Rookies · 2021–22
Rookies by fantasy points
A rookie here is a player whose first game in our box scores is this season; our box scores go back to 1995–96. 126 rookies played; the 64 with 20+ regular-season games are ranked by FPTS per game.
| # | Player | Team | GP | MIN | PTS | REB | AST | FPTS/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cade Cunningham | DET | 64 | 32.6 | 17.4 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 35.3 |
| 2 | Evan Mobley | CLE | 69 | 33.7 | 15.0 | 8.3 | 2.5 | 34.4 |
| 3 | Scottie Barnes | TOR | 74 | 35.4 | 15.3 | 7.5 | 3.5 | 33.6 |
| 4 | Josh Giddey | OKC | 54 | 31.6 | 12.5 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 32.7 |
| 5 | Franz Wagner | ORL | 78 | 31.1 | 15.3 | 4.6 | 3.0 | 28.3 |
| 6 | Jalen Green | HOU | 67 | 32.0 | 17.3 | 3.4 | 2.6 | 27.2 |
| 7 | Brandon Williams | POR | 24 | 26.7 | 12.9 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 24.9 |
| 8 | Jalen Suggs | ORL | 48 | 27.2 | 11.8 | 3.6 | 4.4 | 24.9 |
| 9 | Chris Duarte | IND | 55 | 28.0 | 13.1 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 23.9 |
| 10 | Herbert Jones | NOP | 78 | 29.9 | 9.5 | 3.8 | 2.1 | 23.7 |
| 11 | Alperen Sengun | HOU | 72 | 20.7 | 9.6 | 5.5 | 2.6 | 23.5 |
| 12 | Davion Mitchell | SAC | 75 | 27.7 | 11.5 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 22.7 |
| 13 | Nah'Shon Hyland | DEN | 68 | 19.3 | 10.3 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 20.2 |
| 14 | Ayo Dosunmu | CHI | 77 | 27.4 | 8.8 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 19.7 |
| 15 | Isaiah Jackson | IND | 35 | 15.4 | 8.5 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 19.6 |
| 16 | Terry Taylor | IND | 33 | 21.7 | 9.6 | 5.2 | 1.2 | 19.2 |
| 17 | Tre Mann | OKC | 60 | 22.8 | 10.4 | 2.9 | 1.5 | 18.7 |
| 18 | Jeremiah Robinson-Earl | OKC | 49 | 22.2 | 7.5 | 5.6 | 1.0 | 18.2 |
| 19 | Trendon Watford | POR | 48 | 18.1 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 17.6 |
| 20 | Lindy Waters III | OKC | 25 | 18.7 | 8.0 | 2.9 | 1.0 | 16.8 |
| 21 | Aaron Wiggins | OKC | 49 | 24.7 | 8.5 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 16.7 |
| 22 | Jonathan Kuminga | GSW | 69 | 17.1 | 9.4 | 3.4 | 0.9 | 16.5 |
| 23 | Jose Alvarado | NOP | 54 | 15.5 | 6.1 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 16.4 |
| 24 | Duane Washington Jr. | IND | 48 | 20.2 | 9.9 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 16.1 |
| 25 | Josh Christopher | HOU | 74 | 18.0 | 7.9 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 16.0 |
| 26 | Austin Reaves | LAL | 61 | 23.3 | 7.3 | 3.2 | 1.8 | 16.0 |
| 27 | Vit Krejci | OKC | 29 | 23.7 | 6.4 | 3.4 | 2.0 | 15.9 |
| 28 | Olivier Sarr | OKC | 22 | 19.1 | 7.0 | 4.2 | 0.9 | 15.5 |
| 29 | Corey Kispert | WAS | 77 | 23.4 | 8.2 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 15.4 |
| 30 | Keon Johnson | LAC → POR | 37 | 18.8 | 7.2 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 15.4 |
| 31 | Cam Thomas | BKN | 67 | 17.5 | 8.5 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 14.5 |
| 32 | Omer Yurtseven | MIA | 55 | 12.8 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 0.9 | 14.5 |
| 33 | Ziaire Williams | MEM | 62 | 21.7 | 8.1 | 2.1 | 1.0 | 14.4 |
| 34 | Day'Ron Sharpe | BKN | 32 | 12.2 | 6.2 | 5.0 | 0.5 | 14.4 |
| 35 | Kessler Edwards | BKN | 48 | 20.6 | 5.9 | 3.6 | 0.6 | 14.1 |
| 36 | Quentin Grimes | NYK | 42 | 18.7 | 6.5 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 37 | Brandon Boston Jr. | LAC | 50 | 15.2 | 6.9 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 13.1 |
| 38 | Joshua Primo | SAS | 50 | 19.3 | 5.8 | 2.3 | 1.6 | 12.8 |
| 39 | David Duke Jr. | BKN | 22 | 15.5 | 4.7 | 3.0 | 0.8 | 12.2 |
| 40 | Greg Brown III | POR | 47 | 13.6 | 4.8 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 12.0 |
| 41 | Keifer Sykes | IND | 30 | 18.9 | 6.0 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 11.9 |
| 42 | Luka Garza | DET | 32 | 12.1 | 5.8 | 3.1 | 0.6 | 11.6 |
| 43 | Trey Murphy III | NOP | 62 | 14.0 | 5.4 | 2.4 | 0.6 | 10.9 |
| 44 | Jock Landale | SAS | 53 | 11.1 | 5.0 | 2.6 | 0.8 | 10.4 |
| 45 | Jericho Sims | NYK | 41 | 13.6 | 2.2 | 4.1 | 0.5 | 9.8 |
| 46 | Usman Garuba | HOU | 24 | 10.0 | 2.0 | 3.5 | 0.7 | 9.7 |
| 47 | Santi Aldama | MEM | 32 | 11.2 | 4.1 | 2.7 | 0.7 | 9.5 |
| 48 | Charles Bassey | PHI | 23 | 7.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 9.2 |
| 49 | Dalano Banton | TOR | 64 | 10.9 | 3.2 | 1.9 | 1.5 | 8.9 |
| 50 | James Bouknight | CHA | 30 | 10.1 | 4.7 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 8.7 |
| 51 | Jared Butler | UTA | 42 | 8.6 | 3.8 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 8.7 |
| 52 | Sandro Mamukelashvili | MIL | 40 | 10.2 | 3.9 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 8.4 |
| 53 | Daishen Nix | HOU | 24 | 11.0 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 8.3 |
| 54 | Moses Moody | GSW | 52 | 11.7 | 4.4 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 8.0 |
| 55 | Miles McBride | NYK | 37 | 10.1 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 6.7 |
| 56 | Ish Wainright | PHX | 44 | 8.2 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 6.1 |
| 57 | Justin Champagnie | TOR | 36 | 7.8 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 6.0 |
| 58 | JT Thor | CHA | 33 | 7.9 | 2.0 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 6.0 |
| 59 | Sam Hauser | BOS | 26 | 6.2 | 2.5 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 5.1 |
| 60 | Jalen Johnson | ATL | 21 | 5.8 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.1 | 4.5 |
| 61 | Kevin Pangos | CLE | 24 | 7.0 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.2 | 4.3 |
| 62 | Joe Wieskamp | SAS | 29 | 7.1 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 4.0 |
| 63 | Leandro Bolmaro | MIN | 35 | 6.9 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 4.0 |
| 64 | Kai Jones | CHA | 21 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.1 |