highest true shooting percentage to average 12.8 points per game in an guard's rookie season

Magic Johnson has the best true shooting percentage by a rookie guard with 12.8+ points per game, at 60.2 percent in 1979-80.

Interpreted as:
highest true shooting percentage to average 12.8 or higher points per game in an guard's rookie season
NAME TS% PPG SEASON TM GP MPG RPG APG SPG BPG FGM FGA FG% 3PM 3PA 3P% FTM FTA FT% OREB DREB TPG MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF +/-
1 Magic Johnson
M. Johnson
60.2
18.0
1979-80
LAL LAL
77
36.3
7.7
7.3
2.4
0.5
6.5
12.3
53.0
0.1
0.4
22.6
4.9
6.0
81.0
2.2
5.6
4.0
2,795
1,387
596
563
187
41
305
218
2 Jalen Williams
J. Williams
60.1
14.1
2022-23
OKC OKC
75
30.3
4.5
3.3
1.4
0.5
5.5
10.6
52.1
1.0
2.7
35.6
2.1
2.5
81.2
1.1
3.4
1.6
2,275
1,056
337
248
103
35
123
191
-53
3 Eric Gordon
E. Gordon
59.3
16.1
2008-09
LAC LAC
78
34.3
2.6
2.8
1.0
0.4
5.3
11.6
45.6
1.7
4.3
38.9
3.8
4.5
85.4
0.6
2.0
2.1
2,677
1,252
201
215
78
35
164
172
-457
4 Michael Jordan
M. Jordan
59.2
28.2
1984-85
CHI CHI
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
2.0
4.5
3.5
3,144
2,313
534
481
196
69
291
285
5 Sasha Danilovic
S. Danilovic
59.1
13.4
1995-96
MIA MIA
19
28.5
2.4
2.5
0.8
0.2
4.4
9.7
45.1
1.8
4.1
43.6
2.9
3.8
76.4
0.6
1.8
1.9
542
255
46
47
15
3
37
49
6 Jared McCain
J. McCain
58.9
15.3
2024-25
PHI PHI
23
25.7
2.4
2.6
0.7
0.0
5.5
11.9
46.0
2.2
5.8
38.3
2.1
2.4
87.5
0.6
1.9
1.6
592
352
56
60
15
0
37
37
-27
7 Tyrese Haliburton
T. Haliburton
58.5
13.0
2020-21
SAC SAC
58
30.1
3.0
5.3
1.3
0.5
5.0
10.7
47.2
2.1
5.1
40.9
0.8
1.0
85.7
0.7
2.3
1.6
1,746
753
173
309
77
28
92
83
-180
8 Stephen Curry
S. Curry
56.8
17.5
2009-10
GSW GSW
80
36.2
4.5
5.9
1.9
0.2
6.6
14.3
46.2
2.1
4.8
43.7
2.2
2.5
88.5
0.6
3.9
3.0
2,896
1,399
356
472
152
19
243
252
-186
9 Kyrie Irving
K. Irving
56.6
18.5
2011-12
CLE CLE
51
30.5
3.7
5.4
1.1
0.4
6.9
14.6
46.9
1.4
3.6
39.9
3.4
3.8
87.2
0.9
2.9
3.1
1,558
944
191
275
54
20
160
110
-160
10 Bennedict Mathurin
B. Mathurin
56.6
16.7
2022-23
IND IND
78
28.5
4.1
1.5
0.6
0.2
5.3
12.2
43.4
1.3
4.0
32.3
4.8
5.8
82.8
1.1
3.0
1.9
2,222
1,302
318
116
48
13
152
162
-179
11 Rolando Blackman
R. Blackman
55.9
13.3
1981-82
DAL DAL
82
24.1
3.1
1.3
0.6
0.4
5.4
10.4
51.3
0.0
0.0
25.0
2.6
3.4
76.8
1.2
1.9
1.4
1,979
1,091
254
105
46
30
113
122
12 Elijah Bryant
E. Bryant
55.9
16.0
2020-21
MIL MIL
1
32.0
6.0
3.0
0.0
1.0
6.0
13.0
46.2
1.0
5.0
20.0
3.0
3.0
100.0
2.0
4.0
4.0
32
16
6
3
0
1
4
4
+11
13 Ben Simmons
B. Simmons
55.7
15.8
2017-18
PHI PHI
81
33.7
8.1
8.2
1.7
0.9
6.7
12.3
54.5
0.0
0.1
0.0
