most wins by a rookie playing more than 30 minutes per game

Larry Bird has the most wins by a rookie with more than 30.0 minutes per game, with 61 wins in 1979-80.

Interpreted as:
most regular-season wins by a rookie playing more than 30 minutes per game
NAME W MPG SEASON TM GP PPG RPG APG SPG BPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% TS% OREB DREB TPG MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF +/-
1 Larry Bird
L. Bird
61
36.0
1979-80
BOS BOS
82
21.3
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
2 Wes Unseld
W. Unseld
57
36.2
1968-69
BAL BAL
82
13.8
18.2
2.6
5.2
10.9
47.6
3.4
5.6
60.5
51.5
2,970
1,131
1,491
213
276
3 Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
56
39.1
1997-98
SAS SAS
82
21.1
11.9
2.7
0.7
2.5
8.6
15.7
54.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.9
5.9
66.2
57.7
3.3
8.6
3.4
3,204
1,731
977
224
55
206
279
254
+429
4 David Robinson
D. Robinson
56
36.6
1989-90
SAS SAS
82
24.3
12.0
2.0
1.7
3.9
8.4
15.9
53.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
7.5
10.2
73.2
59.7
3.7
8.3
3.1
3,002
1,993
983
164
138
319
257
259
5 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
56
36.3
1979-80
LAL LAL
77
18.0
7.7
7.3
2.4
0.5
6.5
12.3
53.0
0.1
0.4
22.6
4.9
6.0
81.0
60.2
2.2
5.6
4.0
2,795
1,387
596
563
187
41
305
218
6 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
56
43.1
1969-70
MIL MIL
82
28.8
14.5
4.1
11.4
22.1
51.8
5.9
9.1
65.3
55.2
3,534
2,361
1,190
337
283
7 Bob Dandridge
B. Dandridge
55
30.4
1969-70
MIL MIL
81
13.2
7.7
3.6
5.4
11.0
48.5
2.5
3.3
75.4
52.8
2,461
1,067
625
292
279
8 Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
54
41.4
1963-64
CIN CIN
79
17.7
17.4
2.6
6.9
13.1
52.7
3.9
5.0
77.9
57.8
3,273
1,400
1,375
204
300
9 Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
53
30.5
2017-18
BOS BOS
80
13.9
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
10 Billy Owens
B. Owens
53
31.4
1991-92
GSW GSW
80
14.3
8.0
2.4
1.1
0.8
5.9
11.1
52.5
0.0
0.1
11.1
2.6
3.9
65.4
55.5
3.0
5.0
2.2
2,510
1,141
639
188
90
65
179
276
11 Ben Simmons
B. Simmons
51
33.7
2017-18
PHI PHI
81
15.8
8.1
8.2
1.7
0.9
6.7
12.3
54.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.4
4.2
56.0
55.7
1.8
6.3
3.4
2,732
1,279
659
661
140
70
278
211
+387
12 Anfernee Hardaway
A. Hardaway
50
36.8
1993-94
ORL ORL
82
16.0
5.4
6.6
2.3
0.6
6.2
13.3
46.6
0.6
2.3
26.7
3.0
4.0
74.2
53.1
2.3
3.0
3.6
3,015
1,313
439
544
190
51
292
205
13 Walter Davis
W. Davis
49
32.0
1977-78
PHX PHX
81
24.2
6.0
3.4
1.4
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
14 John Lucas
J. Lucas
49
30.9
1976-77
HOU HOU
82
11.1
2.7
5.6
1.5
0.2
4.7
9.9
47.7
1.6
2.1
78.9
51.2
0.7
2.0
2,531
911
219
463
125
19
174
15 Tom Meschery
T. Meschery
49
31.4
1961-62
PHI PHI
80
12.1
9.1
1.8
4.7
11.6
40.4
2.7
3.3
82.4
46.3
2,509
966
729
145
330
16 Hakeem Olajuwon
H. Olajuwon
48
35.5
1984-85
HOU HOU
82
20.6
11.9
1.4
1.2
2.7
8.3
15.3
53.8
0.0
0.0
4.1
6.7
61.3
56.4
5.4
6.5
2.9
2,914
1,692
974
111
99
220
234
344
17 Jamaal Wilkes
J. Wilkes
48
30.7
1974-75
GSW GSW
82
14.2
8.2
2.2
1.3
0.3
6.1
13.8
44.2
2.0
2.7
73.4
47.3
2.5
5.7
2,515
1,164
671
183
107
22
222
18 Cedric Henderson
C. Henderson
47
30.8
1997-98
CLE CLE
82
10.1
4.0
2.0
1.2
0.5
4.2
8.8
48.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.7
2.3
71.6
51.4
0.9
3.1
2.0
2,527
832
325
168
96
45
165
238
+119
19 Chris Webber
C. Webber
47
32.1
1993-94
GSW GSW
76
17.5
9.1
3.6
1.2
2.2
7.5
13.6
55.2
0.0
0.2
0.0
2.5
4.7
53.2
55.9
4.0
5.1
2.7
2,438
1,333
694
272
93
164
206
247
20 John Barnhill
J. Barnhill
47
35.0
1962-63
STL STL
77
11.7
4.7
4.2
4.7
10.9
43.0
2.4
3.3
71.0
47.4
2,692
901
359
322
168
21 Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
47
46.4
1959-60
PHI PHI
72
37.6
27.0
2.3
14.8
32.1
46.1
8.0
13.8
58.2
49.3
3,338
2,707
1,941
168
150
22 Donovan Mitchell
D. Mitchell
46
33.4
2017-18
UTA UTA
79
20.5
3.7
3.7
1.5
0.3
7.5
17.2
43.7
2.4
7.0
34.0
3.0
3.8
80.5
54.1
0.7
3.1
2.7
2,638
1,616
296
291
118
27
215
213
+357
23 Brandon Jennings
B. Jennings
46
32.6
2009-10
MIL MIL
82
15.5
3.4
5.7
1.3
0.2
5.5
14.8
37.1
1.8
4.7
37.4
2.7
3.3
81.7
47.5
0.6
2.8
2.4
2,671
1,270
282
470
105
18
200
191
+116
24 Phil Ford
P. Ford
46
34.5
1978-79
KCK KCK
79
15.9
2.3
8.6
2.2
0.1
5.9
12.7
46.5
4.1
5.1
81.3
53.4
0.4
1.9
4.1
2,723
1,260
182
681
174
6
323
245
25 Brevin Knight
B. Knight
45
31.0
1997-98
CLE CLE
80
9.0
3.2
8.2
2.5
0.2
3.3
7.4
44.1
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.5
3.1
80.1
51.5
0.8
2.3
2.4
2,483
723
253
656
196
18
194
271
+298
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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
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50
32
.610
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48
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Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
20.0