highest usage rate by a nba rookie

Jeremiah Fears has the highest usage percentage by a rookie this season, at 24.7 percent.

Interpreted as:
highest usage rate with a minimum of 2000 minutes played per 82 team games by a NBA rookie this regular season
NAMEUSG%SEASONTMGPMPGPPGRPGAPGSPGBPGFGMFGAFG%3PM3PA3P%FTMFTAFT%TS%OREBDREBTPGMINPTSREBASTSTLBLKTOVPF+/-
1Jeremiah Fears
J. Fears
24.7
2025-26
51
25.7
13.4
3.7
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
2Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
24.5
2025-26
45
34.0
19.8
6.6
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
3Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
22.1
2025-26
49
32.0
18.8
5.4
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
4Derik Queen
D. Queen
22.0
2025-26
50
25.8
12.3
7.4
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
5Cedric Coward
C. Coward
21.1
2025-26
44
26.6
13.8
6.3
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
6VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
18.9
2025-26
44
35.6
15.1
5.3
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
StatMuse has season-level data for usage percentage going back to the 1977-78 season.

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119.7

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2025-26 Conference Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
11
19
30
.388
19.0
12
18
29
.383
19.0
13
15
34
.306
23.0
14
Pelicans Pelicans
13
38
.255
26.0
15
12
38
.240
26.5
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Mon
2/2
@
7:00 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
35
12
.745
2
30
18
.625
5.5
3
30
18
.625
5.5
4
29
21
.580
7.5
5
29
21
.580
7.5
6
27
21
.563
8.5
7
25
22
.532
10.0
8
26
24
.520
10.5
9
24
25
.490
12.0
10
24
27
.471
13.0
11
22
28
.440
14.5
12
18
28
.391
16.5
13
13
34
.277
22.0
14
13
36
.265
23.0
15
12
35
.255
23.0
WesternWLPCTGB
1
38
11
.776
2
33
16
.673
5.0
3
32
16
.667
5.5
4
30
17
.638
7.0
5
31
19
.620
7.5
6
29
18
.617
8.0
7
30
19
.612
8.0
8
27
23
.540
11.5
9
23
26
.469
15.0
10
22
25
.468
15.0
11
19
30
.388
19.0
12
18
29
.383
19.0
13
15
34
.306
23.0
14
13
38
.255
26.0
15
12
38
.240
26.5

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
1/4
@
100-118
Sun
1/4
@
124-97
Sun
1/4
@
97-100
Sun
1/4
@
125-124
Sun
1/4
@
117-137

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Sun
2/1
@
3:30 PM
Sun
2/1
@
6:00 PM
Sun
2/1
@
6:00 PM
Sun
2/1
@
6:00 PM
Sun
2/1
@
6:00 PM