highest usage rate by a nba rookie minimum 35 games

Priest Lauderdale has the highest usage percentage by a rookie with 35+ games played in a season, at 35.8 percent in 1996-97.

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	NAME	USG%	GP	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Priest Lauderdale P. Lauderdale	35.8	35	1996-97	ATL	5.1	3.2	1.2	0.3	0.0	0.3	1.4	2.5	55.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.7	56.5	56.0	0.5	0.8	1.1	180	111	43	12	1	9	37	39	-14
2	Trevor Ruffin T. Ruffin	35.5	49	1994-95	PHX	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	319	233	23	48	14	2	47	52
3	Oliver Robinson O. Robinson	35.0	35	1982-83	SAS	4.2	2.9	0.5	0.6	0.1	0.1	1.0	2.8	36.1	0.0	0.3	9.1	0.9	1.3	66.7	43.2	0.2	0.3	0.4	147	101	17	21	4	2	13	18
4	Sean Green S. Green	32.4	35	1991-92	IND	7.3	4.0	1.2	0.6	0.4	0.2	1.8	4.5	39.2	0.1	0.3	20.0	0.4	0.8	53.6	41.4	0.6	0.6	0.8	256	141	42	22	13	6	27	31
5	Victor Wembanyama V. Wembanyama	32.1	71	2023-24	SAS	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	2,106	1,522	755	274	88	254	260	153	-142
6	Cedric Ceballos C. Ceballos	31.3	63	1990-91	PHX	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	730	519	150	35	22	5	69	70
7	Ben Gordon B. Gordon	30.5	82	2004-05	CHI	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	2,002	1,235	215	164	53	10	186	224	+146
8	Luka Dončić L. Dončić	30.4	72	2018-19	DAL	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	2,318	1,526	563	429	77	25	247	137	-118
9	Mike Niles M. Niles	30.3	44	1980-81	PHX	5.3	2.6	1.3	0.3	0.2	0.0	1.1	3.1	34.8	0.0	0.1	50.0	0.4	0.8	45.9	37.3	0.6	0.7	0.6	231	115	58	15	8	1	25	41
10	Mark Aguirre M. Aguirre	29.9	51	1981-82	DAL	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	1,468	955	249	164	37	22	135	152
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	29.7	82	1984-85	CHI	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	3,144	2,313	534	481	196	69	291	285
12	Dave Jamerson D. Jamerson	29.5	37	1990-91	HOU	5.5	3.1	0.8	0.7	0.2	0.0	1.2	3.1	38.1	0.1	0.5	26.3	0.6	0.7	81.5	45.2	0.2	0.6	0.5	202	113	30	27	6	1	20	24
13	Gerald Glass G. Glass	29.5	51	1990-91	MIN	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	606	352	102	42	28	9	41	76
14	Donovan Mitchell D. Mitchell	29.2	79	2017-18	UTA	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	2,638	1,616	296	291	118	27	215	213	+357
15	Glenn Robinson G. Robinson	29.1	80	1994-95	MIL	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	2,958	1,755	513	197	115	22	313	234
16	Dennis Smith Jr. D. Smith Jr.	28.9	69	2017-18	DAL	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	2,049	1,048	260	358	71	18	194	152	-329
17	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	28.9	76	1996-97	PHI	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	3,045	1,787	312	567	157	24	337	233	-439
18	Ron Harper R. Harper	28.9	82	1986-87	CLE	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	3,064	1,874	392	394	209	84	345	247
19	Darrell Griffith D. Griffith	28.8	81	1980-81	UTA	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	2,867	1,671	288	194	106	40	231	219
20	Kyrie Irving K. Irving	28.7	51	2011-12	CLE	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	1,558	944	191	275	54	20	160	110	-160
21	Jay Vincent J. Vincent	28.6	81	1981-82	DAL	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	2,626	1,732	565	176	89	21	194	308
22	Don MacLean D. MacLean	28.5	62	1992-93	WAS	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	674	407	122	39	11	4	42	82
23	Walter Davis W. Davis	28.5	81	1977-78	PHX	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	2,590	1,959	484	273	113	20	283	242
24	Carmelo Anthony C. Anthony	28.4	82	2003-04	DEN	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	2,995	1,725	498	227	97	41	247	225	+65
25	Chris Crawford C. Crawford	28.4	40	1997-98	ATL	6.4	3.8	1.0	0.2	0.3	0.2	1.2	2.8	41.8	0.0	0.1	33.3	1.4	1.7	83.8	53.6	0.5	0.5	0.5	256	150	41	9	12	7	18	27	-53

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PPG

22.5

Johnson

RPG

10.3

Johnson

APG

7.9

Johnson

Team Rankings

ORTG

116.1

14th

DRTG

113.7

9th

NETRTG

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12th

3P%

37.1

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2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
4	Cavaliers	52	30	.634	8.0
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

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Fri 10/23	ATL	@	CHA	7:00 PM
Sat 10/24	HOU	@	ATL	8:00 PM
Mon 10/26	ATL	@	HOU	8:30 PM
Wed 10/28	MIA	@	ATL	7:00 PM

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Final

Hawks

2 - 4

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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

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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

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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

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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

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	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

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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