rookie career high 25 or more points per game

Wilt Chamberlain has scored the most points per game by a rookie, with 37.6 per game in 1959-60.

Interpreted as:
rookie career high 25 or more points per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games
NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
37.6
1959-60
72
46.4
27.0
2.3
14.8
32.1
46.1
8.0
13.8
58.2
49.3
3,338
2,707
1,941
168
150
2Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
31.6
1961-62
79
42.3
19.0
2.7
12.3
23.7
51.9
6.9
10.8
64.4
55.4
3,344
2,495
1,500
210
281
3Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
30.5
1960-61
71
42.7
10.1
9.7
10.6
22.5
47.3
9.2
11.2
82.2
55.5
3,032
2,165
716
690
219
4Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
28.8
1969-70
82
43.1
14.5
4.1
11.4
22.1
51.8
5.9
9.1
65.3
55.2
3,534
2,361
1,190
337
283
5Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
28.4
1968-69
82
45.1
17.1
1.4
11.3
25.4
44.7
5.7
9.1
62.6
48.3
3,695
2,327
1,406
113
266
6Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
28.2
1984-85
82
38.3
6.5
5.9
2.4
0.8
10.2
19.8
51.5
0.1
0.6
17.3
7.7
9.1
84.5
59.2
2.0
4.5
3.5
3,144
2,313
534
481
196
69
291
285
7Rick Barry
R. Barry
25.7
1965-66
80
37.4
10.6
2.2
9.3
21.2
43.9
7.1
8.3
86.2
51.8
2,990
2,059
850
173
297
8Terry Dischinger
T. Dischinger
25.5
1962-63
57
40.2
8.0
3.1
9.2
18.0
51.2
7.1
9.2
77.0
57.8
2,294
1,452
458
175
188

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54
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