Kon Knueppel has scored the most points per game by a rookie this season, with 18.8 per game.

Interpreted as:

rookie points with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leaders 2026 NBA

	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	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	18.8	2025-26	CHA	16	33.5	5.8	2.9	0.8	0.2	6.6	13.6	48.8	3.5	8.3	42.1	2.1	2.3	89.2	64.5	1.1	4.7	2.4	536	301	93	46	13	3	39	40	-37
2	Cooper Flagg C. Flagg	16.1	2025-26	DAL	17	33.6	6.4	3.1	1.3	0.7	6.2	13.6	45.7	1.1	3.8	27.7	2.6	3.3	78.6	53.4	1.2	5.2	2.1	571	274	109	53	22	12	36	39	-146
3	VJ Edgecombe	15.6	2025-26	PHI	15	37.3	6.0	4.2	1.3	0.5	5.9	14.4	40.7	2.0	5.5	36.6	1.9	2.5	73.7	50.3	2.1	3.9	1.9	560	234	90	63	19	7	29	47	+44
4	Jeremiah Fears J. Fears	15.4	2025-26	NOP	17	26.9	3.2	2.7	1.7	0.2	6.0	13.1	45.7	1.2	3.4	35.1	2.2	2.9	77.6	53.6	0.7	2.5	2.5	457	262	55	46	29	3	43	35	-166
5	Cedric Coward C. Coward	14.3	2025-26	MEM	17	26.4	6.0	2.8	0.7	0.4	4.8	10.2	46.8	1.9	4.8	39.0	2.9	3.3	87.5	61.5	1.6	4.4	1.2	449	243	102	48	12	6	21	33	+15
6	Derik Queen D. Queen	12.6	2025-26	NOP	17	24.2	6.6	3.2	1.1	0.8	4.7	9.6	48.8	0.1	0.9	12.5	3.1	4.0	77.9	55.4	2.1	4.5	2.5	411	215	112	55	19	14	42	53	-43
7	Tre Johnson T. Johnson	11.5	2025-26	WAS	15	24.3	3.0	1.3	0.4	0.5	4.3	9.7	44.5	2.0	5.1	39.5	0.9	1.1	81.3	56.5	0.5	2.5	1.6	364	173	45	20	6	7	24	28	-109
8	Ryan Kalkbrenner R. Kalkbrenner	9.4	2025-26	CHA	15	25.5	6.9	0.4	0.8	1.9	4.1	5.1	80.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.3	1.6	79.2	81.4	3.2	3.7	1.5	382	141	103	6	12	29	22	29	-27
9	Ace Bailey A. Bailey	9.1	2025-26	UTA	15	20.3	3.3	1.6	0.8	0.1	3.5	8.0	44.2	1.1	3.4	33.3	0.9	1.1	82.4	53.7	1.9	1.5	1.4	305	137	50	24	12	2	21	36	-106
10	Will Richard W. Richard	8.1	2025-26	GSW	16	17.5	2.3	1.3	0.9	0.1	2.9	5.2	55.4	1.2	3.0	39.6	1.2	1.6	76.0	69.1	1.1	1.3	0.8	280	130	37	20	15	1	12	34	-60
11	Egor Dëmin E. Dëmin	7.7	2025-26	BKN	14	21.4	3.2	3.5	0.9	0.2	2.6	6.8	38.9	1.9	4.8	38.8	0.6	0.6	88.9	54.6	0.6	2.6	1.6	299	108	45	49	12	3	23	26	-86
12	Sion James S. James	6.9	2025-26	CHA	16	26.2	3.0	1.6	0.8	0.3	2.3	5.1	43.9	1.3	3.0	43.8	1.1	1.3	81.0	60.3	0.3	2.7	1.0	419	110	48	25	13	5	16	26	-43
13	Walter Clayton Jr. W. Clayton Jr.	5.8	2025-26	UTA	12	15.8	2.2	3.2	0.5	0.3	1.9	4.7	41.1	0.8	2.5	33.3	1.2	1.2	100.0	56.3	0.5	1.7	1.5	190	70	26	38	6	3	18	22	-40
14	Tyrese Proctor T. Proctor	4.4	2025-26	CLE	14	11.0	1.0	1.2	0.3	0.0	1.5	4.6	32.8	0.9	2.9	29.3	0.6	0.6	88.9	45.6	0.1	0.9	0.4	154	62	14	17	4	0	6	20	-50
15	Nique Clifford N. Clifford	4.4	2025-26	SAC	13	17.6	2.6	2.0	0.5	0.3	1.5	4.3	35.7	0.6	2.0	30.8	0.7	1.1	64.3	45.8	0.6	2.0	0.7	229	57	34	26	6	4	9	29	-16
16	Micah Peavy M. Peavy	3.6	2025-26	NOP	13	13.5	2.3	0.9	0.2	0.2	1.5	4.1	37.7	0.2	1.5	15.8	0.3	0.4	80.0	42.6	1.2	1.2	0.3	176	47	30	12	2	2	4	25	-46
17	Chaz Lanier C. Lanier	3.6	2025-26	DET	12	10.8	1.2	0.8	0.3	0.0	1.2	3.3	35.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	0.3	0.3	100.0	52.0	0.5	0.7	0.1	130	43	14	10	3	0	1	3	+4
18	Moussa Cisse M. Cisse	3.5	2025-26	DAL	14	10.9	3.8	0.2	0.3	1.3	1.4	2.2	64.5	0.0	0.0		0.6	1.8	36.0	58.3	1.6	2.1	0.9	153	49	53	3	4	18	12	26	-1
19	Hugo González H. González	2.8	2025-26	BOS	12	11.8	1.8	0.6	0.8	0.2	1.2	2.7	43.8	0.4	0.8	50.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	50.9	0.7	1.2	0.5	142	33	22	7	10	2	6	21	+24
20	Chris Youngblood C. Youngblood	1.7	2025-26	OKC	15	4.8	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.5	1.3	35.0	0.4	1.1	35.3	0.4	0.4	100.0	57.4	0.1	0.5	0.0	72	26	9	2	1	0	0	11	+2
21	Brooks Barnhizer B. Barnhizer	1.1	2025-26	OKC	14	7.4	2.0	0.3	0.1	0.1	0.5	1.0	50.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.3	50.0	50.8	0.4	1.6	0.1	104	16	28	4	2	2	1	10	-39