most points per game rookies 2021-2022

Cade Cunningham averaged the most points per game by a rookie in 2021-22, with 17.4 per game.

Interpreted as:
most points per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games rookies 2021-2022
NAMEPPGSEASONTMGPMPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Cade Cunningham
C. Cunningham
17.4
2021-22
64
32.6
5.5
5.6
1.2
0.7
6.7
16.1
41.6
1.8
5.7
31.4
2.2
2.6
84.5
50.4
0.9
4.6
3.7
2,088
1,114
354
356
78
43
234
200
-275
2Jalen Green
J. Green
17.3
2021-22
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
54.7
0.5
2.9
2.0
2,138
1,157
226
176
44
18
135
103
-519
3Scottie Barnes
S. Barnes
15.3
2021-22
74
35.4
7.5
3.5
1.1
0.7
6.2
12.6
49.2
0.8
2.6
30.1
2.1
2.9
73.5
55.2
2.6
4.9
1.8
2,617
1,134
557
256
80
55
136
192
+66
4Franz Wagner
F. Wagner
15.2
2021-22
79
30.7
4.5
2.9
0.9
0.4
5.8
12.3
46.8
1.2
3.4
35.4
2.4
2.8
86.3
55.9
1.1
3.4
1.5
2,429
1,197
356
231
68
34
119
164
-243
5Evan Mobley
E. Mobley
15.0
2021-22
69
33.8
8.3
2.5
0.8
1.7
6.1
12.0
50.8
0.3
1.3
25.0
2.4
3.7
66.3
54.9
2.1
6.2
1.9
2,331
1,034
570
174
56
115
133
147
+94
6Davion Mitchell
D. Mitchell
11.5
2021-22
75
27.7
2.2
4.2
0.7
0.3
4.7
11.2
41.8
1.3
4.3
31.6
0.7
1.1
65.9
48.9
0.4
1.8
1.5
2,076
861
166
313
55
24
114
141
-273
7Tre Mann
T. Mann
10.4
2021-22
60
22.8
2.9
1.5
0.8
0.2
3.9
9.8
39.3
1.6
4.5
36.0
1.1
1.4
79.3
50.1
0.4
2.4
1.2
1,367
625
171
91
47
12
71
102
-278
8Bones Hyland
B. Hyland
10.1
2021-22
69
19.0
2.7
2.8
0.6
0.3
3.3
8.3
40.3
1.9
5.2
36.6
1.6
1.8
85.6
55.8
0.2
2.5
1.2
1,310
698
188
191
41
20
86
153
+39
9Alperen Sengun
A. Sengun
9.6
2021-22
72
20.7
5.5
2.6
0.8
0.9
3.5
7.3
47.4
0.4
1.6
24.8
2.3
3.2
71.1
55.2
1.9
3.5
2.0
1,489
692
393
185
59
68
145
214
-309
10Herbert Jones
H. Jones
9.5
2021-22
78
29.9
3.8
2.1
1.7
0.8
3.5
7.4
47.6
0.7
2.2
33.7
1.8
2.1
84.0
57.3
1.3
2.5
1.3
2,335
742
296
167
130
60
100
238
+68
11Jonathan Kuminga
J. Kuminga
9.3
2021-22
70
16.9
3.3
0.9
0.4
0.3
3.4
6.6
51.3
0.7
2.1
33.6
1.9
2.7
68.4
60.0
0.8
2.6
1.1
1,185
652
234
64
31
22
74
146
+35
12Ayo Dosunmu
A. Dosunmu
8.8
2021-22
77
27.4
2.8
3.3
0.8
0.4
3.6
6.9
52.0
0.9
2.4
37.6
0.7
1.0
67.9
59.6
0.4
2.4
1.4
2,110
679
214
256
60
29
108
182
-199
13Cam Thomas
C. Thomas
8.5
2021-22
67
17.6
2.4
1.2
0.5
0.1
3.3
7.5
43.3
0.7
2.6
27.0
1.3
1.6
82.9
51.9
0.2
2.2
0.8
1,176
570
161
78
33
8
55
66
-139
14Corey Kispert
C. Kispert
8.2
2021-22
77
23.4
2.7
1.1
0.5
0.3
3.0
6.7
45.5
1.5
4.2
35.0
0.7
0.8
87.1
58.6
0.7
2.0
0.6
1,801
634
209
85
35
22
50
93
+40
15Ziaire Williams
Z. Williams
8.1
2021-22
62
21.7
2.1
1.0
0.6
0.2
3.1
6.8
45.0
1.2
3.9
31.4
0.7
0.9
78.2
55.9
0.4
1.7
0.7
1,346
501
129
65
35
12
41
113
+122
16Josh Christopher
J. Christopher
7.9
2021-22
74
18.0
2.5
2.0
0.9
0.2
3.0
6.8
44.8
0.8
2.6
29.6
1.1
1.5
73.5
53.4
0.7
1.8
1.5
1,334
587
186
150
65
13
114
97
-272
17Austin Reaves
A. Reaves
7.3
2021-22
61
23.2
3.2
1.8
0.5
0.3
2.4
5.2
45.9
0.9
2.7
31.7
1.6
1.9
83.9
60.0
0.7
2.4
0.7
1,418
444
193
110
29
20
40
87
+54
18Trey Murphy III
T. Murphy III
5.4
2021-22
62
13.9
2.4
0.6
0.4
0.1
1.8
4.5
39.4
1.1
3.0
38.2
0.7
0.8
88.2
55.8
0.8
1.6
0.3
864
334
147
38
23
7
16
60
-1
19Dalano Banton
D. Banton
3.2
2021-22
64
10.9
1.9
1.5
0.4
0.2
1.3
3.2
41.1
0.2
0.8
25.5
0.4
0.7
59.1
46.3
0.6
1.3
0.8
696
205
124
99
28
10
53
68
+32

