nba player with the best average in his first season in 2000s era

Shaquille O'Neal scored the most points per game by a player in his first season, with 29.7 per game in 1999-00.

Interpreted as:

NBA player with the best average with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games in his first season in 2000s era

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	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	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	29.7	1999-00	LAL	79	40.0	13.6	3.8	0.5	3.0	12.1	21.1	57.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.5	10.4	52.4	57.8	4.3	9.4	2.8	3,163	2,344	1,078	299	36	239	223	255	+706
2	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	28.4	1999-00	PHI	70	40.8	3.8	4.7	2.1	0.1	10.4	24.8	42.1	1.3	3.7	34.1	6.3	8.9	71.3	49.6	1.0	2.8	3.3	2,853	1,989	267	328	144	5	230	162	+133
3	Grant Hill G. Hill	25.8	1999-00	DET	74	37.5	6.6	5.2	1.4	0.6	9.4	19.2	48.9	0.5	1.3	34.7	6.5	8.2	79.5	56.5	1.3	5.3	3.2	2,776	1,906	490	385	103	43	240	190	+239
4	Vince Carter V. Carter	25.7	1999-00	TOR	82	38.1	5.8	3.9	1.3	1.1	9.6	20.7	46.5	1.2	2.9	40.3	5.3	6.7	79.1	54.3	1.8	4.0	2.2	3,126	2,107	476	322	110	92	178	263	+181
5	Karl Malone K. Malone	25.5	1999-00	UTA	82	35.9	9.5	3.7	1.0	0.9	9.2	18.0	50.9	0.0	0.1	25.0	7.2	9.0	79.7	58.2	2.1	7.4	2.8	2,947	2,095	779	304	79	71	231	229	+481
6	Chris Webber C. Webber	24.5	1999-00	SAC	75	38.4	10.5	4.6	1.6	1.7	10.0	20.6	48.3	0.4	1.3	28.4	4.1	5.5	75.1	53.0	2.5	8.0	2.9	2,880	1,834	787	345	120	128	218	264	+131
7	Gary Payton G. Payton	24.2	1999-00	SEA	82	41.8	6.5	8.9	1.9	0.2	9.1	20.3	44.8	2.2	6.3	34.0	3.8	5.2	73.5	53.5	1.2	5.2	2.7	3,425	1,982	529	732	153	18	224	178	+224
8	Jerry Stackhouse J. Stackhouse	23.6	1999-00	DET	82	38.4	3.8	4.5	1.3	0.4	7.5	17.6	42.8	1.0	3.5	28.8	7.5	9.2	81.5	54.5	1.4	2.4	3.8	3,148	1,939	315	365	103	36	311	188	+25
9	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	23.2	1999-00	SAS	74	38.9	12.4	3.2	0.9	2.2	8.5	17.3	49.0	0.0	0.1	9.1	6.2	8.1	76.1	55.5	3.5	8.9	3.3	2,875	1,716	918	234	66	165	242	210	+475
10	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	22.9	1999-00	MIN	81	40.0	11.8	5.0	1.5	1.6	9.4	18.8	49.7	0.4	1.0	37.0	3.8	5.0	76.5	54.5	2.8	9.0	3.3	3,243	1,857	956	401	120	126	268	205	+322
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	22.9	2001-02	WAS	60	34.9	5.7	5.2	1.4	0.4	9.2	22.1	41.6	0.2	0.9	18.9	4.4	5.6	79.0	46.8	0.8	4.8	2.7	2,093	1,375	339	310	85	26	162	119	+16
12	Michael Finley M. Finley	22.6	1999-00	DAL	82	42.2	6.3	5.3	1.3	0.4	9.1	20.0	45.7	1.2	3.0	40.1	3.2	3.9	82.0	52.2	1.5	4.8	2.4	3,464	1,855	518	438	109	32	196	171	+6
13	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	22.5	1999-00	LAL	66	38.2	6.3	4.9	1.6	0.9	8.4	17.9	46.8	0.7	2.2	31.9	5.0	6.1	82.1	54.6	1.6	4.7	2.8	2,524	1,485	416	323	106	62	182	220	+531
14	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	22.2	1999-00	NJN	74	38.9	3.2	8.4	1.5	0.2	7.7	17.8	43.2	0.9	3.1	28.3	5.9	7.2	81.3	52.8	0.8	2.4	3.6	2,881	1,640	240	622	112	15	270	195	+17
15	Ray Allen R. Allen	22.1	1999-00	MIL	82	37.4	4.4	3.8	1.3	0.2	7.8	17.2	45.5	2.1	5.0	42.3	4.3	4.9	88.7	57.0	1.0	3.4	2.2	3,070	1,809	359	308	110	19	183	187	+122
16	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	21.7	1999-00	MIA	79	34.8	9.5	1.6	0.5	3.7	8.3	15.0	55.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	5.2	7.4	71.1	59.6	2.7	6.8	2.7	2,748	1,718	753	123	40	294	217	308	+270
17	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	21.0	2003-04	DEN	82	36.5	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	7.6	17.9	42.6	0.8	2.6	32.2	5.0	6.4	77.7	50.9	2.2	3.8	3.0	2,995	1,725	498	227	97	41	247	225	+65
18	LeBron James L. James	20.9	2003-04	CLE	79	39.5	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.7	7.9	18.9	41.7	0.8	2.7	29.0	4.4	5.8	75.4	48.8	1.3	4.2	3.5	3,122	1,654	432	465	130	58	273	149	-144
19	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	20.9	1999-00	MIL	81	35.9	6.0	2.4	1.0	0.5	8.5	18.0	47.2	1.1	2.9	36.3	2.8	3.5	80.2	53.4	1.3	4.7	2.8	2,909	1,693	485	193	78	41	223	212	+126
20	Antoine Walker A. Walker	20.5	1999-00	BOS	82	36.6	8.0	3.7	1.4	0.4	7.9	18.4	43.0	0.9	3.5	25.6	3.8	5.4	69.9	49.4	2.4	5.5	3.2	3,003	1,680	652	305	117	32	259	263	-5
21	Kevin Durant K. Durant	20.3	2007-08	SEA	80	34.6	4.4	2.4	1.0	0.9	7.3	17.1	43.0	0.7	2.6	28.8	4.9	5.6	87.3	51.9	0.9	3.5	2.9	2,768	1,624	348	192	78	75	232	122	-651
22	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	20.3	1999-00	VAN	82	39.3	10.1	3.3	1.1	1.1	7.2	15.6	46.5	0.4	1.2	30.2	5.4	6.7	80.9	54.7	2.7	7.4	3.0	3,223	1,663	825	271	89	87	249	244	-328
23	Elton Brand E. Brand	20.1	1999-00	CHI	81	37.0	10.0	1.9	0.8	1.6	7.8	16.1	48.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	6.6	68.5	52.8	4.3	5.7	2.8	2,999	1,627	810	155	66	132	228	259	-647
24	Eddie Jones E. Jones	20.1	1999-00	CHA	72	39.0	4.8	4.2	2.7	0.7	6.6	15.5	42.7	1.8	4.7	37.5	5.0	5.8	86.4	55.5	1.1	3.6	2.2	2,807	1,446	343	305	192	49	160	176	+358
25	Allan Houston A. Houston	19.7	1999-00	NYK	82	38.6	3.3	2.7	0.8	0.2	7.5	15.5	48.3	1.3	3.0	43.6	3.4	4.1	83.8	56.9	0.5	2.8	2.3	3,169	1,614	271	224	65	14	186	219	+155