nba rookie leaders in total points per game

Kon Knueppel has the most points per game by a rookie this season, with 19.0 per game.

Interpreted as:
NBA rookie leaders in total points per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games this regular season
NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTOVPF+/-MPGRPGAPGSPGBPGTPG
1Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
19.0
2025-26
CHA CHA
26
883
495
140
90
19
6
174
369
47.2
89
220
40.5
58
63
92.1
62.4
25
115
61
62
-36
34.0
5.4
3.5
0.7
0.2
2.3
2Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
17.5
2025-26
DAL DAL
25
842
437
157
86
33
17
170
353
48.2
21
84
25.0
76
93
81.7
55.5
30
127
52
56
-143
33.7
6.3
3.4
1.3
0.7
2.1
3Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
15.7
2025-26
NOP NOP
27
746
423
93
84
39
4
159
355
44.8
32
88
36.4
73
91
80.2
53.5
17
76
62
56
-204
27.6
3.4
3.1
1.4
0.1
2.3
4VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
15.2
2025-26
PHI PHI
22
770
335
123
87
28
10
123
292
42.1
45
116
38.8
44
57
77.2
52.8
38
85
38
72
+77
35.0
5.6
4.0
1.3
0.5
1.7
5Cedric Coward
C. Coward
13.5
2025-26
MEM MEM
25
681
337
160
71
14
8
121
264
45.8
37
114
32.5
58
69
84.1
57.2
35
125
37
50
+49
27.2
6.4
2.8
0.6
0.3
1.5
6Derik Queen
D. Queen
12.7
2025-26
NOP NOP
27
681
343
173
110
27
21
129
256
50.4
2
18
11.1
83
104
79.8
56.8
44
129
62
89
-116
25.2
6.4
4.1
1.0
0.8
2.3
7Tre Johnson
T. Johnson
11.2
2025-26
WAS WAS
17
396
190
48
23
7
7
70
159
44.0
33
83
39.8
17
21
81.0
56.5
8
40
25
31
-111
23.3
2.8
1.4
0.4
0.4
1.5
8Ace Bailey
A. Bailey
10.2
2025-26
UTA UTA
24
566
244
79
40
19
10
96
218
44.0
35
99
35.4
17
22
77.3
53.6
33
46
33
59
-123
23.6
3.3
1.7
0.8
0.4
1.4
9Ryan Kalkbrenner
R. Kalkbrenner
8.9
2025-26
CHA CHA
24
614
214
156
12
17
45
91
114
79.8
0
1
0.0
32
43
74.4
80.5
63
93
29
45
-84
25.6
6.5
0.5
0.7
1.9
1.2
10Egor Dëmin
E. Dëmin
8.5
2025-26
BKN BKN
23
526
195
73
81
21
8
69
178
38.8
42
119
35.3
15
17
88.2
52.6
12
61
40
45
-60
22.9
3.2
3.5
0.9
0.3
1.7
11Will Richard
W. Richard
8.0
2025-26
GSW GSW
23
440
183
62
25
23
1
65
122
53.3
29
73
39.7
24
31
77.4
67.5
24
38
15
47
+9
19.1
2.7
1.1
1.0
0.0
0.7
12Sion James
S. James
7.0
2025-26
CHA CHA
26
690
181
85
40
18
12
57
137
41.6
33
86
38.4
34
40
85.0
58.5
11
74
25
45
-46
26.5
3.3
1.5
0.7
0.5
1.0
13Collin Murray-Boyles
C. Murray-Boyles
7.0
2025-26
TOR TOR
21
370
146
69
28
13
7
57
103
55.3
12
25
48.0
20
32
62.5
62.4
37
32
25
48
-29
17.6
3.3
1.3
0.6
0.3
1.2
14Walter Clayton Jr.
W. Clayton Jr.
6.5
2025-26
UTA UTA
20
334
130
43
71
9
4
45
106
42.5
17
55
30.9
23
24
95.8
55.8
9
34
27
40
-15
16.7
2.2
3.6
0.5
0.2
1.4
15Drake Powell
D. Powell
6.3
2025-26
BKN BKN
18
333
114
32
37
14
3
40
82
48.8
14
37
37.8
20
21
95.2
62.5
4
28
22
32
-20
18.5
1.8
2.1
0.8
0.2
1.2
16Tyrese Proctor
T. Proctor
5.3
2025-26
CLE CLE
19
230
101
23
27
6
0
32
93
34.4
19
61
31.1
18
21
85.7
49.4
3
20
7
25
-34
12.1
1.2
1.4
0.3
0.0
0.4
17Micah Peavy
M. Peavy
4.9
2025-26
NOP NOP
22
354
107
54
24
13
2
45
112
40.2
7
35
20.0
10
14
71.4
45.3
23
31
9
37
-57
16.1
2.5
1.1
0.6
0.1
0.4
18Will Riley
W. Riley
4.6
2025-26
WAS WAS
18
206
82
32
17
5
2
30
62
48.4
5
19
26.3
17
22
77.3
57.2
13
19
13
13
-76
11.4
1.8
0.9
0.3
0.1
0.7
19Nique Clifford
N. Clifford
4.1
2025-26
SAC SAC
22
365
91
56
30
9
6
34
90
37.8
11
40
27.5
12
18
66.7
46.5
13
43
20
46
-87
16.6
2.5
1.4
0.4
0.3
0.9
20Hugo González
H. González
3.6
2025-26
BOS BOS
20
231
71
41
11
14
3
29
57
50.9
10
21
47.6
3
7
42.9
59.1
13
28
11
34
+43
11.6
2.1
0.6
0.7
0.2
0.6
21Carter Bryant
C. Bryant
2.5
2025-26
SAS SAS
18
142
45
30
1
4
2
17
51
33.3
8
28
28.6
3
4
75.0
42.6
6
24
6
15
+21
7.9
1.7
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.3
22Chris Youngblood
C. Youngblood
1.8
2025-26
OKC OKC
19
107
35
19
6
1
0
10
30
33.3
8
25
32.0
7
7
100.0
52.9
3
16
1
17
-7
5.6
1.0
0.3
0.1
0.0
0.1

