VJ Edgecombe has scored the most points per game by a rookie this season, with 17.6 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA rookie leaders in points with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games this regular season

	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	VJ Edgecombe	17.6	2025-26	PHI	8	38.6	5.6	4.8	1.4	0.3	6.6	14.9	44.5	2.3	5.8	39.1	2.1	2.6	81.0	55.0	2.1	3.5	1.9	309	141	45	38	11	2	15	23	+26
2	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	16.4	2025-26	CHA	9	31.6	6.0	2.3	0.6	0.1	5.7	12.8	44.3	3.3	8.2	40.5	1.8	2.0	88.9	60.2	0.6	5.4	2.1	284	148	54	21	5	1	19	23	+4
3	Cedric Coward C. Coward	15.0	2025-26	MEM	10	26.5	5.8	2.8	1.0	0.3	5.1	9.2	55.4	1.7	3.9	43.6	3.1	3.4	91.2	70.1	1.4	4.4	1.1	265	150	58	28	10	3	11	22	+25
4	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	14.1	2025-26	DAL	9	32.3	6.6	2.7	1.1	0.7	5.1	12.7	40.4	1.1	3.9	28.6	2.8	2.9	96.2	50.6	0.8	5.8	2.1	291	127	59	24	10	6	19	24	-100
5	Dylan Harper D. Harper	14.0	2025-26	SAS	6	23.3	4.0	3.8	0.7	0.0	5.3	10.7	50.0	0.8	2.3	35.7	2.5	3.0	83.3	58.4	0.8	3.2	1.8	140	84	24	23	4	0	11	18	+48
6	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	13.3	2025-26	NOP	8	25.3	2.9	3.3	1.4	0.0	5.3	12.0	43.8	1.1	3.8	30.0	1.6	2.0	81.3	51.4	0.8	2.1	2.1	202	106	23	26	11	0	17	17	-84
7	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	12.3	2025-26	WAS	9	25.9	3.1	1.4	0.2	0.7	4.6	10.3	44.1	2.1	5.3	39.6	1.1	1.3	83.3	56.5	0.6	2.6	1.6	233	111	28	13	2	6	14	21	-55
8	Will Richard W. Richard	9.5	2025-26	GSW	8	17.0	2.5	1.6	1.1	0.0	3.4	5.5	61.4	1.4	3.1	44.0	1.4	1.8	78.6	75.8	1.3	1.3	0.6	136	76	20	13	9	0	5	15	-54
9	Ryan Kalkbrenner R. Kalkbrenner	9.2	2025-26	CHA	9	27.3	6.9	0.6	1.1	2.6	4.3	5.3	81.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.6	0.8	71.4	81.2	3.3	3.6	1.8	246	83	62	5	10	23	16	20	+5
10	Sion James S. James	8.9	2025-26	CHA	9	25.2	3.0	1.4	0.6	0.3	3.0	5.0	60.0	1.7	2.8	60.0	1.2	1.3	91.7	79.6	0.3	2.7	0.9	227	80	27	13	5	3	8	14	+1
11	Derik Queen D. Queen	8.4	2025-26	NOP	8	18.6	5.5	1.3	1.3	0.5	2.9	6.1	46.9	0.0	0.4	0.0	2.6	3.5	75.0	54.6	1.6	3.9	1.5	149	67	44	10	10	4	12	24	-5
12	Collin Murray-Boyles C. Murray-Boyles	8.3	2025-26	TOR	7	20.9	3.4	1.3	0.9	0.4	3.3	7.3	45.1	1.0	2.3	43.8	0.7	1.0	71.4	53.6	1.9	1.6	1.3	146	58	24	9	6	3	9	16	-35
13	Walter Clayton Jr. W. Clayton Jr.	6.0	2025-26	UTA	9	16.4	2.6	3.3	0.6	0.1	2.1	4.8	44.2	0.8	2.3	33.3	1.0	1.0	100.0	57.5	0.7	1.9	1.3	148	54	23	30	5	1	12	18	-47
14	Ace Bailey A. Bailey	5.9	2025-26	UTA	9	18.4	3.3	1.6	0.3	0.1	2.2	6.6	33.9	0.4	2.1	21.1	1.0	1.1	90.0	41.8	1.7	1.7	1.3	166	53	30	14	3	1	12	16	-98
15	Egor Dëmin E. Dëmin	5.6	2025-26	BKN	8	19.4	3.0	3.1	1.0	0.3	1.9	5.5	34.1	1.5	4.5	33.3	0.4	0.5	75.0	49.2	0.5	2.5	1.5	155	45	24	25	8	2	12	16	-59
16	Tyrese Proctor T. Proctor	4.4	2025-26	CLE	8	11.5	1.0	1.3	0.5	0.0	1.5	4.0	37.5	0.9	2.6	33.3	0.5	0.6	80.0	51.2	0.3	0.8	0.8	92	35	8	10	4	0	6	11	-36
17	Javon Small J. Small	4.3	2025-26	MEM	8	12.4	1.0	2.8	0.0	0.1	1.3	3.5	35.7	0.8	2.4	31.6	1.0	1.3	80.0	52.5	0.1	0.9	1.0	99	34	8	22	0	1	8	7	+4
18	Liam McNeeley L. McNeeley	3.6	2025-26	CHA	7	11.9	1.9	1.3	0.3	0.0	0.9	2.6	33.3	0.6	1.7	33.3	1.3	1.6	81.8	54.7	0.4	1.4	0.6	83	25	13	9	2	0	4	9	-17
19	Hugo González H. González	3.1	2025-26	BOS	8	13.8	2.3	0.8	0.8	0.1	1.4	3.3	42.3	0.4	1.0	37.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	47.3	0.9	1.4	0.4	110	25	18	6	6	1	3	17	-1
20	Will Riley W. Riley	2.3	2025-26	WAS	8	7.6	1.6	0.9	0.3	0.0	0.9	2.1	41.2	0.1	0.5	25.0	0.4	0.8	50.0	45.8	0.3	1.4	0.3	61	18	13	7	2	0	2	2	-24
21	Taelon Peter T. Peter	2.0	2025-26	IND	6	9.7	1.0	1.0	0.2	0.2	0.5	1.8	27.3	0.5	1.7	30.0	0.5	0.5	100.0	48.7	0.3	0.7	0.7	58	12	6	6	1	1	4	3	-17
22	Chris Youngblood C. Youngblood	1.7	2025-26	OKC	9	5.0	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.3	1.3	25.0	0.3	1.2	27.3	0.7	0.7	100.0	51.2	0.1	0.4	0.0	45	15	5	1	0	0	0	7	+9
23	Brooks Barnhizer B. Barnhizer	1.0	2025-26	OKC	8	6.6	1.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.5	1.0	50.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	0.0		50.0	0.3	1.1	0.1	53	8	11	1	1	0	1	7	-20