highest per rookies nba 2026

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 rookies NBA 2026
NAMEPERSEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Derik Queen
D. Queen
16.9
2025-26
41
26.2
12.8
7.5
4.3
1.0
1.0
5.0
10.0
49.6
0.2
1.0
17.9
2.6
3.4
77.1
55.3
1.7
5.8
2.5
1,075
523
307
178
43
40
102
125
-148
2Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
16.5
2025-26
39
34.6
19.1
6.4
4.3
1.3
0.8
7.3
15.2
48.0
1.0
3.4
29.3
3.6
4.4
81.8
55.9
1.2
5.2
2.2
1,348
746
249
166
51
31
87
89
-145
3Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
16.3
2025-26
39
32.5
19.1
5.1
3.6
0.7
0.2
6.6
13.7
48.0
3.4
8.1
42.5
2.4
2.7
88.8
63.8
1.0
4.1
2.3
1,269
743
199
140
27
8
89
91
-14
4Cedric Coward
C. Coward
15.4
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
13.7
2025-26
34
36.1
16.1
5.4
4.4
1.6
0.5
6.0
14.0
42.7
2.3
6.0
38.2
1.8
2.3
78.5
53.6
1.7
3.7
1.7
1,226
546
183
148
53
17
59
108
+96
6Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
12.5
2025-26
42
26.7
14.3
3.6
3.1
1.2
0.2
5.5
12.4
44.0
1.0
3.2
32.6
2.4
3.0
79.4
52.2
0.7
2.9
2.5
1,122
602
151
132
52
10
105
74
-287
7Sion James
S. James
8.8
2025-26
40
25.6
6.5
3.4
1.9
0.6
0.4
2.0
4.9
40.5
1.1
3.0
37.8
1.4
1.6
86.2
57.9
0.5
2.9
0.8
1,024
259
135
77
25
17
33
69
-55
StatMuse has season-level data for MIN/82TG going back to the 1951-52 season.

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Team Leaders

PPG

22.3

Williamson

Zion Williamson

RPG

7.5

Queen

Derik Queen

APG

4.3

Queen

Derik Queen
Team Rankings

ORTG

113.0

24th

DRTG

120.4

27th

NETRTG

-7.4

26th

3P%

34.1

26th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
11
16
23
.410
17.0
12
15
25
.375
18.5
13
14
25
.359
19.0
14
10
30
.250
23.5
15
Pelicans Pelicans
9
33
.214
25.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
1/14
@
8:00 PM
Fri
1/16
@
7:00 PM
Sun
1/18
@
7:00 PM
Wed
1/21
@
8:00 PM
Fri
1/23
@
8:00 PM
Last Game
DEN Nuggets

27 - 13

122

Final

116

NOP Pelicans

9 - 33

Tue 13 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
15
.615
4.5
4
24
17
.585
5.5
5
22
16
.579
6.0
6
22
18
.550
7.0
7
22
19
.537
7.5
8
21
19
.525
8.0
9
20
22
.476
10.0
10
18
21
.462
10.5
11
17
23
.425
12.0
12
14
26
.350
15.0
13
11
26
.297
16.5
14
10
28
.263
18.0
15
9
31
.225
20.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
34
7
.829
2
27
13
.675
6.5
3
27
13
.675
6.5
4
27
14
.659
7.0
5
24
14
.632
8.5
6
23
14
.622
9.0
7
24
16
.600
9.5
8
22
19
.537
12.0
9
19
22
.463
15.0
10
17
22
.436
16.0
11
16
23
.410
17.0
12
15
25
.375
18.5
13
14
25
.359
19.0
14
10
30
.250
23.5
15
9
33
.214
25.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Wed
12/17
@
111-105
Wed
12/17
@
114-116
Wed
12/17
@
98-99
Wed
12/17
@
143-135
Wed
12/17
@
115-126

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
1/14
@
7:00 PM
Wed
1/14
@
7:00 PM
Wed
1/14
@
8:00 PM
Wed
1/14
@
8:00 PM
Wed
1/14
@
9:30 PM