best assist percentage by a rookie in a season

Brevin Knight has the best assist percentage by a rookie, at 43.7 percent in 1997-98.

Interpreted as:

best assist percentage with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a rookie in a season

	NAME	AST%	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	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	Brevin Knight B. Knight	43.7	1997-98	CLE	80	31.0	9.0	3.2	8.2	2.5	0.2	3.3	7.4	44.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.5	3.1	80.1	51.5	0.8	2.3	2.4	2,483	723	253	656	196	18	194	271	+298
2	Ennis Whatley E. Whatley	43.4	1983-84	CHI	80	27.0	8.4	2.5	8.3	1.5	0.2	3.3	7.0	46.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.8	2.5	73.0	51.9	0.8	1.7	3.4	2,159	668	197	662	119	17	268	223
3	Jamaal Tinsley J. Tinsley	42.8	2001-02	IND	80	30.5	9.4	3.7	8.1	1.7	0.5	3.6	9.5	38.0	0.5	2.2	24.0	1.6	2.3	70.4	44.6	1.0	2.8	3.4	2,442	751	298	647	138	40	270	248	+43
4	Trae Young T. Young	40.5	2018-19	ATL	81	30.9	19.1	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	6.5	15.5	41.8	1.9	6.0	32.4	4.2	5.1	82.9	53.9	0.8	2.9	3.8	2,503	1,549	301	653	72	15	308	140	-336
5	Andre Miller A. Miller	38.7	1999-00	CLE	82	25.5	11.1	3.4	5.8	1.0	0.2	4.1	9.2	44.9	0.1	0.6	20.4	2.8	3.6	77.4	51.7	1.0	2.4	2.0	2,093	914	280	476	84	17	166	194	-107
6	Chris Paul C. Paul	38.2	2005-06	NOK	78	36.0	16.1	5.1	7.8	2.2	0.1	5.2	12.1	43.0	0.6	2.3	28.2	5.1	6.0	84.7	54.6	0.8	4.3	2.3	2,808	1,258	400	611	175	6	183	218	-181
7	Stephon Marbury S. Marbury	38.1	1996-97	MIN	67	34.7	15.8	2.7	7.8	1.0	0.3	5.3	13.0	40.8	1.5	4.3	35.4	3.7	5.0	72.7	51.9	0.8	1.9	3.1	2,324	1,057	184	522	67	19	210	159	-157
8	Sherman Douglas S. Douglas	37.4	1989-90	MIA	81	30.5	14.3	2.5	7.6	1.8	0.1	5.7	11.6	49.4	0.1	0.4	16.1	2.8	4.0	68.7	53.4	0.9	1.7	3.0	2,470	1,155	206	619	145	10	246	187
9	Mark Jackson M. Jackson	37.4	1987-88	NYK	82	39.6	13.6	4.8	10.6	2.5	0.1	5.3	12.4	43.2	0.4	1.5	25.4	2.5	3.2	77.4	49.3	1.5	3.4	3.1	3,249	1,114	396	868	205	6	258	244
10	Damon Stoudamire D. Stoudamire	37.4	1995-96	TOR	70	40.9	19.0	4.0	9.3	1.4	0.3	6.9	16.1	42.6	1.9	4.8	39.5	3.4	4.2	79.7	52.8	0.8	3.2	3.8	2,865	1,331	281	653	98	19	267	166
11	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	37.4	2017-18	PHI	81	33.7	15.8	8.1	8.2	1.7	0.9	6.7	12.3	54.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.4	4.2	56.0	55.7	1.8	6.3	3.4	2,732	1,279	659	661	140	70	278	211	+387
