nba rookie most ppg in playoffs since 1985

Since 1984-85, Michael Jordan has put up the most points per game by a rookie in a single NBA playoff run, with 29.3 per game in 1984-85.

	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	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29.3	1984-85	CHI	4	42.8	5.8	8.5	2.8	1.0	8.5	19.5	43.6	0.3	2.0	12.5	12.0	14.5	82.8	56.5	1.8	4.0	3.8	171	117	23	34	11	4	15	15
2	Chuck Person C. Person	27.0	1986-87	IND	4	39.8	8.3	5.0	1.3	0.5	9.5	18.5	51.4	0.5	2.0	25.0	7.5	9.8	76.9	59.2	1.5	6.8	3.8	159	108	33	20	5	2	15	14
3	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	24.4	2017-18	UTA	11	37.4	5.9	4.2	1.5	0.4	9.3	22.1	42.0	2.3	7.3	31.3	3.5	3.9	90.7	51.2	0.8	5.1	2.9	411	268	65	46	16	4	32	35	-25
4	David Robinson D. Robinson	24.3	1989-90	SAS	10	37.5	12.0	2.3	1.1	4.0	8.9	16.7	53.3	0.0	0.0		6.5	9.6	67.7	58.1	3.6	8.4	2.4	375	243	120	23	11	40	24	35
5	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	23.8	1992-93	CHA	9	40.8	9.9	1.4	0.7	3.4	7.9	16.4	48.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	8.0	10.3	77.4	56.6	3.1	6.8	4.1	367	214	89	13	6	31	37	37
6	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	23.6	1995-96	POR	5	35.4	10.2	1.8	0.8	0.6	7.0	16.2	43.2	1.0	1.8	55.6	8.6	12.0	71.7	54.9	2.4	7.8	2.0	177	118	51	9	4	3	10	17
7	Karl Malone K. Malone	21.8	1985-86	UTA	4	36.0	7.5	1.0	2.0	0.0	9.5	18.0	52.8	0.0	0.0		2.8	6.5	42.3	52.1	1.5	6.0	1.5	144	87	30	4	8	0	6	18
8	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	21.3	1996-97	MIN	3	39.0	4.0	7.7	0.7	0.0	8.7	21.7	40.0	2.0	6.7	30.0	2.0	3.3	60.0	46.1	0.7	3.3	3.0	117	64	12	23	2	0	9	9	-41
9	Hakeem Olajuwon H. Olajuwon	21.2	1984-85	HOU	5	37.4	13.0	1.4	1.4	2.6	8.4	17.6	47.7	0.0	0.0		4.4	9.2	47.8	49.0	6.6	6.4	2.2	187	106	65	7	7	13	11	22
10	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	20.7	1997-98	SAS	9	41.6	9.0	1.9	0.6	2.6	8.1	15.6	52.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.4	6.7	66.7	55.9	2.2	6.8	2.8	374	186	81	17	5	23	25	24	+16
11	Mitch Richmond M. Richmond	20.1	1988-89	GSW	8	39.3	7.3	4.4	1.8	0.1	7.8	16.9	45.9	0.4	2.0	18.8	4.3	4.8	89.5	53.1	1.3	6.0	3.0	314	161	58	35	14	1	24	25
12	Derrick Rose D. Rose	19.7	2008-09	CHI	7	44.7	6.3	6.4	0.6	0.7	8.4	17.1	49.2	0.0	0.6	0.0	2.9	3.6	80.0	52.7	1.7	4.6	5.0	313	138	44	45	4	5	35	25	-31
13	Billy Owens B. Owens	19.3	1991-92	GSW	4	39.3	8.3	3.3	2.0	0.5	7.5	14.3	52.6	0.0	0.0		4.3	6.8	63.0	55.9	3.3	5.0	1.5	157	77	33	13	8	2	6	14
14	Sam Perkins S. Perkins	18.8	1984-85	DAL	4	42.3	12.8	2.8	0.5	0.3	6.0	12.3	49.0	0.3	1.0	25.0	6.5	8.5	76.5	58.6	4.0	8.8	0.8	169	75	51	11	2	1	3	13
15	Brandon Jennings B. Jennings	18.7	2009-10	MIL	7	35.6	3.0	3.6	1.1	0.6	7.0	17.1	40.8	1.7	5.9	29.3	3.0	3.7	80.8	49.8	0.7	2.3	1.1	249	131	21	25	8	4	8	19	-14
16	Anfernee Hardaway A. Hardaway	18.7	1993-94	ORL	3	44.3	6.7	7.0	1.7	2.0	7.3	16.7	44.0	1.7	3.7	45.5	2.3	3.3	70.0	51.5	2.7	4.0	6.7	133	56	20	21	5	6	20	10
17	Jayson Tatum J. Tatum	18.5	2017-18	BOS	19	35.9	4.4	2.7	1.2	0.5	6.5	13.7	47.1	1.2	3.7	32.4	4.3	5.1	84.5	57.8	0.5	3.8	2.2	683	351	83	52	23	10	41	50	+51
18	Nenad Krstic N. Krstic	18.3	2004-05	NJN	4	38.5	7.5	1.8	0.3	0.5	6.8	12.0	56.3	0.0	0.0		4.8	6.0	79.2	62.3	2.5	5.0	1.5	154	73	30	7	1	2	6	20	-36
19	Dwyane Wade D. Wade	18.0	2003-04	MIA	13	39.2	4.0	5.6	1.3	0.3	6.6	14.5	45.5	0.2	0.6	37.5	4.5	5.8	78.7	52.7	1.2	2.8	4.2	510	234	52	73	17	4	54	45	+6
20	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Z. Ilgauskas	17.3	1997-98	CLE	4	36.8	7.5	0.5	0.5	1.3	7.0	12.3	57.1	0.0	0.0		3.3	6.3	52.0	57.5	3.5	4.0	2.5	147	69	30	2	2	5	10	22	-22
21	Chris Mills C. Mills	17.0	1993-94	CLE	3	37.3	7.7	2.7	2.3	0.3	6.3	12.7	50.0	1.3	1.7	80.0	3.0	3.7	81.8	59.5	3.3	4.3	1.7	112	51	23	8	7	1	5	9
22	Brian Shaw B. Shaw	17.0	1988-89	BOS	3	41.3	5.7	6.3	1.0	0.0	7.3	14.3	51.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	2.3	3.0	77.8	54.3	0.7	5.0	2.0	124	51	17	19	3	0	6	11
23	Jay Humphries J. Humphries	16.3	1984-85	PHX	3	30.0	1.7	5.3	0.7	0.0	6.7	10.3	64.5	0.0	0.0		3.0	4.0	75.0	67.5	0.3	1.3	2.7	90	49	5	16	2	0	8	12
24	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	16.3	2017-18	PHI	10	36.9	9.4	7.7	1.7	0.8	6.1	12.5	48.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	4.1	5.8	70.7	54.1	1.6	7.8	4.4	369	163	94	77	17	8	44	34	-23
25	Harrison Barnes H. Barnes	16.1	2012-13	GSW	12	38.4	6.4	1.3	0.6	0.4	6.0	13.5	44.4	1.6	4.3	36.5	2.5	2.9	85.7	54.4	1.5	4.9	1.3	461	193	77	15	7	5	16	33	+18

