which nba player scored the most points in a season at age 18

Kobe Bryant has the most points by an 18-year-old player in a season, with 539 points in his rookie season in 1996-97.

NAMEPTSAgeSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
539
18
1996-97
LAL LAL
71
15.5
7.6
1.9
1.3
0.7
0.3
2.5
5.9
41.7
0.7
1.9
37.5
1.9
2.3
81.9
54.4
0.7
1.2
1.6
1,103
132
91
49
23
112
102
+60
2Tracy McGrady
T. McGrady
451
18
1997-98
TOR TOR
64
18.4
7.0
4.2
1.5
0.8
1.0
2.8
6.2
45.0
0.2
0.6
34.1
1.2
1.7
71.2
50.5
1.6
2.6
1.0
1,179
269
98
49
61
66
86
-229
3Bill Willoughby
B. Willoughby
292
18
1975-76
ATL ATL
62
14.0
4.7
4.6
0.5
0.6
0.5
1.8
4.6
39.8
1.1
1.6
66.0
44.5
1.7
3.0
870
288
31
37
29
87
4Jermaine O'Neal
J. O'Neal
185
18
1996-97
POR POR
45
10.2
4.1
2.8
0.2
0.0
0.6
1.5
3.4
45.1
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.7
60.3
49.4
0.9
1.9
0.6
458
124
8
2
26
27
46
+26
5Andris Biedrins
A. Biedrins
109
18
2004-05
GSW GSW
30
12.8
3.6
3.9
0.4
0.4
0.8
1.5
2.6
57.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.6
1.3
47.5
57.0
1.6
2.4
0.4
384
118
12
12
24
12
87
+46
6Maciej Lampe
M. Lampe
96
18
2003-04
PHX PHX
21
10.7
4.6
2.1
0.4
0.1
0.1
2.0
4.2
48.9
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.5
0.6
76.9
51.2
0.4
1.7
0.7
224
44
9
3
3
15
28
-57
7CJ Miles
CJ Miles
79
18
2005-06
UTA UTA
23
8.8
3.4
1.7
0.7
0.3
0.1
1.2
3.3
36.8
0.2
0.9
25.0
0.8
1.0
75.0
45.6
0.8
0.9
0.4
203
38
16
7
2
9
20
-1
8Andrew Bynum
A. Bynum
74
18
2005-06
LAL LAL
46
7.3
1.6
1.7
0.2
0.1
0.5
0.7
1.8
40.2
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.6
29.6
39.4
0.7
1.0
0.4
338
80
9
4
22
17
56
-47
9Stan Brown
S. Brown
50
18
1947-48
PHI PHI
19
2.6
0.1
1.0
3.7
26.8
0.6
1.0
63.2
31.5
1
16
10Darko Milicic
D. Milicic
48
18
2003-04
DET DET
34
4.7
1.4
1.3
0.2
0.2
0.4
0.5
1.9
26.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.7
58.3
31.8
0.3
0.9
0.4
159
43
7
7
15
13
33
-45
11Al Harrington
A. Harrington
45
18
1998-99
IND IND
21
7.6
2.1
1.9
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.9
2.7
32.1
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.4
0.7
60.0
35.9
1.0
0.9
0.5
160
39
5
4
2
11
26
-25
12Yaroslav Korolev
Y. Korolev
27
18
2005-06
LAC LAC
24
5.3
1.1
0.5
0.4
0.1
0.0
0.4
1.3
30.0
0.1
0.3
28.6
0.3
0.4
70.0
39.2
0.2
0.3
0.3
127
13
9
3
0
6
11
-8
13Amir Johnson
A. Johnson
20
18
2005-06
DET DET
3
13.0
6.7
1.3
1.0
0.0
0.7
2.3
3.3
70.0
0.7
1.0
66.7
1.3
1.3
100.0
85.0
1.0
0.3
1.3
39
4
3
0
2
4
7
-22
14Bruno Sundov
B. Sundov
4
18
1998-99
DAL DAL
3
3.7
1.3
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.7
2.3
28.6
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
28.6
0.0
0.0
0.3
11
0
1
0
0
1
4
-13

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