Jared McCain has the most points per game by a rookie as a starter this season, with 23.8 per game.

Interpreted as:

most ppg by a rookie when starting this regular season

	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	Jared McCain J. McCain	23.8	2024-25	PHI	8	36.6	3.4	4.3	0.9	0.0	8.3	17.9	46.2	3.6	9.3	39.2	3.6	4.4	82.9	60.0	0.6	2.8	2.4	293	190	27	34	7	0	19	19	-15
2	Keaton Wallace K. Wallace	15.7	2024-25	ATL	3	35.1	3.7	7.0	2.0	0.0	5.7	14.3	39.5	2.7	7.3	36.4	1.7	1.7	100.0	52.0	0.7	3.0	2.0	105	47	11	21	6	0	6	7	+16
3	Stephon Castle S. Castle	15.1	2024-25	SAS	29	29.7	3.2	4.2	0.9	0.2	5.4	12.8	41.9	1.5	4.9	31.0	2.9	3.8	74.8	52.2	1.1	2.1	2.2	860	439	92	121	27	7	63	51	+2
4	Dalton Knecht D. Knecht	14.3	2024-25	LAL	12	30.2	5.0	1.3	0.8	0.1	5.5	11.6	47.5	2.8	7.0	39.3	0.6	0.9	63.6	59.8	1.0	4.0	0.7	363	172	60	15	10	1	8	24	-44
5	Jamal Shead J. Shead	14.0	2024-25	TOR	1	30.5	0.0	4.0	1.0	0.0	5.0	10.0	50.0	2.0	5.0	40.0	2.0	2.0	100.0	64.3	0.0	0.0	2.0	30	14	0	4	1	0	2	2	-37
6	Matas Buzelis M. Buzelis	13.3	2024-25	CHI	4	25.9	2.8	2.0	0.8	1.0	5.0	9.8	51.3	1.0	4.0	25.0	2.3	3.3	69.2	59.3	0.3	2.5	1.0	103	53	11	8	3	4	4	12	-75
7	KJ Simpson	12.5	2024-25	CHA	2	29.8	2.0	4.5	1.0	0.0	4.5	9.5	47.4	2.5	4.5	55.6	1.0	1.5	66.7	61.5	0.5	1.5	3.0	60	25	4	9	2	0	6	5	-17
8	Kylor Kelley K. Kelley	12.0	2024-25	DAL	1	34.1	11.0	1.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	6.0	83.3	0.0	0.0		2.0	2.0	100.0	87.2	3.0	8.0	1.0	34	12	11	1	0	1	1	2	-21
9	Zaccharie Risacher Z. Risacher	11.7	2024-25	ATL	46	24.0	3.5	1.3	0.8	0.5	4.4	10.1	43.8	1.3	4.2	31.9	1.5	2.1	71.4	53.1	1.3	2.2	1.1	1,105	537	159	58	37	21	50	92	-83
10	Jaylen Wells J. Wells	11.5	2024-25	MEM	49	26.3	3.2	1.7	0.6	0.1	4.1	8.9	45.8	1.9	5.0	38.0	1.4	1.7	86.6	59.6	1.1	2.1	0.9	1,291	564	159	81	30	5	46	92	+186
11	Kel'el Ware K. Ware	11.5	2024-25	MIA	12	30.1	9.8	1.2	0.8	1.2	4.8	9.9	48.7	0.9	2.9	31.4	0.9	1.2	78.6	55.1	2.5	7.3	1.3	362	138	118	14	9	14	16	21	-33
12	Alex Sarr A. Sarr	11.4	2024-25	WAS	42	26.9	6.6	2.2	0.6	1.6	4.3	11.0	39.3	1.4	4.6	30.8	1.4	2.1	64.0	47.9	1.8	4.8	1.4	1,129	479	278	94	27	66	58	98	-409
