Caron Butler had the most points per game by a rookie in 2002-03, with 15.4 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA rookie leaders in points with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games 2003

	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	Caron Butler C. Butler	15.4	2002-03	MIA	78	36.6	5.1	2.7	1.8	0.4	5.5	13.2	41.6	0.4	1.4	31.8	4.0	4.8	82.4	50.2	1.7	3.4	2.5	2,858	1,201	397	213	137	31	192	230	-383
2	Amar'e Stoudemire A. Stoudemire	13.5	2002-03	PHX	82	31.3	8.8	1.0	0.8	1.1	4.8	10.1	47.2	0.0	0.1	20.0	3.9	5.9	66.1	53.0	3.0	5.7	2.3	2,570	1,106	721	78	62	87	189	269	+8
3	Yao Ming Y. Ming	13.5	2002-03	HOU	82	29.0	8.2	1.7	0.4	1.8	4.9	9.8	49.8	0.0	0.0	50.0	3.7	4.5	81.1	57.0	2.4	5.8	2.1	2,382	1,104	675	137	31	147	173	230	+142
4	Drew Gooden D. Gooden	12.5	2002-03	TOT	70	26.8	6.5	1.2	0.8	0.5	5.1	11.1	45.7	0.2	0.7	29.2	2.2	3.0	71.2	50.3	2.3	4.2	2.1	1,873	875	455	83	53	35	150	172	-141
5	Gordan Giricek G. Giricek	12.3	2002-03	TOT	76	28.3	3.1	1.8	0.7	0.1	4.6	10.6	43.6	1.1	3.3	34.1	2.0	2.4	82.0	52.9	0.5	2.7	1.9	2,148	935	238	137	52	8	145	159	-152
6	Nene	10.5	2002-03	DEN	80	28.2	6.1	1.9	1.6	0.8	4.0	7.7	51.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	4.3	57.8	54.5	2.6	3.5	2.3	2,258	839	491	149	127	65	181	295	-261
7	Carlos Boozer C. Boozer	10.0	2002-03	CLE	81	25.3	7.5	1.3	0.7	0.6	4.1	7.6	53.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.4	77.1	57.7	2.5	5.0	1.3	2,049	810	609	106	59	50	103	224	-497
8	Jay Williams J. Williams	9.5	2002-03	CHI	75	26.1	2.6	4.7	1.1	0.2	3.6	9.1	39.9	0.9	2.7	32.2	1.4	2.1	64.0	47.2	0.4	2.2	2.3	1,961	714	195	350	86	17	171	179	-380
9	J.R. Bremer	8.3	2002-03	BOS	64	23.5	2.3	2.6	0.6	0.0	2.7	7.3	36.9	1.6	4.5	35.3	1.3	1.7	76.6	51.5	0.3	2.0	0.9	1,503	528	145	164	38	3	59	80	-74
10	Manu Ginobili M. Ginobili	7.6	2002-03	SAS	69	20.7	2.3	2.0	1.4	0.2	2.5	5.8	43.8	0.7	2.1	34.5	1.8	2.5	73.7	55.6	0.7	1.7	1.4	1,431	525	161	138	96	17	100	170	+145
11	Rasual Butler R. Butler	7.5	2002-03	MIA	72	21.0	2.6	1.3	0.3	0.6	2.9	7.9	36.2	0.7	2.4	29.2	1.1	1.4	73.1	43.7	0.4	2.2	1.1	1,514	540	186	93	21	43	77	105	-224
