Brandon Clarke has the best true shooting percentage by a rookie, at 66.4 percent in 2019-20.

Interpreted as:

best ts percentage with a minimum of 725 points per 82 team games rookies all-time

	NAME	TS%	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Brandon Clarke B. Clarke	66.4	2019-20	MEM	58	22.4	12.1	5.9	1.4	0.6	0.8	5.1	8.2	61.9	0.4	1.1	35.9	1.5	1.9	75.9	1.6	4.4	0.9	1,300	700	345	81	32	48	55	100	-20
2	Kon Knueppel K. Knueppel	65.4	2025-26	CHA	17	33.6	19.4	5.8	2.9	0.8	0.2	6.8	13.8	49.1	3.7	8.5	43.8	2.1	2.4	90.0	1.1	4.7	2.4	571	329	99	49	13	4	41	41	-33
3	Steve Johnson S. Johnson	63.5	1981-82	KCK	78	22.3	12.8	5.9	1.2	0.5	1.1	5.1	8.3	61.3	0.0	0.0		2.7	4.2	64.2	1.9	3.9	2.5	1,741	1,002	459	91	39	89	197	372
4	Chet Holmgren C. Holmgren	63.2	2023-24	OKC	82	29.4	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	1.6	6.3	1.6	2,413	1,357	648	200	53	190	131	197	+422
5	Jeff Ruland J. Ruland	62.3	1981-82	WAS	82	27.0	14.4	9.3	1.6	0.5	0.7	5.1	9.1	56.1	0.0	0.0	33.3	4.2	5.5	75.2	3.1	6.2	2.9	2,214	1,183	762	134	44	58	237	319
6	Otis Thorpe O. Thorpe	62.0	1984-85	KCK	82	23.4	12.8	6.8	1.4	0.4	0.5	5.0	8.4	60.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.8	4.5	62.0	2.3	4.5	2.3	1,918	1,052	556	111	34	37	187	256
7	John Collins J. Collins	62.0	2017-18	ATL	74	24.0	10.5	7.3	1.3	0.6	1.1	4.2	7.4	57.6	0.2	0.6	34.0	1.8	2.5	71.5	2.4	4.9	1.4	1,776	777	541	98	47	80	105	215	-217
8	Arvydas Sabonis A. Sabonis	61.7	1995-96	POR	73	23.8	14.5	8.1	1.8	0.9	1.1	5.4	9.9	54.5	0.5	1.4	37.5	3.2	4.2	75.7	2.0	6.0	2.1	1,735	1,058	588	130	64	78	154	211
9	Sarunas Marciulionis S. Marciulionis	61.6	1989-90	GSW	75	22.6	12.1	2.9	1.6	1.3	0.1	3.9	7.4	51.9	0.1	0.5	25.6	4.2	5.4	78.7	1.1	1.8	1.8	1,695	905	221	121	94	7	137	230
10	Cedric Coward C. Coward	60.9	2025-26	MEM	18	26.4	13.8	5.8	2.8	0.7	0.3	4.6	9.9	46.4	1.8	4.8	38.4	2.7	3.1	87.5	1.5	4.3	1.2	476	248	105	50	13	6	22	35	+13
11	Brent Barry B. Barry	60.9	1995-96	LAC	79	24.0	10.1	2.1	2.9	1.2	0.3	3.6	7.6	47.4	1.6	3.7	41.6	1.4	1.7	81.0	0.5	1.6	1.5	1,898	800	168	230	95	22	120	196
12	Bill Cartwright B. Cartwright	60.8	1979-80	NYK	82	38.4	21.7	8.9	2.0	0.6	1.2	8.1	14.8	54.7	0.0	0.0		5.5	6.9	79.7	2.4	6.5	2.7	3,150	1,781	726	165	48	101	222	279
13	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	60.8	2018-19	PHX	71	30.7	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	3.1	7.1	1.8	2,183	1,159	729	125	61	67	126	209	-383
14	Tim McCormick T. McCormick	60.6	1984-85	SEA	78	20.3	9.3	5.1	1.0	0.2	0.4	3.4	6.2	55.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	2.4	3.4	71.5	1.9	3.2	1.5	1,584	726	398	78	18	33	114	207
15	Mitch Kupchak M. Kupchak	60.5	1976-77	WAS	82	18.5	10.4	6.0	0.8	0.3	0.4	4.2	7.3	57.2				2.1	3.0	69.1	2.2	3.8		1,513	852	494	62	22	34		204
16	Buck Williams B. Williams	60.3	1981-82	NJN	82	34.5	15.5	12.3	1.3	1.0	1.0	6.3	10.7	58.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	3.0	4.7	62.4	4.2	8.0	2.9	2,825	1,268	1,005	107	84	84	235	285
17	Magic Johnson M. Johnson	60.2	1979-80	LAL	77	36.3	18.0	7.7	7.3	2.4	0.5	6.5	12.3	53.0	0.1	0.4	22.6	4.9	6.0	81.0	2.2	5.6	4.0	2,795	1,387	596	563	187	41	305	218
18	Jalen Williams J. Williams	60.1	2022-23	OKC	75	30.3	14.1	4.5	3.3	1.4	0.5	5.5	10.6	52.1	1.0	2.7	35.6	2.1	2.5	81.2	1.1	3.4	1.6	2,275	1,056	337	248	103	35	123	191	-53
19	Adrian Dantley A. Dantley	60.1	1976-77	BUF	77	36.6	20.3	7.6	1.9	1.2	0.2	7.1	13.6	52.0				6.2	7.6	81.8	3.3	4.4		2,816	1,564	587	144	91	15		215
20	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	59.9	1984-85	PHI	82	28.6	14.0	8.6	1.9	1.2	1.0	5.2	9.5	54.5	0.0	0.1	16.7	3.6	4.9	73.3	3.2	5.3	2.5	2,347	1,148	703	155	95	80	209	301
21	Landry Fields L. Fields	59.8	2010-11	NYK	82	31.0	9.7	6.4	1.9	1.0	0.2	3.6	7.3	49.7	1.0	2.7	39.3	1.4	1.8	76.9	1.3	5.1	1.3	2,541	797	521	155	80	17	107	114	+67
22	David Robinson D. Robinson	59.7	1989-90	SAS	82	36.6	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	3.7	8.3	3.1	3,002	1,993	983	164	138	319	257	259
23	Keegan Murray K. Murray	59.7	2022-23	SAC	80	29.8	12.2	4.6	1.2	0.8	0.5	4.4	9.8	45.3	2.6	6.3	41.1	0.8	1.0	76.5	1.1	3.5	0.8	2,381	976	371	98	61	42	60	162	+99
24	Wesley Person W. Person	59.6	1994-95	PHX	78	23.1	10.4	2.6	1.3	0.6	0.3	4.0	8.2	48.4	1.5	3.4	43.6	1.0	1.3	79.2	0.9	1.7	1.0	1,800	814	201	105	48	24	79	149
25	John Shumate J. Shumate	59.6	1975-76	TOT	75	26.3	11.7	7.4	1.7	1.1	0.5	4.4	7.9	56.1				2.8	4.3	65.0	1.9	5.5		1,976	876	554	127	82	34		159