most ppg rookie season nba celtics

Larry Bird has scored the most points per game by a Celtics rookie, with 21.3 per game in 1979-80.

Interpreted as:
most ppg with a minimum of 41 games played per 82 team games rookie season NBA celtics
NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Larry Bird
L. Bird
21.3
1979-80
82
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
2Antoine Walker
A. Walker
17.5
1996-97
82
36.2
9.0
3.2
1.3
0.6
7.0
16.5
42.5
0.6
1.9
32.7
2.8
4.5
63.1
47.4
3.5
5.5
2.8
2,970
1,435
741
262
105
53
230
271
-559
3Dave Cowens
D. Cowens
17.0
1970-71
81
38.0
15.0
2.8
6.8
16.1
42.2
3.4
4.6
73.2
46.8
3,076
1,373
1,216
228
350
4Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
16.5
1998-99
48
34.0
6.4
2.4
1.7
1.0
5.9
13.5
43.9
1.8
4.3
41.2
2.9
4.1
71.3
54.0
2.4
4.0
2.4
1,632
791
309
115
82
50
113
139
-64
5Tom Heinsohn
T. Heinsohn
16.2
1956-57
72
29.9
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
6Bob Cousy
B. Cousy
15.6
1950-51
69
6.9
4.9
5.8
16.5
35.2
4.0
5.3
75.6
41.5
1,078
474
341
185
7Ron Mercer
R. Mercer
15.3
1997-98
80
33.3
3.5
2.2
1.6
0.2
6.4
14.3
45.0
0.0
0.4
10.7
2.4
2.8
83.9
49.1
1.4
2.1
1.7
2,662
1,221
280
176
125
17
132
213
-101
8Dino Radja
D. Radja
15.1
1993-94
80
28.8
7.2
1.4
0.9
0.8
6.1
11.8
52.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.8
3.8
75.1
56.2
2.4
4.8
1.9
2,303
1,208
577
114
70
67
149
276
9Bill Russell
B. Russell
14.7
1956-57
48
35.3
19.6
1.8
5.8
13.5
42.7
3.2
6.4
49.2
45.0
1,695
706
943
88
143
10John Havlicek
J. Havlicek
14.3
1962-63
80
27.5
6.7
2.2
6.0
13.6
44.5
2.2
3.0
72.8
47.9
2,200
1,140
534
179
189
11Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
13.9
2017-18
80
30.5
5.0
1.6
1.0
0.7
5.0
10.4
47.5
1.3
3.0
43.4
2.7
3.2
82.6
58.6
0.6
4.4
1.4
2,443
1,112
402
128
83
58
114
170
+344
12Jo Jo White
J. Jo White
12.2
1969-70
60
22.1
2.8
2.4
5.2
11.4
45.2
1.9
2.3
82.2
49.0
1,328
729
169
145
132
13Frank Ramsey
F. Ramsey
11.2
1954-55
64
27.4
6.3
2.9
3.7
9.3
39.9
3.8
5.0
75.5
48.7
1,754
715
402
185
250
14Chauncey Billups
C. Billups
11.1
1997-98
51
25.4
2.2
4.3
1.5
0.0
3.5
8.9
39.0
1.3
3.7
33.9
2.9
3.5
81.7
53.0
0.8
1.4
2.3
1,296
565
113
217
77
2
118
118
-171
15Eric Williams
E. Williams
10.7
1995-96
64
23.0
3.4
1.1
0.9
0.2
3.8
8.5
44.1
0.0
0.2
30.0
3.1
4.7
67.1
50.6
1.4
2.0
1.4
1,470
685
217
70
56
11
88
147
16Connie Simmons
C. Simmons
10.3
1946-47
60
1.0
4.1
12.8
32.0
2.1
3.2
67.7
36.4
620
62
130
17Eric Montross
E. Montross
10.0
1994-95
78
29.7
7.3
0.5
0.4
0.8
3.9
7.4
53.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.1
3.4
63.5
56.5
2.5
4.7
1.4
2,315
781
566
36
29
61
112
299
18Kevin McHale
K. McHale
10.0
1980-81
82
20.1
4.4
0.7
0.3
1.8
4.3
8.1
53.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.3
1.9
67.9
55.6
1.9
2.5
1.3
1,645
818
359
55
27
151
110
260
19Al Brightman
A. Brightman
9.8
1946-47
58
1.0
3.8
15.0
25.6
2.1
3.3
62.7
29.7
567
60
115
20Chuck Cooper
C. Cooper
9.3
1950-51
66
8.5
2.6
3.1
9.1
34.4
3.0
4.0
75.3
42.8
615
562
174
219
21Ed Leede
E. Leede
8.9
1949-50
64
2.0
2.7
7.9
34.3
3.5
4.9
70.6
44.2
571
130
167
22Tony Lavelli
T. Lavelli
8.8
1949-50
56
0.7
2.9
7.8
37.2
3.0
3.5
85.3
47.1
492
40
107
23Jeff Judkins
J. Judkins
8.8
1978-79
81
18.8
2.4
1.8
1.0
0.1
3.6
7.2
50.3
1.5
1.8
81.5
54.4
0.9
1.5
1.3
1,521
709
191
145
81
12
109
184
24Dee Brown
D. Brown
8.7
1990-91
82
23.7
2.2
4.2
1.0
0.2
3.5
7.5
46.4
0.1
0.4
20.6
1.7
1.9
87.3
52.3
0.5
1.7
1.7
1,945
712
182
344
83
14
137
161
25Kelly Olynyk
K. Olynyk
8.7
2013-14
70
20.0
5.2
1.6
0.5
0.4
3.3
7.2
46.6
0.6
1.6
35.1
1.4
1.7
81.1
54.6
2.0
3.2
1.5
1,400
607
365
109
35
27
106
227
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Team Leaders

