most spg by a rookie forward ever

Willie Anderson has the most steals per game by a rookie forward, with 1.9 per game in 1988-89.

Interpreted as:
most spg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games by a rookie forward ever
NAMESPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Willie Anderson
W. Anderson
1.9
1988-89
81
33.8
18.6
5.1
4.6
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
2Terry Cummings
T. Cummings
1.8
1982-83
70
36.2
23.7
10.6
2.5
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
3Grant Hill
G. Hill
1.8
1994-95
70
38.3
19.9
6.4
5.0
0.9
7.3
15.2
47.7
0.1
0.4
14.8
5.3
7.3
73.2
54.1
1.8
4.6
2.9
2,678
1,394
445
353
124
62
202
203
4Caron Butler
C. Butler
1.8
2002-03
78
36.6
15.4
5.1
2.7
0.4
5.5
13.2
41.6
0.4
1.4
31.8
4.0
4.8
82.4
50.2
1.7
3.4
2.5
2,858
1,201
397
213
137
31
192
230
-383
5Larry Bird
L. Bird
1.7
1979-80
82
36.0
21.3
10.4
4.5
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
6Clark Kellogg
C. Kellogg
1.7
1982-83
81
34.1
20.1
10.6
2.8
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
7Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
1.7
1998-99
48
34.0
16.5
6.4
2.4
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
8Herbert Jones
H. Jones
1.7
2021-22
78
29.9
9.5
3.8
2.1
0.8
3.5
7.4
47.6
0.7
2.2
33.7
1.8
2.1
84.0
57.3
1.3
2.5
1.3
2,335
742
296
167
130
60
100
238
+68
9Tom Gugliotta
T. Gugliotta
1.7
1992-93
81
34.5
14.7
9.6
3.8
0.4
6.0
14.0
42.6
0.5
1.7
28.1
2.2
3.5
64.4
47.2
2.7
6.9
2.8
2,795
1,187
781
306
134
35
230
195
10John Williams
J. Williams
1.7
1986-87
78
22.7
9.2
4.7
2.4
0.4
3.6
8.0
45.4
0.1
0.5
22.2
1.8
2.9
64.6
49.7
1.7
3.0
1.6
1,773
718
366
191
129
30
122
173
11Metta Sandiford-Artest
M. Sandiford-Artest
1.7
1999-00
72
31.1
12.0
4.3
2.8
0.5
4.3
10.5
40.7
0.8
2.7
31.4
2.6
3.9
67.4
49.1
0.9
3.4
2.3
2,238
866
308
202
119
39
166
159
-340
12Bernard King
B. King
1.5
1977-78
79
39.1
24.2
9.5
2.4
0.5
10.1
21.1
47.9
4.0
5.8
67.7
51.1
3.4
6.2
3.9
3,092
1,909
751
193
122
36
311
302
13Tyrone Nesby
T. Nesby
1.5
1998-99
50
25.8
10.1
3.5
1.6
0.4
3.6
8.1
44.9
0.7
1.9
36.5
2.1
2.7
78.2
54.3
1.1
2.4
1.1
1,288
503
175
82
77
20
53
143
-149
14John Drew
J. Drew
1.5
1974-75
78
29.3
18.5
10.7
1.8
0.5
6.8
15.8
42.8
5.0
7.0
71.3
49.1
4.6
6.1
2,289
1,442
836
138
119
39
274
15Lonnie Shelton
L. Shelton
1.5
1976-77
82
25.7
11.6
7.7
1.8
1.2
4.9
10.2
47.6
1.9
2.7
70.7
51.1
2.7
5.0
2,104
955
633
149
125
98
363
16Grant Long
G. Long
1.5
1988-89
82
29.7
11.9
6.7
1.8
0.6
4.1
8.4
48.6
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.7
5.0
74.9
56.1
2.9
3.7
2.5
2,435
976
546
149
122
48
201
337
17Marko Jaric
M. Jaric
1.5
2002-03
66
20.9
7.4
2.4
2.9
0.2
2.7
6.8
40.1
0.8
2.5
31.9
1.2
1.6
75.2
49.8
0.5
1.9
1.6
1,379
490
160
193
97
11
103
125
+14
18Glenn Robinson
G. Robinson
1.4
1994-95
80
37.0
21.9
6.4
2.5
0.3
8.0
17.6
45.1
1.1
3.4
32.1
5.0
6.2
79.6
53.8
2.1
4.3
3.9
2,958
1,755
513
197
115
22
313
234
19George Lynch
G. Lynch
1.4
1993-94
71
24.8
9.6
5.8
1.4
0.4
4.1
8.1
50.8
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.4
2.3
59.6
52.7
3.1
2.7
1.2
1,762
681
410
96
102
27
87
177
20Matisse Thybulle
M. Thybulle
1.4
2019-20
65
19.8
4.7
1.6
1.2
0.7
1.7
4.1
42.3
0.9
2.4
35.7
0.4
0.6
61.0
53.9
0.7
1.0
0.8
1,287
305
107
79
93
47
51
141
+35
21Lionel Simmons
L. Simmons
1.4
1990-91
79
37.7
18.0
8.8
4.0
1.1
6.9
16.5
42.2
0.0
0.1
27.3
4.1
5.5
73.6
47.6
2.4
6.4
2.9
2,978
1,421
697
315
113
85
230
249
22Andrei Kirilenko
A. Kirilenko
1.4
2001-02
82
26.2
10.7
4.9
1.1
1.9
3.5
7.7
45.0
0.3
1.2
25.0
3.5
4.5
76.8
55.3
1.8
3.1
1.3
2,151
880
402
94
116
159
108
156
+347
23Walter Davis
W. Davis
1.4
1977-78
81
32.0
24.2
6.0
3.4
0.2
9.7
18.4
52.6
4.8
5.8
83.0
57.7
2.0
4.0
3.5
2,590
1,959
484
273
113
20
283
242
24Micheal Ray Richardson
M. Ray Richardson
1.4
1978-79
72
16.9
6.5
3.2
3.0
0.3
2.8
6.7
41.4
1.0
1.8
53.9
43.5
1.1
2.2
2.0
1,218
469
233
213
100
18
141
188
25Chris Morris
C. Morris
1.3
1988-89
76
27.6
14.1
5.2
1.6
0.8
5.4
11.9
45.7
0.8
2.3
36.6
2.4
3.3
71.7
52.8
2.5
2.8
2.5
2,096
1,074
397
119
102
60
190
250
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29
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.690
5.5
3
29
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.674
6.0
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27
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.628
8.0
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25
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.625
8.5
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9.0
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9.5
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