List of National Basketball Association top rookie scoring averages

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NBA minimum requirements for scoring average are 70 games played or 1400 points scored. The NBA initiated three-point field goals during the 1979-80 season.

Rank Season Player Team Games FG 3FG FT Pts PPG
1 1959-60 Wilt Chamberlain Philadelphia Warriors 72 1065 0 577 2707 37.6
2 1961-62 Walt Bellamy Chicago Packers 79 973 0 549 2495 31.6
3 1960-61 Oscar Robertson Cincinnati Royals 79 756 0 653 2165 30.5
4 1969-70 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Milwaukee Bucks 82 938 0 485 2361 28.8
5 1968-69 Elvin Hayes San Diego Rockets 82 930 0 467 2327 28.4
6 1984-85 Michael Jordan Chicago Bulls 82 837 9 630 2313 28.2
7 1965-66 Rick Barry San Francisco Warriors 80 745 0 569 2059 25.7
8 1962-63 Terry Dischinger Chicago Zephyrs 57 525 0 402 1452 25.5
9 1958-59 Elgin Baylor Minneapolis Lakers 70 605 0 532 1742 24.9
10 1970-71 Geoff Petrie Portland Trail Blazers 82 784 0 463 2031 24.8
11 1971-72 Sidney Wicks Portland Trail Blazers 82 784 0 441 2009 24.5
12 1989-90 David Robinson San Antonio Spurs 82 690 0 613 1993 24.3
13 1967-68 Earl Monroe Baltimore Bullets 82 742 0 507 1991 24.3
14 1977-78 Walter Davis Phoenix Suns 81 786 0 387 1959 24.2
15 1977-78 Bernard King New Jersey Nets 79 798 0 313 1909 24.2

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