most points per game by rookies in the nba

Kon Knueppel has scored the most points per game by a rookie this season, with 18.1 per game.

Interpreted as:

most points per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by rookies in the NBA this regular season

	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	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	18.1	2025-26	CHA	22	33.5	5.6	3.0	0.7	0.2	6.3	13.8	45.7	3.4	8.3	40.7	2.1	2.3	90.2	61.0	1.0	4.6	2.3	737	398	124	67	16	4	51	49	-52
2	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	17.3	2025-26	DAL	22	33.8	6.6	3.3	1.4	0.6	6.7	14.1	47.6	0.9	3.5	25.6	2.9	3.6	80.0	54.9	1.2	5.4	2.2	743	380	145	73	30	14	48	52	-153
3	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	15.9	2025-26	NOP	23	27.8	3.4	3.0	1.5	0.2	6.0	13.2	45.1	1.3	3.4	38.0	2.7	3.3	79.2	54.0	0.7	2.8	2.3	639	365	79	68	34	4	53	45	-206
4	VJ Edgecombe	14.4	2025-26	PHI	18	34.9	5.8	4.2	1.4	0.5	5.5	13.3	41.3	1.9	5.2	36.2	1.6	2.1	73.7	50.6	1.9	3.9	1.9	629	260	104	76	26	9	35	56	+52
5	Cedric Coward C. Coward	13.0	2025-26	MEM	22	27.2	5.8	2.6	0.6	0.3	4.5	10.1	44.4	1.5	4.6	33.7	2.5	2.9	85.7	57.0	1.3	4.5	1.5	598	286	128	57	13	7	32	44	+44
6	Derik Queen D. Queen	12.3	2025-26	NOP	23	24.5	6.1	3.6	1.0	0.7	4.6	9.6	48.2	0.1	0.7	11.8	3.0	3.8	78.4	54.7	1.8	4.3	2.2	563	283	141	82	24	16	50	75	-132
7	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	11.5	2025-26	WAS	15	24.3	3.0	1.3	0.4	0.5	4.3	9.7	44.5	2.0	5.1	39.5	0.9	1.1	81.3	56.5	0.5	2.5	1.6	364	173	45	20	6	7	24	28	-109
8	Ace Bailey A. Bailey	10.0	2025-26	UTA	21	22.3	3.3	1.7	0.8	0.3	3.9	8.5	45.8	1.4	3.9	36.6	0.8	0.9	84.2	56.0	1.5	1.8	1.2	468	210	69	35	17	6	26	52	-81
9	Ryan Kalkbrenner R. Kalkbrenner	9.0	2025-26	CHA	20	25.6	6.8	0.5	0.8	1.9	3.8	4.7	79.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.5	1.8	80.6	81.5	3.0	3.8	1.3	512	179	135	9	15	38	25	34	-101
10	Egor Dëmin E. Dëmin	8.4	2025-26	BKN	20	22.9	3.3	3.5	0.9	0.4	3.0	7.9	37.3	1.9	5.4	34.6	0.6	0.7	85.7	50.9	0.6	2.7	1.7	457	167	65	70	17	7	33	39	-92
11	Will Richard W. Richard	8.1	2025-26	GSW	21	18.8	2.6	1.2	1.0	0.0	2.9	5.4	54.0	1.2	3.1	39.4	1.0	1.4	75.9	67.6	1.0	1.6	0.7	395	170	55	25	21	1	14	44	-26
12	Collin Murray-Boyles C. Murray-Boyles	7.4	2025-26	TOR	18	17.9	3.3	1.3	0.7	0.3	2.8	5.2	54.8	0.6	1.3	45.8	1.1	1.7	66.7	62.6	1.7	1.6	1.1	323	133	60	23	13	6	19	41	-33
13	Sion James S. James	6.7	2025-26	CHA	22	26.6	3.1	1.5	0.7	0.5	2.1	5.1	41.6	1.2	3.2	38.0	1.2	1.4	87.1	58.4	0.5	2.7	1.0	586	148	69	34	15	10	21	35	-51
14	Walter Clayton Jr. W. Clayton Jr.	5.8	2025-26	UTA	17	16.4	2.2	3.4	0.5	0.2	1.9	4.9	39.8	0.7	2.5	27.9	1.2	1.2	100.0	53.7	0.4	1.8	1.4	278	99	38	57	9	4	24	31	-6
15	Tyrese Proctor T. Proctor	5.6	2025-26	CLE	18	12.4	1.3	1.4	0.3	0.0	1.8	5.2	34.4	1.1	3.4	31.1	1.0	1.2	85.7	49.4	0.2	1.1	0.4	223	101	23	25	6	0	7	24	-40
16	Micah Peavy M. Peavy	5.1	2025-26	NOP	19	16.5	2.6	1.1	0.6	0.1	2.1	5.1	41.2	0.3	1.6	19.4	0.5	0.7	71.4	46.5	1.2	1.4	0.5	314	96	49	21	12	2	9	35	-57
17	Liam McNeeley L. McNeeley	4.6	2025-26	CHA	16	13.5	2.1	0.9	0.2	0.1	1.3	3.6	36.2	0.9	2.3	37.8	1.1	1.3	85.7	55.0	0.4	1.7	0.5	216	74	34	14	3	2	8	25	-24
18	Nique Clifford N. Clifford	3.7	2025-26	SAC	18	16.2	2.4	1.7	0.4	0.3	1.3	3.7	34.3	0.5	1.7	29.0	0.7	1.0	66.7	44.7	0.6	1.8	0.6	291	67	44	30	7	5	11	39	-34
19	Hugo González H. González	3.3	2025-26	BOS	17	12.1	2.1	0.6	0.8	0.2	1.4	2.8	47.9	0.5	1.1	44.4	0.1	0.3	40.0	55.8	0.7	1.4	0.4	205	56	35	10	13	3	7	33	+52
20	Will Riley W. Riley	3.2	2025-26	WAS	15	9.4	1.8	0.9	0.3	0.0	1.3	2.7	46.3	0.3	0.8	33.3	0.4	0.7	60.0	52.9	0.7	1.1	0.5	141	48	27	13	4	0	7	8	-88
21	Carter Bryant C. Bryant	2.4	2025-26	SAS	16	7.8	1.6	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.9	2.7	32.6	0.5	1.6	30.8	0.2	0.2	100.0	44.0	0.3	1.4	0.4	125	39	26	1	4	2	6	13	+11
22	Chris Youngblood C. Youngblood	1.6	2025-26	OKC	16	5.0	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.4	1.4	31.8	0.4	1.2	31.6	0.4	0.4	100.0	52.8	0.1	0.6	0.1	80	26	11	4	1	0	1	11	+2