most total points in the finals by a rookie

Tom Heinsohn has scored the most points by a rookie in an NBA Finals, with 168 points.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	SERIES	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	Tom Heinsohn T. Heinsohn	168	1956-57	NBA Finals	BOS	7	254	88				67	166	40.4				34	48	70.8	44.9				28		36.3	24.0	12.6
2	Alvan Adams A. Adams	138	1975-76	NBA Finals	PHX	6	232	61	28	8	5	59	121	48.8				20	25	80.0	52.3	17	44		22		38.7	23.0	10.2	4.7	1.3	0.8
3	Joe Fulks J. Fulks	131	1946-47	NBA Finals	PHI	5						44						43	58	74.1					15			26.2
4	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	129	1979-80	NBA Finals	LAL	6	256	67	52	16	2	47	82	57.3	0	2	0.0	35	40	87.5	64.8	17	50	30	17		42.7	21.5	11.2	8.7	2.7	0.3	5.0
5	Cliff Hagan C. Hagan	113	1956-57	NBA Finals	STL	7	220	81				38	89	42.7				37	52	71.2	50.5				33		31.4	16.1	11.6
6	Dolph Schayes D. Schayes	104	1949-50	NBA Finals	SYR	6						30						44	60	73.3					24			17.3
7	Jack Sikma J. Sikma	96	1977-78	NBA Finals	SEA	7	227	56	7	4	5	36	90	40.0				24	30	80.0	46.5	18	38	11	35		32.4	13.7	8.0	1.0	0.6	0.7	1.6
8	Richard Dumas R. Dumas	95	1992-93	NBA Finals	PHX	6	160	26	6	8	6	44	77	57.1	0	0		7	9	77.8	58.7	15	11	6	15		26.7	15.8	4.3	1.0	1.3	1.0	1.0
9	Gail Goodrich G. Goodrich	95	1965-66	NBA Finals	LAL	7	240	35	29			34	74	45.9				27	39	69.2	52.1				26		34.3	13.6	5.0	4.1
10	Bill Russell B. Russell	93	1956-57	NBA Finals	BOS	7	291	160				36	101	35.6				21	43	48.8	38.8				30		41.6	13.3	22.9
11	Dick Garrett D. Garrett	91	1969-70	NBA Finals	LAL	7	257	21	15			37	78	47.4				17	18	94.4	53.0				24		36.7	13.0	3.0	2.1
12	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	91	1958-59	NBA Finals	MIN	4	169	47				34	102	33.3				23	35	65.7	38.8				18		42.3	22.8	11.8
13	Dylan Harper D. Harper	90	2025-26	NBA Finals	SAS	5	155	32	15	2	1	35	71	49.3	7	25	28.0	13	17	76.5	57.3	4	28	6	14	-1	31.0	18.0	6.4	3.0	0.4	0.2	1.2
14	Tyler Herro T. Herro	88	2019-20	NBA Finals	MIA	6	208	25	18	3	0	32	87	36.8	11	30	36.7	13	16	81.3	46.8	1	24	14	7	-46	34.6	14.7	4.2	3.0	0.5	0.0	2.3
15	Johnny Kerr J. Kerr	86	1954-55	NBA Finals	SYR	7						34						18	32	56.3					20			12.3
16	Ricky Sobers R. Sobers	85	1975-76	NBA Finals	PHX	6	183	26	20	11	1	31	72	43.1				23	26	88.5	50.9	7	19		19		30.5	14.2	4.3	3.3	1.8	0.2
17	Jack Nichols J. Nichols	85	1948-49	NBA Finals	WAS	6						35						15	24	62.5					22			14.2
18	Paul Hoffman P. Hoffman	83	1947-48	NBA Finals	BAL	6			4			28	95	29.5				27	41	65.9	36.7				24			13.8		0.7
19	Johnny Macknowski J. Macknowski	82	1949-50	NBA Finals	SYR	6						27						28	37	75.7					13			13.7
20	Herm Schaefer H. Schaefer	77	1948-49	NBA Finals	MIN	6						30						17	21	81.0					11			12.8
21	Jim Pollard J. Pollard	76	1948-49	NBA Finals	MIN	6						23						30	41	73.2					25			12.7
22	Vern Mikkelsen V. Mikkelsen	75	1949-50	NBA Finals	MIN	6						26						23	36	63.9					32			12.5
23	Clyde Lovellette C. Lovellette	73	1953-54	NBA Finals	MIN	7						30	72	41.7				13	26	50.0	43.7				15			10.4
24	Chick Halbert C. Halbert	72	1946-47	NBA Finals	CHI	5						22						28	52	53.8					14			14.4
25	Sam Cassell S. Cassell	70	1993-94	NBA Finals	HOU	7	158	22	20	9	2	19	45	42.2	7	16	43.8	25	27	92.6	61.5	6	16	18	22		22.6	10.0	3.1	2.9	1.3	0.3	2.6

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Tom Heinsohn has scored the most points by a rookie in an NBA Finals, with 168 points.

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