rookies scoring the most ppg per 36 minutes

Wilt Chamberlain has the most points per game / minutes played / 36 by a rookie, with 0.41 in 1959-60.

Interpreted as:
rookies scoring the most ppg per 36 minutes with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games
NAMEPPG/(MIN/36)PPGMINSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Wilt Chamberlain
W. Chamberlain
0.41
37.6
3,338
1959-60
72
46.4
27.0
2.3
14.8
32.1
46.1
8.0
13.8
58.2
49.3
2,707
1,941
168
150
2Terry Dischinger
T. Dischinger
0.4
25.5
2,294
1962-63
57
40.2
8.0
3.1
9.2
18.0
51.2
7.1
9.2
77.0
57.8
1,452
458
175
188
3Vince Carter
V. Carter
0.37
18.3
1,760
1998-99
50
35.2
5.7
3.0
1.1
1.5
6.9
15.3
45.0
0.4
1.3
28.8
4.1
5.4
76.1
51.6
1.9
3.8
2.2
913
283
149
55
77
110
140
+47
4Victor Wembanyama
V. Wembanyama
0.37
21.4
2,106
2023-24
71
29.7
10.6
3.9
1.2
3.6
7.8
16.7
46.5
1.8
5.5
32.5
4.1
5.2
79.6
56.5
2.3
8.4
3.7
1,522
755
274
88
254
260
153
-142
5Paul Pierce
P. Pierce
0.36
16.5
1,632
1998-99
48
34.0
6.4
2.4
1.7
1.0
5.9
13.5
43.9
1.8
4.3
41.2
2.9
4.1
71.3
54.0
2.4
4.0
2.4
791
309
115
82
50
113
139
-64
6Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
0.36
30.5
3,032
1960-61
71
42.7
10.1
9.7
10.6
22.5
47.3
9.2
11.2
82.2
55.5
2,165
716
690
219
7Walt Bellamy
W. Bellamy
0.34
31.6
3,344
1961-62
79
42.3
19.0
2.7
12.3
23.7
51.9
6.9
10.8
64.4
55.4
2,495
1,500
210
281
8Terry Cummings
T. Cummings
0.34
23.7
2,531
1982-83
70
36.2
10.6
2.5
1.8
0.9
9.8
18.7
52.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.2
5.9
70.9
55.7
4.3
6.3
2.9
1,660
744
177
129
62
204
294
9Walter Davis
W. Davis
0.34
24.2
2,590
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
1,959
484
273
113
20
283
242
10Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
0.33
21.2
2,318
2018-19
72
32.2
7.8
6.0
1.1
0.3
7.0
16.5
42.7
2.3
7.1
32.7
4.8
6.7
71.3
54.5
1.2
6.6
3.4
1,526
563
429
77
25
247
137
-118
11Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
0.32
21.0
2,344
2025-26
70
33.5
6.7
4.5
1.2
0.9
8.0
17.1
46.8
1.0
3.5
29.5
4.0
4.9
82.7
54.8
1.2
5.4
2.3
1,473
466
316
84
64
161
142
-266
12Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
0.32
28.2
3,144
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
2,313
534
481
196
69
291
285
13Elgin Baylor
E. Baylor
0.31
24.9
2,855
1958-59
70
40.8
15.0
4.1
8.6
21.2
40.8
7.6
9.8
77.7
48.8
1,742
1,050
287
270
14Rick Barry
R. Barry
0.31
25.7
2,990
1965-66
80
37.4
10.6
2.2
9.3
21.2
43.9
7.1
8.3
86.2
51.8
2,059
850
173
297
15Ja Morant
J. Morant
0.31
17.8
2,074
2019-20
67
31.0
3.9
7.3
0.9
0.3
6.7
14.0
47.7
0.9
2.7
33.5
3.6
4.6
77.6
55.6
0.8
3.1
3.3
1,193
259
488
58
18
220
110
-17
16Keith Van Horn
K. Van Horn
0.3
19.7
2,325
1997-98
62
37.5
6.6
1.7
1.0
0.4
7.2
16.9
42.6
1.1
3.6
30.8
4.2
4.9
84.6
51.6
2.3
4.3
2.6
1,219
408
106
64
25
164
216
+145
17Eric Paschall
E. Paschall
0.3
14.0
1,654
2019-20
60
27.6
4.6
2.1
0.5
0.2
5.3
10.7
49.7
0.6
2.2
28.7
2.7
3.5
77.4
57.1
1.4
3.2
1.6
837
275
127
32
13
94
125
-374
18RJ Barrett
RJ Barrett
0.3
14.3
1,704
2019-20
56
30.4
5.0
2.6
1.0
0.3
5.2
13.0
40.2
1.1
3.5
32.0
2.8
4.5
61.4
47.9
0.9
4.1
2.2
803
279
143
55
17
124
122
-325
19Anthony Edwards
A. Edwards
0.3
19.3
2,314
2020-21
72
32.1
4.7
2.9
1.1
0.5
7.0
16.8
41.7
2.4
7.2
32.9
2.9
3.8
77.6
52.3
0.8
3.8
2.2
1,392
336
211
82
36
160
129
-228
20Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
0.3
17.4
2,088
2021-22
64
32.6
5.5
5.6
1.2
0.7
6.7
16.1
41.6
1.8
5.7
31.4
2.2
2.6
84.5
50.4
0.9
4.6
3.7
1,114
354
356
78
43
234
200
-275
21Brandon Roy
B. Roy
0.3
16.8
2,015
2006-07
57
35.4
4.4
4.0
1.2
0.2
6.1
13.4
45.6
1.0
2.6
37.7
3.5
4.2
83.8
54.8
1.0
3.4
2.0
955
250
230
67
10
116
139
-191
22Paolo Banchero
P. Banchero
0.3
20.0
2,430
2022-23
72
33.8
6.9
3.7
0.8
0.5
6.7
15.6
42.7
1.2
4.0
29.8
5.5
7.4
73.8
52.9
1.2
5.7
2.8
1,437
497
269
60
39
200
160
-215
23Geoff Petrie
G. Petrie
0.29
24.8
3,032
1970-71
82
37.0
3.4
4.8
9.6
21.6
44.3
5.6
7.3
77.2
49.9
2,031
280
390
196
24Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
K. Abdul-Jabbar
0.29
28.8
3,534
1969-70
82
43.1
14.5
4.1
11.4
22.1
51.8
5.9
9.1
65.3
55.2
2,361
1,190
337
283
25Jay Vincent
J. Vincent
0.29
21.4
2,626
1981-82
81
32.4
7.0
2.2
1.1
0.3
8.9
17.9
49.7
0.0
0.0
25.0
3.6
5.0
71.6
53.2
2.2
4.7
2.4
1,732
565
176
89
21
194
308
StatMuse has season-level data for MIN/82TG and minutes played going back to the 1951-52 season.

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56
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53
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32
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20
62
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17
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1
64
18
.780
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62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
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45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
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