nba rookie leaders in points 2026

Cooper Flagg has the most points per game by a rookie this season, with 20.3 per game.

Interpreted as:
NBA rookie leaders in points with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games 2026
NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
20.3
2025-26
60
33.8
6.6
4.6
1.1
0.9
7.8
16.5
47.2
1.0
3.4
28.8
3.8
4.7
81.0
54.8
1.2
5.4
2.4
2,028
1,217
397
277
68
56
145
128
-219
2Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
19.0
2025-26
71
31.4
5.3
3.4
0.7
0.2
6.5
13.4
48.7
3.5
8.0
43.6
2.5
2.9
87.0
65.0
1.2
4.1
2.0
2,231
1,352
373
242
51
17
140
157
+280
3VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
16.0
2025-26
65
35.0
5.7
4.0
1.4
0.6
6.0
13.9
43.1
2.0
5.8
35.0
2.0
2.5
82.6
53.5
1.6
4.0
1.8
2,276
1,042
370
260
93
36
119
191
+6
4Ace Bailey
A. Bailey
13.4
2025-26
63
27.1
4.1
1.8
0.9
0.6
5.3
11.8
44.7
1.9
5.3
36.2
1.0
1.2
78.2
54.5
1.5
2.6
1.4
1,705
845
258
112
54
39
86
170
-331
5Cedric Coward
C. Coward
13.4
2025-26
54
26.0
6.2
2.8
0.6
0.4
4.8
10.4
46.4
1.5
4.4
33.6
2.2
2.6
84.6
57.9
1.4
4.8
1.8
1,403
721
334
152
31
23
97
110
+16
6Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
13.1
2025-26
73
24.8
3.6
3.2
1.1
0.3
5.0
11.5
43.0
1.2
3.4
34.0
2.0
2.5
79.2
51.8
0.7
2.9
2.2
1,812
954
261
234
82
24
162
127
-248
7Tre Johnson
T. Johnson
12.4
2025-26
56
24.1
2.8
2.0
0.6
0.3
4.5
10.7
42.2
2.0
5.4
36.7
1.4
1.6
87.4
54.2
0.5
2.3
1.5
1,348
692
156
112
31
18
86
110
-284
8Maxime Raynaud
M. Raynaud
11.9
2025-26
65
25.8
7.3
1.3
0.5
0.6
5.1
8.9
56.9
0.3
0.9
28.8
1.5
2.0
78.7
61.1
1.9
5.4
1.2
1,675
775
474
82
30
36
79
153
-429
9Dylan Harper
D. Harper
11.5
2025-26
59
22.3
3.4
3.8
0.8
0.3
4.7
9.4
49.5
0.8
2.6
31.4
1.4
1.9
74.5
56.3
0.7
2.7
1.4
1,317
680
199
227
46
19
82
115
+242
10Derik Queen
D. Queen
11.3
2025-26
72
24.5
6.8
3.8
1.0
0.9
4.2
8.8
47.9
0.3
1.0
28.0
2.6
3.2
80.2
55.3
1.6
5.2
2.3
1,765
817
489
270
69
64
164
189
-228
11Egor Dëmin
E. Dëmin
10.3
2025-26
52
25.2
3.2
3.3
0.8
0.3
3.4
8.6
39.9
2.4
6.2
38.5
1.0
1.3
83.1
56.1
0.4
2.8
1.7
1,308
536
165
173
42
17
86
93
-161
12Will Riley
W. Riley
8.9
2025-26
63
20.4
2.6
1.7
0.6
0.1
3.1
7.2
43.4
1.0
3.0
33.3
1.7
2.1
78.4
54.7
0.8
1.8
1.2
1,285
563
161
108
38
6
74
67
-381
13Danny Wolf
D. Wolf
8.9
2025-26
57
20.8
4.9
2.2
0.5
0.6
3.1
7.7
40.5
1.2
3.7
32.2
1.5
1.9
77.1
52.1
1.0
3.9
1.3
1,187
508
281
127
30
32
73
126
-231
14Ryan Kalkbrenner
R. Kalkbrenner
7.9
2025-26
59
21.9
5.7
0.8
0.5
1.5
3.4
4.5
74.7
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.2
1.8
68.9
75.2
2.5
3.2
0.9
1,290
469
335
45
30
86
56
90
+19
15Nique Clifford
N. Clifford
7.7
2025-26
67
23.9
3.6
2.2
0.9
0.3
3.0
7.3
40.9
1.0
2.9
33.5
0.8
1.2
69.2
49.6
0.9
2.7
1.3
1,600
519
240
145
63
21
90
140
-179
16Walter Clayton Jr.
W. Clayton Jr.
7.3
2025-26
TOT
61
19.9
2.0
3.9
0.7
0.3
2.4
6.4
37.8
1.0
3.5
28.9
1.5
1.6
91.0
51.4
0.3
1.7
1.6
1,212
448
122
236
41
16
95
107
-205
17Kobe Sanders
K. Sanders
7.1
2025-26
59
20.6
2.4
1.7
0.7
0.1
2.6
5.7
45.8
1.1
2.8
40.1
0.7
0.9
81.1
58.2
0.5
1.9
1.3
1,217
418
142
100
40
8
75
128
+3
18Will Richard
W. Richard
6.9
2025-26
62
20.4
2.5
1.4
1.2
0.1
2.5
5.3
47.6
1.1
3.2
34.2
0.7
0.9
85.2
60.5
1.0
1.5
0.8
1,262
428
158
86
77
7
52
122
-24
19Ryan Nembhard
R. Nembhard
6.4
2025-26
51
18.7
1.9
4.9
0.4
0.0
2.6
6.2
41.8
0.8
2.2
38.1
0.3
0.4
80.0
49.7
0.2
1.8
1.4
956
325
99
252
19
1
71
68
-47
20Drake Powell
D. Powell
6.0
2025-26
54
19.7
1.7
1.5
0.5
0.2
2.1
5.1
41.3
0.7
2.6
28.4
1.1
1.2
90.5
53.5
0.4
1.3
1.0
1,063
325
91
80
25
10
53
78
-355
21Sion James
S. James
5.4
2025-26
72
22.9
3.5
2.0
0.6
0.3
1.7
4.4
38.1
1.0
2.7
37.2
1.1
1.3
83.9
54.9
0.6
2.9
0.8
1,652
391
249
141
42
20
60
130
+12
22Noah Penda
N. Penda
4.2
2025-26
53
13.6
3.4
1.2
0.5
0.3
1.5
3.7
41.5
0.5
1.6
33.7
0.6
0.9
68.8
51.8
1.3
2.2
0.8
719
224
181
63
29
18
40
66
-25
23Hugo González
H. González
4.0
2025-26
66
15.3
3.5
0.6
0.6
0.3
1.6
3.5
46.7
0.5
1.6
34.0
0.2
0.4
50.0
54.7
0.9
2.6
0.5
1,009
263
229
39
38
21
35
116
+245
24Carter Bryant
C. Bryant
3.9
2025-26
61
10.8
2.5
0.5
0.2
0.3
1.4
3.7
38.4
0.7
2.1
32.1
0.4
0.6
72.2
50.0
0.5
2.0
0.4
660
240
154
32
12
17
26
71
-9
25Micah Peavy
M. Peavy
3.9
2025-26
52
13.6
1.8
0.9
0.6
0.1
1.6
4.3
37.6
0.4
1.7
23.3
0.3
0.4
68.4
43.5
0.8
1.1
0.3
706
204
95
48
31
6
15
73
-102

