Donovan Mitchell averaged the most points per game by a rookie in 2017-18, with 20.5 per game.

Interpreted as:

NBA rookie leaders in points with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games 2018

	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	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	20.5	2017-18	UTA	79	33.4	3.7	3.7	1.5	0.3	7.5	17.2	43.7	2.4	7.0	34.0	3.0	3.8	80.5	54.1	0.7	3.1	2.7	2,638	1,616	296	291	118	27	215	213	+357
2	Kyle Kuzma K. Kuzma	16.1	2017-18	LAL	77	31.2	6.3	1.8	0.6	0.4	6.1	13.5	45.0	2.1	5.6	36.6	1.9	2.7	70.7	54.9	1.1	5.1	1.8	2,401	1,242	483	141	49	34	140	160	-126
3	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	15.8	2017-18	PHI	81	33.7	8.1	8.2	1.7	0.9	6.7	12.3	54.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	4.2	56.0	55.7	1.8	6.3	3.4	2,732	1,279	659	661	140	70	278	211	+387
4	Lauri Markkanen L. Markkanen	15.2	2017-18	CHI	68	29.7	7.5	1.2	0.6	0.6	5.5	12.7	43.4	2.1	5.9	36.2	2.1	2.4	84.3	55.2	1.2	6.3	1.2	2,020	1,033	508	79	39	40	83	103	-387
5	Dennis Smith Jr. D. Smith Jr.	15.2	2017-18	DAL	69	29.7	3.8	5.2	1.0	0.3	5.9	14.8	39.5	1.5	4.9	31.3	1.9	2.8	69.4	47.3	0.7	3.0	2.8	2,049	1,048	260	358	71	18	194	152	-329
6	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	13.9	2017-18	BOS	80	30.5	5.0	1.6	1.0	0.7	5.0	10.4	47.5	1.3	3.0	43.4	2.7	3.2	82.6	58.6	0.6	4.4	1.4	2,443	1,112	402	128	83	58	114	170	+344
7	Josh Jackson J. Jackson	13.1	2017-18	PHX	77	25.4	4.6	1.5	1.0	0.5	5.1	12.1	41.7	0.7	2.8	26.3	2.3	3.6	63.4	48.0	1.2	3.3	1.9	1,958	1,012	351	119	80	35	146	218	-529
8	Bogdan Bogdanović B. Bogdanović	11.8	2017-18	SAC	78	27.9	2.9	3.3	0.9	0.2	4.4	9.9	44.6	1.7	4.2	39.2	1.3	1.5	84.0	55.6	0.4	2.5	1.6	2,175	917	223	258	72	16	125	172	-362
9	De'Aaron Fox D. Fox	11.6	2017-18	SAC	73	27.8	2.8	4.4	1.0	0.3	4.5	10.9	41.2	0.6	2.1	30.7	1.9	2.7	72.3	47.8	0.5	2.3	2.4	2,026	844	204	320	70	20	173	163	-414
10	Dillon Brooks D. Brooks	11.0	2017-18	MEM	82	28.6	3.1	1.6	0.9	0.2	4.1	9.4	44.0	1.1	3.2	35.6	1.5	2.0	74.7	53.1	0.6	2.5	1.5	2,343	898	257	135	73	17	124	233	-243
11	John Collins J. Collins	10.5	2017-18	ATL	74	24.0	7.3	1.3	0.6	1.1	4.2	7.4	57.6	0.2	0.6	34.0	1.8	2.5	71.5	62.0	2.4	4.9	1.4	1,776	777	541	98	47	80	105	215	-217
