total points scored through first 41 games by rookie 1979

Winford Boynes posted 392 points in his first 41 games in his rookie season in 1978-79.

	NAME	PTS	SEASON	TM	GP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TPG
1	Winford Boynes W. Boynes	392	1978-79	NJN	41						155			82	96	85.4							9.6
2	Ron Brewer R. Brewer	481	1978-79	POR	41	1,103	125	59	50	46	197	404	48.8	87	109	79.8	53.2	51	74	78	90	26.9	11.7	3.0	1.4	1.2	1.1	1.9
3	Marty Byrnes M. Byrnes	287	1978-79	PHX	41	712	95	60	15	2	107	217	49.3	73	100	73.0	55.0	49	46	78	66	17.4	7.0	2.3	1.5	0.4	0.0	1.9
4	Ron Carter R. Carter	138	1978-79	LAL	41	306	40	20		3	52	119	43.7	34	52	65.4	48.6				53	7.5	3.4	1.0	0.5		0.1
5	Maurice Cheeks M. Cheeks	306	1978-79	PHI	41						124			58	80	72.5							7.5
6	Wayne Cooper W. Cooper	187	1978-79	GSW	41	462	155	11	2	26	84	185	45.4	19	30	63.3	47.2	47	108	23	68	11.3	4.6	3.8	0.3	0.0	0.6	0.6
7	Dave Corzine D. Corzine	85	1978-79	WAS	41	309	90	30			31	62	50.0	23	32	71.9	55.9				39	7.5	2.1	2.2	0.7
8	Phil Ford P. Ford	594	1978-79	KCK	41	1,416	90	329			215	466	46.1	164	215	76.3	53.0				120	34.5	14.5	2.2	8.0
9	Jack Givens J. Givens	368	1978-79	ATL	41						155			58	72	80.6							9.0
10	Tommie Green T. Green	146	1978-79	NOJ	41	463	44	80			60	147	40.8	26	37	70.3	44.7				65	11.3	3.6	1.1	2.0
11	James Hardy J. Hardy	191	1978-79	NOJ	41	697	150	28			81	184	44.0	29	42	69.0	47.2				68	17.0	4.7	3.7	0.7
12	Kenny Higgs K. Higgs	153	1978-79	CLE	41	460	39	64	29	4	53	124	42.7	47	58	81.0	51.2	7	32	27	83	11.2	3.7	1.0	1.6	0.7	0.1	0.7
13	Clemon Johnson C. Johnson	131	1978-79	POR	41	443	120	41	14	16	54	114	47.4	23	41	56.1	49.6	47	73	39	82	10.8	3.2	2.9	1.0	0.3	0.4	1.0
14	George Johnson G. Johnson	209	1978-79	MIL	41	514	169	30			80	169	47.3	49	67	73.1	52.7				83	12.5	5.1	4.1	0.7
15	Jeff Judkins J. Judkins	313	1978-79	BOS	41	635	80	49	40		123	252	48.8	67	83	80.7	54.2	26	54	60	95	15.5	7.6	2.0	1.2	1.0		1.5
16	Joel Kramer J. Kramer	215	1978-79	PHX	41	674	160	47	23	10	86	184	46.7	43	66	65.2	50.5	61	99	50	115	16.4	5.2	3.9	1.1	0.6	0.2	1.2
17	Butch Lee B. Lee	312	1978-79	ATL	41						117			78	99	78.8							7.6
18	John Long J. Long	632	1978-79	DET	41						272			88	110	80.0							15.4
19	Billy McKinney B. McKinney	295	1978-79	KCK	41	631	34	127			113	218	51.8	69	83	83.1	58.0				65	15.4	7.2	0.8	3.1
20	Mike Mitchell M. Mitchell	328	1978-79	CLE	41	659	150	25	25	12	138	279	49.5	52	72	72.2	52.8	55	95	35	87	16.1	8.0	3.7	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.9
21	Wayne Radford W. Radford	193	1978-79	IND	41	605	62	49			79	165	47.9	35	43	81.4	52.5				56	14.8	4.7	1.5	1.2
22	Marlon Redmond M. Redmond	312	1978-79	KCK	41	630	92	53			141	319	44.2	30	49	61.2	45.8				75	15.4	7.6	2.2	1.3
23	Micheal Ray Richardson M. Ray Richardson	245	1978-79	NYK	41	643	123	93			101	248	40.7	43	83	51.8	43.1					15.7	6.0	3.0	2.3
24	Rick Robey R. Robey	364	1978-79	IND	41	823	247	53			138	291	47.4	88	119	73.9	53.0				106	20.1	8.9	6.0	1.3
25	John Rudd J. Rudd	138	1978-79	NYK	41	524	119	29			43	93	46.2	52	71	73.2	55.5				66	12.8	3.4	2.9	0.7