oldest rookie players in the nba

Nat Hickey is the oldest rookie. He was 46 years old in 1947-48.

NAMEAgeSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Nat Hickey
N. Hickey
46
1947-48
2
1.0
0.0
0.0
3.0
0.0
1.0
1.5
66.7
13.7
2
0
5
2Charley Shipp
C. Shipp
36
1949-50
23
4.7
2.0
1.5
6.0
25.5
1.6
2.2
72.5
33.6
107
46
46
3Pablo Prigioni
P. Prigioni
35
2012-13
78
16.2
3.5
1.8
3.0
0.9
0.0
1.3
2.8
45.5
0.7
1.7
39.6
0.3
0.3
88.0
59.5
0.5
1.3
1.1
1,263
275
143
236
69
2
86
127
+172
4Mike Novak
M. Novak
33
1948-49
60
5.3
1.9
2.1
6.1
34.2
1.2
2.1
58.1
38.3
320
112
188
5Jake Pelkington
J. Pelkington
33
1948-49
TOT
54
11.1
2.4
3.6
8.7
41.2
3.9
4.9
79.0
50.9
597
131
216
6Hal Tidrick
H. Tidrick
33
1948-49
TOT
61
9.0
1.7
3.2
10.1
31.5
2.7
3.4
80.0
39.1
552
101
191
7Mike Bloom
M. Bloom
33
1947-48
TOT
48
10.6
0.8
3.6
13.3
27.2
3.3
4.8
69.9
34.3
508
38
116
8Chick Reiser
C. Reiser
33
1947-48
47
11.5
0.9
4.3
13.4
32.2
2.9
3.9
74.1
38.1
541
40
175
9Joe Fabel
J. Fabel
33
1946-47
30
2.1
0.1
0.8
3.2
26.0
0.4
0.9
50.0
29.3
63
2
64
10Nat Frankel
N. Frankel
33
1946-47
6
2.7
0.5
0.7
4.5
14.8
1.3
2.0
66.7
24.8
16
3
6
11Ben Goldfaden
B. Goldfaden
33
1946-47
2
1.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
1.0
2.0
50.0
26.6
2
0
3
12Andre Ingram
A. Ingram
32
2017-18
2
32.0
12.0
3.0
3.5
1.5
1.5
4.0
8.5
47.1
2.5
4.5
55.6
1.5
1.5
100.0
65.5
0.5
2.5
1.5
64
24
6
7
3
3
3
3
+20
13Marcelo Huertas
M. Huertas
32
2015-16
53
16.4
4.5
1.7
3.4
0.5
0.1
1.8
4.3
42.2
0.3
1.2
26.2
0.5
0.5
93.1
48.8
0.3
1.4
1.5
869
237
90
182
26
7
80
76
+19
14Bob Carpenter
B. Carpenter
32
1949-50
66
9.3
1.4
3.2
9.3
34.4
2.9
3.9
74.2
42.1
614
92
168
15Al Cervi
A. Cervi
32
1949-50
56
10.2
4.7
2.6
7.7
33.2
5.1
6.2
82.9
49.1
573
264
223
16Gene Englund
G. Englund
32
1949-50
TOT
46
7.8
0.9
2.3
6.0
38.0
3.3
4.2
79.2
50.2
360
41
167
17Aaron Jackson
A. Jackson
31
2017-18
1
35.0
8.0
3.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
3.0
9.0
33.3
1.0
4.0
25.0
1.0
2.0
50.0
40.5
2.0
1.0
1.0
35
8
3
1
0
0
1
4
-10
18Pero Antic
P. Antic
31
2013-14
50
18.5
7.0
4.2
1.2
0.4
0.2
2.5
5.9
41.8
1.1
3.4
32.7
1.0
1.3
75.8
54.5
1.1
3.0
1.1
925
352
209
58
19
12
55
126
+130
19Ibrahim Kutluay
I. Kutluay
31
2004-05
5
2.4
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.4
12
0
1
0
0
0
2
1
-17
20Antoine Rigaudeau
A. Rigaudeau
31
2002-03
11
8.3
1.5
0.7
0.5
0.3
0.0
0.7
3.2
22.9
0.1
0.5
20.0
0.0
0.0
24.3
0.4
0.4
0.5
91
17
8
6
3
0
6
11
-60
21Arvydas Sabonis
A. Sabonis
31
1995-96
73
23.8
14.5
8.1
1.8
0.9
1.1
5.4
9.9
54.5
0.5
1.4
37.5
3.2
4.2
75.7
61.7
2.0
6.0
2.1
1,735
1,058
588
130
64
78
154
211
22Dan Swartz
D. Swartz
31
1962-63
39
8.6
4.5
2.3
0.5
1.5
3.8
38.0
1.6
1.8
84.7
48.2
335
175
88
21
92
23Matt Guokas
M. Guokas
31
1946-47
47
1.7
0.2
0.6
2.2
26.9
0.6
1.0
55.3
32.9
82
9
70
24Wilbert Kautz
W. Kautz
31
1946-47
50
5.1
0.7
2.1
8.4
25.5
0.8
1.5
53.4
28.0
253
37
114
25Walt Miller
W. Miller
31
1946-47
12
1.9
0.5
0.6
1.8
33.3
0.8
1.5
50.0
39.8
23
6
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