12	Jarrett Allen J. Allen	8.2	2017-18	BKN	72	20.0	5.4	0.7	0.4	1.2	3.3	5.5	58.9	0.1	0.2	33.3	1.6	2.0	77.6	63.6	2.0	3.4	1.1	1,441	587	388	49	28	88	82	147	-145
13	Josh Hart J. Hart	7.9	2017-18	LAL	63	23.2	4.2	1.3	0.7	0.3	2.8	6.0	46.9	1.2	3.1	39.6	1.0	1.5	70.2	59.6	0.7	3.5	0.7	1,460	496	263	80	47	16	47	107	-80
14	Luke Kennard L. Kennard	7.6	2017-18	DET	73	20.0	2.4	1.7	0.6	0.2	2.8	6.4	44.3	1.1	2.7	41.5	0.9	1.0	85.5	56.0	0.3	2.1	0.9	1,463	558	176	124	44	13	69	86	+118
15	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	6.9	2017-18	MIA	69	19.8	5.5	1.5	0.5	0.6	2.5	4.9	51.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.9	2.6	72.1	57.0	1.7	3.8	1.0	1,368	477	381	101	32	41	66	138	-34
16	Malik Monk M. Monk	6.7	2017-18	CHA	63	13.5	1.0	1.4	0.3	0.1	2.4	6.7	36.0	1.3	3.9	34.2	0.5	0.6	84.2	47.7	0.1	0.9	0.8	853	421	66	91	20	9	49	60	-190
17	Justin Jackson J. Jackson	6.7	2017-18	SAC	68	22.1	2.8	1.1	0.4	0.2	2.7	6.2	44.2	0.8	2.7	30.8	0.4	0.5	72.2	52.1	0.4	2.4	0.6	1,506	453	187	74	28	13	40	81	-236
18	Frank Ntilikina F. Ntilikina	5.9	2017-18	NYK	78	21.9	2.3	3.2	0.8	0.2	2.3	6.4	36.4	0.6	2.0	31.8	0.6	0.9	72.1	43.7	0.5	1.8	1.7	1,706	463	177	250	65	18	131	181	-101
19	OG Anunoby	5.9	2017-18	TOR	74	20.0	2.5	0.7	0.7	0.2	2.2	4.7	47.1	1.0	2.7	37.1	0.5	0.8	62.9	58.7	0.6	1.9	0.6	1,481	438	184	55	52	14	45	130	+291
20	Maxi Kleber M. Kleber	5.4	2017-18	DAL	72	16.8	3.3	0.7	0.4	0.7	2.1	4.3	48.9	0.6	1.8	31.3	0.6	0.8	74.6	57.6	1.0	2.3	0.4	1,206	386	234	51	26	47	30	114	-131
21	Daniel Theis D. Theis	5.3	2017-18	BOS	63	14.9	4.3	0.9	0.5	0.8	2.0	3.7	54.1	0.3	0.9	31.0	1.0	1.3	75.3	61.6	1.4	2.9	0.9	936	331	274	56	30	48	56	157	-5
22	Royce O'Neale R. O'Neale	5.0	2017-18	UTA	69	16.7	3.4	1.4	0.5	0.2	1.7	4.1	42.3	0.6	1.7	35.6	0.9	1.1	80.3	54.0	0.4	3.1	0.8	1,149	343	236	95	36	16	55	105	+195
23	Zach Collins Z. Collins	4.4	2017-18	POR	66	15.8	3.3	0.8	0.3	0.5	1.7	4.4	39.8	0.5	1.7	31.0	0.4	0.6	64.3	47.5	0.7	2.7	0.9	1,046	292	221	52	17	31	58	133	+16
24	Cedi Osman C. Osman	3.9	2017-18	CLE	61	11.0	2.0	0.7	0.4	0.0	1.5	3.0	48.4	0.5	1.4	36.8	0.4	0.8	56.5	57.7	0.3	1.7	0.5	672	238	120	41	22	3	32	78	+40
25	Sindarius Thornwell S. Thornwell	3.9	2017-18	LAC	73	15.8	1.9	0.9	0.7	0.3	1.4	3.2	42.9	0.3	0.8	37.7	0.8	1.2	67.0	51.9	0.5	1.5	0.7	1,156	282	140	68	48	25	53	125	-105