most points per game in the 2000s by rookies

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Carmelo Anthony put up the most points per game by a rookie, 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 in the 2000s by rookies

	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	LeBron James L. James	20.9	2003-04	CLE	79	39.5	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.7	7.9	18.9	41.7	0.8	2.7	29.0	4.4	5.8	75.4	48.8	1.3	4.2	3.5	3,122	1,654	432	465	130	58	273	149	-144
3	Kevin Durant K. Durant	20.3	2007-08	SEA	80	34.6	4.4	2.4	1.0	0.9	7.3	17.1	43.0	0.7	2.6	28.8	4.9	5.6	87.3	51.9	0.9	3.5	2.9	2,768	1,624	348	192	78	75	232	122	-651
4	Elton Brand E. Brand	20.1	1999-00	CHI	81	37.0	10.0	1.9	0.8	1.6	7.8	16.1	48.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	6.6	68.5	52.8	4.3	5.7	2.8	2,999	1,627	810	155	66	132	228	259	-647
5	O.J. Mayo	18.5	2008-09	MEM	82	38.0	3.8	3.2	1.1	0.2	6.9	15.6	43.8	1.8	4.6	38.4	3.0	3.4	87.9	53.9	0.7	3.1	2.8	3,120	1,516	308	262	91	13	226	204	-416
6	Steve Francis S. Francis	18.0	1999-00	HOU	77	36.1	5.3	6.6	1.5	0.4	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.4	4.0	34.5	3.7	4.7	78.6	54.3	2.0	3.3	4.0	2,776	1,388	409	507	118	29	306	231	-158
7	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	17.6	2001-02	MEM	82	36.7	8.9	2.7	0.5	2.1	6.7	13.0	51.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.1	5.8	70.9	56.6	2.9	6.0	2.7	3,007	1,441	730	223	41	169	224	195	-310
8	Derrick Rose D. Rose	16.8	2008-09	CHI	81	37.0	3.9	6.3	0.8	0.2	7.1	14.9	47.5	0.2	0.9	22.2	2.4	3.1	78.8	51.6	1.2	2.7	2.5	3,000	1,361	317	512	66	18	202	125	-121
9	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
10	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	16.2	2003-04	MIA	61	34.9	4.0	4.5	1.4	0.6	6.1	13.1	46.5	0.3	0.9	30.2	3.8	5.1	74.7	53.0	1.4	2.7	3.2	2,126	991	247	275	86	34	196	140	+87
11	Chris Paul C. Paul	16.1	2005-06	NOK	78	36.0	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	5.2	12.1	43.0	0.6	2.3	28.2	5.1	6.0	84.7	54.6	0.8	4.3	2.3	2,808	1,258	400	611	175	6	183	218	-181
12	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	16.1	2008-09	LAC	78	34.3	2.6	2.8	1.0	0.4	5.3	11.6	45.6	1.7	4.3	38.9	3.8	4.5	85.4	59.3	0.6	2.0	2.1	2,677	1,252	201	215	78	35	164	172	-457
13	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
14	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	15.3	2008-09	OKC	82	32.5	4.9	5.3	1.3	0.2	5.3	13.4	39.8	0.4	1.6	27.1	4.3	5.2	81.5	48.9	2.2	2.7	3.3	2,668	1,256	399	435	110	16	274	191	-272
15	Emeka Okafor E. Okafor	15.1	2004-05	CHA	73	35.6	10.9	0.9	0.8	1.7	6.1	13.7	44.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.9	4.7	60.9	47.9	3.8	7.1	1.7	2,600	1,105	795	64	62	125	125	214	-344
16	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	15.1	2004-05	CHI	82	24.4	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	1,235	215	164	53	10	186	224	+146
17	Shane Battier S. Battier	14.4	2001-02	MEM	78	39.7	5.4	2.8	1.6	1.0	5.3	12.3	42.9	1.3	3.5	37.3	2.5	3.6	70.0	51.8	2.3	3.1	2.0	3,097	1,125	418	216	121	81	155	215	-289
18	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	14.4	2001-02	GSW	80	32.9	4.3	3.0	1.3	0.4	5.8	13.6	42.6	1.0	3.1	33.3	1.8	2.6	67.1	48.7	1.6	2.7	2.0	2,629	1,151	340	236	106	31	160	195	-274
19	Michael Beasley M. Beasley	13.9	2008-09	MIA	81	24.8	5.4	1.0	0.5	0.5	5.6	11.8	47.2	0.4	1.0	40.7	2.3	3.0	77.2	52.8	1.4	4.1	1.5	2,009	1,123	439	83	41	37	121	184	+8
20	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	13.5	2002-03	PHX	82	31.3	8.8	1.0	0.8	1.1	4.8	10.1	47.2	0.0	0.1	20.0	3.9	5.9	66.1	53.0	3.0	5.7	2.3	2,570	1,106	721	78	62	87	189	269	+8
21	Yao Ming Y. Ming	13.5	2002-03	HOU	82	29.0	8.2	1.7	0.4	1.8	4.9	9.8	49.8	0.0	0.0	50.0	3.7	4.5	81.1	57.0	2.4	5.8	2.1	2,382	1,104	675	137	31	147	173	230	+142
22	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	13.0	2008-09	NJN	82	30.5	8.1	1.0	0.5	1.8	5.5	10.3	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	2.6	79.3	56.8	2.7	5.4	1.8	2,501	1,068	665	86	44	151	147	257	-104
23	Charlie Villanueva C. Villanueva	13.0	2005-06	TOR	81	29.1	6.4	1.1	0.7	0.8	5.4	11.6	46.3	0.9	2.6	32.7	1.4	2.0	70.6	52.1	2.2	4.2	1.2	2,361	1,053	521	88	60	63	99	247	-37
24	Al Thornton A. Thornton	12.7	2007-08	LAC	79	27.3	4.5	1.2	0.6	0.5	4.7	11.0	42.9	0.5	1.6	33.1	2.7	3.6	74.3	50.4	1.2	3.3	1.6	2,158	1,005	358	98	46	43	128	195	-405
25	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