highest per nba rookies

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

Interpreted as:
highest per with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games NBA rookies this regular season
NAMEPERSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Derik Queen
D. Queen
16.9
2025-26
39
26.1
12.9
7.5
4.3
1.1
1.0
5.0
10.1
49.6
0.2
1.0
17.9
2.7
3.5
77.4
55.5
1.7
5.8
2.5
1,018
503
291
167
41
38
97
119
-129
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
15.2
2025-26
35
26.7
13.7
6.6
3.0
0.5
0.3
4.9
10.5
46.7
1.4
4.3
32.9
2.5
3.0
84.6
58.3
1.6
5.1
1.7
933
480
232
104
19
11
59
70
+17
5VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
13.8
2025-26
32
35.9
16.1
5.5
4.3
1.6
0.5
6.0
14.0
42.8
2.2
5.9
37.4
1.8
2.3
78.7
53.3
1.8
3.7
1.7
1,148
514
177
136
50
17
53
100
+100
6Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
12.5
2025-26
40
26.7
14.4
3.6
3.2
1.3
0.2
5.5
12.5
43.8
1.1
3.2
32.8
2.4
3.1
78.7
52.0
0.7
2.9
2.5
1,068
576
144
126
50
9
99
73
-275
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

7.5

Queen

Derik Queen

APG

4.3

Queen

Derik Queen
Team Rankings

ORTG

112.6

25th

DRTG

119.9

27th

NETRTG

-7.3

26th

3P%

33.6

30th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
11
15
23
.395
16.5
12
14
25
.359
18.0
13
13
25
.342
18.5
14
Pelicans Pelicans
9
31
.225
23.5
15
8
30
.211
23.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
1/11
@
3:00 PM
Tue
1/13
@
8:00 PM
Wed
1/14
@
8:00 PM
Fri
1/16
@
7:00 PM
Sun
1/18
@
7:00 PM
Last Game
NOP Pelicans

9 - 31

128

Final

107

WAS Wizards

10 - 27

Fri 9 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
24
14
.632
4.0
3
24
14
.632
4.0
4
23
16
.590
5.5
5
21
15
.583
6.0
6
22
18
.550
7.0
7
21
18
.538
7.5
8
20
18
.526
8.0
9
19
21
.475
10.0
10
18
20
.474
10.0
11
17
21
.447
11.0
12
14
25
.359
14.5
13
11
24
.314
15.5
14
10
27
.270
17.5
15
8
31
.205
20.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
32
7
.821
2
27
11
.711
4.5
3
25
13
.658
6.5
4
25
14
.641
7.0
5
23
13
.639
7.5
6
22
13
.629
8.0
7
23
15
.605
8.5
8
21
18
.538
11.0
9
19
20
.487
13.0
10
16
22
.421
15.5
11
15
23
.395
16.5
12
14
25
.359
18.0
13
13
25
.342
18.5
14
9
31
.225
23.5
15
8
30
.211
23.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
12/12
@
111-109
Sat
12/13
@
108-89
Sat
12/13
@
119-111
Sat
12/13
@
117-120
Sat
12/13
@
82-127

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
1/11
@
3:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
3:30 PM
Sun
1/11
@
6:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
6:00 PM
Sun
1/11
@
7:00 PM