highest usage as a rookie nba

Jeremiah Fears has the highest usage percentage by a rookie this season, at 25.1 percent.

Interpreted as:
highest usage with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games as a rookie NBA this regular season
NAMEUSG%SEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
25.1
2025-26
34
26.8
14.4
3.6
3.1
1.3
0.1
5.4
12.5
43.5
1.0
3.0
33.0
2.6
3.3
78.4
51.8
0.7
2.9
2.3
912
491
123
105
43
5
77
63
-235
2Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
23.7
2025-26
33
34.6
19.4
6.4
4.0
1.2
0.8
7.4
15.2
48.6
1.0
3.5
28.1
3.6
4.5
80.5
56.4
1.2
5.2
2.2
1,141
640
211
132
40
27
74
77
-153
3Derik Queen
D. Queen
22.7
2025-26
34
25.8
13.3
7.0
4.0
1.0
0.8
5.0
10.1
49.9
0.2
1.0
21.2
3.0
3.9
77.9
56.3
1.6
5.4
2.4
878
451
239
137
34
28
80
108
-96
4Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
22.2
2025-26
31
33.1
19.3
5.1
3.5
0.7
0.2
6.7
14.0
47.8
3.6
8.5
42.8
2.3
2.5
89.7
63.9
0.9
4.3
2.4
1,027
597
159
107
22
7
75
70
-42
5Cedric Coward
C. Coward
20.4
2025-26
32
27.2
13.9
6.5
2.9
0.5
0.3
5.0
10.6
47.3
1.5
4.5
32.9
2.5
2.9
84.0
58.8
1.6
4.9
1.6
871
446
208
94
17
10
51
64
+29
6VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
20.0
2025-26
27
35.2
15.9
5.4
4.0
1.3
0.4
5.9
14.1
42.0
2.1
5.7
37.4
1.9
2.4
77.3
52.3
1.9
3.6
1.7
951
429
147
107
35
12
45
90
+55
7Sion James
S. James
10.8
2025-26
32
25.8
6.6
3.3
1.6
0.7
0.4
2.0
5.1
39.6
1.1
3.2
35.6
1.4
1.6
86.5
56.5
0.5
2.7
0.8
826
211
104
51
21
14
27
55
-102
StatMuse has season-level data for usage percentage going back to the 1977-78 season.

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11
12
20
.375
15.5
12
12
22
.353
16.5
13
11
21
.344
16.5
14
8
25
.242
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15
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26
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Wed
12/31
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7:00 PM
Fri
1/2
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8:00 PM
Sun
1/4
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6:00 PM
Tue
1/6
@
8:00 PM
Wed
1/7
@
7:30 PM
Last Game
NYK Knicks

23 - 9

130

Final

125

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NBA 2025-26 Leaders

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

NBA 2025-26 Betting

NBA 2025-26 Standings

EasternWLPCTGB
1
25
8
.758
2
23
9
.719
1.5
3
20
12
.625
4.5
4
20
14
.588
5.5
5
17
14
.548
7.0
6
18
15
.545
7.0
7
18
15
.545
7.0
8
18
16
.529
7.5
9
15
17
.469
9.5
10
15
19
.441
10.5
11
14
19
.424
11.0
12
11
21
.344
13.5
13
10
20
.333
13.5
14
7
24
.226
17.0
15
6
27
.182
19.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
28
5
.848
2
23
9
.719
4.5
3
22
10
.688
5.5
4
20
10
.667
6.5
5
20
11
.645
7.0
6
21
12
.636
7.0
7
19
13
.594
8.5
8
17
16
.515
11.0
9
15
18
.455
13.0
10
14
19
.424
14.0
11
12
20
.375
15.5
12
12
22
.353
16.5
13
11
21
.344
16.5
14
8
25
.242
20.0
15
8
26
.235
20.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Fri
11/28
@
96-104
Fri
11/28
@
130-112
Fri
11/28
@
114-110
Sat
11/29
@
129-101
Sat
11/29
@
117-115

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
12/31
@
1:00 PM
Wed
12/31
@
3:00 PM
Wed
12/31
@
3:00 PM
Wed
12/31
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3:30 PM
Wed
12/31
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7:00 PM