most points scored by a rookie in under 56 games played

Patrick Ewing has scored the most points by a rookie with fewer than 56 games played, with 998 points in 1985-86.

	NAME	PTS	GP	SEASON	TM	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	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	998	50	1985-86	NYK	35.4	20.0	9.0	2.0	1.1	2.1	7.7	16.3	47.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.5	6.1	73.9	52.6	2.5	6.5	3.4	1,771	451	102	54	103	172	191
2	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	955	51	1981-82	DAL	28.8	18.7	4.9	3.2	0.7	0.4	7.5	16.1	46.5	0.5	1.4	35.2	3.3	4.8	68.0	51.4	1.7	3.1	2.6	1,468	249	164	37	22	135	152
3	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	944	51	2011-12	CLE	30.5	18.5	3.7	5.4	1.1	0.4	6.9	14.6	46.9	1.4	3.6	39.9	3.4	3.8	87.2	56.6	0.9	2.9	3.1	1,558	191	275	54	20	160	110	-160
4	Jahlil Okafor J. Okafor	928	53	2015-16	PHI	30.0	17.5	7.0	1.2	0.4	1.2	7.5	14.7	50.8	0.0	0.1	16.7	2.5	3.7	68.6	53.6	2.3	4.7	2.3	1,591	373	65	22	61	124	140	-497
5	Bob Feerick B. Feerick	926	55	1946-47	WAS		16.8		1.3			6.6	16.5	40.1				3.6	4.7	76.2	45.3						69				142
6	Vince Carter V. Carter	913	50	1998-99	TOR	35.2	18.3	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	283	149	55	77	110	140	+47
7	Austin Carr A. Carr	911	43	1971-72	CLE	35.8	21.2	3.5	3.4			8.9	20.8	42.6				3.5	4.6	76.0	46.5				1,539	150	148				99
8	Ed Sadowski E. Sadowski	877	53	1946-47	TOT		16.5		0.9			6.2	16.8	36.9				4.1	6.2	66.8	42.4						46				194
9	Armen Gilliam A. Gilliam	815	55	1987-88	PHX	32.9	14.8	7.9	1.3	1.1	0.5	6.2	13.1	47.5	0.0	0.0		2.4	3.5	67.9	50.6	2.4	5.5	2.2	1,807	434	72	58	29	123	143
10	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	803	51	2020-21	CHA	28.8	15.7	5.9	6.1	1.6	0.4	5.7	13.2	43.6	1.8	5.1	35.2	2.5	3.2	75.8	53.9	1.2	4.7	2.8	1,468	302	313	81	18	145	136	-84
11	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	791	48	1998-99	BOS	34.0	16.5	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	309	115	82	50	113	139	-64
12	Jim Pollard J. Pollard	784	53	1948-49	MIN		14.8		2.7			5.9	14.9	39.6				2.9	4.3	68.7	44.0						142				144
13	Chris Mullin C. Mullin	768	55	1985-86	GSW	25.3	14.0	2.1	1.9	1.3	0.4	5.2	11.3	46.3	0.1	0.5	18.5	3.4	3.8	89.6	53.9	0.8	1.3	1.4	1,391	115	105	70	23	75	130
14	Richard Dumas R. Dumas	757	48	1992-93	PHX	27.5	15.8	4.6	1.3	1.8	0.8	6.3	12.0	52.4	0.0	0.1	33.3	3.2	4.5	70.7	56.4	2.1	2.6	1.9	1,320	223	60	85	39	92	127
15	Tyler Herro T. Herro	743	55	2019-20	MIA	27.4	13.5	4.1	2.2	0.6	0.2	4.9	11.5	42.8	2.1	5.4	38.9	1.6	1.8	87.0	55.0	0.3	3.8	1.6	1,508	224	121	34	9	87	76	-20
16	Howie Shannon H. Shannon	736	55	1948-49	PRO		13.4		2.3			5.3	14.6	36.4				2.8	3.4	80.4	41.6						125				154
17	Coulby Gunther C. Gunther	734	52	1946-47	PIT		14.1		0.6			4.9	14.5	33.6				4.3	6.8	64.4	40.3						32				117
18	Chris Duarte C. Duarte	720	55	2021-22	IND	28.0	13.1	4.1	2.1	1.0	0.2	4.9	11.3	43.2	1.7	4.6	36.9	1.6	2.0	80.4	53.7	0.7	3.4	1.6	1,541	226	114	56	10	90	95	-55
19	Greg Kelser G. Kelser	709	50	1979-80	DET	24.6	14.2	5.5	2.2	1.2	0.7	5.6	11.9	47.2	0.1	0.3	20.0	2.9	4.1	71.9	52.0	2.5	3.0	2.8	1,231	276	108	60	34	140	176
20	Bill Russell B. Russell	706	48	1956-57	BOS	35.3	14.7	19.6	1.8			5.8	13.5	42.7				3.2	6.4	49.2	45.0				1,695	943	88				143
21	GG Jackson	699	48	2023-24	MEM	25.7	14.6	4.1	1.2	0.6	0.5	5.0	11.7	42.8	2.1	6.0	35.7	2.4	3.2	75.2	55.4	1.1	3.0	1.4	1,233	196	59	28	24	65	64	-195
22	Josh Giddey J. Giddey	674	54	2021-22	OKC	31.5	12.5	7.8	6.4	0.9	0.4	5.2	12.4	41.9	1.0	3.9	26.3	1.0	1.5	70.9	47.8	1.8	6.0	3.2	1,700	421	345	51	20	171	88	-299
23	Carl Braun C. Braun	671	47	1947-48	NYK		14.3		1.3			5.9	18.2	32.3				2.5	3.9	65.0	35.9						61				102
24	Mel Riebe M. Riebe	663	55	1946-47	CLE		12.1		1.2			5.0	16.3	30.7				2.0	3.1	64.2	34.0						67				169
25	Mike Bibby M. Bibby	662	50	1998-99	VAN	35.2	13.2	2.7	6.5	1.6	0.1	5.2	12.1	43.0	0.3	1.5	20.3	2.5	3.4	75.1	48.7	0.6	2.1	2.9	1,758	136	325	78	5	146	122	-339