12	Marko Jaric M. Jaric	7.4	2002-03	LAC	66	20.9	2.4	2.9	1.5	0.2	2.7	6.8	40.1	0.8	2.5	31.9	1.2	1.6	75.2	49.8	0.5	1.9	1.6	1,379	490	160	193	97	11	103	125	+14
13	Vincent Yarbrough V. Yarbrough	6.9	2002-03	DEN	59	23.4	2.7	2.2	1.0	0.6	2.8	7.3	39.3	0.4	1.3	26.9	0.8	1.1	79.0	44.6	0.6	2.1	1.4	1,381	406	162	130	57	33	81	145	-180
14	Mehmet Okur M. Okur	6.9	2002-03	DET	72	19.0	4.7	1.0	0.3	0.5	2.5	5.9	42.6	0.5	1.6	33.9	1.3	1.8	73.3	51.4	1.6	3.0	0.9	1,366	494	335	71	25	39	66	167	+123
15	Mike Batiste M. Batiste	6.4	2002-03	MEM	75	16.6	3.4	0.7	0.6	0.2	2.6	6.2	42.2	0.2	1.1	22.2	0.9	1.2	78.4	47.6	1.1	2.3	0.9	1,248	481	257	52	42	16	69	120	-138
16	Smush Parker S. Parker	6.2	2002-03	CLE	66	16.7	1.8	2.5	0.7	0.2	2.1	5.1	40.2	0.6	1.8	32.2	1.5	1.8	83.1	52.3	0.4	1.4	2.0	1,103	408	119	162	48	12	133	106	-211
17	Mike Dunleavy M. Dunleavy	5.7	2002-03	GSW	82	15.9	2.6	1.3	0.6	0.2	2.0	5.1	40.3	0.6	1.8	34.7	1.0	1.2	78.0	50.5	0.8	1.8	1.0	1,305	466	214	106	53	19	86	120	+63
18	Casey Jacobsen C. Jacobsen	5.1	2002-03	PHX	72	15.9	1.2	1.0	0.5	0.1	1.7	4.5	37.3	0.7	2.3	31.5	1.0	1.5	68.6	49.3	0.4	0.8	0.8	1,147	368	83	73	35	6	55	90	+124
19	Junior Harrington J. Harrington	5.1	2002-03	DEN	82	24.4	3.0	3.4	1.0	0.2	2.1	5.7	36.2	0.1	0.3	25.0	0.9	1.4	65.2	40.5	0.5	2.5	1.9	2,003	418	250	277	80	15	157	250	-296
20	Pat Burke P. Burke	4.3	2002-03	ORL	62	12.6	2.4	0.4	0.3	0.4	1.8	4.8	38.2	0.0	0.1	14.3	0.6	0.9	69.0	41.5	0.9	1.4	0.8	783	267	146	23	19	25	47	99	-200
21	Nikoloz Tskitishvili N. Tskitishvili	3.9	2002-03	DEN	81	16.3	2.2	1.1	0.4	0.4	1.4	4.9	29.3	0.5	1.9	24.3	0.6	0.8	73.8	37.4	0.8	1.4	1.0	1,320	315	181	91	31	29	84	136	-200
22	Reggie Evans R. Evans	3.2	2002-03	SEA	67	20.4	6.6	0.5	0.6	0.2	1.0	2.1	47.1	0.0	0.0		1.2	2.3	51.9	51.0	2.5	4.1	0.8	1,365	212	445	34	38	11	52	173	-9
23	Kareem Rush K. Rush	3.0	2002-03	LAL	76	11.5	1.2	0.9	0.1	0.1	1.3	3.2	39.3	0.3	0.9	27.9	0.2	0.3	69.6	44.7	0.3	0.9	0.8	872	227	94	68	10	11	63	71	-89
24	Juaquin Hawkins J. Hawkins	2.3	2002-03	HOU	58	11.8	1.3	0.8	0.5	0.1	1.0	2.6	38.5	0.2	0.4	41.7	0.2	0.3	50.0	42.7	0.3	1.1	0.5	685	134	78	47	29	6	29	57	+20
25	John Salmons J. Salmons	2.1	2002-03	PHI	64	7.9	0.9	0.7	0.3	0.1	0.8	1.8	41.4	0.2	0.5	32.3	0.4	0.5	74.3	50.2	0.3	0.7	0.5	504	132	59	47	17	6	29	53	+4