13	Ron Holland II R. Holland II	11.0	2024-25	DET	1	28.6	4.0	2.0	1.0	0.0	5.0	10.0	50.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	1.0	3.0	33.3	48.6	0.0	4.0	0.0	29	11	4	2	1	0	0	1	+1
14	Isaiah Collier I. Collier	11.0	2024-25	UTA	21	31.0	4.5	8.5	0.8	0.2	4.5	10.0	45.5	0.8	3.3	24.6	1.1	1.6	70.6	51.6	0.5	4.0	3.4	651	231	94	179	16	5	72	59	-69
15	Ja'Kobe Walter J. Walter	10.9	2024-25	TOR	9	24.3	3.3	1.9	0.9	0.2	4.2	10.4	40.4	1.7	5.0	33.3	0.8	1.2	63.6	49.6	1.0	2.3	1.1	219	98	30	17	8	2	10	27	-53
16	Kyshawn George K. George	10.3	2024-25	WAS	18	29.5	5.1	2.2	1.0	0.6	3.6	9.0	40.1	2.2	6.1	35.5	0.9	1.2	81.0	54.3	0.8	4.2	1.4	530	186	91	39	18	11	26	54	-124
17	Carlton Carrington C. Carrington	10.1	2024-25	WAS	39	32.1	4.6	4.6	0.8	0.2	3.7	8.8	42.2	1.8	4.9	37.3	0.8	0.9	81.1	54.4	0.4	4.2	1.6	1,251	392	181	180	32	8	62	98	-483
18	Adem Bona A. Bona	10.0	2024-25	PHI	1	24.1	6.0	0.0	1.0	1.0	4.0	4.0	100.0	0.0	0.0		2.0	6.0	33.3	75.3	1.0	5.0	1.0	24	10	6	0	1	1	1	6	-12
19	Ajay Mitchell A. Mitchell	10.0	2024-25	OKC	1	31.6	5.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	4.0	8.0	50.0	1.0	2.0	50.0	1.0	1.0	100.0	59.2	1.0	4.0	1.0	32	10	5	4	0	0	1	1	+7
20	Jaylon Tyson J. Tyson	10.0	2024-25	CLE	2	33.5	8.0	5.5	1.0	0.0	4.5	9.5	47.4	0.5	3.5	14.3	0.5	1.0	50.0	50.3	4.0	4.0	1.0	67	20	16	11	2	0	2	6	+35
21	Kyle Filipowski K. Filipowski	9.7	2024-25	UTA	10	24.6	6.4	2.3	0.6	0.0	3.7	6.7	55.2	0.8	2.5	32.0	1.5	2.5	60.0	62.2	1.5	4.9	1.4	246	97	64	23	6	0	14	30	-60
22	Oso Ighodaro O. Ighodaro	9.5	2024-25	PHX	2	30.2	5.0	2.0	2.0	0.0	4.5	6.5	69.2	0.0	0.0		0.5	1.5	33.3	66.3	1.5	3.5	0.5	60	19	10	4	4	0	1	2	-16
23	Justin Edwards J. Edwards	9.4	2024-25	PHI	9	28.8	3.6	2.0	0.9	0.3	3.6	7.6	47.1	1.9	4.6	41.5	0.4	0.7	66.7	60.2	0.9	2.7	0.9	259	85	32	18	8	3	8	23	-23
24	Karlo Matkovic K. Matkovic	9.0	2024-25	NOP	2	30.9	9.0	1.5	0.5	2.5	3.0	7.5	40.0	1.0	3.5	28.6	2.0	2.0	100.0	53.7	2.5	6.5	1.5	62	18	18	3	1	5	3	6	-58
25	Zach Edey Z. Edey	9.0	2024-25	MEM	33	20.3	7.5	0.9	0.5	1.2	3.8	6.4	59.0	0.3	1.0	30.3	1.1	1.8	63.8	62.5	3.1	4.5	1.3	669	297	249	29	17	38	43	79	+98