most ppg in a month by a rookie in nba history

Wilt Chamberlain has the most points per game by a rookie in a month, with 41.4 per game in January 1960.

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	NAME	PPG	MONTH	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	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	41.4	January 1960	19	47.5	30.1	3.0			16.4	34.3	47.8				8.6	15.3	56.6	50.5				902	786	571	57				45
2	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	39.5	October 1959	2	47.5	31.0	1.5			15.0	29.5	50.8				9.5	15.0	63.3	54.7				95	79	62	3				2
3	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	37.0	March 1960	5	48.8	22.0	1.8			16.0	34.8	46.0				5.0	8.0	62.5	48.3				244	185	110	9				13
4	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	36.4	December 1959	14	44.9	25.6	1.2			13.1	30.1	43.7				10.1	15.8	64.3	49.2				629	510	359	17				29
5	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	35.9	February 1960	17	44.8	22.8	2.8			14.8	29.9	49.3				6.4	12.2	52.4	50.9				762	611	388	48				33
6	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	35.7	November 1959	15	47.1	30.1	1.9			13.9	33.1	42.1				7.9	13.3	59.0	45.8				706	536	451	29				28
7	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	35.7	January 1962	19		20.2				13.9						7.8	11.7	66.4						678	384					69
8	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	35.0	December 1960	16		10.9	10.3			12.3						10.5	12.6	83.6						560	174	164				56
9	Frank Selvy F. Selvy	35.0	November 1954	1						12.0						11.0	16.0	68.8						35						5
10	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	33.9	March 1970	11	41.9	13.4	3.4			13.2	21.1	62.5				7.5	10.5	72.2	66.0				461	373	147	37				25
11	Rick Barry R. Barry	33.6	February 1966	14	43.4	12.9	2.9			11.5	26.4	43.6				10.6	12.1	88.2	53.1				607	471	180	40				56
12	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	33.6	April 1997	12	45.6	4.3	8.7	2.3	0.3	11.9	25.5	46.7	3.5	7.4	47.2	6.3	8.8	70.8	57.1	1.6	2.8	5.4	547	403	52	104	27	3	65	38	-122
13	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	33.2	February 1962	20		19.6				13.0						7.2	11.5	62.2						663	392					69
14	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	33.0	November 1968	16	45.9	19.0				12.4						8.1	11.4	71.4					734	528	304
15	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar K. Abdul-Jabbar	32.3	February 1970	15		13.5	3.7			13.2						5.9	9.5	62.2						485	203	56				54
16	Earl Monroe E. Monroe	32.1	February 1968	17						11.4						9.4	12.2	77.3						546
17	Brad Miller B. Miller	32.0	May 1999	1	38.0	13.0	4.0	0.0	1.0	9.0	16.0	56.3	0.0	0.0		14.0	17.0	82.4	68.1	3.0	10.0	2.0	38	32	13	4	0	1	2	5	+18
18	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	31.9	February 1961	15						11.1						9.6	11.9	80.4						478						49
19	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	31.2	March 1961	5		12.0	11.6			10.4	23.2	44.8				10.4	12.2	85.2	54.6					156	60	58				17
20	Walt Bellamy W. Bellamy	30.7	December 1961	16		19.0				12.1						6.6	10.1	64.8						491	304					60
21	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	30.5	January 1985	15	39.2	7.7	6.7	2.4	0.9	10.9	19.3	56.7	0.1	0.6	22.2	8.5	9.6	88.2	64.8	1.6	6.1	3.4	588	457	115	101	36	13	51	52
22	Geoff Petrie G. Petrie	30.4	March 1971	12	38.5	3.3	6.3			11.7	25.6	45.6				7.1	8.9	79.4	51.5				462	365	39	75				22
23	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	30.0	April 2026	6	37.1	5.2	5.2	2.0	0.7	10.5	21.5	48.8	2.3	7.3	31.8	6.7	8.2	81.6	59.8	1.2	4.0	1.8	223	180	31	31	12	4	11	17	+6
24	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29.8	March 1985	18	39.7	7.8	7.3	2.2	0.7	10.0	20.6	48.5	0.2	0.7	30.8	9.6	11.8	81.1	57.7	2.7	5.1	3.6	714	536	140	131	40	12	64	53
25	Elvin Hayes E. Hayes	29.8	December 1968	16		16.8	0.8			12.1	26.6	45.4				5.6	9.2	61.2	48.6					476	268	13				58

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