nba rookie scoring leaders 1978

Walter Davis averaged the most points per game by a rookie in 1977-78, with 24.2 per game.

Interpreted as:
NBA rookie scoring with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leaders 1978
NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Walter Davis
W. Davis
24.2
1977-78
81
32.0
6.0
3.4
1.4
0.2
9.7
18.4
52.6
4.8
5.8
83.0
57.7
2.0
4.0
3.5
2,590
1,959
484
273
113
20
283
242
2Bernard King
B. King
24.2
1977-78
79
39.1
9.5
2.4
1.5
0.5
10.1
21.1
47.9
4.0
5.8
67.7
51.1
3.4
6.2
3.9
3,092
1,909
751
193
122
36
311
302
3Marques Johnson
M. Johnson
19.5
1977-78
80
34.6
10.6
2.4
1.2
1.3
7.9
15.1
52.2
3.8
5.1
73.6
56.3
3.7
6.9
2.2
2,765
1,557
847
190
92
103
175
221
4Otis Birdsong
O. Birdsong
15.8
1977-78
73
25.7
2.4
2.4
1.0
0.2
6.4
13.1
49.2
3.0
4.2
69.7
53.0
1.0
1.4
2.0
1,878
1,156
175
174
74
12
145
179
5James Edwards
J. Edwards
15.2
1977-78
TOT
83
29.0
7.4
1.0
0.6
0.9
6.0
13.2
45.3
3.3
5.1
64.6
49.4
2.4
5.0
2.0
2,405
1,262
615
85
53
78
169
322
6Norm Nixon
N. Nixon
13.7
1977-78
81
34.3
3.0
6.8
1.7
0.1
6.1
12.3
49.7
1.4
2.0
71.4
51.8
0.5
2.4
3.1
2,779
1,107
239
553
138
7
251
259
7Charlie Criss
C. Criss
11.4
1977-78
77
25.1
1.6
3.8
1.4
0.1
4.1
9.8
42.5
3.1
3.8
79.7
49.6
0.3
1.3
1.9
1,935
874
121
294
108
5
150
143
8Jack Sikma
J. Sikma
10.7
1977-78
82
27.3
8.3
1.6
0.8
0.5
4.2
9.2
45.5
2.3
3.0
77.7
50.9
2.4
5.9
2.3
2,238
876
678
134
68
40
186
300
9Eddie Johnson
E. Johnson
10.5
1977-78
79
23.7
1.9
3.0
1.3
0.1
4.2
8.7
48.4
2.1
2.5
81.6
53.5
0.6
1.3
2.1
1,875
828
153
235
100
4
168
232
10Anthony Roberts
A. Roberts
9.5
1977-78
82
19.5
4.3
1.3
0.5
0.1
3.8
9.0
42.3
1.9
2.6
72.2
46.7
1.6
2.6
1.4
1,598
775
351
105
40
7
118
212
11Ray Williams
R. Williams
9.3
1977-78
81
19.1
2.6
4.5
1.3
0.2
3.8
8.5
44.3
1.8
2.6
70.5
48.5
1.0
1.5
3.0
1,550
756
209
363
108
15
242
211
12Bob Carrington
B. Carrington
8.8
1977-78
TOT
72
23.0
2.4
1.6
0.9
0.3
3.5
8.2
43.0
1.8
2.4
76.0
47.9
1.0
1.4
1.6
1,653
636
174
117
65
23
118
205
13Kent Benson
K. Benson
7.7
1977-78
69
18.7
4.3
1.4
1.0
0.8
3.2
6.9
46.5
1.3
2.0
65.2
49.7
1.3
3.0
1.7
1,288
532
295
99
69
54
119
177
14Eddie Jordan
E. Jordan
7.7
1977-78
TOT
73
16.6
1.6
2.4
1.7
0.3
2.9
7.4
40.0
1.8
2.3
78.4
45.9
0.5
1.2
1.5
1,213
561
119
177
126
19
106
94
15Tree Rollins
T. Rollins
7.6
1977-78
80
22.4
6.9
1.0
0.7
2.7
3.2
6.5
48.7
1.3
1.9
70.3
52.1
2.2
4.7
1.5
1,795
610
552
79
57
218
121
326
16Cedric Maxwell
C. Maxwell
7.3
1977-78
72
16.8
5.3
0.9
0.7
0.7
2.4
4.4
53.8
2.6
3.5
75.2
62.0
1.9
3.3
1.7
1,213
528
379
68
53
48
122
151
17Robert Reid
R. Reid
7.3
1977-78
80
23.1
4.5
1.5
0.8
0.6
3.3
7.2
45.5
0.8
1.2
65.6
47.5
1.4
3.1
1.0
1,849
585
359
121
67
51
81
277
18Ernie Grunfeld
E. Grunfeld
6.9
1977-78
73
17.3
2.7
2.0
0.7
0.3
2.8
6.3
44.3
1.3
2.0
65.7
47.9
1.0
1.7
1.3
1,261
502
194
145
54
19
98
150
19Toby Knight
T. Knight
6.3
1977-78
80
14.6
4.0
0.5
0.6
0.4
2.8
5.8
47.7
0.8
1.2
64.9
49.9
1.5
2.5
1.2
1,169
507
321
38
50
28
97
211
20Alvin Scott
A. Scott
6.1
1977-78
81
19.0
4.4
1.1
0.6
0.5
2.2
4.6
48.8
1.6
2.4
69.1
54.3
1.7
2.7
1.0
1,538
492
357
88
52
40
85
158
21Tony Robertson
T. Robertson
5.9
1977-78
63
14.7
1.1
1.6
1.2
0.1
2.7
6.0
44.1
0.6
0.8
69.8
46.1
0.2
0.9
1.4
929
373
70
103
74
5
88
133
22Mark Landsberger
M. Landsberger
5.6
1977-78
62
14.9
4.9
0.7
0.3
0.1
2.0
4.0
50.6
1.5
2.5
58.0
53.9
1.8
3.1
1.1
926
345
301
41
21
6
69
78
23Greg Ballard
G. Ballard
4.9
1977-78
76
12.3
3.5
0.8
0.4
0.2
1.9
4.4
42.5
1.2
1.5
77.2
48.4
1.3
2.2
0.8
936
372
266
62
30
13
64
90
24John Kuester
J. Kuester
4.8
1977-78
78
15.6
1.5
3.2
0.7
0.0
1.9
4.1
45.5
1.1
1.3
82.9
51.6
0.2
1.2
1.2
1,215
377
114
252
58
1
97
143
25Glen Gondrezick
G. Gondrezick
4.8
1977-78
72
14.1
3.5
1.2
0.8
0.3
1.8
4.7
38.6
1.2
1.7
68.6
44.0
1.3
2.2
1.1
1,017
345
250
83
56
18
82
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113.9

