most ppg by a rookie ever with under 30 mpg

Zion Williamson has scored the most points per game by a rookie with fewer than 30.0 minutes per game, with 22.5 per game in 2019-20.

	NAME	PPG	MPG	SEASON	TM	GP	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	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	22.5	27.8	2019-20	NOP	24	6.3	2.1	0.7	0.4	8.8	15.0	58.3	0.3	0.6	42.9	4.8	7.4	64.0	61.6	2.7	3.6	2.5	668	540	150	50	16	9	59	42	+62
2	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	21.4	29.7	2023-24	SAS	71	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	2,106	1,522	755	274	88	254	260	153	-142
3	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	20.2	25.4	2016-17	PHI	31	7.8	2.1	0.9	2.5	6.5	13.8	46.6	1.2	3.2	36.7	6.2	7.9	78.3	58.4	2.0	5.9	3.8	786	627	243	66	27	76	117	112	+67
4	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	18.7	28.8	1981-82	DAL	51	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	955	249	164	37	22	135	152
5	John Drew J. Drew	18.5	29.3	1974-75	ATL	78	10.7	1.8	1.5	0.5	6.8	15.8	42.8				5.0	7.0	71.3	49.1	4.6	6.1		2,289	1,442	836	138	119	39		274
6	Bob Rule B. Rule	18.1	29.6	1967-68	SEA	82	9.5	1.2			6.9	14.2	48.9				4.2	6.5	65.8	53.2				2,424	1,484	776	99				316
7	Walt Williams W. Williams	17.0	28.4	1992-93	SAC	59	4.5	3.0	1.1	0.5	6.1	13.9	43.5	1.0	3.2	31.9	3.8	5.1	74.2	52.4	1.9	2.5	3.0	1,673	1,001	265	178	66	29	179	209
8	Rex Chapman R. Chapman	16.9	29.6	1988-89	CHA	75	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	2,219	1,267	187	176	70	25	113	167
9	Lee Shaffer L. Shaffer	16.9	27.8	1961-62	SYR	75	6.8	1.3			6.9	15.7	43.6				3.2	4.1	77.1	48.1				2,083	1,267	511	99				266
10	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	16.7	28.5	2022-23	IND	78	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	2,222	1,302	318	116	48	13	152	162	-179
11	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	16.5	29.4	2023-24	OKC	82	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	6.2	11.6	53.0	1.6	4.3	37.0	2.7	3.4	79.3	63.2	1.6	6.3	1.6	2,413	1,357	648	200	53	190	131	197	+422
12	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	16.2	29.9	1956-57	BOS	72	9.8	1.6			6.2	15.6	39.7				3.8	4.8	79.0	45.6				2,150	1,163	705	117				304
13	Walter Berry W. Berry	15.9	25.2	1986-87	TOT	63	4.9	1.7	0.6	0.6	6.5	12.2	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.6	64.9	56.1	2.2	2.7	2.4	1,586	1,001	309	105	38	40	153	196
14	Otis Birdsong O. Birdsong	15.8	25.7	1977-78	KCK	73	2.4	2.4	1.0	0.2	6.4	13.1	49.2				3.0	4.2	69.7	53.0	1.0	1.4	2.0	1,878	1,156	175	174	74	12	145	179
15	Calvin Murphy C. Murphy	15.8	24.6	1970-71	SDR	82	3.0	4.0			5.7	12.5	45.8				4.3	5.3	82.0	53.2				2,020	1,298	245	329				263
16	Richard Dumas R. Dumas	15.8	27.5	1992-93	PHX	48	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	757	223	60	85	39	92	127
17	LaMelo Ball L. Ball	15.7	28.8	2020-21	CHA	51	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	803	302	313	81	18	145	136	-84
18	Dennis Scott D. Scott	15.7	28.5	1990-91	ORL	82	2.9	1.6	0.8	0.3	6.1	14.4	42.5	1.5	4.1	37.4	1.9	2.5	75.0	50.4	0.8	2.1	1.5	2,336	1,284	235	134	62	25	127	203
19	Bob Lanier B. Lanier	15.6	24.6	1970-71	DET	82	8.1	1.8			6.1	13.5	45.5				3.3	4.6	72.6	50.3				2,017	1,281	665	146				272
20	Art Heyman A. Heyman	15.4	29.8	1963-64	NYK	75	4.0	3.4			5.8	13.4	43.1				3.9	5.6	68.5	48.5				2,236	1,153	298	256				229
21	Jared McCain J. McCain	15.3	25.7	2024-25	PHI	23	2.4	2.6	0.7	0.0	5.5	11.9	46.0	2.2	5.8	38.3	2.1	2.4	87.5	58.9	0.6	1.9	1.6	592	352	56	60	15	0	37	37	-27
22	Kendrick Nunn K. Nunn	15.3	29.3	2019-20	MIA	67	2.7	3.3	0.8	0.2	6.0	13.6	43.9	2.0	5.8	35.0	1.3	1.5	85.0	53.4	0.3	2.4	1.7	1,962	1,024	180	220	56	15	114	152	+61
23	James Edwards J. Edwards	15.2	29.0	1977-78	TOT	83	7.4	1.0	0.6	0.9	6.0	13.2	45.3				3.3	5.1	64.6	49.4	2.4	5.0	2.0	2,405	1,262	615	85	53	78	169	322
24	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	15.2	29.7	2017-18	CHI	68	7.5	1.2	0.6	0.6	5.5	12.7	43.4	2.1	5.9	36.2	2.1	2.4	84.3	55.2	1.2	6.3	1.2	2,020	1,033	508	79	39	40	83	103	-387
25	Dennis Smith Jr. D. Smith Jr.	15.2	29.7	2017-18	DAL	69	3.8	5.2	1.0	0.3	5.9	14.8	39.5	1.5	4.9	31.3	1.9	2.8	69.4	47.3	0.7	3.0	2.8	2,049	1,048	260	358	71	18	194	152	-329