nba most playoffs points by a rookie since 2000

Since 1999-00, Jayson Tatum has posted the most points by a rookie in a single NBA playoff run, with 351 points in 2017-18.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	351	2017-18	BOS	19	35.9	18.5	4.4	2.7	1.2	0.5	6.5	13.7	47.1	1.2	3.7	32.4	4.3	5.1	84.5	57.8	0.5	3.8	2.2	683	83	52	23	10	41	50	+51
2	Tyler Herro T. Herro	335	2019-20	MIA	21	33.6	16.0	5.1	3.7	0.4	0.1	5.7	13.2	43.3	2.3	6.1	37.5	2.2	2.6	87.0	55.7	0.3	4.8	2.0	706	107	77	8	2	42	31	+1
3	Dylan Harper D. Harper	325	2025-26	SAS	23	26.7	14.1	5.6	2.7	1.0	0.2	5.2	10.1	51.5	1.0	3.0	33.3	2.7	3.3	82.7	61.1	1.3	4.3	1.5	615	128	62	22	5	35	53	+141
4	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	268	2017-18	UTA	11	37.4	24.4	5.9	4.2	1.5	0.4	9.3	22.1	42.0	2.3	7.3	31.3	3.5	3.9	90.7	51.2	0.8	5.1	2.9	411	65	46	16	4	32	35	-25
5	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	234	2003-04	MIA	13	39.2	18.0	4.0	5.6	1.3	0.3	6.6	14.5	45.5	0.2	0.6	37.5	4.5	5.8	78.7	52.7	1.2	2.8	4.2	510	52	73	17	4	54	45	+6
6	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	226	2002-03	SAS	24	27.5	9.4	3.8	2.9	1.7	0.4	3.0	7.7	38.6	1.2	3.0	38.4	2.3	3.1	75.7	52.2	1.2	2.6	1.5	660	92	70	41	9	36	62	+191
7	Michael Porter Jr. M. Porter Jr.	216	2019-20	DEN	19	23.7	11.4	6.7	0.8	0.7	0.3	4.1	8.6	47.6	1.8	4.7	38.2	1.4	1.8	74.3	60.2	1.1	5.6	1.3	451	127	16	13	6	25	43	+54
8	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	193	2012-13	GSW	12	38.4	16.1	6.4	1.3	0.6	0.4	6.0	13.5	44.4	1.6	4.3	36.5	2.5	2.9	85.7	54.4	1.5	4.9	1.3	461	77	15	7	5	16	33	+18
9	Courtney Lee C. Lee	169	2008-09	ORL	21	26.2	8.0	1.9	1.3	0.9	0.1	3.2	7.3	43.5	0.6	2.1	27.3	1.1	1.2	88.5	51.1	0.3	1.6	1.0	550	39	27	19	3	20	42	+24
10	Dereck Lively II D. Lively II	165	2023-24	DAL	21	22.0	7.9	7.4	1.3	0.4	1.0	3.0	4.5	67.4	0.0	0.0	100.0	1.7	2.9	59.0	67.7	2.7	4.7	1.0	462	156	27	9	20	21	48	+98
11	Daniel Gibson D. Gibson	165	2006-07	CLE	20	20.1	8.3	1.6	1.1	0.6	0.2	2.5	5.8	43.1	1.4	3.3	40.9	1.9	2.2	88.4	61.1	0.5	1.2	0.5	402	32	21	12	4	9	34	+70
12	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	163	2017-18	PHI	10	36.9	16.3	9.4	7.7	1.7	0.8	6.1	12.5	48.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.1	5.8	70.7	54.1	1.6	7.8	4.4	369	94	77	17	8	44	34	-23
13	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	156	2023-24	OKC	10	34.5	15.6	7.2	2.1	0.7	2.5	5.9	11.9	49.6	1.3	5.0	26.0	2.5	3.3	75.8	58.4	1.4	5.8	1.9	345	72	21	7	25	19	26	+75
14	Tony Parker T. Parker	155	2001-02	SAS	10	34.1	15.5	2.9	4.0	0.9	0.1	6.2	13.6	45.6	1.0	2.7	37.0	2.1	2.8	75.0	52.3	0.5	2.4	2.2	341	29	40	9	1	22	22	+53
15	VJ Edgecombe	154	2025-26	PHI	11	37.0	14.0	6.1	3.4	1.0	0.4	5.5	13.2	41.4	1.9	6.5	29.2	1.2	1.6	72.2	50.4	2.1	4.0	1.6	407	67	37	11	4	18	29	-39
16	Tayshaun Prince T. Prince	141	2002-03	DET	15	25.5	9.4	3.8	1.5	0.5	0.9	3.3	7.7	42.6	0.9	3.2	29.2	1.9	2.5	76.3	53.5	0.7	3.1	1.1	382	57	23	8	13	16	20	+47
17	Rodney Stuckey R. Stuckey	139	2007-08	DET	17	22.4	8.2	1.9	3.4	1.1	0.1	2.5	6.8	37.1	0.1	0.4	28.6	3.0	3.4	87.9	49.1	0.6	1.2	1.4	380	32	58	18	2	23	35	+7
18	Richard Jefferson R. Jefferson	139	2001-02	NJN	20	22.1	7.0	4.6	1.3	0.6	0.5	2.7	5.7	46.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.7	3.0	55.0	49.5	0.8	3.8	1.3	441	92	25	11	9	26	40	+8
19	Derrick Rose D. Rose	138	2008-09	CHI	7	44.7	19.7	6.3	6.4	0.6	0.7	8.4	17.1	49.2	0.0	0.6	0.0	2.9	3.6	80.0	52.7	1.7	4.6	5.0	313	44	45	4	5	35	25	-31
20	Wesley Matthews W. Matthews	132	2009-10	UTA	10	37.1	13.2	4.4	1.7	1.8	0.5	3.9	10.1	38.6	1.5	4.2	35.7	3.9	4.8	81.3	54.0	1.0	3.4	1.5	371	44	17	18	5	15	34	-7
21	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	131	2009-10	MIL	7	35.6	18.7	3.0	3.6	1.1	0.6	7.0	17.1	40.8	1.7	5.9	29.3	3.0	3.7	80.8	49.8	0.7	2.3	1.1	249	21	25	8	4	8	19	-14
22	Kawhi Leonard K. Leonard	121	2011-12	SAS	14	27.1	8.6	5.9	0.6	1.2	0.4	3.2	6.4	50.0	1.3	2.9	45.0	0.9	1.1	81.3	62.3	1.3	4.6	0.9	379	83	8	17	6	13	23	+33
23	Collin Murray-Boyles C. Murray-Boyles	101	2025-26	TOR	7	27.3	14.4	6.4	2.4	1.3	1.1	6.0	9.1	65.6	0.0	0.4	0.0	2.4	3.1	77.3	68.5	3.0	3.4	1.9	191	45	17	9	8	13	16	-13
24	Paul Millsap P. Millsap	100	2006-07	UTA	17	15.5	5.9	4.4	0.5	0.6	0.5	2.5	4.7	52.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.9	1.4	66.7	55.2	2.2	2.2	0.8	263	75	8	11	9	13	39	+14
25	Drew Gooden D. Gooden	98	2002-03	ORL	7	33.4	14.0	12.7	0.6	0.4	0.9	5.1	12.9	40.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	3.7	5.1	72.2	46.3	4.0	8.7	1.7	234	89	4	3	6	12	23	-38

