best nba rookie season averages 2000-current

Elton Brand scored the most points per game by a rookie in 1999-00, with 20.1 per game.

Interpreted as:
best NBA rookie season averages with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games 2000-current
NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Elton Brand
E. Brand
20.1
1999-00
CHI CHI
81
37.0
10.0
1.9
0.8
1.6
7.8
16.1
48.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
4.5
6.6
68.5
52.8
4.3
5.7
2.8
2,999
1,627
810
155
66
132
228
259
-647
2Steve Francis
S. Francis
18.0
1999-00
HOU HOU
77
36.1
5.3
6.6
1.5
0.4
6.5
14.5
44.5
1.4
4.0
34.5
3.7
4.7
78.6
54.3
2.0
3.3
4.0
2,776
1,388
409
507
118
29
306
231
-158
3Lamar Odom
L. Odom
16.6
1999-00
LAC LAC
76
36.4
7.8
4.2
1.2
1.3
5.9
13.5
43.8
0.8
2.2
36.0
4.0
5.5
71.9
52.1
2.1
5.7
3.4
2,767
1,259
595
317
91
95
258
291
-451
4Metta Sandiford-Artest
M. Sandiford-Artest
12.0
1999-00
CHI CHI
72
31.1
4.3
2.8
1.7
0.5
4.3
10.5
40.7
0.8
2.7
31.4
2.6
3.9
67.4
49.1
0.9
3.4
2.3
2,238
866
308
202
119
39
166
159
-340
5Wally Szczerbiak
W. Szczerbiak
11.6
1999-00
MIN MIN
73
29.7
3.7
2.8
0.8
0.3
4.7
9.2
51.1
0.4
1.1
35.9
1.8
2.2
82.6
57.1
1.2
2.5
1.1
2,171
845
272
201
58
23
83
175
+195
6Andre Miller
A. Miller
11.1
1999-00
CLE CLE
82
25.5
3.4
5.8
1.0
0.2
4.1
9.2
44.9
0.1
0.6
20.4
2.8
3.6
77.4
51.7
1.0
2.4
2.0
2,093
914
280
476
84
17
166
194
-107
7Chucky Atkins
C. Atkins
9.5
1999-00
ORL ORL
82
19.8
1.5
3.7
0.6
0.0
3.8
9.0
42.4
0.7
2.0
35.0
1.2
1.6
72.9
48.9
0.2
1.3
1.7
1,626
782
126
306
52
3
142
137
-6
8Vonteego Cummings
V. Cummings
9.4
1999-00
GSW GSW
75
23.9
2.5
3.3
1.2
0.2
3.5
8.7
40.5
0.7
2.0
32.5
1.7
2.3
75.1
48.4
0.8
1.7
1.8
1,793
706
184
247
91
13
132
174
-272
9Richard Hamilton
R. Hamilton
9.0
1999-00
WAS WAS
71
19.3
1.8
1.5
0.4
0.1
3.6
8.5
42.0
0.4
1.1
36.4
1.5
1.9
77.4
48.2
0.5
1.3
1.2
1,373
639
129
108
28
6
84
142
-100
10Corey Maggette
C. Maggette
8.4
1999-00
ORL ORL
77
17.8
3.9
0.8
0.3
0.3
2.9
6.1
47.8
0.0
0.1
18.2
2.5
3.4
75.1
55.3
1.6
2.3
1.8
1,370
646
303
61
24
26
138
169
-55
11Kenny Thomas
K. Thomas
8.3
1999-00
HOU HOU
72
25.0
6.1
1.6
0.8
0.3
2.9
7.4
39.9
0.4
1.7
26.2
1.9
2.9
66.0
47.7
2.0
4.0
1.6
1,797
594
437
113
54
22
112
167
+52
12James Posey
J. Posey
8.2
1999-00
DEN DEN
81
25.3
3.9
1.8
1.2
0.4
2.8
6.6
42.9
1.0
2.7
37.3
1.5
1.9
80.0
55.0
1.0
2.9
1.2
2,052
662
317
146
98
33
95
207
-70
13Jason Terry
J. Terry
8.1
1999-00
ATL ATL
81
23.3
2.0
4.3
1.1
0.1
3.1
7.4
41.5
0.6
1.9
29.3
1.4
1.7
80.7
49.7
0.3
1.8
1.9
1,888
657
166
346
90
10
156
133
-259
14Eddie Robinson
E. Robinson
7.0
1999-00
CHA CHA
67
16.6
2.7
0.5
0.7
0.4
3.2
5.8
54.9
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.7
1.0
73.4
56.9
0.8
1.9
0.6
1,112
471
184
32
48
25
39
67
+125
15Adrian Griffin
A. Griffin
6.7
1999-00
BOS BOS
72
26.8
5.2
2.5
1.6
0.2
2.4
5.7
42.4
0.2
0.8
28.1
1.7
2.2
75.3
50.3
1.8
3.4
1.3
1,927
485
372
177
116
15
93
222
-30
16Anthony Carter
A. Carter
6.3
1999-00
MIA MIA
79
23.5
2.5
4.8
1.2
0.1
2.5
6.4
39.5
0.0
0.3
13.0
1.2
1.6
75.0
44.2
0.6
1.9
2.2
1,859
498
199
378
93
5
173
167
+22
17Baron Davis
B. Davis
5.9
1999-00
CHA CHA
82
18.6
2.0
3.8
1.2
0.2
2.2
5.3
42.0
0.3
1.4
22.5
1.2
1.9
63.4
48.6
0.6
1.4
1.7
1,523
486
165
309
97
19
140
201
+54
18Quincy Lewis
Q. Lewis
3.8
1999-00
UTA UTA
74
12.1
1.5
0.5
0.3
0.2
1.5
4.0
37.2
0.3
0.9
36.5
0.5
0.7
73.1
44.1
0.6
0.9
0.6
896
283
113
40
24
15
46
158
-79
19William Avery
W. Avery
2.6
1999-00
MIN MIN
59
8.2
0.7
1.5
0.2
0.0
0.9
3.1
30.9
0.3
1.1
28.6
0.4
0.6
66.7
39.1
0.1
0.5
0.7
484
154
40
88
14
2
42
60
-106
20Michael Ruffin
M. Ruffin
2.2
1999-00
CHI CHI
71
13.7
3.5
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.8
1.9
42.0
0.0
0.0
0.6
1.2
48.9
45.0
1.6
1.9
0.8
975
159
250
44
26
26
59
170
-159