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Team Leaders

PPG

17.7

Giddey

RPG

9.0

Vučević

APG

8.4

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Team Rankings

ORTG

113.2

25th

DRTG

117.3

23rd

NETRTG

-4.1

23rd

3P%

36.4

8th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
10	Hawks	32	31	.508	14.0
11	Bucks	26	35	.426	19.0
12	Bulls	26	37	.413	20.0
13	Wizards	16	46	.258	29.5
14	Nets	15	47	.242	30.5

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 3/8	CHI	@	SAC	9:00 PM
Tue 3/10	CHI	@	GSW	10:00 PM
Thu 3/12	CHI	@	LAL	10:30 PM
Fri 3/13	CHI	@	LAC	10:30 PM
Mon 3/16	MEM	@	CHI	8:00 PM

Last Game

Bulls

26 - 37

105

Final

103

Suns

35 - 27

Thu 5 Mar 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

32.3

Dončić

31.7

Gilgeous-Alexander

29.5

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.6

Jokić

11.8

Towns

11.5

Gobert

APG Leaders

10.4

Jokić

9.8

Cunningham

8.6

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Wallace

2.0

Maxey

2.0

Leonard

BPG Leaders

3.0

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

3.7

Dončić

3.5

Edwards

3.5

Ball

TS% Leaders

67.8

Jokić

67.5

Gobert

67.3

Ayton

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

121.7

120.5

119.1

118.7

118.4

118.3

DRtg Rankings

107.3

109.4

110.9

112.1

112.7

112.8

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

7.7

7.3

6.9

6.2

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

14-50

15-47

16-46

19-44

20-44

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

3,003.8

Maxey

2,911.9

Jokić

2,811.8

Dončić

DraftKings Points Leaders

3,105.5

Jokić

3,028.3

Maxey

2,987.8

Dončić

USG% Leaders

37.2

Dončić

36.4

Brown

33.6

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.3

Maxey

37.1

Thompson

36.7

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.79

Jokić

1.58

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.91

Jokić

1.68

Dončić

1.53

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

41-22

37-24-1

37-26

36-26

35-28

Worst Record ATS

24-40

25-35-1

26-36

27-36

27-34

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons	45	16	.738
2	Celtics	41	21	.661	4.5
3	Knicks	40	23	.635	6.0
4	Cavaliers	39	24	.619	7.0
5	Raptors	35	27	.565	10.5
6	76ers	34	28	.548	11.5
7	Magic	33	28	.541	12.0
8	Heat	34	29	.540	12.0
9	Hornets	32	31	.508	14.0
10	Hawks	32	31	.508	14.0
11	Bucks	26	35	.426	19.0
12	Bulls	26	37	.413	20.0
13	Wizards	16	46	.258	29.5
14	Nets	15	47	.242	30.5
15	Pacers	15	47	.242	30.5

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	49	15	.766
2	Spurs	45	17	.726	3.0
3	Timberwolves	40	23	.635	8.5
4	Rockets	38	23	.623	9.5
5	Nuggets	39	24	.619	9.5
6	Lakers	37	25	.597	11.0
7	Suns	35	27	.565	13.0
8	Warriors	32	30	.516	16.0
9	Clippers	30	31	.492	17.5
10	Trail Blazers	30	33	.476	18.5
11	Grizzlies	23	38	.377	24.5
12	Mavericks	21	41	.339	27.0
13	Pelicans	20	44	.313	29.0
14	Jazz	19	44	.302	29.5
15	Kings	14	50	.219	35.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sat 1/31	LAL	@	NYK	100-112
Sat 1/31	LAC	@	PHX	117-93
Sat 1/31	CLE	@	POR	130-111
Sat 1/31	OKC	@	DEN	121-111
Sun 2/1	NOP	@	CHA	95-102

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Fri 3/6	DAL	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Fri 3/6	MIA	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Fri 3/6	POR	@	HOU	8:00 PM
Fri 3/6	NYK	@	DEN	9:00 PM
Fri 3/6	NOP	@	PHX	9:00 PM

Since 1984-85, Michael Jordan has put up the most points per game by a rookie in a single NBA playoff run, with 29.3 per game in 1984-85.

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