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Team Leaders

PPG

38.0

George

RPG

6.0

Walsh

APG

11.0

Tatum

Team Rankings

ORTG

115.4

2nd

DRTG

123.5

6th

NETRTG

-8.2

5th

3P%

40.5

2nd

2026-27 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
2	76ers	1	0	1.000
3	Knicks	0	1	.000	1.0
4	Celtics	0	1	.000	1.0
5	Hawks	0	0		0.5
6	Nets	0	0		0.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 10/23	NYK	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Mon 10/26	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Tue 10/27	BKN	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Fri 10/30	CHI	@	BOS	7:30 PM
Sun 11/1	BOS	@	ORL	3:30 PM

Last Game

Celtics

0 - 1

113

Final

121

Pistons

1 - 0

Tue 20 Oct 2026

NBA 2026-27 Leaders

PPG Leaders

38.0

George

32.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.0

Maxey

RPG Leaders

14.0

Drummond

13.0

Wembanyama

12.0

Towns

APG Leaders

11.0

Tatum

8.0

White

8.0

Cunningham

SPG Leaders

5.0

George

3.0

Maxey

3.0

Gilgeous-Alexander

BPG Leaders

6.0

Wembanyama

4.0

Holmgren

3.0

Maxey

3PM Leaders

7.0

George

6.0

McCain

5.0

Castle

TS% Leaders

111.1

McCain

92.2

Caruso

80.8

Green

NBA 2026-27 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

123.5

115.4

111.2

102.2

99.7

96.4

DRtg Rankings

96.4

99.7

102.2

111.2

115.4

123.5

NetRtg Rankings

11.5

8.2

5.8

-5.8

-8.2

-11.5

Tank Leaderboard

0-1

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NBA 2026-27 Betting

Best Record ATS

1-0

Worst Record ATS

0-1

1-0

NBA 2026-27 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	1	0	1.000
2	76ers	1	0	1.000
3	Knicks	0	1	.000	1.0
4	Celtics	0	1	.000	1.0
5	Hawks	0	0		0.5
6	Nets	0	0		0.5
7	Hornets	0	0		0.5
8	Bulls	0	0		0.5
9	Cavaliers	0	0		0.5
10	Pacers	0	0		0.5
11	Heat	0	0		0.5
12	Bucks	0	0		0.5
13	Magic	0	0		0.5
14	Raptors	0	0		0.5
15	Wizards	0	0		0.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	1	0	1.000
2	Spurs	0	1	.000	1.0
3	Warriors	0	0		0.5
4	Mavericks	0	0		0.5
5	Nuggets	0	0		0.5
6	Rockets	0	0		0.5
7	Clippers	0	0		0.5
8	Lakers	0	0		0.5
9	Grizzlies	0	0		0.5
10	Timberwolves	0	0		0.5
11	Pelicans	0	0		0.5
12	Suns	0	0		0.5
13	Trail Blazers	0	0		0.5
14	Kings	0	0		0.5
15	Jazz	0	0		0.5

NBA 2026-27 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	113-121
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	106-100
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	116-104

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIN	@	MIA	7:30 PM
Wed 10/21	CHI	@	TOR	7:30 PM
Wed 10/21	CHA	@	BKN	7:30 PM

Since 1999-00, Jayson Tatum has posted the most points by a rookie in a single NBA playoff run, with 351 points in 2017-18.

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