highest rebounds per game average for an nba rookie

Derik Queen has grabbed the most rebounds per game by a rookie this season, with 7.4 per game.

Interpreted as:
highest rebounds per game with a minimum of 57.4 games played per 82 team games average for an NBA rookie this regular season
NAMERPGSEASONTMGPMPGPPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Derik Queen
D. Queen
7.4
2025-26
50
25.8
12.3
4.3
1.0
0.9
4.7
9.7
48.7
0.2
0.9
20.5
2.6
3.3
79.3
54.8
1.8
5.6
2.5
1,291
613
368
214
51
46
127
142
-194
2Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
6.6
2025-26
45
34.0
19.8
4.1
1.2
0.8
7.6
15.7
48.4
1.0
3.5
28.9
3.6
4.5
79.6
55.9
1.2
5.4
2.2
1,532
890
297
186
55
34
99
102
-113
3Maxime Raynaud
M. Raynaud
6.5
2025-26
43
23.1
9.6
1.0
0.4
0.5
4.1
7.4
54.7
0.3
0.8
30.6
1.2
1.6
72.9
58.7
1.8
4.7
1.0
992
412
278
45
18
22
44
108
-246
4Cedric Coward
C. Coward
6.3
2025-26
44
26.6
13.8
2.9
0.5
0.4
5.0
10.7
46.6
1.6
4.5
34.7
2.2
2.6
85.2
58.1
1.4
4.9
1.8
1,172
607
277
129
24
18
78
87
+11
5Ryan Kalkbrenner
R. Kalkbrenner
6.1
2025-26
38
23.5
8.6
0.7
0.6
1.5
3.7
4.7
77.7
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.2
1.8
67.1
77.5
2.4
3.7
1.0
893
325
231
25
21
57
39
63
-85
6Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
5.4
2025-26
49
32.0
18.8
3.6
0.7
0.2
6.5
13.4
48.6
3.3
7.7
42.7
2.4
2.7
89.5
64.2
1.2
4.2
2.1
1,566
919
265
177
35
10
104
107
+59
7VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
5.3
2025-26
44
35.6
15.1
4.2
1.5
0.5
5.6
13.0
42.9
2.1
5.7
36.9
1.8
2.4
77.1
53.7
1.6
3.7
1.8
1,568
665
234
183
67
22
80
140
+69
8Collin Murray-Boyles
C. Murray-Boyles
5.1
2025-26
40
22.1
7.7
2.1
0.9
0.8
3.2
6.0
53.4
0.4
1.1
34.1
1.0
1.5
64.4
58.2
2.6
2.6
1.2
882
307
205
82
36
33
48
104
-20
9Danny Wolf
D. Wolf
4.5
2025-26
34
19.9
7.8
1.9
0.6
0.4
2.8
7.2
38.9
1.1
3.4
31.9
1.1
1.4
80.4
50.0
1.1
3.4
1.1
678
264
153
64
19
15
36
65
-131
10Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
3.7
2025-26
51
25.7
13.4
3.0
1.3
0.3
5.1
11.8
43.0
1.0
3.2
31.7
2.2
2.7
81.2
51.5
0.7
2.9
2.2
1,310
684
187
152
64
14
112
89
-292
11Ace Bailey
A. Bailey
3.6
2025-26
43
25.0
11.2
1.6
0.7
0.4
4.5
10.1
44.8
1.5
4.3
34.6
0.7
0.9
73.7
53.4
1.5
2.2
1.2
1,077
480
156
70
32
19
53
110
-278
12Sion James
S. James
3.5
2025-26
50
24.3
5.8
1.9
0.5
0.3
1.8
4.7
37.3
1.0
2.8
34.8
1.3
1.5
86.5
53.6
0.6
2.9
0.9
1,217
288
174
97
27
17
44
89
-53
13Hugo González
H. González
3.4
2025-26
44
15.3
4.0
0.6
0.6
0.3
1.6
3.3
49.0
0.6
1.5
36.8
0.2
0.5
50.0
57.5
0.9
2.5
0.6
675
177
148
26
27
12
27
80
+236
14Dylan Harper
D. Harper
3.3
2025-26
39
21.4
10.7
3.5
0.9
0.3
4.3
9.5
45.4
0.6
2.6
24.8
1.4
1.9
73.7
51.7
0.7
2.6
1.4
835
419
128
137
34
12
56
73
+117
15Egor Dëmin
E. Dëmin
3.1
2025-26
42
24.6
10.5
3.4
0.8
0.3
3.5
8.7
40.3
2.5
6.3
39.5
1.0
1.2
85.7
56.9
0.5
2.6
1.7
1,034
442
131
141
34
12
72
78
-92
16Nique Clifford
N. Clifford
3.0
2025-26
47
19.8
5.7
1.3
0.6
0.3
2.1
5.4
39.6
0.7
2.4
30.6
0.6
0.9
68.2
48.5
0.8
2.2
1.1
932
266
140
63
28
14
50
89
-110
17Tre Johnson
T. Johnson
2.7
2025-26
39
25.1
12.9
2.2
0.6
0.3
4.7
10.5
44.4
2.2
5.5
39.3
1.5
1.6
89.1
57.6
0.5
2.2
1.4
980
505
106
84
24
13
56
70
-116
18Caleb Love
C. Love
2.7
2025-26
42
22.6
11.4
2.7
0.6
0.1
4.2
10.8
39.3
2.1
6.4
32.3
0.9
1.2
73.5
50.5
0.6
2.1
1.3
949
479
114
112
26
4
56
47
-99
19Will Richard
W. Richard
2.5
2025-26
45
19.4
6.9
1.4
1.2
0.1
2.5
5.2
47.7
1.1
3.2
35.4
0.8
1.0
81.4
61.0
1.0
1.5
0.8
872
310
112
63
56
5
36
82
+36
20Kobe Sanders
K. Sanders
2.5
2025-26
40
21.3
7.0
1.6
0.6
0.1
2.6
5.7
44.9
1.1
2.8
39.1
0.8
1.0
84.6
57.3
0.5
2.0
1.4
850
280
99
64
24
4
54
89
+29
21Micah Peavy
M. Peavy
2.1
2025-26
43
15.7
4.6
1.1
0.7
0.1
1.9
5.0
38.6
0.5
2.0
25.0
0.3
0.3
73.3
44.7
0.9
1.2
0.3
673
198
90
47
30
6
13
71
-102
22Will Riley
W. Riley
2.0
2025-26
40
14.9
5.9
1.4
0.5
0.1
2.1
5.2
40.4
0.7
2.2
31.4
1.0
1.3
80.4
51.2
0.8
1.2
0.8
597
236
81
54
21
4
33
31
-186
23Walter Clayton Jr.
W. Clayton Jr.
2.0
2025-26
45
18.0
6.8
3.2
0.5
0.3
2.3
5.7
39.8
1.0
3.2
30.8
1.3
1.4
93.5
54.0
0.3
1.6
1.3
811
306
88
143
24
12
57
78
-119
24Ryan Nembhard
R. Nembhard
1.8
2025-26
36
19.0
6.8
4.9
0.3
0.0
2.8
6.4
44.0
0.9
2.3
37.3
0.3
0.4
76.9
51.5
0.2
1.6
1.5
684
245
65
176
9
1
53
50
-33
25Carter Bryant
C. Bryant
1.7
2025-26
38
8.3
2.6
0.2
0.2
0.1
0.9
2.7
35.0
0.4
1.4
27.8
0.3
0.4
78.6
44.9
0.4
1.3
0.3
314
98
64
7
6
5
12
30
-39
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Team Leaders

