Brandon Ingram has surged into the Raptors’ all-time scoring ranks with 472 points in just 22 games, trailing only Kawhi Leonard among the fastest starts in team history.
Brandon Ingram has only recently begun his first full season with the Toronto Raptors, yet he has already secured a place in the franchise’s record book.
Through his first 22 games with the team, he has scored 472 points, averaging 21.5 points per game during the 2025–26 season.
This total moves him past Marco Belinelli, who scored 469 points during his lone season with the Raptors in 2009–10, placing Ingram in 100th on the franchise’s all-time scoring list.
Belinelli reached his total over 66 games, while Ingram surpassed it in less than half that time, aided in part by his recent 21-point performance against Portland.
Deadline Acquisition to Key Scorer
The pace at which Ingram reached this milestone adds further significance. He arrived in Toronto on February 6, 2025, in a trade that sent Bruce Brown, Kelly Olynyk, and multiple draft picks to the New Orleans Pelicans.
Shortly after the deal, he agreed to a three-year extension with the Raptors but did not appear in any games for the remainder of that season due to injury.
As a result, his first on-court contributions came at the start of the 2025–26 campaign, making his rapid scoring total even more impressive given the condensed timeframe in which it was achieved.
Third-Best Start Through Ten Games
Ingram’s scoring pace quickly placed him among the fastest starters in franchise history. He opened his Raptors tenure with 210 points in his first 10 games, the third-highest total ever recorded by a player in their first 10 appearances with the team.
This early surge made it immediately clear that he was producing at a level rarely seen from newcomers in Toronto.
Chasing the Standard Set by Kawhi
The most meaningful comparison point for any new Raptor is Kawhi Leonard, whose 2018–19 season remains the benchmark for immediate impact.
Leonard scored 522 points in his first 20 games with Toronto, the highest total ever recorded by a player over that span.
Ingram is the only newcomer known to trail Leonard’s pace through the same stretch, placing him in a uniquely elevated position among Raptors first-year scorers.
While his 472 points in 22 games do not match Leonard’s blistering start, the evidence indicates that no other player has come closer to replicating that level of early production.
Beginning a New Raptors Era
The significance of Ingram’s early production is unmistakable. He has scored 472 points in 22 games, entered the team’s all-time scoring list, and recorded the third-highest 10-game newcomer total in franchise history.
His scoring pace also positions him just behind Kawhi Leonard through the first 20 games of a Raptors tenure, reflecting a level of impact rarely matched by players new to the organization.
For someone who joined the team less than a year ago and missed the remainder of last season due to injury, Ingram’s influence has been immediate and highly efficient.
If he maintains this pace, he is poised to climb the Raptors’ scoring ranks at a rate few players have ever achieved.