Great Rookie Point-Guard Statistics

As the season comes to a close is a lot of talk regarding the overall 'greatness' of rookie point-guard sensation Chris Paul. He has not only taken the league by storm, but also restored hope to a franchise on the brink of breaking. Paul led his team near the playoffs and in doing so, is having one of the most impressive rookie seasons in history. ESPN's John Hollinger recently published an article dealing with this subject manner and although his article was insightful and as is the case with all of his work, complete statistical analysis, the raw numbers he used in his calculations were not provided. We at Page4Hoop have compiled a statistical list of the numbers recorded by the all-time great point-guards in their rookie campaigns and here it is, for the enjoyment of all the readers.

— PPG — APG — RPG — SPG — Win+/-—
Chris Paul
— 16.3ppg— 7.9apg— 5.4rpg— 2.2spg— +20

Magic Johnson
— 18ppg— 7.3apg— 7.7rpg — 2.4spg — +13


Isaiah Thomas
— 17ppg— 7.8agp— 2.9rpg— 2.1spg— +18

Mark Jackson
— 13.6ppg— 10.6apg— 4.8rpg— 2.5spg— +14

Jerry West
— 17.6ppg— 4.2apg— →7.7rpg— +11

Mo Cheeks
— 8.4ppg— 5.3apg— 3rpg— 2.1spg— -8

Jason Kidd
— 11.7ppg— 7.7apg— 5.4rpg— 1.9spg— +23

Gail Goodrich
— 7.8ppg— 1.6apg— 2.0rpg— -4

Norm Van Lier
— 9.5ppg — 6.2apg — 5.0rpg — -2


Gary Payton
— 7.2ppg— 6.4apg— 3.0rpg— 2.0sp— +0

Stephon Marbury
— 15.8ppg— 7.8apg— 2.7rpg— 1spg— +14

John Stockton
— 5.6ppg— 5.1apg— 1.3rpg— 1.3spg— -4

Norm Nixon
— 13.7ppg — 6.8apg — 3rpg — 1.7spg — -8

Tim Hardaway
— 14.7ppg — 8.7apg — 3.9rpg — 2.1spg — -6

Muggsy Bogues
— 5ppg — 5.1apg — 1.7rpg — 1.6spg — -4

Bob Cousy
— 15.6ppg — 4.9apg — 6.9rpg — +0


Mark Price
— 6.9ppg — 3apg — 1.7rpg — .6spg — +2

John Lucas
— 11.1ppg — 5.6apg — 2.6rpg — 1.5spg — +9

Tiny Archibald
— 16ppg — 5.5apg — 3rpg — -3