most ppg by a rookie in 1980s that played a minimum of 10 games

Between the 1979-80 and 1988-89 seasons, Michael Jordan had the most points per game by a rookie with 10+ games played, with 28.2 per game in 1984-85.

	NAME	PPG	GP	SEASON	TM	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	28.2	82	1984-85	CHI	38.3	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	10.2	19.8	51.5	0.1	0.6	17.3	7.7	9.1	84.5	59.2	2.0	4.5	3.5	3,144	2,313	534	481	196	69	291	285
2	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	23.7	70	1982-83	SDC	36.2	10.6	2.5	1.8	0.9	9.8	18.7	52.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2	5.9	70.9	55.7	4.3	6.3	2.9	2,531	1,660	744	177	129	62	204	294
3	Ron Harper R. Harper	22.9	82	1986-87	CLE	37.4	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	9.0	19.7	45.5	0.2	1.1	21.3	4.7	6.9	68.4	50.3	2.1	2.7	4.2	3,064	1,874	392	394	209	84	345	247
4	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	22.0	79	1988-89	GSW	34.4	5.9	4.2	1.0	0.2	8.2	17.5	46.8	0.4	1.1	36.7	5.2	6.4	81.0	54.1	2.0	3.9	3.4	2,717	1,741	468	334	82	13	269	223
5	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	21.7	82	1979-80	NYK	38.4	8.9	2.0	0.6	1.2	8.1	14.8	54.7	0.0	0.0		5.5	6.9	79.7	60.8	2.4	6.5	2.7	3,150	1,781	726	165	48	101	222	279
6	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	21.6	82	1981-82	DET	37.5	5.4	3.3	1.1	0.2	7.8	15.6	49.6	0.1	0.3	22.7	6.0	7.6	79.7	57.0	2.7	2.7	3.4	3,077	1,772	443	270	89	16	280	241
7	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	21.4	81	1981-82	DAL	32.4	7.0	2.2	1.1	0.3	8.9	17.9	49.7	0.0	0.0	25.0	3.6	5.0	71.6	53.2	2.2	4.7	2.4	2,626	1,732	565	176	89	21	194	308
8	Larry Bird L. Bird	21.3	82	1979-80	BOS	36.0	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	8.5	17.8	47.4	0.7	1.7	40.6	3.7	4.4	83.6	53.8	2.6	7.8	3.2	2,955	1,745	852	370	143	53	263	279
9	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	21.0	82	1983-84	HOU	32.8	11.1	2.0	0.9	2.4	8.7	16.7	52.3	0.0	0.0	25.0	3.5	5.3	66.1	55.1	3.6	7.6	3.6	2,693	1,720	913	163	70	197	294	339
10	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	20.6	82	1984-85	HOU	35.5	11.9	1.4	1.2	2.7	8.3	15.3	53.8	0.0	0.0		4.1	6.7	61.3	56.4	5.4	6.5	2.9	2,914	1,692	974	111	99	220	234	344
11	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	20.6	81	1980-81	UTA	35.4	3.6	2.4	1.3	0.5	8.8	19.1	46.4	0.1	0.6	19.2	2.8	4.0	71.6	49.6	1.0	2.6	2.9	2,867	1,671	288	194	106	40	231	219
12	Clark Kellogg C. Kellogg	20.1	81	1982-83	IND	34.1	10.6	2.8	1.7	0.5	8.4	17.5	47.9	0.0	0.2	22.2	3.2	4.3	74.1	51.6	4.2	6.4	2.7	2,761	1,625	860	223	141	43	217	298
13	Patrick Ewing P. Ewing	20.0	50	1985-86	NYK	35.4	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	998	451	102	54	103	172	191
14	Calvin Natt C. Natt	19.9	78	1979-80	TOT	36.6	8.9	2.2	1.3	0.4	8.0	16.6	47.9	0.0	0.1	33.3	3.9	5.4	73.0	52.4	3.1	5.8	2.5	2,857	1,553	691	169	102	34	198	205
15	Joe Barry Carroll J. Barry Carroll	18.9	82	1980-81	GSW	35.6	9.3	1.4	0.6	1.5	7.5	15.3	49.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.8	5.4	71.6	53.4	3.3	5.9	3.0	2,919	1,547	759	117	50	121	243	313
16	Chuck Person C. Person	18.8	82	1986-87	IND	36.0	8.3	3.6	1.1	0.2	7.7	16.6	46.8	0.6	1.7	35.5	2.7	3.6	74.7	51.8	2.0	6.2	2.6	2,956	1,541	677	295	90	16	211	310
17	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	18.7	51	1981-82	DAL	28.8	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
18	Willie Anderson W. Anderson	18.6	81	1988-89	SAS	33.8	5.1	4.6	1.9	0.8	7.9	15.9	49.8	0.0	0.3	19.0	2.8	3.6	77.5	53.4	1.9	3.3	3.2	2,738	1,508	417	372	150	62	261	295
19	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	18.0	77	1979-80	LAL	36.3	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	6.5	12.3	53.0	0.1	0.4	22.6	4.9	6.0	81.0	60.2	2.2	5.6	4.0	2,795	1,387	596	563	187	41	305	218
20	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	17.5	82	1982-83	ATL	32.9	5.8	1.6	1.0	0.8	7.3	14.9	49.3	0.0	0.1	18.2	2.8	4.1	68.2	52.4	2.8	3.1	2.2	2,697	1,434	478	129	84	63	180	210
21	Tom Chambers T. Chambers	17.2	81	1981-82	SDC	33.1	6.9	1.8	0.7	0.6	6.8	13.0	52.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.5	5.7	62.0	55.3	2.6	4.3	2.7	2,682	1,392	561	146	58	46	220	341
22	Xavier McDaniel X. McDaniel	17.1	82	1985-86	SEA	33.0	8.0	2.4	1.2	0.5	7.0	14.3	49.0	0.0	0.1	20.0	3.0	4.4	68.7	52.5	3.7	4.2	3.0	2,706	1,404	655	193	101	37	248	305
23	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	17.0	72	1981-82	DET	33.8	2.9	7.8	2.1	0.2	6.3	14.8	42.4	0.2	0.8	28.8	4.2	6.0	70.4	48.7	0.8	2.1	4.2	2,433	1,225	209	565	150	17	299	253
24	Rex Chapman R. Chapman	16.9	75	1988-89	CHA	29.6	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
25	Danny Manning D. Manning	16.7	26	1988-89	LAC	36.5	6.6	3.1	1.7	1.0	6.8	13.8	49.4	0.0	0.2	20.0	3.0	4.0	76.7	53.8	2.7	3.9	3.6	950	434	171	81	44	25	93	89