rookie minutes per game leaders nba

Wilt Chamberlain has the most minutes per game by a rookie in a season with 46.4 minutes per game in 1959-60.

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  • Assumption:57.4+ GP/82TG
  • Data note: Minutes Per Game: player season data complete from 1951-52
NAMEMPGSEASONTMGPPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
46.4
1959-60
72
37.6
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
2Elvin Hayes
E. Hayes
45.1
1968-69
82
28.4
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
3Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
43.1
1969-70
82
28.8
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
4Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
42.7
1960-61
71
30.5
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
5Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
42.3
1961-62
79
31.6
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
6Jerry Lucas
J. Lucas
41.4
1963-64
79
17.7
17.4
2.6
6.9
13.1
52.7
3.9
5.0
77.9
57.8
3,273
1,400
1,375
204
300
7Damon Stoudamire
D. Stoudamire
40.9
1995-96
70
19.0
4.0
9.3
1.4
0.3
6.9
16.1
42.6
1.9
4.8
39.5
3.4
4.2
79.7
52.8
0.8
3.2
3.8
2,865
1,331
281
653
98
19
267
166
8Elmore Smith
E. Smith
40.8
1971-72
78
17.3
15.2
1.4
7.4
16.3
45.4
2.5
4.7
53.4
47.1
3,186
1,352
1,184
111
306
9Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
40.8
1958-59
70
24.9
15.0
4.1
8.6
21.2
40.8
7.6
9.8
77.7
48.8
2,855
1,742
1,050
287
270
10Terry Dischinger
T. Dischinger
40.2
1962-63
57
25.5
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
11Allen Iverson
A. Iverson
40.1
1996-97
76
23.5
4.1
7.5
2.1
0.3
8.2
19.8
41.6
2.0
6.0
34.1
5.0
7.2
70.2
51.3
1.5
2.6
4.4
3,045
1,787
312
567
157
24
337
233
-439
12Shane Battier
S. Battier
39.7
2001-02
78
14.4
5.4
2.8
1.6
1.0
5.3
12.3
42.9
1.3
3.5
37.3
2.5
3.6
70.0
51.8
2.3
3.1
2.0
3,097
1,125
418
216
121
81
155
215
-289
13Mel Hutchins
M. Hutchins
39.7
1951-52
66
9.2
13.3
2.9
3.5
9.6
36.5
2.2
3.4
64.4
41.5
2,618
607
880
190
192
14Mark Jackson
M. Jackson
39.6
1987-88
82
13.6
4.8
10.6
2.5
0.1
5.3
12.4
43.2
0.4
1.5
25.4
2.5
3.2
77.4
49.3
1.5
3.4
3.1
3,249
1,114
396
868
205
6
258
244
15Sidney Wicks
S. Wicks
39.6
1971-72
82
24.5
11.5
4.3
9.6
22.4
42.7
5.4
7.6
71.0
47.6
3,245
2,009
943
350
186
16LeBron James
L. James
39.5
2003-04
79
20.9
5.5
5.9
1.6
0.7
7.9
18.9
41.7
0.8
2.7
29.0
4.4
5.8
75.4
48.8
1.3
4.2
3.5
3,122
1,654
432
465
130
58
273
149
-144
17Michael Finley
M. Finley
39.2
1995-96
82
15.0
4.6
3.5
1.0
0.4
5.7
11.9
47.6
0.7
2.3
32.8
3.0
3.9
74.9
55.1
1.7
2.9
1.6
3,212
1,233
374
289
85
31
133
199
18Bernard King
B. King
39.1
1977-78
79
24.2
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
19Tim Duncan
T. Duncan
39.1
1997-98
82
21.1
11.9
2.7
0.7
2.5
8.6
15.7
54.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
3.9
5.9
66.2
57.7
3.3
8.6
3.4
3,204
1,731
977
224
55
206
279
254
+429
20Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
38.6
2012-13
82
19.0
3.1
6.5
0.9
0.2
6.7
15.7
42.9
2.3
6.1
36.8
3.3
3.9
84.4
54.6
0.5
2.6
3.0
3,167
1,562
257
531
74
19
243
172
-62
21Bill Cartwright
B. Cartwright
38.4
1979-80
82
21.7
8.9
2.0
0.6
1.2
8.1
14.8
54.7
0.0
0.0
5.5
6.9
79.7
60.8
2.4
6.5
2.7
3,150
1,781
726
165
48
101
222
279
22Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
38.3
1984-85
82
28.2
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
23Grant Hill
G. Hill
38.3
1994-95
70
19.9
6.4
5.0
1.8
0.9
7.3
15.2
47.7
0.1
0.4
14.8
5.3
7.3
73.2
54.1
1.8
4.6
2.9
2,678
1,394
445
353
124
62
202
203
24Dikembe Mutombo
D. Mutombo
38.3
1991-92
71
16.6
12.3
2.2
0.6
3.0
6.0
12.2
49.3
0.0
0.0
4.5
7.0
64.2
54.0
4.5
7.8
3.5
2,716
1,177
870
156
43
210
252
273
25O.J. Mayo
O.J. Mayo
38.0
2008-09
82
18.5
3.8
3.2
1.1
0.2
6.9
15.6
43.8
1.8
4.6
38.4
3.0
3.4
87.9
53.9
0.7
3.1
2.8
3,120
1,516
308
262
91
13
226
204
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