highest usage percentage among rookies with a minimum of 300 minutes played nba

Joel Embiid has the highest usage percentage by a rookie with 300+ minutes played in a season, at 35.8 percent in 2016-17.

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	NAME	USG%	MIN	SEASON	TM	GP	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	35.8	786	2016-17	PHI	31	25.4	20.2	7.8	2.1	0.9	2.5	6.5	13.8	46.6	1.2	3.2	36.7	6.2	7.9	78.3	58.4	2.0	5.9	3.8	627	243	66	27	76	117	112	+67
2	Trevor Ruffin T. Ruffin	35.5	319	1994-95	PHX	49	6.5	4.8	0.5	1.0	0.3	0.0	1.7	4.0	42.6	0.8	2.0	38.4	0.6	0.8	71.1	54.5	0.2	0.3	1.0	233	23	48	14	2	47	52
3	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	32.1	2,106	2023-24	SAS	71	29.7	21.4	10.6	3.9	1.2	3.6	7.8	16.7	46.5	1.8	5.5	32.5	4.1	5.2	79.6	56.5	2.3	8.4	3.7	1,522	755	274	88	254	260	153	-142
4	Cedric Ceballos C. Ceballos	31.3	730	1990-91	PHX	63	11.6	8.2	2.4	0.6	0.3	0.1	3.2	6.7	48.7	0.0	0.1	16.7	1.7	2.6	66.3	52.7	1.2	1.2	1.1	519	150	35	22	5	69	70
5	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	30.5	2,002	2004-05	CHI	82	24.4	15.1	2.6	2.0	0.6	0.1	5.3	12.9	41.1	1.6	4.0	40.5	2.8	3.3	86.3	52.6	0.7	2.0	2.3	1,235	215	164	53	10	186	224	+146
6	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	30.4	2,318	2018-19	DAL	72	32.2	21.2	7.8	6.0	1.1	0.3	7.0	16.5	42.7	2.3	7.1	32.7	4.8	6.7	71.3	54.5	1.2	6.6	3.4	1,526	563	429	77	25	247	137	-118
7	Zion Williamson Z. Williamson	30.3	668	2019-20	NOP	24	27.8	22.5	6.3	2.1	0.7	0.4	8.8	15.0	58.3	0.3	0.6	42.9	4.8	7.4	64.0	61.6	2.7	3.6	2.5	540	150	50	16	9	59	42	+62
8	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	29.9	1,468	1981-82	DAL	51	28.8	18.7	4.9	3.2	0.7	0.4	7.5	16.1	46.5	0.5	1.4	35.2	3.3	4.8	68.0	51.4	1.7	3.1	2.6	955	249	164	37	22	135	152
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29.7	3,144	1984-85	CHI	82	38.3	28.2	6.5	5.9	2.4	0.8	10.2	19.8	51.5	0.1	0.6	17.3	7.7	9.1	84.5	59.2	2.0	4.5	3.5	2,313	534	481	196	69	291	285
10	Gerald Glass G. Glass	29.5	606	1990-91	MIN	51	11.9	6.9	2.0	0.8	0.5	0.2	2.9	6.7	43.8	0.0	0.3	11.8	1.0	1.5	68.4	47.1	1.1	0.9	0.8	352	102	42	28	9	41	76
11	Derrick Gervin D. Gervin	29.3	339	1989-90	NJN	21	16.1	12.0	3.1	0.4	1.0	0.3	4.4	9.4	47.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	3.1	4.2	73.0	53.1	1.4	1.7	0.6	251	65	8	20	7	12	47
12	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	29.2	2,638	2017-18	UTA	79	33.4	20.5	3.7	3.7	1.5	0.3	7.5	17.2	43.7	2.4	7.0	34.0	3.0	3.8	80.5	54.1	0.7	3.1	2.7	1,616	296	291	118	27	215	213	+357
13	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	29.1	2,958	1994-95	MIL	80	37.0	21.9	6.4	2.5	1.4	0.3	8.0	17.6	45.1	1.1	3.4	32.1	5.0	6.2	79.6	53.8	2.1	4.3	3.9	1,755	513	197	115	22	313	234
14	Dennis Smith Jr. D. Smith Jr.	28.9	2,049	2017-18	DAL	69	29.7	15.2	3.8	5.2	1.0	0.3	5.9	14.8	39.5	1.5	4.9	31.3	1.9	2.8	69.4	47.3	0.7	3.0	2.8	1,048	260	358	71	18	194	152	-329
15	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	28.9	3,045	1996-97	PHI	76	40.1	23.5	4.1	7.5	2.1	0.3	8.2	19.8	41.6	2.0	6.0	34.1	5.0	7.2	70.2	51.3	1.5	2.6	4.4	1,787	312	567	157	24	337	233	-439
16	Ron Harper R. Harper	28.9	3,064	1986-87	CLE	82	37.4	22.9	4.8	4.8	2.5	1.0	9.0	19.7	45.5	0.2	1.1	21.3	4.7	6.9	68.4	50.3	2.1	2.7	4.2	1,874	392	394	209	84	345	247
17	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	28.8	2,867	1980-81	UTA	81	35.4	20.6	3.6	2.4	1.3	0.5	8.8	19.1	46.4	0.1	0.6	19.2	2.8	4.0	71.6	49.6	1.0	2.6	2.9	1,671	288	194	106	40	231	219
18	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	28.7	1,558	2011-12	CLE	51	30.5	18.5	3.7	5.4	1.1	0.4	6.9	14.6	46.9	1.4	3.6	39.9	3.4	3.8	87.2	56.6	0.9	2.9	3.1	944	191	275	54	20	160	110	-160
19	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	28.6	2,626	1981-82	DAL	81	32.4	21.4	7.0	2.2	1.1	0.3	8.9	17.9	49.7	0.0	0.0	25.0	3.6	5.0	71.6	53.2	2.2	4.7	2.4	1,732	565	176	89	21	194	308
20	Don MacLean D. MacLean	28.5	674	1992-93	WAS	62	10.9	6.6	2.0	0.6	0.2	0.1	2.5	5.8	43.5	0.0	0.1	50.0	1.5	1.8	81.1	49.7	0.5	1.4	0.7	407	122	39	11	4	42	82
21	Walter Davis W. Davis	28.5	2,590	1977-78	PHX	81	32.0	24.2	6.0	3.4	1.4	0.2	9.7	18.4	52.6				4.8	5.8	83.0	57.7	2.0	4.0	3.5	1,959	484	273	113	20	283	242
22	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	28.4	2,995	2003-04	DEN	82	36.5	21.0	6.1	2.8	1.2	0.5	7.6	17.9	42.6	0.8	2.6	32.2	5.0	6.4	77.7	50.9	2.2	3.8	3.0	1,725	498	227	97	41	247	225	+65
23	Trae Young T. Young	28.3	2,503	2018-19	ATL	81	30.9	19.1	3.7	8.1	0.9	0.2	6.5	15.5	41.8	1.9	6.0	32.4	4.2	5.1	82.9	53.9	0.8	2.9	3.8	1,549	301	653	72	15	308	140	-336
24	LeBron James L. James	28.2	3,122	2003-04	CLE	79	39.5	20.9	5.5	5.9	1.6	0.7	7.9	18.9	41.7	0.8	2.7	29.0	4.4	5.8	75.4	48.8	1.3	4.2	3.5	1,654	432	465	130	58	273	149	-144
25	Kevin Durant K. Durant	28.0	2,768	2007-08	SEA	80	34.6	20.3	4.4	2.4	1.0	0.9	7.3	17.1	43.0	0.7	2.6	28.8	4.9	5.6	87.3	51.9	0.9	3.5	2.9	1,624	348	192	78	75	232	122	-651

