highest usage rate by a nba rookie

Jeremiah Fears has the highest usage percentage by a rookie this season, at 25.6 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
25.6
2025-26
NOP NOP
27
27.6
15.7
3.4
3.1
1.4
0.1
5.9
13.1
44.8
1.2
3.3
36.4
2.7
3.4
80.2
53.5
0.6
2.8
2.3
746
423
93
84
39
4
62
56
-204
2Cooper Flagg
C. Flagg
22.4
2025-26
DAL DAL
25
33.7
17.5
6.3
3.4
1.3
0.7
6.8
14.1
48.2
0.8
3.4
25.0
3.0
3.7
81.7
55.5
1.2
5.1
2.1
842
437
157
86
33
17
52
56
-143
3Derik Queen
D. Queen
22.2
2025-26
NOP NOP
27
25.2
12.7
6.4
4.1
1.0
0.8
4.8
9.5
50.4
0.1
0.7
11.1
3.1
3.9
79.8
56.8
1.6
4.8
2.3
681
343
173
110
27
21
62
89
-116
4Kon Knueppel
K. Knueppel
21.9
2025-26
CHA CHA
26
34.0
19.0
5.4
3.5
0.7
0.2
6.7
14.2
47.2
3.4
8.5
40.5
2.2
2.4
92.1
62.4
1.0
4.4
2.3
883
495
140
90
19
6
61
62
-36
5Cedric Coward
C. Coward
20.2
2025-26
MEM MEM
25
27.2
13.5
6.4
2.8
0.6
0.3
4.8
10.6
45.8
1.5
4.6
32.5
2.3
2.8
84.1
57.2
1.4
5.0
1.5
681
337
160
71
14
8
37
50
+49
6VJ Edgecombe
VJ Edgecombe
19.3
2025-26
PHI PHI
22
35.0
15.2
5.6
4.0
1.3
0.5
5.6
13.3
42.1
2.0
5.3
38.8
2.0
2.6
77.2
52.8
1.7
3.9
1.7
770
335
123
87
28
10
38
72
+77
7Sion James
S. James
10.9
2025-26
CHA CHA
26
26.5
7.0
3.3
1.5
0.7
0.5
2.2
5.3
41.6
1.3
3.3
38.4
1.3
1.5
85.0
58.5
0.4
2.8
1.0
690
181
85
40
18
12
25
45
-46
StatMuse has season-level data for usage percentage going back to the 1977-78 season.

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10
16
.385
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12
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Thu
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@
NOP NOP
8:00 PM
Sat
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IND IND
@
NOP NOP
7:00 PM
Mon
12/22
DAL DAL
@
NOP NOP
8:00 PM
Tue
12/23
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@
CLE CLE
7:30 PM
Fri
12/26
PHX PHX
@
NOP NOP
8:00 PM
Last Game
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114

Final

104

CHI Bulls

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WesternWLPCTGB
1
Thunder Thunder
24
2
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2
Nuggets Nuggets
18
6
.750
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3
Rockets Rockets
16
6
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4
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18
7
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9
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Pistons Pistons
20
5
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2
Knicks Knicks
18
7
.720
2.0
3
Celtics Celtics
15
10
.600
5.0
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Magic Magic
15
11
.577
5.5
5
Raptors Raptors
15
11
.577
5.5
6
Heat Heat
14
11
.560
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DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Thu
11/13
POR POR
@
HOU HOU
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Thu
11/13
LAL LAL
@
NOP NOP
118-104
Thu
11/13
LAC LAC
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DAL DAL
133-127
Thu
11/13
GSW GSW
@
SAS SAS
109-108
Fri
11/14
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CLE CLE
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12/15
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Mon
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12/15
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LAC LAC
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