More Hornets Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

21.3

Bridges

Miles Bridges

RPG

7.6

Diabaté

Moussa Diabaté

APG

8.5

Ball

LaMelo Ball
Team Rankings

ORTG

114.7

18th

DRTG

118.3

22nd

NETRTG

-3.6

19th

3P%

34.7

22nd

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
10
Bucks Bucks
11
16
.407
10.0
11
Bulls Bulls
10
15
.400
10.0
12
Hornets Hornets
8
18
.308
12.5
13
Nets Nets
7
18
.280
13.0
14
Pacers Pacers
6
20
.231
14.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
12/18
ATL ATL
@
CHA CHA
7:00 PM
Sat
12/20
CHA CHA
@
DET DET
7:30 PM
Mon
12/22
CHA CHA
@
CLE CLE
7:00 PM
Tue
12/23
WAS WAS
@
CHA CHA
7:00 PM
Fri
12/26
CHA CHA
@
ORL ORL
7:00 PM
Last Game
CHA Hornets

8 - 18

119

Final

111

CLE Cavaliers

15 - 12

Sun 14 Dec 2025

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Conference Standings

WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
24
2
.923
2
Nuggets Nuggets
18
6
.750
5.0
3
Rockets Rockets
16
6
.727
6.0
4
Lakers Lakers
18
7
.720
5.5
5
Spurs Spurs
18
7
.720
5.5
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
17
9
.654
7.0
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Pistons Pistons
20
5
.800
2
Knicks Knicks
18
7
.720
2.0
3
Celtics Celtics
15
10
.600
5.0
4
Magic Magic
15
11
.577
5.5
5
Raptors Raptors
15
11
.577
5.5
6
Heat Heat
14
11
.560
6.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
11/13
POR POR
@
HOU HOU
116-140
Thu
11/13
LAL LAL
@
NOP NOP
118-104
Thu
11/13
LAC LAC
@
DAL DAL
133-127
Thu
11/13
GSW GSW
@
SAS SAS
109-108
Fri
11/14
MEM MEM
@
CLE CLE
100-108

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
12/15
DET DET
@
BOS BOS
7:00 PM
Mon
12/15
TOR TOR
@
MIA MIA
7:30 PM
Mon
12/15
DAL DAL
@
UTA UTA
9:00 PM
Mon
12/15
HOU HOU
@
DEN DEN
9:30 PM
Mon
12/15
MEM MEM
@
LAC LAC
10:30 PM