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More 76ers Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

28.3

Maxey

RPG

8.4

Drummond

APG

6.6

Maxey

Team Rankings

ORTG

115.4

17th

DRTG

115.5

16th

NETRTG

-0.2

18th

3P%

34.9

23rd

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
5	Raptors	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Thu 10/22	CLE	@	PHI	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	MIL	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Sun 10/25	DET	@	PHI	7:30 PM
Wed 10/28	PHI	@	IND	7:00 PM

Last Game

Knicks

4 - 0

144

Final

114

76ers

0 - 4

Sun 10 May 2026

NBA 2025-26 Leaders

PPG Leaders

33.5

Dončić

31.1

Gilgeous-Alexander

28.8

Edwards

RPG Leaders

12.9

Jokić

11.9

Towns

11.6

Clingan

APG Leaders

10.7

Jokić

9.9

Cunningham

8.3

Dončić

SPG Leaders

2.0

Thompson

2.0

Daniels

1.9

Wallace

BPG Leaders

3.1

Wembanyama

1.9

Holmgren

1.9

Huff

3PM Leaders

4.0

Dončić

3.8

Ball

3.4

Knueppel

TS% Leaders

68.8

Duren

67.6

Ayton

67.4

Queta

NBA 2025-26 Rankings

ORtg Rankings

122.6

120.8

119.8

119.6

119.4

119.2

DRtg Rankings

107.7

109.7

111.3

112.7

113.0

113.2

NetRtg Rankings

11.1

8.3

8.2

8.1

6.5

5.4

Tank Leaderboard

17-65

19-63

20-62

22-60

25-57

NBA Fantasy 2025-26

FanDuel Points Leaders

4,039.7

Jokić

3,694

Dončić

3,474

Johnson

DraftKings Points Leaders

4,298.5

Jokić

3,909.3

Dončić

3,685.5

Johnson

USG% Leaders

38.0

Dončić

36.1

Brown

33.4

Leonard

MPG Leaders

38.0

Maxey

37.4

Thompson

36.4

Durant

FanDuel PTS/MIN Leaders

1.78

Jokić

1.61

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

DraftKings PTS/MIN Leaders

1.90

Jokić

1.71

Dončić

1.52

Gilgeous-Alexander

NBA 2025-26 Betting

Best Record ATS

50-34

61-44

50-37-1

51-38

47-36

57-44

Worst Record ATS

33-49

41-59

36-48

38-50

36-46

NBA 2025-26 Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Pistons - z	60	22	.732
2	Celtics - x	56	26	.683	4.0
3	Knicks - x	53	29	.646	7.0
4	Cavaliers - x	52	30	.634	8.0
5	Raptors - x	46	36	.561	14.0
6	Hawks - x	46	36	.561	14.0
7	76ers - x	45	37	.549	15.0
8	Magic - x	45	37	.549	15.0
9	Hornets	44	38	.537	16.0
10	Heat	43	39	.524	17.0
11	Bucks - e	32	50	.390	28.0
12	Bulls - e	31	51	.378	29.0
13	Nets - e	20	62	.244	40.0
14	Pacers - e	19	63	.232	41.0
15	Wizards - e	17	65	.207	43.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder - z	64	18	.780
2	Spurs - x	62	20	.756	2.0
3	Nuggets - x	54	28	.659	10.0
4	Lakers - x	53	29	.646	11.0
5	Rockets - x	52	30	.634	12.0
6	Timberwolves - x	49	33	.598	15.0
7	Suns - x	45	37	.549	19.0
8	Trail Blazers - x	42	40	.512	22.0
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans - e	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks - e	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies - e	25	57	.305	39.0
14	Kings - e	22	60	.268	42.0
15	Jazz - e	22	60	.268	42.0