most mpg as a 19 year old in a season while playing 78+ games

LeBron James has the most minutes per game by a 19-year-old player with 78+ games played in a season with 39.5 minutes per game in his rookie season in 2003-04.

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most mpg by a player as a 19 year old in a season while playing 78+ games
NAMEMPGAgeGPSEASONTMPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1LeBron James
L. James
39.5
19
79
2003-04
CLE CLE
20.9
5.5
5.9
1.6
0.7
7.9
18.9
41.7
0.8
2.7
29.0
4.4
5.8
75.4
48.8
1.3
4.2
3.5
3,122
1,654
432
465
130
58
273
149
-144
2Carmelo Anthony
C. Anthony
36.5
19
82
2003-04
DEN DEN
21.0
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
3Andrew Wiggins
A. Wiggins
36.2
19
82
2014-15
MIN MIN
16.9
4.6
2.1
1.0
0.6
6.1
13.9
43.7
0.5
1.5
31.0
4.3
5.7
76.0
51.7
1.6
2.9
2.2
2,969
1,387
374
170
86
50
177
190
-550
4Kevin Durant
K. Durant
34.6
19
80
2007-08
SEA SEA
20.3
4.4
2.4
1.0
0.9
7.3
17.1
43.0
0.7
2.6
28.8
4.9
5.6
87.3
51.9
0.9
3.5
2.9
2,768
1,624
348
192
78
75
232
122
-651
5Dwight Howard
D. Howard
32.6
19
82
2004-05
ORL ORL
12.0
10.0
0.9
0.9
1.7
4.3
8.3
52.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3.4
5.0
67.1
57.1
3.5
6.5
2.0
2,670
981
823
75
77
136
165
232
-179
6Jabari Smith Jr.
J. Smith Jr.
31.0
19
79
2022-23
HOU HOU
12.8
7.2
1.3
0.5
0.9
4.6
11.3
40.8
1.5
4.9
30.7
2.1
2.6
78.6
51.4
1.5
5.7
1.3
2,450
1,010
569
101
43
74
104
227
-555
7Jayson Tatum
J. Tatum
30.5
19
80
2017-18
BOS BOS
13.9
5.0
1.6
1.0
0.7
5.0
10.4
47.5
1.3
3.0
43.4
2.7
3.2
82.6
58.6
0.6
4.4
1.4
2,443
1,112
402
128
83
58
114
170
+344
8Bub Carrington
B. Carrington
30.0
19
82
2024-25
WAS WAS
9.8
4.2
4.4
0.7
0.3
3.7
9.1
40.1
1.7
5.0
33.9
0.8
1.0
81.2
51.4
0.4
3.8
1.7
2,458
807
341
364
54
21
141
190
-798
9Brandon Ingram
B. Ingram
28.8
19
79
2016-17
LAL LAL
9.4
4.0
2.1
0.6
0.5
3.5
8.7
40.2
0.7
2.4
29.4
1.7
2.7
62.1
47.4
0.8
3.2
1.5
2,279
740
316
166
50
36
116
158
-381
10Kevin Garnett
K. Garnett
28.7
19
80
1995-96
MIN MIN
10.4
6.3
1.8
1.1
1.6
4.5
9.2
49.1
0.1
0.4
28.6
1.3
1.9
70.5
52.2
2.2
4.1
1.4
2,293
835
501
145
86
131
110
189
11Justise Winslow
J. Winslow
28.2
19
78
2015-16
MIA MIA
6.4
5.2
1.5
0.9
0.3
2.5
5.9
42.2
0.4
1.5
27.6
1.0
1.5
68.4
48.9
1.0
4.1
1.2
2,203
502
403
118
68
26
95
184
+105
12D'Angelo Russell
D. Russell
28.2
19
80
2015-16
LAL LAL
13.2
3.4
3.3
1.2
0.2
4.9
12.0
41.0
1.6
4.6
35.1
1.8
2.4
73.7
50.7
0.6
2.8
2.5
2,259
1,054
274
266
93
13
196
142
-546
13Darius Miles
D. Miles
26.3
19
81
2000-01
LAC LAC
9.4
5.9
1.2
0.6
1.5
3.9
7.8
50.5
0.0
0.2
5.3
1.5
2.9
52.1
51.8
1.6
4.3
1.8
2,133
761
477
99
51
125
147
191
+30
14Kobe Bryant
K. Bryant
26.0
19
79
1997-98
LAL LAL
15.4
3.1
2.5
0.9
0.5
4.9
11.6
42.8
0.9
2.8
34.1
4.6
5.8
79.4
54.8
1.0
2.1
2.0
2,056
1,220
242
199
74
40
157
180
+264
15Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
M. Kidd-Gilchrist
26.0
19
78
