rookie center ppg leaders 1996-97 to 2015-16 (best 10)

Between the 1996-97 and 2015-16 seasons, Karl-Anthony Towns put up the most points per game by a rookie center, with 18.3 per game in 2015-16.

Interpreted as:

rookie center ppg with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games leaders 1996-97 to 2015-16 (best 10)

	NAME	PPG	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	18.3	2015-16	MIN	82	32.0	10.5	2.0	0.7	1.7	7.6	14.1	54.2	0.4	1.1	34.1	2.7	3.4	81.1	59.0	2.8	7.7	2.2	2,627	1,503	858	161	58	138	183	245	-131
2	Marcus Camby M. Camby	14.8	1996-97	TOR	63	30.1	6.3	1.5	1.0	2.1	6.0	12.3	48.2	0.0	0.2	14.3	2.9	4.2	69.3	52.3	2.1	4.2	2.1	1,897	935	394	97	66	130	134	214	-37
3	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	14.1	2010-11	SAC	81	28.5	8.6	2.5	1.0	0.8	5.3	12.4	43.0	0.0	0.2	16.7	3.4	5.0	68.7	48.4	2.7	6.0	3.3	2,309	1,143	699	204	85	68	268	332	-261
4	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Z. Ilgauskas	13.9	1997-98	CLE	82	29.0	8.8	0.9	0.6	1.6	5.5	10.7	51.8	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.8	3.7	76.2	56.4	3.4	5.4	1.8	2,379	1,139	723	71	52	135	146	288	+211
5	Yao Ming Y. Ming	13.5	2002-03	HOU	82	29.0	8.2	1.7	0.4	1.8	4.9	9.8	49.8	0.0	0.0	50.0	3.7	4.5	81.1	57.0	2.4	5.8	2.1	2,382	1,104	675	137	31	147	173	230	+142
6	Brook Lopez B. Lopez	13.0	2008-09	NJN	82	30.5	8.1	1.0	0.5	1.8	5.5	10.3	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.1	2.6	79.3	56.8	2.7	5.4	1.8	2,501	1,068	665	86	44	151	147	257	-104
7	Charlie Villanueva C. Villanueva	13.0	2005-06	TOR	81	29.1	6.4	1.1	0.7	0.8	5.4	11.6	46.3	0.9	2.6	32.7	1.4	2.0	70.6	52.1	2.2	4.2	1.2	2,361	1,053	521	88	60	63	99	247	-37
8	Channing Frye C. Frye	12.3	2005-06	NYK	65	24.2	5.8	0.8	0.5	0.7	4.7	9.8	47.7	0.0	0.1	33.3	2.9	3.5	82.5	54.1	2.1	3.6	1.5	1,572	802	374	53	30	47	97	200	-49
9	Marc Gasol M. Gasol	11.9	2008-09	MEM	82	30.7	7.4	1.7	0.8	1.1	4.3	8.1	53.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.4	4.6	73.3	59.0	2.5	4.9	2.0	2,521	975	605	143	63	90	164	265	-337
10	Andrea Bargnani A. Bargnani	11.6	2006-07	TOR	65	25.1	3.9	0.8	0.5	0.8	4.1	9.6	42.7	1.5	4.1	37.3	1.8	2.2	82.4	54.6	0.8	3.1	1.6	1,629	751	255	50	32	53	107	180	+44
11	Chris Bosh C. Bosh	11.5	2003-04	TOR	75	33.5	7.4	1.0	0.8	1.4	4.4	9.5	45.9	0.1	0.2	35.7	2.7	3.8	70.1	51.3	2.5	4.9	1.4	2,510	861	557	78	59	106	107	215	-164
12	Kevin Love K. Love	11.1	2008-09	MIN	81	25.3	9.1	1.0	0.4	0.6	3.9	8.5	45.9	0.0	0.2	10.5	3.3	4.1	78.9	53.8	3.4	5.7	1.5	2,048	899	734	84	35	50	118	205	-270
13	Nene	10.5	2002-03	DEN	80	28.2	6.1	1.9	1.6	0.8	4.0	7.7	51.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.5	4.3	57.8	54.5	2.6	3.5	2.3	2,258	839	491	149	127	65	181	295	-261
14	Al Horford A. Horford	10.1	2007-08	ATL	81	31.4	9.7	1.5	0.7	0.9	4.1	8.2	49.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.9	2.6	73.1	53.9	3.1	6.6	1.7	2,540	821	785	124	60	76	137	267	-111
15	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	10.0	2015-16	DEN	80	21.7	7.0	2.4	1.0	0.6	3.8	7.5	51.2	0.4	1.1	33.3	1.9	2.4	81.1	58.2	2.3	4.7	1.3	1,733	796	560	189	79	50	104	208	+92
16	Nerlens Noel N. Noel	9.9	2014-15	PHI	75	30.8	8.1	1.7	1.8	1.9	4.0	8.7	46.2	0.0	0.0		1.9	3.1	60.9	49.3	2.5	5.7	1.9	2,311	744	611	128	133	142	146	208	-430
17	Greg Monroe G. Monroe	9.4	2010-11	DET	80	27.8	7.5	1.3	1.2	0.6	3.8	6.9	55.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.9	62.2	57.5	3.1	4.4	1.0	2,222	751	601	105	93	45	81	196	-136
18	LaMarcus Aldridge L. Aldridge	9.0	2006-07	POR	63	22.1	5.0	0.4	0.3	1.2	3.8	7.6	50.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.3	1.8	72.2	53.3	2.3	2.7	0.7	1,392	565	312	24	22	73	43	186	-59
19	Jonas Valančiūnas J. Valančiūnas	8.9	2012-13	TOR	62	23.9	6.0	0.7	0.3	1.3	3.3	5.9	55.7	0.0	0.0		2.4	3.0	78.9	61.9	2.0	4.0	1.5	1,482	554	372	45	17	78	94	188	-126
20	Michael Olowokandi M. Olowokandi	8.9	1998-99	LAC	45	28.4	7.9	0.6	0.6	1.2	3.8	8.9	43.1	0.0	0.0		1.3	2.6	48.3	44.5	2.7	5.3	1.9	1,279	401	357	25	27	55	85	137	-275
21	Greg Oden G. Oden	8.9	2008-09	POR	61	21.5	7.0	0.5	0.4	1.1	3.2	5.8	56.4	0.0	0.0		2.4	3.7	63.7	59.9	2.8	4.2	1.4	1,314	540	424	31	25	69	87	238	+169
22	Dean Garrett D. Garrett	8.0	1996-97	MIN	68	24.5	7.3	0.6	0.6	1.4	3.3	5.7	57.3	0.0	0.0		1.4	2.0	69.6	60.3	2.2	5.1	0.5	1,665	542	495	38	40	95	34	158	+34
23	Andre Drummond A. Drummond	7.9	2012-13	DET	60	20.7	7.6	0.5	1.0	1.6	3.5	5.7	60.8	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.0	2.7	37.1	57.8	2.8	4.8	1.0	1,243	476	457	30	59	95	57	144	-51
24	Tyler Zeller T. Zeller	7.9	2012-13	CLE	77	26.4	5.7	1.2	0.5	0.9	3.2	7.3	43.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.6	2.0	76.4	48.6	2.1	3.6	1.2	2,033	610	438	96	35	70	95	251	-260
25	Marreese Speights M. Speights	7.7	2008-09	PHI	79	16.0	3.7	0.4	0.3	0.7	3.2	6.4	50.2	0.0	0.1	25.0	1.3	1.7	77.3	54.3	1.6	2.2	0.6	1,263	608	293	30	27	56	46	181	-82