most total points as a rookie in the last 10 years

Between May 22, 2015 and May 22, 2025, Donovan Mitchell has put up the most points by a rookie, with 1,616 points in 2017-18.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	1,616	2017-18	UTA	79	2,638	296	291	118	27	595	1,362	43.7	187	550	34.0	239	297	80.5	54.1	52	244	215	213	+357	33.4	20.5	3.7	3.7	1.5	0.3	2.7
2	Trae Young T. Young	1,549	2018-19	ATL	81	2,503	301	653	72	15	525	1,256	41.8	156	482	32.4	343	414	82.9	53.9	64	237	308	140	-336	30.9	19.1	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	3.8
3	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	1,526	2018-19	DAL	72	2,318	563	429	77	25	506	1,186	42.7	168	514	32.7	346	485	71.3	54.5	86	477	247	137	-118	32.2	21.2	7.8	6.0	1.1	0.3	3.4
4	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	1,522	2023-24	SAS	71	2,106	755	274	88	254	551	1,186	46.5	128	394	32.5	292	367	79.6	56.5	161	594	260	153	-142	29.7	21.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	3.7
5	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	1,503	2015-16	MIN	82	2,626	858	161	58	138	625	1,153	54.2	30	88	34.1	223	275	81.1	59.0	229	629	183	245	-131	32.0	18.3	10.5	2.0	0.7	1.7	2.2
6	Paolo Banchero P. Banchero	1,437	2022-23	ORL	72	2,430	497	269	60	39	479	1,122	42.7	85	285	29.8	394	534	73.8	52.9	84	413	200	160	-215	33.7	20.0	6.9	3.7	0.8	0.5	2.8
7	Anthony Edwards A. Edwards	1,392	2020-21	MIN	72	2,314	336	211	82	36	505	1,211	41.7	171	520	32.9	211	272	77.6	52.3	59	277	160	129	-228	32.1	19.3	4.7	2.9	1.1	0.5	2.2
8	Collin Sexton C. Sexton	1,371	2018-19	CLE	82	2,605	236	243	44	6	519	1,206	43.0	119	296	40.2	214	255	83.9	52.0	57	179	185	186	-672	31.8	16.7	2.9	3.0	0.5	0.1	2.3
9	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	1,357	2023-24	OKC	82	2,413	648	200	53	190	505	953	53.0	129	349	37.0	218	275	79.3	63.2	129	519	131	197	+422	29.4	16.5	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	1.6
10	Bennedict Mathurin B. Mathurin	1,302	2022-23	IND	78	2,222	318	116	48	13	413	951	43.4	100	310	32.3	376	454	82.8	56.6	87	231	152	162	-179	28.5	16.7	4.1	1.5	0.6	0.2	1.9
11	Brandon Miller B. Miller	1,279	2023-24	CHA	74	2,383	315	175	66	42	476	1,083	44.0	184	493	37.3	143	173	82.7	55.2	60	255	132	184	-510	32.2	17.3	4.3	2.4	0.9	0.6	1.8
12	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	1,279	2017-18	PHI	81	2,732	659	661	140	70	544	998	54.5	0	11	0.0	191	341	56.0	55.7	145	514	278	211	+387	33.7	15.8	8.1	8.2	1.7	0.9	3.4
13	Kyle Kuzma K. Kuzma	1,242	2017-18	LAL	77	2,401	483	141	49	34	468	1,039	45.0	159	434	36.6	147	208	70.7	54.9	88	395	140	160	-126	31.2	16.1	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	1.8
14	Jaden Ivey J. Ivey	1,204	2022-23	DET	74	2,304	288	387	61	17	409	983	41.6	120	350	34.3	266	356	74.7	52.8	73	215	237	242	-642	31.1	16.3	3.9	5.2	0.8	0.2	3.2
15	Franz Wagner F. Wagner	1,197	2021-22	ORL	79	2,429	356	231	68	34	456	975	46.8	96	271	35.4	189	219	86.3	55.9	84	272	119	164	-243	30.7	15.2	4.5	2.9	0.9	0.4	1.5
16	Ja Morant J. Morant	1,193	2019-20	MEM	67	2,074	259	488	58	18	447	937	47.7	60	179	33.5	239	308	77.6	55.6	51	208	220	110	-17	31.0	17.8	3.9	7.3	0.9	0.3	3.3
17	Stephon Castle S. Castle	1,190	2024-25	SAS	81	2,162	297	332	74	22	423	988	42.8	95	333	28.5	249	344	72.4	52.2	89	208	177	164	-239	26.7	14.7	3.7	4.1	0.9	0.3	2.2
18	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	1,159	2018-19	PHX	71	2,183	729	125	61	67	509	870	58.5	0	4	0.0	141	189	74.6	60.8	223	506	126	209	-383	30.7	16.3	10.3	1.8	0.9	0.9	1.8
19	Jalen Green J. Green	1,157	2021-22	HOU	67	2,138	226	176	44	18	406	954	42.6	157	458	34.3	188	236	79.7	54.7	33	193	135	103	-519	31.9	17.3	3.4	2.6	0.7	0.3	2.0
20	Scottie Barnes S. Barnes	1,134	2021-22	TOR	74	2,617	557	256	80	55	459	932	49.2	58	193	30.1	158	215	73.5	55.2	195	362	136	192	+66	35.4	15.3	7.5	3.5	1.1	0.7	1.8
21	Cade Cunningham C. Cunningham	1,114	2021-22	DET	64	2,088	354	356	78	43	429	1,031	41.6	114	363	31.4	142	168	84.5	50.4	58	296	234	200	-275	32.6	17.4	5.5	5.6	1.2	0.7	3.7
22	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	1,112	2017-18	BOS	80	2,443	402	128	83	58	397	835	47.5	105	242	43.4	213	258	82.6	58.6	50	352	114	170	+344	30.5	13.9	5.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	1.4
23	Jalen Williams J. Williams	1,056	2022-23	OKC	75	2,275	337	248	103	35	414	794	52.1	73	205	35.6	155	191	81.2	60.1	84	253	123	191	-53	30.3	14.1	4.5	3.3	1.4	0.5	1.6
24	D'Angelo Russell D. Russell	1,054	2015-16	LAL	80	2,259	274	266	93	13	392	956	41.0	130	370	35.1	140	190	73.7	50.7	47	227	196	142	-546	28.2	13.2	3.4	3.3	1.2	0.2	2.5
25	Dennis Smith Jr. D. Smith Jr.	1,048	2017-18	DAL	69	2,049	260	358	71	18	404	1,024	39.5	106	339	31.3	134	193	69.4	47.3	50	210	194	152	-329	29.7	15.2	3.8	5.2	1.0	0.3	2.8