the most ppg for a rookie small forward in 82 games started season

Kelly Tripucka has scored the most points per game by a rookie small forward with 82+ games started, with 21.6 per game in 1981-82.

Interpreted as:
the most ppg for a rookie small forward in 82 or more games started season
NAME PPG GS 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 Kelly Tripucka
K. Tripucka
21.6
82
1981-82
DET DET
82
37.5
5.4
3.3
1.1
0.2
7.8
15.6
49.6
0.1
0.3
22.7
6.0
7.6
79.7
57.0
2.7
2.7
3.4
3,077
1,772
443
270
89
16
280
241
2 Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
21.0
82
2003-04
DEN DEN
82
36.5
6.1
2.8
1.2
0.5
7.6
17.9
42.6
0.8
2.6
32.2
5.0
6.4
77.7
50.9
2.2
3.8
3.0
2,995
1,725
498
227
97
41
247
225
+65
3 Dominique Wilkins
D. Wilkins
17.5
82
1982-83
ATL ATL
82
32.9
5.8
1.6
1.0
0.8
7.3
14.9
49.3
0.0
0.1
18.2
2.8
4.1
68.2
52.4
2.8
3.1
2.2
2,697
1,434
478
129
84
63
180
210
4 Clarence Weatherspoon
C. Weatherspoon
15.6
82
1992-93
PHI PHI
82
32.4
7.2
1.8
1.0
0.8
6.0
12.8
46.9
0.0
0.0
25.0
3.5
5.0
71.3
51.9
2.2
5.0
2.1
2,654
1,280
589
147
85
67
176
188
StatMuse has season-level data for games started going back to the 1981-82 season.

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