2.4
4.2
56.0
1.8
6.3
3.4
2,732
1,279
659
661
140
70
278
211
+387
14 Ja Morant
J. Morant
55.6
17.8
2019-20
MEM MEM
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
0.8
3.1
3.3
2,074
1,193
259
488
58
18
220
110
-17
15 Oscar Robertson
O. Robertson
55.5
30.5
1960-61
CIN CIN
71
42.7
10.1
9.7
10.6
22.5
47.3
9.2
11.2
82.2
3,032
2,165
716
690
219
16 Tyler Herro
T. Herro
55.0
13.5
2019-20
MIA MIA
55
27.4
4.1
2.2
0.6
0.2
4.9
11.5
42.8
2.1
5.4
38.9
1.6
1.8
87.0
0.3
3.8
1.6
1,508
743
224
121
34
9
87
76
-20
17 Marcus Thornton
M. Thornton
55.0
14.5
2009-10
NOH NOH
73
25.6
2.9
1.6
0.8
0.2
5.5
12.1
45.1
1.6
4.3
37.4
2.0
2.4
81.4
1.0
1.9
1.0
1,872
1,057
211
114
58
11
76
127
-77
18 Brandon Roy
B. Roy
54.8
16.8
2006-07
POR POR
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
1.0
3.4
2.0
2,015
955
250
230
67
10
116
139
-191
19 Eddie Jones
E. Jones
54.8
14.0
1994-95
LAL LAL
64
31.0
3.9
2.0
2.0
0.6
5.3
11.6
46.0
1.4
3.8
37.0
1.9
2.6
72.2
1.2
2.7
1.2
1,981
897
249
128
131
41
75
175
20 Jalen Green
J. Green
54.7
17.3
2021-22
HOU HOU
67
31.9
3.4
2.6
0.7
0.3
6.1
14.2
42.6
2.3
6.8
34.3
2.8
3.5
79.7
0.5
2.9
2.0
2,138
1,157
226
176
44
18
135
103
-519
21 Damian Lillard
D. Lillard
54.6
19.0
2012-13
POR POR
82
38.6
3.1
6.5
0.9
0.2
6.7
15.7
42.9
2.3
6.1
36.8
3.3
3.9
84.4
0.5
2.6
3.0
3,167
1,562
257
531
74
19
243
172
-62
22 Chris Paul
C. Paul
54.6
16.1
2005-06
NOK NOK
78
36.0
5.1
7.8
2.2
0.1
5.2
12.1
43.0
0.6
2.3
28.2
5.1
6.0
84.7
0.8
4.3
2.3
2,808
1,258
400
611
175
6
183
218
-181
23 Luka Dončić
L. Dončić
54.5
21.2
2018-19
DAL DAL
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
1.2
6.6
3.4
2,318
1,526
563
429
77
25
247
137
-118
24 Hersey Hawkins
H. Hawkins
54.4
15.1
1988-89
PHI PHI
79
32.6
2.8
3.0
1.5
0.5
5.6
12.3
45.5
0.9
2.1
42.8
3.1
3.7
83.1
0.6
2.2
2.0
2,577
1,196
225
239
120
37
158
184
25 Ron Brewer
R. Brewer
54.4
13.3
1978-79
POR POR
81
30.3
2.8
2.0
1.3
1.0
5.4
10.8
49.4
2.6
3.2
82.0
1.1
1.7
1.9
2,454
1,078
229
165
102
79
153
181

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TEAM W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
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Western W L PCT GB
1
Thunder Thunder
68
14
.829
2
Rockets Rockets
52
30
.634
16.0
3
Lakers Lakers
50
32
.610
18.0
4
Nuggets Nuggets
50
32
.610
18.0
5
Clippers Clippers
50
32
.610
18.0
6
Timberwolves Timberwolves
49
33
.598
19.0
Eastern W L PCT GB
1
Cavaliers Cavaliers
64
18
.780
2
Celtics Celtics
61
21
.744
3.0
3
Knicks Knicks
51
31
.622
13.0
4
Pacers Pacers
50
32
.610
14.0
5
Bucks Bucks
48
34
.585
16.0
6
Pistons Pistons
44
38
.537
20.0