12	Tim Hardaway T. Hardaway	36.4	1989-90	GSW	79	33.7	14.7	3.9	8.7	2.1	0.2	5.9	12.5	47.1	0.3	1.1	27.4	2.7	3.5	76.4	52.5	0.7	3.2	3.3	2,663	1,162	310	689	165	12	260	232
13	John Wall J. Wall	36.0	2010-11	WAS	69	37.8	16.4	4.6	8.3	1.8	0.5	5.8	14.1	40.9	0.5	1.7	29.6	4.4	5.7	76.6	49.4	0.5	4.1	3.8	2,606	1,131	317	574	121	35	261	175	-440
14	Pooh Richardson P. Richardson	35.3	1989-90	MIN	82	31.5	11.4	2.6	6.8	1.6	0.3	5.2	11.3	46.1	0.3	1.0	27.7	0.8	1.3	58.9	48.2	0.7	2.0	1.7	2,581	938	217	554	133	25	141	143
15	Ja Morant J. Morant	35.2	2019-20	MEM	67	31.0	17.8	3.9	7.3	0.9	0.3	6.7	14.0	47.7	0.9	2.7	33.5	3.6	4.6	77.6	55.6	0.8	3.1	3.3	2,074	1,193	259	488	58	18	220	110	-17
16	Mike Bibby M. Bibby	35.1	1998-99	VAN	50	35.2	13.2	2.7	6.5	1.6	0.1	5.2	12.1	43.0	0.3	1.5	20.3	2.5	3.4	75.1	48.7	0.6	2.1	2.9	1,758	662	136	325	78	5	146	122	-339
17	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	33.6	1996-97	PHI	76	40.1	23.5	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	8.2	19.8	41.6	2.0	6.0	34.1	5.0	7.2	70.2	51.3	1.5	2.6	4.4	3,045	1,787	312	567	157	24	337	233	-439
18	Jason Kidd J. Kidd	33.2	1994-95	DAL	79	33.8	11.7	5.4	7.7	1.9	0.3	4.2	10.8	38.5	0.9	3.3	27.2	2.4	3.5	69.8	47.1	1.9	3.5	3.2	2,668	922	430	607	151	24	250	146
19	Darren Collison D. Collison	32.9	2009-10	NOH	76	27.8	12.4	2.5	5.7	1.0	0.1	4.9	10.4	47.7	0.6	1.5	40.0	1.9	2.3	85.1	54.6	0.5	2.0	2.7	2,109	946	192	432	78	4	202	92	-175
20	Isiah Thomas I. Thomas	32.6	1981-82	DET	72	33.8	17.0	2.9	7.8	2.1	0.2	6.3	14.8	42.4	0.2	0.8	28.8	4.2	6.0	70.4	48.7	0.8	2.1	4.2	2,433	1,225	209	565	150	17	299	253
21	Elfrid Payton E. Payton	32.6	2014-15	ORL	82	30.4	8.9	4.3	6.5	1.7	0.2	3.7	8.6	42.5	0.1	0.5	26.2	1.4	2.6	55.1	45.6	1.3	3.0	2.5	2,489	731	349	533	142	20	203	193	-204
22	Kirk Hinrich K. Hinrich	32.5	2003-04	CHI	76	35.6	12.0	3.4	6.8	1.3	0.3	4.2	10.8	38.6	1.9	4.9	39.0	1.8	2.2	80.4	51.0	0.6	2.9	2.7	2,706	915	259	517	101	21	204	276	-257
23	Oscar Robertson O. Robertson	32.4	1960-61	CIN	71	42.7	30.5	10.1	9.7			10.6	22.5	47.3				9.2	11.2	82.2	55.5				3,032	2,165	716	690				219
24	Phil Ford P. Ford	32.2	1978-79	KCK	79	34.5	15.9	2.3	8.6	2.2	0.1	5.9	12.7	46.5				4.1	5.1	81.3	53.4	0.4	1.9	4.1	2,723	1,260	182	681	174	6	323	245
25	Steve Francis S. Francis	31.6	1999-00	HOU	77	36.1	18.0	5.3	6.6	1.5	0.4	6.5	14.5	44.5	1.4	4.0	34.5	3.7	4.7	78.6	54.3	2.0	3.3	4.0	2,776	1,388	409	507	118	29	306	231	-158