most total points for a rookie in history since 1978

Since 1977-78, Michael Jordan has the most points by a rookie, with 2,313 points in 1984-85.

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	2,313	1984-85	CHI	82	3,144	534	481	196	69	837	1,625	51.5	9	52	17.3	630	746	84.5	59.2	167	367	291	285		38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	3.5
2	David Robinson D. Robinson	1,993	1989-90	SAS	82	3,002	983	164	138	319	690	1,300	53.1	0	2	0.0	613	837	73.2	59.7	303	680	257	259		36.6	24.3	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	3.1
3	Walter Davis W. Davis	1,959	1977-78	PHX	81	2,590	484	273	113	20	786	1,494	52.6				387	466	83.0	57.7	158	326	283	242		32.0	24.2	6.0	3.4	1.4	0.2	3.5
4	Bernard King B. King	1,909	1977-78	NJN	79	3,092	751	193	122	36	798	1,665	47.9				313	462	67.7	51.1	265	486	311	302		39.1	24.2	9.5	2.4	1.5	0.5	3.9
5	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	1,893	1992-93	ORL	81	3,071	1,122	152	60	286	733	1,304	56.2	0	2	0.0	427	721	59.2	58.4	342	780	307	321		37.9	23.4	13.9	1.9	0.7	3.5	3.8
6	Ron Harper R. Harper	1,874	1986-87	CLE	82	3,064	392	394	209	84	734	1,614	45.5	20	94	21.3	386	564	68.4	50.3	169	223	345	247		37.4	22.9	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	4.2
7	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	1,845	2010-11	LAC	82	3,112	989	312	63	45	696	1,376	50.6	7	24	29.2	446	695	64.2	54.9	270	719	223	252	-146	38.0	22.5	12.1	3.8	0.8	0.5	2.7
8	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	1,787	1996-97	PHI	76	3,045	312	567	157	24	625	1,504	41.6	155	455	34.1	382	544	70.2	51.3	115	197	337	233	-439	40.1	23.5	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	4.4
9	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	1,781	1979-80	NYK	82	3,150	726	165	48	101	665	1,215	54.7	0	0		451	566	79.7	60.8	194	532	222	279		38.4	21.7	8.9	2.0	0.6	1.2	2.7
10	Kelly Tripucka K. Tripucka	1,772	1981-82	DET	82	3,077	443	270	89	16	636	1,281	49.6	5	22	22.7	495	621	79.7	57.0	219	224	280	241		37.5	21.6	5.4	3.3	1.1	0.2	3.4
11	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	1,755	1994-95	MIL	80	2,958	513	197	115	22	636	1,410	45.1	86	268	32.1	397	499	79.6	53.8	169	344	313	234		37.0	21.9	6.4	2.5	1.4	0.3	3.9
12	Larry Bird L. Bird	1,745	1979-80	BOS	82	2,955	852	370	143	53	693	1,463	47.4	58	143	40.6	301	360	83.6	53.8	216	636	263	279		36.0	21.3	10.4	4.5	1.7	0.6	3.2
13	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	1,741	1988-89	GSW	79	2,717	468	334	82	13	649	1,386	46.8	33	90	36.7	410	506	81.0	54.1	158	310	269	223		34.4	22.0	5.9	4.2	1.0	0.2	3.4
14	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	1,732	1981-82	DAL	81	2,626	565	176	89	21	719	1,448	49.7	1	4	25.0	293	409	71.6	53.2	182	383	194	308		32.4	21.4	7.0	2.2	1.1	0.3	2.4
15	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	1,731	1997-98	SAS	82	3,204	977	224	55	206	706	1,287	54.9	0	10	0.0	319	482	66.2	57.7	274	703	279	254	+429	39.1	21.1	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	3.4
16	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	1,725	2003-04	DEN	82	2,995	498	227	97	41	624	1,465	42.6	69	214	32.2	408	525	77.7	50.9	183	315	247	225	+65	36.5	21.0	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	3.0
17	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	1,720	1983-84	HOU	82	2,693	913	163	70	197	716	1,369	52.3	1	4	25.0	287	434	66.1	55.1	293	620	294	339		32.8	21.0	11.1	2.0	0.9	2.4	3.6
18	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	1,692	1984-85	HOU	82	2,914	974	111	99	220	677	1,258	53.8	0	0		338	551	61.3	56.4	440	534	234	344		35.5	20.6	11.9	1.4	1.2	2.7	2.9
19	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	1,671	1980-81	UTA	81	2,867	288	194	106	40	716	1,544	46.4	10	52	19.2	229	320	71.6	49.6	79	209	231	219		35.4	20.6	3.6	2.4	1.3	0.5	2.9
20	Terry Cummings T. Cummings	1,660	1982-83	SDC	70	2,531	744	177	129	62	684	1,309	52.3	0	1	0.0	292	412	70.9	55.7	303	441	204	294		36.2	23.7	10.6	2.5	1.8	0.9	2.9
21	LeBron James L. James	1,654	2003-04	CLE	79	3,122	432	465	130	58	622	1,492	41.7	63	217	29.0	347	460	75.4	48.8	99	333	273	149	-144	39.5	20.9	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.7	3.5
22	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	1,639	1992-93	CHA	78	2,644	805	76	27	271	572	1,119	51.1	0	3	0.0	495	634	78.1	58.6	263	542	236	286		33.9	21.0	10.3	1.0	0.3	3.5	3.0
23	Elton Brand E. Brand	1,627	1999-00	CHI	81	2,999	810	155	66	132	630	1,306	48.2	0	2	0.0	367	536	68.5	52.8	348	462	228	259	-647	37.0	20.1	10.0	1.9	0.8	1.6	2.8
24	Clark Kellogg C. Kellogg	1,625	1982-83	IND	81	2,761	860	223	141	43	680	1,420	47.9	4	18	22.2	261	352	74.1	51.6	340	520	217	298		34.1	20.1	10.6	2.8	1.7	0.5	2.7
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	1,624	2007-08	SEA	80	2,768	348	192	78	75	587	1,366	43.0	59	205	28.8	391	448	87.3	51.9	70	278	232	122	-651	34.6	20.3	4.4	2.4	1.0	0.9	2.9