nba rookies with highest ppg/mpg

Naz Mitrou-Long has the most points per game per minute per game by a rookie, with 3 in 2017-18.

NAMEPPG/MPGPPGMPGSEASONTMGPRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Naz Mitrou-Long
N. Mitrou-Long
3
3.0
1.0
2017-18
1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.0
100.0
1.0
1.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
150.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
+5
2Ahmad Caver
A. Caver
2
2.0
1.0
2021-22
1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
+2
3Jackie Butler
J. Butler
2
3.3
1.7
2004-05
3
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
1.3
1.3
100.0
0.0
0.0
0.7
0.7
100.0
102.5
0.0
0.0
0.3
5
10
0
0
1
0
1
0
+1
4Chad Gallagher
C. Gallagher
2
3.0
1.5
1993-94
2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.5
1.5
100.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
3
6
0
0
0
0
0
2
5Ian Lockhart
I. Lockhart
2
4.0
2.0
1990-91
1
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
2.0
100.0
106.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
2
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
6Bill Stricker
B. Stricker
2
4.0
2.0
1970-71
1
0.0
0.0
2.0
3.0
66.7
0.0
0.0
66.7
2
4
0
0
1
7Dave Scholz
D. Scholz
2
2.0
1.0
1969-70
1
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
1
2
0
0
0
8Izaiah Brockington
I. Brockington
1.33
4.0
3.0
2023-24
1
2.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
5.0
40.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
40.0
1.0
1.0
0.0
3
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
+3
9Tyson Wheeler
T. Wheeler
1.33
4.0
3.0
1998-99
1
0.0
2.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.0
100.0
1.0
1.0
100.0
1.0
2.0
50.0
106.4
0.0
0.0
0.0
3
4
0
2
0
0
0
1
+4
10Jerome Henderson
J. Henderson
1.33
4.0
3.0
1985-86
1
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
2.0
3.0
66.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
66.7
0.0
1.0
0.0
3
4
1
0
0
0
0
1
11Darrell Armstrong
D. Armstrong
1.25
3.3
2.7
1994-95
3
0.3
1.0
0.3
0.0
1.0
2.7
37.5
0.7
2.0
33.3
0.7
0.7
100.0
56.3
0.3
0.0
0.3
8
10
1
3
1
0
1
3
12Leonard Miller
L. Miller
1
2.0
2.0
2023-24
1
2.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
0.0
2.0
0.0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
+3
13Stanley Umude
S. Umude
1
2.0
2.0
2022-23
1
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
2.0
2.0
100.0
53.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
2
2
0
0
1
1
0
0
+3
14Donovan Williams
D. Williams
1
2.0
2.0
2022-23
2
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
2.5
40.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
40.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
4
4
2
0
0
0
0
0
+6
15Edmond Sumner
E. Sumner
1
2.0
2.0
2017-18
1
1.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
0.0
1.0
0.0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
-6
16Thanasis Antetokounmpo
T. Antetokounmpo
1
3.0
3.0
2015-16
2
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.5
2.0
75.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
75.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
6
6
1
0
0
0
0
2
-6
17Coty Clarke
C. Clarke
1
2.0
2.0
2015-16
3
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.7
1.3
50.0
0.7
0.7
100.0
0.0
0.0
75.0
0.0
0.3
0.3
6
6
1
0
0
0
1
0
+4
18Eric Moreland
E. Moreland
1
0.7
0.7
2014-15
3
0.3
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.3
0.3
100.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
0.0
0.3
0.0
2
2
1
0
0
0
0
1
+1
19Steven Hill
S. Hill
1
2.0
2.0
2008-09
1
3.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.0
100.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
100.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
2
2
3
0
0
0
0
0
+5
20Kelly McCarty
K. McCarty
1
2.0
2.0
1998-99
2
1.5
0.0
0.0
0.0
1.0
1.5
66.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
66.7
1.0
0.5
1.0
4
4
3
0
0
0
2
0
+1
21Cedric Lewis
C. Lewis
1
1.3
1.3
1995-96
3
0.7
0.0
0.3
0.0
0.7
1.0
66.7
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
66.7
0.7
0.0
0.0
4
4
2
0
1
0
0
0
22Alphonso Ford
A. Ford
1
2.7
2.7
1993-94
6
0.0
0.2
0.3
0.0
1.2
2.2
53.8
0.2
0.2
100.0
0.2
0.3
50.0
57.6
0.0
0.0
0.2
16
16
0
1
2
0
1
2
23Claude Gregory
C. Gregory
1
1.0
1.0
1985-86
2
1.0
0.0
0.5
0.0
0.5
1.0
50.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
50.0
1.0
0.0
1.0
2
2
2
0
1
0
2
1
24Ian Mahinmi
I. Mahinmi
0.91
3.5
3.8
2007-08
6
0.8
0.2
0.0
0.7
1.0
2.0
50.0
0.0
0.0
1.5
1.5
100.0
65.8
0.0
0.8
0.3
23
21
5
1
0
4
2
4
-14
25John McCullough
J. McCullough
0.91
2.6
2.9
1981-82
8
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.0
1.1
1.6
69.2
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.6
60.0
69.1
0.1
0.4
0.4
23
21
4
3
2
0
3
3
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