List of NBA rookie single-season scoring leaders

This list exhibits the National Basketball Association's top rookie single-season scoring averages based on at least 70 games played or 1,400 points scored.

Wilt Chamberlain holds the rookie record, averaging 37.6 points per game in 1949–50.

[1] The NBA began recording 3-point field goals during the 1979–80 season.

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