most points scored by a rookie in a season in the 2000s

Between the 1999-00 and 2008-09 seasons, Carmelo Anthony scored the most points by a rookie, with 1,725 points in 2003-04.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	1,725	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	2,995	498	227	97	41	247	225	+65
2	LeBron James L. James	1,654	2003-04	CLE	79	39.5	20.9	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	432	465	130	58	273	149	-144
3	Elton Brand E. Brand	1,627	1999-00	CHI	81	37.0	20.1	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	810	155	66	132	228	259	-647
4	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1,624	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	2,768	348	192	78	75	232	122	-651
5	O.J. Mayo	1,516	2008-09	MEM	82	38.0	18.5	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	308	262	91	13	226	204	-416
6	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	1,441	2001-02	MEM	82	36.7	17.6	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	730	223	41	169	224	195	-310
7	Steve Francis S. Francis	1,388	1999-00	HOU	77	36.1	18.0	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	409	507	118	29	306	231	-158
8	Derrick Rose D. Rose	1,361	2008-09	CHI	81	37.0	16.8	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	317	512	66	18	202	125	-121
9	Lamar Odom L. Odom	1,259	1999-00	LAC	76	36.4	16.6	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	595	317	91	95	258	291	-451
10	Chris Paul C. Paul	1,258	2005-06	NOK	78	36.0	16.1	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	400	611	175	6	183	218	-181
11	Russell Westbrook R. Westbrook	1,256	2008-09	OKC	82	32.5	15.3	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	399	435	110	16	274	191	-272
12	Eric Gordon E. Gordon	1,252	2008-09	LAC	78	34.3	16.1	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	201	215	78	35	164	172	-457
13	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	1,235	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	2,002	215	164	53	10	186	224	+146
14	Caron Butler C. Butler	1,201	2002-03	MIA	78	36.6	15.4	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	397	213	137	31	192	230	-383
15	Jason Richardson J. Richardson	1,151	2001-02	GSW	80	32.9	14.4	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	340	236	106	31	160	195	-274
16	Shane Battier S. Battier	1,125	2001-02	MEM	78	39.7	14.4	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	418	216	121	81	155	215	-289
17	Michael Beasley M. Beasley	1,123	2008-09	MIA	81	24.8	13.9	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	439	83	41	37	121	184	+8
18	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	1,106	2002-03	PHX	82	31.3	13.5	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	721	78	62	87	189	269	+8
19	Emeka Okafor E. Okafor	1,105	2004-05	CHA	73	35.6	15.1	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	795	64	62	125	125	214	-344
20	Yao Ming Y. Ming	1,104	2002-03	HOU	82	29.0	13.5	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	675	137	31	147	173	230	+142
21	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	1,068	2008-09	NJN	82	30.5	13.0	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	665	86	44	151	147	257	-104
22	Charlie Villanueva C. Villanueva	1,053	2005-06	TOR	81	29.1	13.0	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	521	88	60	63	99	247	-37
23	Al Thornton A. Thornton	1,005	2007-08	LAC	79	27.3	12.7	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	358	98	46	43	128	195	-405
24	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	991	2003-04	MIA	61	34.9	16.2	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	247	275	86	34	196	140	+87
25	Dwight Howard D. Howard	981	2004-05	ORL	82	32.6	12.0	10.0	0.9	0.9	1.7	4.3	8.3	52.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	5.0	67.1	57.1	3.5	6.5	2.0	2,670	823	75	77	136	165	232	-179