most ppg in a season while playing less than 40 games as a rookie

Zion Williamson has put up the most points per game by a rookie with fewer than 40 games played, with 22.5 per game in 2019-20.

	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	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	22.5	24	2019-20	NOP	27.8	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	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	20.2	31	2016-17	PHI	25.4	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
3	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	19.0	26	2025-26	CHA	34.0	5.4	3.5	0.7	0.2	6.7	14.2	47.2	3.4	8.5	40.5	2.2	2.4	92.1	62.4	1.0	4.4	2.3	883	495	140	90	19	6	61	62	-36
4	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	18.4	26	2025-26	DAL	34.0	6.3	3.5	1.3	0.7	7.0	14.6	48.2	0.8	3.4	25.0	3.5	4.3	80.5	55.7	1.2	5.1	2.2	884	479	164	92	34	19	56	59	-152
5	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
6	Jim Jackson J. Jackson	16.3	28	1992-93	DAL	33.5	4.4	4.7	1.4	0.4	6.6	16.6	39.5	0.8	2.6	28.8	2.4	3.3	73.9	45.1	1.5	2.9	4.1	938	457	122	131	40	11	115	80
7	RaiQuan Gray R. Gray	16.0	1	2022-23	BKN	35.0	9.0	7.0	0.0	1.0	6.0	12.0	50.0	2.0	5.0	40.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	62.1	3.0	6.0	4.0	35	16	9	7	0	1	4	5	-14
8	Elijah Bryant E. Bryant	16.0	1	2020-21	MIL	32.0	6.0	3.0	0.0	1.0	6.0	13.0	46.2	1.0	5.0	20.0	3.0	3.0	100.0	55.9	2.0	4.0	4.0	32	16	6	3	0	1	4	4	+11
9	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	15.7	27	2025-26	NOP	27.6	3.4	3.1	1.4	0.1	5.9	13.1	44.8	1.2	3.3	36.4	2.7	3.4	80.2	53.5	0.6	2.8	2.3	746	423	93	84	39	4	62	56	-204
10	Jared McCain J. McCain	15.3	23	2024-25	PHI	25.7	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
11	VJ Edgecombe	15.2	22	2025-26	PHI	35.0	5.6	4.0	1.3	0.5	5.6	13.3	42.1	2.0	5.3	38.8	2.0	2.6	77.2	52.8	1.7	3.9	1.7	770	335	123	87	28	10	38	72	+77
12	Reggie Williams R. Williams	15.2	24	2009-10	GSW	32.6	4.6	2.8	1.0	0.3	5.8	11.8	49.5	1.4	3.8	35.9	2.2	2.6	83.9	58.8	0.8	3.8	1.2	782	365	110	66	23	6	29	49	-55
13	George Kaftan G. Kaftan	14.5	21	1948-49	BOS			2.9			5.5	15.0	36.8				3.4	5.5	62.6	41.6					304		61				28
14	Tolu Smith T. Smith	14.0	1	2024-25	DET	22.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.0	9.0	66.7	0.0	0.0		2.0	3.0	66.7	67.8	4.0	4.0	2.0	22	14	8	0	0	0	2	3	+7
15	Raef LaFrentz R. LaFrentz	13.8	12	1998-99	DEN	32.3	7.6	0.7	0.8	1.4	4.9	10.8	45.7	1.0	2.6	38.7	3.0	4.0	75.0	55.3	2.8	4.8	0.8	387	166	91	8	9	17	9	38	-66
16	Cedric Coward C. Coward	13.4	26	2025-26	MEM	27.1	6.2	2.8	0.5	0.3	4.8	10.5	46.2	1.5	4.5	32.2	2.3	2.7	84.3	57.4	1.4	4.8	1.6	704	349	162	73	14	8	41	54	+33
17	Sasha Danilovic S. Danilovic	13.4	19	1995-96	MIA	28.5	2.4	2.5	0.8	0.2	4.4	9.7	45.1	1.8	4.1	43.6	2.9	3.8	76.4	59.1	0.6	1.8	1.9	542	255	46	47	15	3	37	49
18	Dylan Harper D. Harper	13.1	15	2025-26	SAS	21.9	3.1	3.7	0.9	0.1	5.1	11.0	46.1	0.7	2.5	26.3	2.3	3.2	70.8	52.7	1.0	2.1	1.7	329	196	47	55	14	1	25	37	+34
19	Brandon Williams B. Williams	12.9	24	2021-22	POR	26.7	3.1	3.9	1.0	0.4	4.4	11.8	37.2	1.3	4.4	29.2	2.8	4.0	70.1	47.6	0.8	2.3	2.4	640	309	74	94	24	10	58	52	-272
20	Bill Walton B. Walton	12.8	35	1974-75	POR	32.9	12.6	4.8	0.8	2.7	5.1	9.9	51.3				2.7	3.9	68.6	55.3	2.6	10.0		1,153	448	441	167	29	94		115
21	Derik Queen D. Queen	12.7	27	2025-26	NOP	25.2	6.4	4.0	1.0	0.8	4.8	9.5	50.4	0.1	0.7	11.1	3.1	3.9	79.8	56.8	1.6	4.8	2.3	681	343	173	109	27	21	62	89	-116
22	Jabari Parker J. Parker	12.3	25	2014-15	MIL	29.5	5.5	1.7	1.2	0.2	5.2	10.5	49.0	0.2	0.6	25.0	1.8	2.6	69.7	52.7	2.0	3.5	1.9	738	308	138	42	31	5	47	42	-118
23	Bill Sharman B. Sharman	12.2	31	1950-51	WAS		3.5	1.3			4.5	12.3	37.0				3.1	3.5	88.9	44.1					378	110	39				86
24	Drew Timme D. Timme	12.1	9	2024-25	BKN	28.2	7.2	2.2	0.4	0.1	5.0	11.3	44.1	1.0	3.9	25.7	1.1	1.8	62.5	50.0	1.9	5.3	1.7	254	109	65	20	4	1	15	21	-66
25	Andre Ingram A. Ingram	12.0	2	2017-18	LAL	32.0	3.0	3.5	1.5	1.5	4.0	8.5	47.1	2.5	4.5	55.6	1.5	1.5	100.0	65.5	0.5	2.5	1.5	64	24	6	7	3	3	3	3	+20