PPG

29.4

Brown

Jaylen Brown

RPG

7.9

Queta

Neemias Queta

APG

5.2

Pritchard

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Team Rankings

ORTG

121.2

4th

DRTG

114.9

15th

NETRTG

6.3

7th

3P%

36.2

13th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
23
6
.793
2
20
9
.690
3.0
3
Celtics Celtics
18
11
.621
5.0
4
18
13
.581
6.0
5
16
12
.571
6.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
12/26
@
7:00 PM
Sun
12/28
@
6:00 PM
Tue
12/30
@
9:00 PM
Thu
1/1
@
10:00 PM
Sat
1/3
@
10:30 PM
Last Game
IND Pacers

6 - 23

95

Final

103

BOS Celtics

18 - 11

Mon 22 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
23
6
.793
2
20
9
.690
3.0
3
18
11
.621
5.0
4
18
13
.581
6.0
5
16
12
.571
6.5
6
17
13
.567
6.5
7
17
14
.548
7.0
8
15
15
.500
8.5
9
15
16
.484
9.0
10
14
15
.483
9.0
11
12
18
.400
11.5
12
10
20
.333
13.5
13
9
19
.321
13.5
14
6
24
.200
17.5
15
5
23
.179
17.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
26
4
.867
2
22
7
.759
3.5
3
21
8
.724
4.5
4
19
9
.679
6.0
5
20
10
.667
6.0
6
17
9
.654
7.0
7
16
13
.552
9.5
8
15
15
.500
11.0
9
14
16
.467
12.0
10
12
18
.400
14.0
11
12
19
.387
14.5
12
10
19
.345
15.5
13
8
23
.258
18.5
14
7
21
.250
18.0
15
7
22
.241
18.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sat
11/22
@
105-120
Sat
11/22
@
110-113
Sat
11/22
@
129-138
Sat
11/22
@
109-119
Sat
11/22
@
95-122

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/25
@
12:00 PM
Thu
12/25
@
2:30 PM
Thu
12/25
@
5:00 PM
Thu
12/25
@
8:00 PM
Thu
12/25
@
10:30 PM