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38
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.613
9.0
6
36
24
.600
10.0
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34
26
.567
12.0
8
31
30
.508
15.5
9
29
31
.483
17.0
Schedule
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Tue
3/3
@
11:00 PM
Thu
3/5
@
9:00 PM
Fri
3/6
@
9:00 PM
Sun
3/8
@
10:00 PM
Tue
3/10
@
8:00 PM
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NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
45
14
.763
2
41
20
.672
5.0
3
39
22
.639
7.0
4
38
24
.613
8.5
5
35
25
.583
10.5
6
33
27
.550
12.5
7
31
28
.525
14.0
8
32
29
.525
14.0
9
31
31
.500
15.5
10
30
31
.492
16.0
11
26
34
.433
19.5
12
25
36
.410
21.0
13
16
44
.267
29.5
14
15
45
.250
30.5
15
15
46
.246
31.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
47
15
.758
2
43
17
.717
3.0
3
38
22
.633
8.0
4
38
23
.623
8.5
5
38
24
.613
9.0
6
36
24
.600
10.0
7
34
26
.567
12.0
8
31
30
.508
15.5
9
29
31
.483
17.0
10
29
33
.468
18.0
11
23
36
.390
22.5
12
21
39
.350
25.0
13
19
43
.306
28.0
14
18
43
.295
28.5
15
14
48
.226
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Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
3/3
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Tue
3/3
@
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Wed
3/4
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Wed
3/4
@
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Wed
3/4
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7:30 PM