Kobe Bryant and Jermaine O'Neal were tied for the youngest in 1996-97. They were 18 years old.

	NAME	AGE	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	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	Kobe Bryant K. Bryant	18	1996-97	LAL	71	15.5	7.6	1.9	1.3	0.7	0.3	2.5	5.9	41.7	0.7	1.9	37.5	1.9	2.3	81.9	54.4	0.7	1.2	1.6	1,103	539	132	91	49	23	112	102	+60
2	Jermaine O'Neal J. O'Neal	18	1996-97	POR	45	10.2	4.1	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.6	1.5	3.4	45.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	1.7	60.3	49.4	0.9	1.9	0.6	458	185	124	8	2	26	27	46	+26
3	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	19	1996-97	MIN	67	34.7	15.8	2.7	7.8	1.0	0.3	5.3	13.0	40.8	1.5	4.3	35.4	3.7	5.0	72.7	51.9	0.8	1.9	3.1	2,324	1,057	184	522	67	19	210	159	-157
4	Shareef Abdur-Rahim S. Abdur-Rahim	20	1996-97	VAN	80	35.0	18.7	6.9	2.2	1.0	1.0	6.9	15.2	45.3	0.1	0.3	25.9	4.8	6.5	74.6	51.8	2.7	4.2	2.8	2,802	1,494	555	175	79	79	225	199	-596
5	Kevin Garnett K. Garnett	20	1996-97	MIN	77	38.9	17.0	8.0	3.1	1.4	2.1	7.1	14.3	49.9	0.1	0.3	28.6	2.7	3.5	75.4	53.7	2.5	5.6	2.3	2,995	1,309	618	236	105	163	175	199	+116
6	Antoine Walker A. Walker	20	1996-97	BOS	82	36.2	17.5	9.0	3.2	1.3	0.6	7.0	16.5	42.5	0.6	1.9	32.7	2.8	4.5	63.1	47.4	3.5	5.5	2.8	2,970	1,435	741	262	105	53	230	271	-559
7	Samaki Walker S. Walker	20	1996-97	DAL	43	14.0	5.0	3.4	0.4	0.3	0.5	1.9	4.3	44.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1	1.7	64.9	48.7	1.1	2.3	0.9	602	214	147	17	15	22	39	71	-131
8	Ray Allen R. Allen	21	1996-97	MIL	82	30.9	13.4	4.0	2.6	0.9	0.1	4.8	11.1	43.0	1.4	3.6	39.3	2.5	3.0	82.3	54.1	1.2	2.8	1.8	2,532	1,102	326	210	75	10	149	218	-60
9	Erick Dampier E. Dampier	21	1996-97	IND	72	14.6	5.1	4.1	0.6	0.3	1.0	1.8	4.7	39.0	0.0	0.0	100.0	1.5	2.3	63.7	45.1	1.3	2.8	1.2	1,052	370	294	43	19	73	84	153	-75
10	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	21	1996-97	PHI	76	40.1	23.5	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	8.2	19.8	41.6	2.0	6.0	34.1	5.0	7.2	70.2	51.3	1.5	2.6	4.4	3,045	1,787	312	567	157	24	337	233	-439
11	Martin Lewis M. Lewis	21	1996-97	TOR	9	5.6	1.6	0.7	0.4	0.1	0.2	0.7	1.6	42.9	0.1	0.3	33.3	0.1	0.2	50.0	47.0	0.4	0.2	0.1	50	14	6	4	1	2	1	8	-8
12	Randy Livingston R. Livingston	21	1996-97	HOU	64	15.3	3.9	1.5	2.4	0.6	0.2	1.6	3.6	43.7	0.1	0.3	40.9	0.7	1.0	64.6	48.7	0.5	1.0	1.6	981	251	94	155	39	12	102	107	+1
13	Vitaly Potapenko V. Potapenko	21	1996-97	CLE	80	15.5	5.8	2.7	0.5	0.3	0.4	2.3	5.3	44.0	0.0	0.0	50.0	1.2	1.6	73.6	48.6	1.3	1.4	1.4	1,238	465	217	40	26	34	109	216	-36
14	Joe Smith J. Smith	21	1996-97	GSW	80	38.6	18.7	8.5	1.6	0.9	1.1	7.3	16.2	45.4	0.2	0.6	26.1	3.8	4.7	81.4	51.2	3.3	5.2	2.4	3,086	1,493	679	125	74	86	192	244	-217
15	Lorenzen Wright L. Wright	21	1996-97	LAC	77	25.1	7.3	6.1	0.6	0.6	0.8	3.1	6.4	48.1	0.0	0.1	25.0	1.1	1.9	58.7	50.4	2.7	3.4	1.0	1,936	561	471	49	48	60	79	211	-168
16	Marcus Brown M. Brown	22	1996-97	POR	21	8.8	3.9	0.7	1.0	0.4	0.1	1.3	3.3	40.0	0.6	1.5	40.6	0.6	0.9	68.4	52.3	0.2	0.5	0.6	184	82	15	20	8	2	13	26	+20
17	Marcus Camby M. Camby	22	1996-97	TOR	63	30.1	14.8	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
18	Chris Carr C. Carr	22	1996-97	MIN	55	15.1	6.1	2.1	0.9	0.4	0.2	2.3	4.9	46.1	0.6	1.6	35.2	1.0	1.3	76.7	55.6	0.6	1.5	0.7	830	337	113	48	24	10	37	93	+50
19	Jamie Feick J. Feick	22	1996-97	TOT	41	15.2	3.7	5.2	0.6	0.4	0.3	1.4	3.8	35.7	0.1	0.3	35.7	0.8	1.6	50.7	40.5	2.0	3.2	0.8	624	151	214	26	16	14	31	78	-131
20	Derek Fisher D. Fisher	22	1996-97	LAL	80	11.5	3.9	1.2	1.5	0.5	0.1	1.3	3.3	39.7	0.3	0.9	30.1	1.0	1.5	65.8	49.1	0.3	0.9	0.9	921	309	97	119	41	5	71	87	+71
21	Todd Fuller T. Fuller	22	1996-97	GSW	75	12.7	4.1	3.3	0.3	0.1	0.3	1.5	3.5	42.9	0.0	0.0		1.0	1.5	69.1	48.3	1.4	1.9	0.7	949	304	249	24	10	20	52	146	-178
22	Mark Hendrickson M. Hendrickson	22	1996-97	PHI	29	10.4	2.9	3.2	0.1	0.3	0.1	1.1	2.7	41.6	0.1	0.4	25.0	0.6	0.9	69.2	48.1	1.2	2.0	0.5	301	85	92	3	10	4	14	32	-21
23	Kerry Kittles K. Kittles	22	1996-97	NJN	82	36.7	16.4	3.9	3.0	1.9	0.4	6.2	14.5	42.6	1.9	5.1	37.7	2.1	2.8	77.1	52.3	1.3	2.6	1.5	3,012	1,347	319	249	157	35	127	165	-266
24	Travis Knight T. Knight	22	1996-97	LAL	71	16.3	4.8	4.5	0.5	0.4	0.8	2.0	3.9	50.9	0.0	0.0		0.9	1.4	62.0	53.6	1.8	2.7	0.7	1,156	342	319	39	31	58	49	170	+120
25	Antonio McDyess A. McDyess	22	1996-97	DEN	74	34.7	18.3	7.3	1.4	0.8	1.7	7.2	15.6	46.3	0.1	0.5	17.1	3.7	5.2	70.8	50.9	2.1	5.2	2.7	2,565	1,352	537	106	62	126	199	276	-367