2012-13
CHA CHA
9.0
5.8
1.5
0.7
0.9
3.6
7.9
45.8
0.0
0.1
22.2
1.8
2.4
74.9
50.6
1.7
4.2
1.3
2,025
704
455
117
54
70
101
164
-286
16Marvin Williams
M. Williams
24.7
19
79
2005-06
ATL ATL
8.5
4.8
0.8
0.6
0.3
3.0
6.7
44.3
0.2
0.7
24.5
2.4
3.2
74.7
52.3
1.5
3.3
1.1
1,952
672
383
63
48
24
83
227
-87
17Shaedon Sharpe
S. Sharpe
22.2
19
80
2022-23
POR POR
9.9
3.0
1.2
0.5
0.3
3.8
8.1
47.2
1.3
3.5
36.0
0.9
1.3
71.4
56.8
0.8
2.2
1.0
1,779
789
236
94
38
24
83
136
-297
18Danté Exum
D. Exum
22.2
19
82
2014-15
UTA UTA
4.8
1.6
2.4
0.5
0.2
1.8
5.1
34.9
1.0
3.2
31.4
0.2
0.4
62.5
45.7
0.3
1.3
1.4
1,817
393
131
198
41
14
118
147
+91
19Frank Ntilikina
F. Ntilikina
21.9
19
78
2017-18
NYK NYK
5.9
2.3
3.2
0.8
0.2
2.3
6.4
36.4
0.6
2.0
31.8
0.6
0.9
72.1
43.7
0.5
1.8
1.7
1,706
463
177
250
65
18
131
181
-101
20Andrew Bynum
A. Bynum
21.9
19
82
2006-07
LAL LAL
7.8
5.9
1.1
0.1
1.6
3.0
5.4
55.8
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.7
2.6
66.8
59.3
1.7
4.2
1.4
1,793
637
484
94
12
128
115
249
-112
21Jamal Murray
J. Murray
21.5
19
82
2016-17
DEN DEN
9.9
2.6
2.1
0.6
0.3
3.6
8.9
40.4
1.4
4.2
33.4
1.3
1.5
88.3
51.8
0.5
2.1
1.4
1,765
811
214
170
51
24
113
124
+77
22Marquese Chriss
M. Chriss
21.3
19
82
2016-17
PHX PHX
9.2
4.2
0.7
0.8
0.9
3.5
7.7
44.9
0.9
2.7
32.1
1.4
2.2
62.4
52.9
1.2
3.1
1.3
1,743
753
348
60
67
70
108
263
-380
23Derrick Favors
D. Favors
19.7
19
78
2010-11
TOT
6.8
5.3
0.5
0.4
0.9
2.8
5.3
51.7
0.0
0.0
1.3
2.2
59.5
54.2
2.2
3.1
1.0
1,535
533
412
39
29
68
77
246
-233
24Trevor Ariza
T. Ariza
17.3
19
80
2004-05
NYK NYK
5.9
3.0
1.1
0.9
0.2
2.2
4.9
44.2
0.0
0.2
23.1
1.5
2.2
69.5
50.3
1.1
1.9
0.9
1,382
468
242
85
70
18
73
150
-26
25Nikoloz Tskitishvili
N. Tskitishvili
16.3
19
81
2002-03
DEN DEN
3.9
2.2
1.1
0.4
0.4
1.4
4.9
29.3
0.5
1.9
24.3
0.6
0.8
73.8
37.4
0.8
1.4
1.0
1,320
315
181
91
31
29
84
136
-200
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Heat Heat
14
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.560
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14
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Thunder Thunder
24
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Nuggets Nuggets
18
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Rockets Rockets
16
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.560
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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
11/13
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HOU HOU
116-140
Thu
11/13
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@
NOP NOP
118-104
Thu
11/13
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DAL DAL
133-127
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SAS SAS
109-108
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
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MIA MIA
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