Between the 1939-40 and 1948-49 seasons, Joe Fulks scored the most points per game by a rookie, with 23.2 per game in 1946-47.

Interpreted as:

most ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games as a rookie in 1940s

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	APG	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	PTS	AST	PF
1	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	23.2	1946-47	PHI	60	0.4	7.9	26.0	30.5	7.3	10.0	73.0	38.1	1,389	25	199
2	Bob Feerick B. Feerick	16.8	1946-47	WAS	55	1.3	6.6	16.5	40.1	3.6	4.7	76.2	45.3	926	69	142
3	Arnie Risen A. Risen	16.6	1948-49	ROC	60	1.7	5.8	13.6	42.3	5.1	7.7	66.0	48.8	995	100	216
4	Ed Sadowski E. Sadowski	16.5	1946-47	TOT	53	0.9	6.2	16.8	36.9	4.1	6.2	66.8	42.4	877	46	194
5	Bob Davies B. Davies	15.1	1948-49	ROC	60	5.4	5.3	14.5	36.4	4.5	5.8	77.6	44.1	904	321	197
6	Stan Miasek S. Miasek	14.9	1946-47	DET	60	1.6	5.5	19.2	28.7	3.9	6.4	60.5	33.8	895	93	208
7	Jim Pollard J. Pollard	14.8	1948-49	MIN	53	2.7	5.9	14.9	39.6	2.9	4.3	68.7	44.0	784	142	144
8	Max Zaslofsky M. Zaslofsky	14.4	1946-47	CHI	61	0.7	5.5	16.7	32.9	3.4	4.6	73.7	38.4	877	40	121
9	Ernie Calverley E. Calverley	14.3	1946-47	PRO	59	3.4	5.5	18.7	29.3	3.4	4.8	70.3	34.4	845	202	191
10	Carl Braun C. Braun	14.3	1947-48	NYK	47	1.3	5.9	18.2	32.3	2.5	3.9	65.0	35.9	671	61	102
11	Coulby Gunther C. Gunther	14.1	1946-47	PIT	52	0.6	4.9	14.5	33.6	4.3	6.8	64.4	40.3	734	32	117
12	Frankie Baumholtz F. Baumholtz	14.0	1946-47	CLE	45	1.2	5.7	19.0	29.8	2.7	3.5	77.6	34.1	631	54	93
13	Howie Shannon H. Shannon	13.4	1948-49	PRO	55	2.3	5.3	14.6	36.4	2.8	3.4	80.4	41.6	736	125	154
14	Leo Mogus L. Mogus	13.0	1946-47	TOT	58	1.4	4.5	15.2	29.5	4.1	5.6	72.3	36.8	753	84	176
15	Ray Lumpp R. Lumpp	12.7	1948-49	TOT	61	2.6	4.6	13.1	34.9	3.6	4.6	77.4	42.0	777	158	173
16	Red Rocha R. Rocha	12.7	1947-48	STL	48	0.8	4.8	15.4	31.4	3.1	4.4	69.0	36.6	611	39	209
17	Chick Halbert C. Halbert	12.7	1946-47	CHI	61	0.8	4.6	15.0	30.6	3.5	5.8	59.8	36.1	773	46	161
18	John Logan J. Logan	12.6	1946-47	STL	61	1.3	4.8	17.1	27.8	3.1	4.2	74.8	33.3	770	78	136
19	Fred Scolari F. Scolari	12.6	1946-47	WAS	58	1.0	5.0	17.1	29.4	2.5	3.1	81.1	34.1	728	58	159
20	Hank Beenders H. Beenders	12.3	1946-47	PRO	58	0.6	4.6	17.5	26.2	3.1	4.4	70.4	31.6	713	37	196
21	Dino Martin D. Martin	12.2	1946-47	PRO	60	1.0	5.2	17.0	30.4	1.9	2.8	66.1	33.4	733	59	98
22	Mel Riebe M. Riebe	12.1	1946-47	CLE	55	1.2	5.0	16.3	30.7	2.0	3.1	64.2	34.0	663	67	169
23	Earl Shannon E. Shannon	12.1	1946-47	PRO	57	1.5	4.3	12.7	33.9	3.5	6.1	56.6	39.3	687	84	169
24	Bones McKinney B. McKinney	12.0	1946-47	WAS	58	1.2	4.7	17.0	27.9	2.5	3.6	69.0	32.2	695	69	162
25	John Janisch J. Janisch	11.6	1946-47	DET	60	0.8	4.7	16.4	28.8	2.2	3.3	66.2	32.6	697	49	132