highest nba rookies highest per

Derik Queen has the highest PER by a rookie this season, with a 16.9 rating.

Interpreted as:
highest NBA rookies highest per with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games this regular season
NAMEPERSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Derik Queen
D. Queen
16.9
2025-26
40
26.2
12.8
7.4
4.3
1.1
1.0
5.0
10.0
49.6
0.2
1.0
17.9
2.7
3.5
77.1
55.4
1.7
5.7
2.5
1,046
513
294
173
43
40
101
123
-148
2Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
16.2
2025-26
38
32.5
19.1
5.1
3.6
0.7
0.2
6.6
13.8
47.6
3.5
8.2
42.9
2.4
2.8
88.6
63.7
1.0
4.1
2.3
1,234
725
194
136
27
8
87
90
-5
3Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
16.1
2025-26
38
34.6
18.9
6.4
4.2
1.3
0.8
7.2
15.1
47.7
1.0
3.4
28.5
3.5
4.3
81.7
55.6
1.2
5.2
2.3
1,313
719
244
161
48
30
87
89
-150
4Cedric Coward
C. Coward
15.5
2025-26
36
26.7
13.9
6.7
2.9
0.6
0.3
5.0
10.6
47.0
1.5
4.5
34.0
2.4
2.9
84.6
58.7
1.6
5.1
1.7
960
501
240
105
20
11
61
72
+23
5VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
13.5
2025-26
33
36.1
16.1
5.5
4.2
1.6
0.5
6.0
14.2
42.3
2.2
6.0
36.9
1.9
2.4
78.5
52.8
1.8
3.7
1.7
1,192
531
181
140
52
17
57
104
+88
6Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
12.7
2025-26
41
26.7
14.4
3.6
3.1
1.3
0.2
5.5
12.5
44.1
1.1
3.2
33.6
2.3
3.0
78.7
52.3
0.7
2.9
2.5
1,096
592
148
129
52
9
101
74
-284
7Sion James
S. James
8.7
2025-26
39
25.8
6.4
3.4
1.9
0.6
0.4
2.0
4.8
40.7
1.1
2.9
37.4
1.4
1.6
85.7
57.9
0.5
2.8
0.8
1,005
251
132
74
25
17
32
67
-49
StatMuse has season-level data for MIN/82TG going back to the 1951-52 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

22.8

Williamson

Zion Williamson

RPG

7.4

Queen

Derik Queen

APG

4.3

Queen

Derik Queen
Team Rankings

ORTG

112.8

24th

DRTG

120.2

27th

NETRTG

-7.4

26th

3P%

34.0

27th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
11
15
23
.395
17.0
12
14
25
.359
18.5
13
13
25
.342
19.0
14
9
30
.231
23.5
15
Pelicans Pelicans
9
32
.220
24.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Tue
1/13
@
8:00 PM
Wed
1/14
@
8:00 PM
Fri
1/16
@
7:00 PM
Sun
1/18
@
7:00 PM
Wed
1/21
@
8:00 PM
Last Game
NOP Pelicans

9 - 32

118

Final

128

ORL Magic

22 - 18

Sun 11 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
28
10
.737
2
25
14
.641
3.5
3
24
14
.632
4.0
4
24
16
.600
5.0
5
21
16
.568
6.5
6
22
18
.550
7.0
7
22
18
.550
7.0
8
20
19
.513
8.5
9
20
21
.488
9.5
10
18
20
.474
10.0
11
17
22
.436
11.5
12
14
25
.359
14.5
13
11
25
.306
16.0
14
10
28
.263
18.0
15
8
31
.205
20.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
33
7
.825
2
27
12
.692
5.5
3
26
13
.667
6.5
4
26
14
.650
7.0
5
23
13
.639
8.0
6
24
15
.615
8.5
7
22
14
.611
9.0
8
21
19
.525
12.0
9
19
21
.475
14.0
10
17
22
.436
15.5
11
15
23
.395
17.0
12
14
25
.359
18.5
13
13
25
.342
19.0
14
9
30
.231
23.5
15
9
32
.220
24.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
12/14
@
106-96
Sun
12/14
@
133-140
Sun
12/14
@
125-128
Sun
12/14
@
121-103
Mon
12/15
@
113-124

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
1/12
@
7:00 PM
Mon
1/12
@
7:30 PM
Mon
1/12
@
7:30 PM
Mon
1/12
@
8:30 PM
Mon
1/12
@
10:00 PM