most points per game by a rookie 1996-97 to 2019-20

Between the 1996-97 and 2019-20 seasons, Alex Ovechkin had the most points per game by a rookie, with 1.31 per game in 2005-06.

Interpreted as:

most points per game with a minimum of 0.625 points per team game by a rookie 1996-97 to 2019-20

	NAME	P/GP	SEASON	TM	P	GP	G	A	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
1	Alex Ovechkin A. Ovechkin	1.31	2005-06	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
2	Sidney Crosby S. Crosby	1.26	2005-06	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
3	Evgeni Malkin E. Malkin	1.09	2006-07	PIT	85	78	33	52	+2	80	16	24	0	0	6	1	242	13.6	315	728	43.3	40	36	40	69	19:10
4	Mathew Barzal M. Barzal	1.04	2017-18	NYI	85	82	22	63	+1	30	5	22	0	0	4	1	170	12.9	355	834	42.6	21	31	65	88	17:46
5	Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	0.96	2015-16	CHI	77	80	30	47	+8	32	8	16	0	0	7	1	187	16.0	0	0		46	14	29	35	18:31
6	Paul Stastny P. Stastny	0.95	2006-07	COL	78	82	28	50	+4	42	11	20	0	1	6	0	185	15.1	594	1,226	48.5	29	49	62	46	18:10
7	Elias Pettersson E. Pettersson	0.93	2018-19	VAN	66	71	28	38	+3	12	10	12	0	0	7	1	144	19.4	257	627	41.0	42	51	41	52	18:14
8	Bobby Ryan B. Ryan	0.89	2008-09	ANA	57	64	31	26	+13	33	12	11	0	0	3	0	174	17.8	6	13	46.2	78	10	22	39	15:26
9	Brock Boeser B. Boeser	0.89	2017-18	VAN	55	62	29	26	-5	16	10	13	0	0	4	0	179	16.2	10	39	25.6	29	24	26	28	17:30
10	Patrick Kane P. Kane	0.88	2007-08	CHI	72	82	21	51	-5	52	7	21	0	0	4	1	191	11.0	16	26	61.5	16	7	49	22	18:22
11	Cale Makar C. Makar	0.88	2019-20	COL	50	57	12	38	+12	12	4	15	0	0	4	0	121	9.9	0	0		45	47	34	40	21:00
12	Patrik Laine P. Laine	0.88	2016-17	WPG	64	73	36	28	+7	26	9	5	0	0	5	1	204	17.6	0	3	0.0	80	33	43	55	17:55
13	Scott Gomez S. Gomez	0.85	1999-00	NJD	70	82	19	51	+14	78	7	20	0	0	1	0	204	9.3	152	341	44.6	49	12	67	64	16:21
14	Anze Kopitar A. Kopitar	0.85	2006-07	LAK	61	72	20	41	-12	24	7	22	2	0	1	0	193	10.4	555	1,204	46.1	55	33	41	37	20:32
15	Jonathan Toews J. Toews	0.84	2007-08	CHI	54	64	24	30	+11	44	7	15	0	2	4	1	144	16.7	509	956	53.2	27	13	29	8	18:40
16	Auston Matthews A. Matthews	0.84	2016-17	TOR	69	82	40	29	+2	14	8	13	0	0	8	0	279	14.3	530	1,132	46.8	21	61	76	44	17:38
17	Nicklas Backstrom N. Backstrom	0.84	2007-08	WSH	69	82	14	55	+13	24	3	22	0	0	4	1	153	9.2	405	874	46.3	34	34	72	50	19:00
18	Brad Boyes B. Boyes	0.84	2005-06	BOS	69	82	26	43	+11	30	8	14	0	0	3	0	203	12.8	142	265	53.6	47	38	33	46	15:46
19	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins R. Nugent-Hopkins	0.84	2011-12	EDM	52	62	18	34	-2	16	3	20	0	0	2	0	134	13.4	227	605	37.5	38	33	34	32	17:36
20	Dany Heatley D. Heatley	0.82	2001-02	ATL	67	82	26	41	-19	56	7	11	0	1	4	2	202	12.9	38	116	32.8	62	21	53	81	19:53
21	Johnny Gaudreau J. Gaudreau	0.80	2014-15	CGY	64	80	24	40	+11	14	8	13	0	0	4	0	167	14.4	3	8	37.5	14	27	67	78	17:43
22	Mark Stone M. Stone	0.80	2014-15	OTT	64	80	26	38	+21	14	5	8	1	0	6	2	157	16.6	7	18	38.9	49	53	98	43	17:01
23	Clayton Keller C. Keller	0.79	2017-18	ARI	65	82	23	42	-7	24	6	14	0	1	3	2	212	10.8	37	78	47.4	7	28	42	50	18:05
24	Mitch Marner M. Marner	0.79	2016-17	TOR	61	77	19	42	0	38	4	17	0	0	5	0	176	10.8	14	37	37.8	41	39	67	62	16:49
25	Yanni Gourde Y. Gourde	0.78	2017-18	TBL	64	82	25	39	+34	50	7	6	1	1	5	1	136	18.4	158	364	43.4	57	42	52	35	16:09