PPG

21.7

Williamson

Zion Williamson

RPG

7.4

Queen

Derik Queen

APG

4.3

Queen

Derik Queen
Team Rankings

ORTG

113.2

23rd

DRTG

119.7

27th

NETRTG

-6.5

25th

3P%

33.7

29th

2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
11
19
30
.388
19.5
12
18
29
.383
19.5
13
15
35
.300
24.0
14
Pelicans Pelicans
13
38
.255
26.5
15
12
39
.235
27.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
2/2
@
3:00 PM
Wed
2/4
@
8:00 PM
Fri
2/6
@
8:00 PM
Mon
2/9
@
8:00 PM
Wed
2/11
@
8:00 PM
Last Game
NOP Pelicans

13 - 38

114

Final

124

PHI 76ers

27 - 21

Sat 31 Jan 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
36
12
.750
2
31
18
.633
5.5
3
31
18
.633
5.5
4
30
21
.588
7.5
5
30
21
.588
7.5
6
27
21
.563
9.0
7
27
24
.529
10.5
8
25
23
.521
11.0
9
24
26
.480
13.0
10
24
27
.471
13.5
11
22
28
.440
15.0
12
18
29
.383
17.5
13
13
35
.271
23.0
14
13
35
.271
23.0
15
13
36
.265
23.5
WesternWLPCTGB
1
39
11
.780
2
33
16
.673
5.5
3
33
17
.660
6.0
4
30
17
.638
7.5
5
31
19
.620
8.0
6
29
19
.604
9.0
7
30
20
.600
9.0
8
27
23
.540
12.0
9
23
25
.479
15.0
10
23
27
.460
16.0
11
19
30
.388
19.5
12
18
29
.383
19.5
13
15
35
.300
24.0
14
13
38
.255
26.5
15
12
39
.235
27.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Mon
1/5
@
111-103
Mon
1/5
@
100-98
Tue
1/6
@
93-108
Tue
1/6
@
110-131
Tue
1/6
@
97-96

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
2/2
@
3:00 PM
Mon
2/2
@
7:00 PM
Mon
2/2
@
7:30 PM
Mon
2/2
@
10:00 PM
Tue
2/3
@
7:00 PM