More Mavericks Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

20.3

Flagg

Cooper Flagg

RPG

7.0

Gafford

Daniel Gafford

APG

4.9

Nembhard

Ryan Nembhard
Team Rankings

ORTG

110.9

26th

DRTG

116.0

18th

NETRTG

-5.1

24th

3P%

34.5

26th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
11
25
48
.342
32.5
12
24
47
.338
32.5
13
Mavericks Mavericks
23
49
.319
34.0
14
21
51
.292
36.0
15
19
54
.260
38.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
3/25
@
10:00 PM
Fri
3/27
@
10:00 PM
Mon
3/30
@
8:30 PM
Tue
3/31
@
8:00 PM
Fri
4/3
@
8:30 PM
Last Game
GSW Warriors

34 - 38

137

Final

131

DAL Mavericks

23 - 49

Mon 23 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
52
19
.732
2
47
24
.662
5.0
3
48
25
.658
5.0
4
45
27
.625
7.5
5
40
31
.563
12.0
6
40
32
.556
12.5
7
39
33
.542
13.5
8
38
34
.528
14.5
9
38
34
.528
14.5
10
38
34
.528
14.5
11
29
42
.408
23.0
12
29
42
.408
23.0
13
Nets Nets - e
17
55
.236
35.5
14
16
55
.225
36.0
15
16
56
.222
36.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
57
15
.792
2
Spurs Spurs - x
54
18
.750
3.0
3
46
26
.639
11.0
4
45
28
.616
12.5
5
44
28
.611
13.0
6
43
28
.606
13.5
7
40
33
.548
17.5
8
36
36
.500
21.0
9
36
37
.493
21.5
10
34
38
.472
23.0
11
25
48
.342
32.5
12
24
47
.338
32.5
13
23
49
.319
34.0
14
Jazz Jazz - e
21
51
.292
36.0
15
Kings Kings - e
19
54
.260
38.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
2/25
@
96-126
Wed
2/25
@
121-112
Wed
2/25
@
130-121
Wed
2/25
@
110-113
Wed
2/25
@
129-118

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
3/25
@
9:00 PM
Wed
3/25
@
9:30 PM
Wed
3/25
@
10:00 PM
Wed
3/25
@
10:00 PM
Wed
3/25
@
10:00 PM