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118.7

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-2.8

19th

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37.9

4th

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TEAMWLPCTGB
7
Magic Magic
11
8
.579
4.5
8
Celtics Celtics
10
8
.556
5.0
9
Bulls Bulls
9
8
.529
5.5
10
76ers 76ers
9
8
.529
5.5
11
Bucks Bucks
8
11
.421
7.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
11/28
CHI CHI
@
CHA CHA
7:30 PM
Sat
11/29
CHI CHI
@
IND IND
7:30 PM
Mon
12/1
CHI CHI
@
ORL ORL
7:30 PM
Wed
12/3
BKN BKN
@
CHI CHI
8:00 PM
Fri
12/5
IND IND
@
CHI CHI
8:00 PM
Last Game
CHI Bulls

9 - 8

130

Final

143

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NBA 2025-26 Conference Standings

WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
18
1
.947
2
Lakers Lakers
13
4
.765
4.0
3
Nuggets Nuggets
13
4
.765
4.0
4
Rockets Rockets
12
4
.750
4.5
5
Spurs Spurs
12
5
.706
5.0
6
Suns Suns
12
7
.632
6.0
EasternWLPCTGB
1
Pistons Pistons
15
3
.833
2
Raptors Raptors
14
5
.737
1.5
3
Heat Heat
13
6
.684
2.5
4
Knicks Knicks
11
6
.647
3.5
5
Cavaliers Cavaliers
12
7
.632
3.5
6
Hawks Hawks
11
8
.579
4.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
10/30
ATL ATL
@
IND IND
128-108
Thu
10/30
BOS BOS
@
PHI PHI
109-108
Thu
10/30
TOR TOR
@
CLE CLE
112-101
Thu
10/30
NYK NYK
@
CHI CHI
125-135
Thu
10/30
LAL LAL
@
MEM MEM
117-112

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Fri
11/28
ORL ORL
@
DET DET
7:30 PM
Fri
11/28
CHI CHI
@
CHA CHA
7:30 PM
Fri
11/28
WAS WAS
@
IND IND
7:30 PM
Fri
11/28
CLE CLE
@
ATL ATL
7:30 PM
Fri
11/28
MIL MIL
@
NYK NYK
7:30 PM