most points per minute as a rookie since 1985

Since 1984-85, Michael Jordan has the most points per minute played by a rookie in a season, with 0.74 in 1984-85.

Interpreted as:

most points per minute with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games as a rookie since 1985

	NAME	PTS/MIN	PTS	MIN	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	0.74	2,313	3,144	1984-85	CHI	82	38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	10.2	19.8	51.5	0.1	0.6	17.3	7.7	9.1	84.5	59.2	2.0	4.5	3.5	534	481	196	69	291	285
2	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	0.72	1,522	2,106	2023-24	SAS	71	29.7	21.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	7.8	16.7	46.5	1.8	5.5	32.5	4.1	5.2	79.6	56.5	2.3	8.4	3.7	755	274	88	254	260	153	-142
3	David Robinson D. Robinson	0.66	1,993	3,002	1989-90	SAS	82	36.6	24.3	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	8.4	15.9	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	10.2	73.2	59.7	3.7	8.3	3.1	983	164	138	319	257	259
4	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	0.66	1,526	2,318	2018-19	DAL	72	32.2	21.2	7.8	6.0	1.1	0.3	7.0	16.5	42.7	2.3	7.1	32.7	4.8	6.7	71.3	54.5	1.2	6.6	3.4	563	429	77	25	247	137	-118
5	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	0.64	1,741	2,717	1988-89	GSW	79	34.4	22.0	5.9	4.2	1.0	0.2	8.2	17.5	46.8	0.4	1.1	36.7	5.2	6.4	81.0	54.1	2.0	3.9	3.4	468	334	82	13	269	223
6	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	0.63	1,473	2,344	2025-26	DAL	70	33.5	21.0	6.7	4.5	1.2	0.9	8.0	17.1	46.8	1.0	3.5	29.5	4.0	4.9	82.7	54.8	1.2	5.4	2.3	466	316	84	64	161	142	-266
7	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	0.62	1,639	2,644	1992-93	CHA	78	33.9	21.0	10.3	1.0	0.3	3.5	7.3	14.3	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.3	8.1	78.1	58.6	3.4	6.9	3.0	805	76	27	271	236	286
8	Trae Young T. Young	0.62	1,549	2,503	2018-19	ATL	81	30.9	19.1	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	6.5	15.5	41.8	1.9	6.0	32.4	4.2	5.1	82.9	53.9	0.8	2.9	3.8	301	653	72	15	308	140	-336
9	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	0.62	1,235	2,002	2004-05	CHI	82	24.4	15.1	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	215	164	53	10	186	224	+146
10	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	0.62	1,893	3,071	1992-93	ORL	81	37.9	23.4	13.9	1.9	0.7	3.5	9.0	16.1	56.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	8.9	59.2	58.4	4.2	9.6	3.8	1,122	152	60	286	307	321
11	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	0.61	1,616	2,638	2017-18	UTA	79	33.4	20.5	3.7	3.7	1.5	0.3	7.5	17.2	43.7	2.4	7.0	34.0	3.0	3.8	80.5	54.1	0.7	3.1	2.7	296	291	118	27	215	213	+357
12	Ron Harper R. Harper	0.61	1,874	3,064	1986-87	CLE	82	37.4	22.9	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	9.0	19.7	45.5	0.2	1.1	21.3	4.7	6.9	68.4	50.3	2.1	2.7	4.2	392	394	209	84	345	247
13	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	0.6	1,392	2,314	2020-21	MIN	72	32.1	19.3	4.7	2.9	1.1	0.5	7.0	16.8	41.7	2.4	7.2	32.9	2.9	3.8	77.6	52.3	0.8	3.8	2.2	336	211	82	36	160	129	-228
14	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	0.59	1,755	2,958	1994-95	MIL	80	37.0	21.9	6.4	2.5	1.4	0.3	8.0	17.6	45.1	1.1	3.4	32.1	5.0	6.2	79.6	53.8	2.1	4.3	3.9	513	197	115	22	313	234
15	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	0.59	1,845	3,112	2010-11	LAC	82	38.0	22.5	12.1	3.8	0.8	0.5	8.5	16.8	50.6	0.1	0.3	29.2	5.4	8.5	64.2	54.9	3.3	8.8	2.7	989	312	63	45	223	252	-146
16	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	0.59	1,437	2,430	2022-23	ORL	72	33.8	20.0	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	497	269	60	39	200	160	-215
17	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	0.59	1,498	2,551	2025-26	CHA	81	31.5	18.5	5.3	3.4	0.7	0.2	6.4	13.4	47.5	3.4	7.9	42.5	2.4	2.8	86.3	63.3	1.2	4.1	2.0	432	274	57	19	161	169	+322
18	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	0.59	1,787	3,045	1996-97	PHI	76	40.1	23.5	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	312	567	157	24	337	233	-439
19	Kevin Durant K. Durant	0.59	1,624	2,768	2007-08	SEA	80	34.6	20.3	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	348	192	78	75	232	122	-651
20	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	0.59	1,302	2,222	2022-23	IND	78	28.5	16.7	4.1	1.5	0.6	0.2	5.3	12.2	43.4	1.3	4.0	32.3	4.8	5.8	82.8	56.6	1.1	3.0	1.9	318	116	48	13	152	162	-179
21	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	0.58	1,692	2,914	1984-85	HOU	82	35.5	20.6	11.9	1.4	1.2	2.7	8.3	15.3	53.8	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.7	61.3	56.4	5.4	6.5	2.9	974	111	99	220	234	344
22	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	0.58	1,725	2,995	2003-04	DEN	82	36.5	21.0	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	498	227	97	41	247	225	+65
23	Ja Morant J. Morant	0.58	1,193	2,074	2019-20	MEM	67	31.0	17.8	3.9	7.3	0.9	0.3	6.7	14.0	47.7	0.9	2.7	33.5	3.6	4.6	77.6	55.6	0.8	3.1	3.3	259	488	58	18	220	110	-17
24	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	0.57	1,503	2,627	2015-16	MIN	82	32.0	18.3	10.5	2.0	0.7	1.7	7.6	14.1	54.2	0.4	1.1	34.1	2.7	3.4	81.1	59.0	2.8	7.7	2.2	858	161	58	138	183	245	-131
25	Rex Chapman R. Chapman	0.57	1,267	2,219	1988-89	CHA	75	29.6	16.9	2.5	2.3	0.9	0.3	7.0	16.9	41.4	0.8	2.5	31.4	2.1	2.6	79.5	46.7	1.0	1.5	1.5	187	176	70	25	113	167

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PPG

17.0

Giddey

RPG

9.0

Vučević

APG

9.1

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Team Rankings

ORTG

113.0

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DRTG

118.1

22nd

NETRTG

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35.6

19th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers	19	63	.232	41.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	CHI	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Fri 10/23	CHI	@	MIL	8:00 PM
Sat 10/24	WAS	@	CHI	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	NYK	@	CHI	8:00 PM

Last Game

Bulls

31 - 51

128

Final

149

Mavericks

26 - 56

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PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

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FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

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61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

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41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0