most ppg by a rookie forward ever in the playoffs

Chuck Person has scored the most points per game by a rookie forward in a single NBA playoff run, with 27.0 per game in 1986-87.

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	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	Chuck Person C. Person	27.0	1986-87	IND	4	39.8	8.3	5.0	1.3	0.5	9.5	18.5	51.4	0.5	2.0	25.0	7.5	9.8	76.9	59.2	1.5	6.8	3.8	159	108	33	20	5	2	15	14
2	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	25.5	1958-59	MIN	13	42.8	12.0	3.3			9.4	23.3	40.3				6.7	8.7	77.0	46.9				556	331	156	43				52
3	Walter Davis W. Davis	25.0	1977-78	PHX	2	33.0	8.5	4.0	1.5	0.0	9.5	20.0	47.5				6.0	8.0	75.0	53.1	2.0	6.5	3.0	66	50	17	8	3	0	6	8
4	Marques Johnson M. Johnson	24.0	1977-78	MIL	9	35.7	12.4	3.4	1.1	1.9	9.3	17.0	54.9				5.3	7.1	75.0	59.6	3.9	8.6	1.6	321	216	112	31	10	17	14	25
5	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	22.9	1956-57	BOS	10	37.0	11.7	2.0			9.0	23.1	39.0				4.9	6.9	71.0	43.8				370	229	117	20				40
6	Lou Hudson L. Hudson	22.6	1966-67	STL	9	35.2	5.3	1.7			8.6	19.9	43.0				5.4	7.6	72.1	48.6				317	203	48	15				35
7	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	22.2	1946-47	PHI	10			0.3			7.4	25.7	28.8				7.4	9.4	78.7	37.2					222		3				32
8	Karl Malone K. Malone	21.8	1985-86	UTA	4	36.0	7.5	1.0	2.0	0.0	9.5	18.0	52.8	0.0	0.0		2.8	6.5	42.3	52.1	1.5	6.0	1.5	144	87	30	4	8	0	6	18
9	Larry Bird L. Bird	21.3	1979-80	BOS	9	41.3	11.2	4.7	1.6	0.9	9.2	19.7	46.9	0.4	1.7	26.7	2.4	2.8	88.0	51.1	2.4	8.8	3.7	372	192	101	42	14	8	33	30
10	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	20.7	1997-98	SAS	9	41.6	9.0	1.9	0.6	2.6	8.1	15.6	52.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	6.7	66.7	55.9	2.2	6.8	2.8	374	186	81	17	5	23	25	24	+16
11	Paul Arizin P. Arizin	20.5	1950-51	PHI	2		10.0	1.5			7.0	13.5	51.9				6.5	8.0	81.3	60.2					41	20	3				10
12	Tom Meschery T. Meschery	20.1	1961-62	PHI	12	42.3	11.5	2.7			7.4	18.7	39.7				5.3	6.1	86.3	47.0				508	241	138	32				48
13	Albert King A. King	20.0	1981-82	NJN	2	29.0	4.0	3.0	2.5	0.5	9.0	16.5	54.5	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.5	80.0	56.8	1.5	2.5	2.5	58	40	8	6	5	1	5	8
14	Dave DeBusschere D. DeBusschere	20.0	1962-63	DET	4	39.8	15.8	1.5			6.3	14.8	42.4				7.5	11.0	68.2	51.0				159	80	63	6				14
15	Mychal Thompson M. Thompson	19.7	1978-79	POR	3	40.3	10.3	2.0	0.7	1.7	9.0	18.0	50.0				1.7	3.3	50.0	50.5	3.0	7.3	1.7	121	59	31	6	2	5	5	11
16	Billy Owens B. Owens	19.3	1991-92	GSW	4	39.3	8.3	3.3	2.0	0.5	7.5	14.3	52.6	0.0	0.0		4.3	6.8	63.0	55.9	3.3	5.0	1.5	157	77	33	13	8	2	6	14
17	Jim Baechtold J. Baechtold	19.0	1952-53	BAL	2	43.0	4.0	5.5			8.0	15.0	53.3				3.0	5.5	54.5	54.5				86	38	8	11				9
18	Lee Shaffer L. Shaffer	18.8	1961-62	SYR	5	34.8	11.0	1.4			7.0	19.8	35.4				4.8	6.2	77.4	41.7				174	94	55	7				17
19	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	18.8	1984-85	DAL	4	42.3	12.8	2.8	0.5	0.3	6.0	12.3	49.0	0.3	1.0	25.0	6.5	8.5	76.5	58.6	4.0	8.8	0.8	169	75	51	11	2	1	3	13
20	Fred Schaus F. Schaus	18.5	1949-50	FTW	4			2.8			6.0	16.5	36.4				6.5	7.8	83.9	46.5					74		11				9
21	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	18.5	2017-18	BOS	19	35.9	4.4	2.7	1.2	0.5	6.5	13.7	47.1	1.2	3.7	32.4	4.3	5.1	84.5	57.8	0.5	3.8	2.2	683	351	83	52	23	10	41	50	+51
22	Nenad Krstic N. Krstic	18.3	2004-05	NJN	4	38.5	7.5	1.8	0.3	0.5	6.8	12.0	56.3	0.0	0.0		4.8	6.0	79.2	62.3	2.5	5.0	1.5	154	73	30	7	1	2	6	20	-36
23	Buck Williams B. Williams	17.5	1981-82	NJN	2	39.5	10.5	1.5	0.5	1.0	7.0	13.0	53.8	0.0	0.0		3.5	7.5	46.7	53.7	5.5	5.0	2.0	79	35	21	3	1	2	4	7
24	Belus Smawley B. Smawley	17.3	1946-47	STL	3			0.3			7.7	23.7	32.4				2.0	3.7	54.5	34.3					52		1				12
25	Ray Scott R. Scott	17.3	1961-62	DET	10	40.0	14.5	4.3			6.9	17.0	40.6				3.5	6.7	52.2	43.4				400	173	145	43				39

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