More Pistons Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

23.9

Cunningham

Cade Cunningham

RPG

10.5

Duren

Jalen Duren

APG

9.9

Cunningham

Cade Cunningham
Team Rankings

ORTG

117.9

10th

DRTG

109.7

2nd

NETRTG

8.2

3rd

3P%

35.6

17th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
1
Pistons Pistons
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
Last Game
DET Pistons

60 - 22

133

Final

121

IND Pacers

19 - 63

Sun 12 Apr 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
60
22
.732
2
56
26
.683
4.0
3
53
29
.646
7.0
4
52
30
.634
8.0
5
46
36
.561
14.0
6
Hawks Hawks - x
46
36
.561
14.0
7
45
37
.549
15.0
8
45
37
.549
15.0
9
44
38
.537
16.0
10
43
39
.524
17.0
11
Bucks Bucks - e
32
50
.390
28.0
12
Bulls Bulls - e
31
51
.378
29.0
13
Nets Nets - e
20
62
.244
40.0
14
19
63
.232
41.0
15
17
65
.207
43.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
64
18
.780
2
Spurs Spurs - x
62
20
.756
2.0
3
54
28
.659
10.0
4
53
29
.646
11.0
5
52
30
.634
12.0
6
49
33
.598
15.0
7
45
37
.549
19.0
8
42
40
.512
22.0
9
42
40
.512
22.0
10
37
45
.451
27.0
11
26
56
.317
38.0
12
26
56
.317
38.0
13
25
57
.305
39.0
14
Kings Kings - e
22
60
.268
42.0
15
Jazz Jazz - e
22
60
.268
42.0

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
3/17
@
111-147
Tue
3/17
@
135-120
Tue
3/17
@
118-125
Tue
3/17
@
124-116
Wed
3/18
@
117-95

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
4/15
@
7:30 PM
Wed
4/15
@
10:00 PM
Sat
4/18
@
1:00 PM
Sat
4/18
@
3:30 PM
Sat
4/18
@
6:00 PM