Mitch Richmond scored the most points per game by a rookie in 1988-89, with 22.0 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA rookie leaders in points with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games 1989

	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	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	22.0	1988-89	GSW	79	34.4	5.9	4.2	1.0	0.2	8.2	17.5	46.8	0.4	1.1	36.7	5.2	6.4	81.0	54.1	2.0	3.9	3.4	2,717	1,741	468	334	82	13	269	223
2	Willie Anderson W. Anderson	18.6	1988-89	SAS	81	33.8	5.1	4.6	1.9	0.8	7.9	15.9	49.8	0.0	0.3	19.0	2.8	3.6	77.5	53.4	1.9	3.3	3.2	2,738	1,508	417	372	150	62	261	295
3	Rex Chapman R. Chapman	16.9	1988-89	CHA	75	29.6	2.5	2.3	0.9	0.3	7.0	16.9	41.4	0.8	2.5	31.4	2.1	2.6	79.5	46.7	1.0	1.5	1.5	2,219	1,267	187	176	70	25	113	167
4	Charles Smith C. Smith	16.3	1988-89	LAC	71	30.4	6.5	1.5	1.0	1.3	6.1	12.4	49.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	5.5	72.5	55.0	2.4	4.1	2.1	2,161	1,155	465	103	68	89	146	273
5	Hersey Hawkins H. Hawkins	15.1	1988-89	PHI	79	32.6	2.8	3.0	1.5	0.5	5.6	12.3	45.5	0.9	2.1	42.8	3.1	3.7	83.1	54.4	0.6	2.2	2.0	2,577	1,196	225	239	120	37	158	184
6	Chris Morris C. Morris	14.1	1988-89	NJN	76	27.6	5.2	1.6	1.3	0.8	5.4	11.9	45.7	0.8	2.3	36.6	2.4	3.3	71.7	52.8	2.5	2.8	2.5	2,096	1,074	397	119	102	60	190	250
7	Kevin Edwards K. Edwards	13.8	1988-89	MIA	79	29.7	3.3	4.4	1.8	0.3	5.9	14.0	42.5	0.1	0.5	27.0	1.8	2.4	74.6	46.0	1.1	2.2	3.1	2,349	1,094	262	349	139	27	246	154
8	Gary Grant G. Grant	11.9	1988-89	LAC	71	27.1	3.4	7.1	2.0	0.1	5.1	11.7	43.5	0.1	0.3	22.7	1.7	2.3	73.5	46.9	1.1	2.2	3.6	1,924	846	238	506	144	9	258	170
9	Grant Long G. Long	11.9	1988-89	MIA	82	29.7	6.7	1.8	1.5	0.6	4.1	8.4	48.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.7	5.0	74.9	56.1	2.9	3.7	2.5	2,435	976	546	149	122	48	201	337
10	Vernon Maxwell V. Maxwell	11.7	1988-89	SAS	79	26.1	2.6	3.8	1.1	0.1	4.5	10.5	43.2	0.4	1.6	24.8	2.3	3.1	74.5	49.6	0.6	1.9	2.3	2,065	927	202	301	86	8	178	136
11	Rik Smits R. Smits	11.7	1988-89	IND	82	24.9	6.1	0.9	0.5	1.8	4.7	9.1	51.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.2	3.1	72.2	55.7	2.3	3.8	1.6	2,041	956	500	70	37	151	130	310
12	Ledell Eackles L. Eackles	11.5	1988-89	WAS	80	18.2	2.3	1.5	0.5	0.1	4.0	9.2	43.4	0.1	0.5	22.5	3.4	4.3	78.6	51.9	1.3	1.0	1.6	1,459	917	180	123	41	5	128	156
13	Ricky Berry R. Berry	11.0	1988-89	SAC	64	22.0	3.1	1.3	0.6	0.3	4.0	8.9	45.0	1.0	2.5	40.6	2.0	2.6	78.9	55.2	0.9	2.2	1.3	1,406	706	197	80	37	22	82	197
14	Rony Seikaly R. Seikaly	10.9	1988-89	MIA	78	25.2	7.0	0.7	0.6	1.2	4.3	9.5	44.8	0.0	0.1	25.0	2.3	4.5	51.1	47.1	2.6	4.4	2.6	1,962	848	549	55	46	96	200	258
15	Derrick Chievous D. Chievous	9.3	1988-89	HOU	81	19.0	3.2	1.0	0.6	0.1	3.4	7.8	43.7	0.1	0.3	20.8	2.4	3.0	78.3	50.6	1.4	1.8	1.7	1,539	750	256	77	48	11	136	161
16	Rod Strickland R. Strickland	8.9	1988-89	NYK	81	16.8	2.0	3.9	1.2	0.0	3.3	7.0	46.7	0.2	0.7	32.2	2.1	2.9	74.5	53.9	0.6	1.3	1.8	1,358	721	160	319	98	3	148	142
17	Brian Shaw B. Shaw	8.6	1988-89	BOS	82	28.1	4.6	5.8	1.0	0.3	3.6	8.4	43.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.3	1.6	82.6	47.2	1.5	3.1	2.3	2,301	703	376	472	78	27	188	211
18	Vinny Del Negro V. Del Negro	7.1	1988-89	SAC	80	19.5	2.1	2.6	0.8	0.2	3.0	6.3	47.5	0.1	0.3	30.0	1.1	1.3	85.0	52.0	0.6	1.5	1.0	1,556	569	171	206	65	14	77	160
19	Tom Garrick T. Garrick	6.4	1988-89	LAC	71	21.1	2.2	3.4	1.1	0.1	2.5	5.1	49.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	1.4	1.8	80.3	54.7	0.5	1.7	1.6	1,499	454	156	243	78	9	116	141
20	Harvey Grant H. Grant	5.6	1988-89	WAS	71	16.8	2.3	1.1	0.5	0.4	2.5	5.5	46.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.8	59.6	47.7	1.1	1.2	0.4	1,193	396	163	79	35	29	28	147
21	John Shasky J. Shasky	5.5	1988-89	MIA	65	14.5	3.6	0.3	0.2	0.2	1.9	3.8	48.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.6	68.9	55.5	1.5	2.1	0.7	944	357	232	22	14	13	46	94
22	Scott Brooks S. Brooks	5.2	1988-89	PHI	82	16.7	1.1	3.7	0.8	0.0	1.9	4.5	42.0	0.7	1.9	35.9	0.7	0.8	88.4	53.3	0.2	0.9	0.8	1,372	428	94	306	69	3	65	116
23	Eric Leckner E. Leckner	4.3	1988-89	UTA	75	10.4	2.7	0.2	0.1	0.3	1.6	2.9	54.5	0.0	0.0		1.1	1.5	69.9	59.1	0.6	2.0	0.9	779	319	199	16	8	22	69	174
24	Tim Perry T. Perry	4.1	1988-89	PHX	62	9.9	2.1	0.3	0.3	0.5	1.7	3.2	53.7	0.0	0.1	25.0	0.6	1.0	61.5	56.0	1.0	1.1	0.6	614	257	132	18	19	32	37	47
25	Charles Shackleford C. Shackleford	3.1	1988-89	NJN	60	8.1	2.6	0.4	0.3	0.3	1.4	2.8	49.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.7	50.0	50.1	0.8	1.7	0.5	484	187	153	21	15	18	27	71