best per by a rookie with at least 30 games played and at least 26 mpg since 1990

Since 1989-90, David Robinson has the highest PER by a rookie with 30+ games played and 26.0+ minutes per game, with a 26.3 rating in 1989-90.

	NAME	PER	GP	MPG	SEASON	TM	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	David Robinson D. Robinson	26.3	82	36.6	1989-90	SAS	24.3	12.0	2.0	1.7	3.9	8.4	15.9	53.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	7.5	10.2	73.2	59.7	3.7	8.3	3.1	3,002	1,993	983	164	138	319	257	259
2	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	23.1	71	29.7	2023-24	SAS	21.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	7.8	16.7	46.5	1.8	5.5	32.5	4.1	5.2	79.6	56.5	2.3	8.4	3.7	2,106	1,522	755	274	88	254	260	153	-142
3	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	22.9	81	37.9	1992-93	ORL	23.4	13.9	1.9	0.7	3.5	9.0	16.1	56.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	5.3	8.9	59.2	58.4	4.2	9.6	3.8	3,071	1,893	1,122	152	60	286	307	321
4	Tim Duncan T. Duncan	22.6	82	39.1	1997-98	SAS	21.1	11.9	2.7	0.7	2.5	8.6	15.7	54.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.9	5.9	66.2	57.7	3.3	8.6	3.4	3,204	1,731	977	224	55	206	279	254	+429
5	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	22.5	82	32.0	2015-16	MIN	18.3	10.5	2.0	0.7	1.7	7.6	14.1	54.2	0.4	1.1	34.1	2.7	3.4	81.1	59.0	2.8	7.7	2.2	2,627	1,503	858	161	58	138	183	245	-131
6	Chris Paul C. Paul	22.1	78	36.0	2005-06	NOK	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	Blake Griffin B. Griffin	21.9	82	38.0	2010-11	LAC	22.5	12.1	3.8	0.8	0.5	8.5	16.8	50.6	0.1	0.3	29.2	5.4	8.5	64.2	54.9	3.3	8.8	2.7	3,112	1,845	989	312	63	45	223	252	-146
8	Anthony Davis A. Davis	21.7	64	28.8	2012-13	NOH	13.5	8.2	1.0	1.2	1.8	5.5	10.6	51.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.6	3.5	75.1	55.9	2.6	5.6	1.4	1,846	867	522	63	75	112	89	158	-153
9	Chris Webber C. Webber	21.7	76	32.1	1993-94	GSW	17.5	9.1	3.6	1.2	2.2	7.5	13.6	55.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.5	4.7	53.2	55.9	4.0	5.1	2.7	2,438	1,333	694	272	93	164	206	247
10	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	21.4	51	30.5	2011-12	CLE	18.5	3.7	5.4	1.1	0.4	6.9	14.6	46.9	1.4	3.6	39.9	3.4	3.8	87.2	56.6	0.9	2.9	3.1	1,558	944	191	275	54	20	160	110	-160
11	Alonzo Mourning A. Mourning	20.8	78	33.9	1992-93	CHA	21.0	10.3	1.0	0.3	3.5	7.3	14.3	51.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	6.3	8.1	78.1	58.6	3.4	6.9	3.0	2,644	1,639	805	76	27	271	236	286
12	Elton Brand E. Brand	20.6	81	37.0	1999-00	CHI	20.1	10.0	1.9	0.8	1.6	7.8	16.1	48.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5	6.6	68.5	52.8	4.3	5.7	2.8	2,999	1,627	810	155	66	132	228	259	-647
13	Yao Ming Y. Ming	20.6	82	29.0	2002-03	HOU	13.5	8.2	1.7	0.4	1.8	4.9	9.8	49.8	0.0	0.0	50.0	3.7	4.5	81.1	57.0	2.4	5.8	2.1	2,382	1,104	675	137	31	147	173	230	+142
14	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	20.5	71	30.7	2018-19	PHX	16.3	10.3	1.8	0.9	0.9	7.2	12.3	58.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.0	2.7	74.6	60.8	3.1	7.1	1.8	2,183	1,159	729	125	61	67	126	209	-383
15	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	20.5	82	29.4	2023-24	OKC	16.5	7.9	2.4	0.6	2.3	6.2	11.6	53.0	1.6	4.3	37.0	2.7	3.4	79.3	63.2	1.6	6.3	1.6	2,413	1,357	648	200	53	190	131	197	+422
16	Ben Simmons B. Simmons	20	81	33.7	2017-18	PHI	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
17	Zydrunas Ilgauskas Z. Ilgauskas	19.7	82	29.0	1997-98	CLE	13.9	8.8	0.9	0.6	1.6	5.5	10.7	51.8	0.0	0.0	25.0	2.8	3.7	76.2	56.4	3.4	5.4	1.8	2,379	1,139	723	71	52	135	146	288	+211
18	Vince Carter V. Carter	19.6	50	35.2	1998-99	TOR	18.3	5.7	3.0	1.1	1.5	6.9	15.3	45.0	0.4	1.3	28.8	4.1	5.4	76.1	51.6	1.9	3.8	2.2	1,760	913	283	149	55	77	110	140	+47
19	Pau Gasol P. Gasol	19.5	82	36.7	2001-02	MEM	17.6	8.9	2.7	0.5	2.1	6.7	13.0	51.8	0.0	0.1	20.0	4.1	5.8	70.9	56.6	2.9	6.0	2.7	3,007	1,441	730	223	41	169	224	195	-310
20	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	19.5	72	32.2	2018-19	DAL	21.2	7.8	6.0	1.1	0.3	7.0	16.5	42.7	2.3	7.1	32.7	4.8	6.7	71.3	54.5	1.2	6.6	3.4	2,318	1,526	563	429	77	25	247	137	-118
21	Paul Pierce P. Pierce	19.2	48	34.0	1998-99	BOS	16.5	6.4	2.4	1.7	1.0	5.9	13.5	43.9	1.8	4.3	41.2	2.9	4.1	71.3	54.0	2.4	4.0	2.4	1,632	791	309	115	82	50	113	139	-64
22	Grant Hill G. Hill	19	70	38.3	1994-95	DET	19.9	6.4	5.0	1.8	0.9	7.3	15.2	47.7	0.1	0.4	14.8	5.3	7.3	73.2	54.1	1.8	4.6	2.9	2,678	1,394	445	353	124	62	202	203
23	Larry Johnson L. Johnson	18.9	82	37.2	1991-92	CHA	19.2	11.0	3.6	1.0	0.6	7.5	15.3	49.0	0.1	0.3	22.7	4.1	5.0	82.9	54.8	3.9	7.0	2.0	3,047	1,576	899	292	81	51	160	225
24	Andrei Kirilenko A. Kirilenko	18.8	82	26.2	2001-02	UTA	10.7	4.9	1.1	1.4	1.9	3.5	7.7	45.0	0.3	1.2	25.0	3.5	4.5	76.8	55.3	1.8	3.1	1.3	2,151	880	402	94	116	159	108	156	+347
25	Richard Dumas R. Dumas	18.6	48	27.5	1992-93	PHX	15.8	4.6	1.3	1.8	0.8	6.3	12.0	52.4	0.0	0.1	33.3	3.2	4.5	70.7	56.4	2.1	2.6	1.9	1,320	757	223	60	85	39	92	127