most points per game by a rookie 1921-22 to 2021-22

Between the 1921-22 and 2021-22 seasons, Teemu Selanne had the most points per game by a rookie, with 1.57 per game in 1992-93.

Interpreted as:
most points per game with a minimum of 0.625 points per team game by a rookie 1921-22 to 2021-22
NAMEP/GPSEASONTMPGPGA+/-PIMPPGPPASHGSHAGWGOTGSS%FOWFOFOW%HITBKSTKAGVATOI/GP
1Teemu Selanne
T. Selanne
1.57
1992-93
WIN WIN
132
84
76
56
+8
45
24
25
0
0
7
0
387
19.6
2Peter Stastny
P. Stastny
1.42
1980-81
QUE QUE
109
77
39
70
+10
37
11
22
2
0
4
232
16.8
3Mario Lemieux
M. Lemieux
1.37
1984-85
PIT PIT
100
73
43
57
-33
54
11
22
0
0
2
1
209
20.6
4Neal Broten
N. Broten
1.34
1981-82
MNS MNS
98
73
38
60
+14
42
7
19
2
2
4
188
20.2
5Real Cloutier
R. Cloutier
1.33
1979-80
QUE QUE
89
67
42
47
-5
12
13
22
0
0
3
254
16.5
6Mike Rogers
M. Rogers
1.31
1979-80
HFD HFD
105
80
44
61
+28
10
3
19
2
0
0
229
19.2
7Joe Mullen
J. Mullen
1.31
1981-82
STL STL
59
45
25
34
+11
4
10
11
0
0
3
141
17.7
8Alex Ovechkin
A. Ovechkin
1.31
2005-06
WSH WSH
106
81
52
54
+2
52
21
31
3
0
5
2
425
12.2
2
16
12.5
172
20
69
88
21:37
9Dale Hawerchuk
D. Hawerchuk
1.29
1981-82
WIN WIN
103
80
45
58
-7
47
12
22
0
2
2
339
13.3
10Sidney Crosby
S. Crosby
1.26
2005-06
PIT PIT
102
81
39
63
-1
110
16
31
0
2
5
3
278
14.0
534
1,174
45.5
66
43
36
57
20:08
11Mike Bossy
M. Bossy
1.25
1977-78
NYI NYI
91
73
53
38
+31
6
25
15
0
0
4
235
22.6
12Gus Bodnar
G. Bodnar
1.24
1943-44
TOR TOR
62
50
22
40
18
1
3
0
0
2
13Eric Lindros
E. Lindros
1.23
1992-93
PHI PHI
75
61
41
34
+28
147
8
10
1
0
5
0
180
22.8
14Joe Nieuwendyk
J. Nieuwendyk
1.23
1987-88
CGY CGY
92
75
51
41
+20
23
31
14
3
2
8
0
212
24.1
15Joe Juneau
J. Juneau
1.21
1992-93
BOS BOS
102
84
32
70
+23
33
9
28
0
0
3
1
229
14.0
16Marian Stastny
M. Stastny
1.20
1981-82
QUE QUE
89
74
35
54
-5
27
13
17
0
0
3
174
20.1
17Bryan Trottier
B. Trottier
1.19
1975-76
NYI NYI
95
80
32
63
+27
21
11
30
1
0
5
178
18.0
18Jorgen Pettersson
J. Pettersson
1.18
1980-81
STL STL
73
62
37
36
+14
24
8
9
0
0
5
172
21.5
19Blair MacDonald
B. MacDonald
1.18
1979-80
EDM EDM
94
80
46
48
0
6
13
15
2
1
6
266
17.3
20Nels Stewart
N. Stewart
1.17
1925-26
MMR
42
36
34
8
121
7
1
21Kent Nilsson
K. Nilsson
1.16
1979-80
AFM AFM
93
80
40
53
-3
10
14
22
0
0
3
217
18.4
22Ron Francis
R. Francis
1.15
1981-82
HFD HFD
68
59
25
43
-15
51
12
14
0
0
1
163
15.3
23Barry Pederson
B. Pederson
1.15
1981-82
BOS BOS
92
80
44
48
+27
53
13
17
4
1
7
197
22.3
24Steve Larmer
S. Larmer
1.13
1982-83
CHI CHI
90
80
43
47
+44
28
13
20
0
0
9
195
22.1
25Ulf Nilsson
U. Nilsson
1.12
1978-79
NYR NYR
66
59
27
39
+17
21
8
9
2
1
5
96
28.1