.7	2.8	26.3	2.3	3.6	63.4	48.0	1.2	3.3	1.9	1,958	1,012	351	119	80	35	146	218	-529
12	Kevin Knox II K. Knox II	12.8	2018-19	NYK	75	28.8	4.5	1.1	0.6	0.3	4.5	12.2	37.0	1.7	4.9	34.3	2.2	3.0	71.7	47.5	0.8	3.7	1.5	2,158	963	335	82	43	24	114	175	-637
13	Zaccharie Risacher Z. Risacher	12.6	2024-25	ATL	75	24.6	3.6	1.2	0.7	0.5	4.8	10.4	45.8	1.6	4.6	35.5	1.4	2.0	71.1	55.8	1.1	2.4	1.2	1,843	942	268	92	52	37	92	149	-121
14	Drew Gooden D. Gooden	12.5	2002-03	TOT	70	26.8	6.5	1.2	0.8	0.5	5.1	11.1	45.7	0.2	0.7	29.2	2.2	3.0	71.2	50.3	2.3	4.2	2.1	1,873	875	455	83	53	35	150	172	-141
15	De'Andre Hunter D. Hunter	12.3	2019-20	ATL	63	32.0	4.5	1.8	0.7	0.3	4.4	10.8	41.0	1.7	4.8	35.5	1.7	2.3	76.4	52.1	0.7	3.8	1.6	2,018	778	286	112	44	18	103	182	-261
16	Saddiq Bey S. Bey	12.2	2020-21	DET	70	27.3	4.5	1.4	0.7	0.2	4.0	9.9	40.4	2.5	6.6	38.0	1.8	2.1	84.4	56.7	0.6	3.9	0.9	1,909	857	318	95	52	14	60	110	-213
17	Keegan Murray K. Murray	12.2	2022-23	SAC	80	29.8	4.6	1.2	0.8	0.5	4.4	9.8	45.3	2.6	6.3	41.1	0.8	1.0	76.5	59.7	1.1	3.5	0.8	2,381	976	371	98	61	42	60	162	+99
18	Metta Sandiford-Artest M. Sandiford-Artest	12.0	1999-00	CHI	72	31.1	4.3	2.8	1.7	0.5	4.3	10.5	40.7	0.8	2.7	31.4	2.6	3.9	67.4	49.1	0.9	3.4	2.3	2,238	866	308	202	119	39	166	159	-340
19	Mike Miller M. Miller	11.9	2000-01	ORL	82	29.1	4.0	1.7	0.6	0.2	4.5	10.3	43.6	1.8	4.4	40.7	1.1	1.6	71.1	54.1	0.8	3.2	1.2	2,390	975	327	140	51	19	97	200	+150
20	Jaime Jaquez Jr. J. Jaquez Jr.	11.9	2023-24	MIA	75	28.2	3.8	2.6	1.0	0.3	4.5	9.3	48.9	0.9	2.7	32.2	1.9	2.3	81.1	57.4	1.1	2.7	1.5	2,113	889	285	195	77	20	110	167	+108
21	Bogdan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	11.8	2017-18	SAC	78	27.9	2.9	3.3	0.9	0.2	4.4	9.9	44.6	1.7	4.2	39.2	1.3	1.5	84.0	55.6	0.4	2.5	1.6	2,175	917	223	258	72	16	125	172	-362
22	Derek Anderson D. Anderson	11.7	1997-98	CLE	66	27.9	2.8	3.4	1.3	0.2	3.6	8.9	40.8	0.3	1.3	20.2	4.2	4.8	87.3	53.1	0.8	2.0	1.9	1,839	770	187	227	86	13	128	136	+106
23	Luol Deng L. Deng	11.7	2004-05	CHI	61	27.3	5.3	2.2	0.8	0.4	4.6	10.6	43.4	0.5	1.9	26.5	2.0	2.7	74.1	49.6	1.5	3.8	1.9	1,663	711	322	135	48	27	118	98	+158
24	Wally Szczerbiak W. Szczerbiak	11.6	1999-00	MIN	73	29.7	3.7	2.8	0.8	0.3	4.7	9.2	51.1	0.4	1.1	35.9	1.8	2.2	82.6	57.1	1.2	2.5	1.1	2,171	845	272	201	58	23	83	175	+195
25	Jae'Sean Tate J. Tate	11.3	2020-21	HOU	70	29.2	5.3	2.5	1.2	0.5	4.5	8.9	50.6	0.9	2.8	30.8	1.5	2.1	69.4	57.6	1.9	3.5	1.4	2,043	794	374	178	85	36	98	222	-189