most 5 assist games for a rookie center through their first 35 g

Derik Queen has the most games by a rookie center with 5+ assists in 2025-26, with 28 games.

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most 5 or more assist regular-season games for a rookie center through their first 35 g

	NAME	GP	AST	SEASON	TM	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TPG	MIN	PTS	REB	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Derik Queen D. Queen	28	187	2025-26	NOP	28.4	13.1	7.6	6.7	1.0	0.9	5.1	9.9	51.6	0.2	1.0	17.2	2.7	3.4	80.0	57.6	1.5	6.2	2.9	796	367	214	29	26	80	71	-33
2	Brad Daugherty B. Daugherty	23	158	1986-87	CLE	37.6	17.3	8.3	6.9	0.6	0.8	6.3	11.1	56.5	0.0	0.0		4.8	6.3	76.4	62.5	1.6	6.7	3.3	864	398	191	13	19	76	68
3	Chris Webber C. Webber	18	119	1993-94	GSW	35.5	18.3	10.1	6.6	1.1	2.1	8.1	14.0	57.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	2.2	5.1	44.0	56.5	4.3	5.8	2.3	639	330	182	20	38	42	59
4	Sam Bowie S. Bowie	14	78	1984-85	POR	31.9	12.7	9.9	5.6	0.8	2.7	4.9	8.2	60.0	0.0	0.0		2.9	3.6	78.4	64.8	2.6	7.2	2.4	447	178	138	11	38	33	60
5	DeMarcus Cousins D. Cousins	13	75	2010-11	SAC	34.4	15.9	10.2	5.8	1.5	0.9	6.0	14.9	40.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	3.9	5.5	71.8	46.0	2.8	7.4	3.8	448	207	132	20	12	50	62	+44
6	Steve Stipanovich S. Stipanovich	10	58	1983-84	IND	34.6	13.6	8.3	5.8	0.8	0.7	5.1	10.9	46.8	0.1	0.2	50.0	3.3	4.2	78.6	53.3	1.4	6.9	1.3	346	136	83	8	7	13	30
7	Evan Mobley E. Mobley	9	49	2021-22	CLE	36.4	14.1	9.2	5.4	0.7	1.3	6.3	12.3	51.4	0.3	1.1	30.0	1.1	2.2	50.0	53.0	2.2	7.0	2.4	328	127	83	6	12	22	12	+17
8	Alperen Şengün A. Şengün	8	46	2021-22	HOU	25.5	11.5	6.6	5.8	1.0	0.9	4.0	8.8	45.7	0.4	2.0	18.8	3.1	3.6	86.2	55.6	2.4	4.3	2.3	204	92	53	8	7	18	27	-49
9	Nikola Jokić N. Jokić	8	45	2015-16	DEN	26.4	13.1	9.6	5.6	0.6	0.6	4.9	8.4	58.2	0.4	1.0	37.5	3.0	3.8	80.0	65.5	3.5	6.1	1.6	211	105	77	5	5	13	19	+23
10	Ralph Sampson R. Sampson	8	42	1983-84	HOU	39.9	21.4	14.1	5.3	1.1	4.3	8.4	17.8	47.2	0.0	0.0		4.6	6.5	71.2	51.9	4.9	9.3	2.9	319	171	113	9	34	23	36
11	Vin Baker V. Baker	7	46	1993-94	MIL	38.7	18.1	8.4	6.6	1.1	1.1	7.0	13.1	53.3	0.0	0.0		4.1	7.7	53.7	54.9	3.9	4.6	3.4	271	127	59	8	8	24	26
12	Dikembe Mutombo D. Mutombo	7	39	1991-92	DEN	40.3	14.7	10.4	5.6	0.7	3.6	5.4	10.6	51.4	0.0	0.0		3.9	7.4	51.9	53.2	3.7	6.7	4.0	282	103	73	5	25	28	29
13	Kyle Filipowski K. Filipowski	6	34	2024-25	UTA	29.4	14.3	9.7	5.7	1.3	0.5	5.5	9.2	60.0	1.7	3.2	52.6	1.7	3.3	50.0	67.4	2.0	7.7	2.7	176	86	58	8	3	16	19	-7
14	Aleksej Pokusevski A. Pokusevski	6	30	2020-21	OKC	29.6	9.7	3.3	5.0	0.7	1.3	3.8	10.8	35.4	1.0	6.0	16.7	1.0	1.7	60.0	41.8	0.0	3.3	3.8	178	58	20	4	8	23	11	-72
15	Bam Adebayo B. Adebayo	6	32	2017-18	MIA	28.0	10.0	6.3	5.3	0.8	0.2	3.7	7.2	51.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	2.7	3.8	69.6	56.5	1.8	4.5	1.0	168	60	38	5	1	6	18	+43
16	Karl-Anthony Towns K. Towns	6	36	2015-16	MIN	40.4	21.0	12.5	6.0	1.2	1.8	9.0	16.2	55.7	0.3	1.5	22.2	2.7	2.7	100.0	60.6	2.3	10.2	3.5	242	126	75	7	11	21	18	+13
17	Oliver Miller O. Miller	6	33	1992-93	PHX	26.3	9.8	6.2	5.5	1.5	2.5	3.7	6.2	59.5	0.0	0.0		2.5	3.2	78.9	65.0	2.0	4.2	2.3	158	59	37	9	15	14	16
18	Deandre Ayton D. Ayton	5	27	2018-19	PHX	34.0	17.8	10.4	5.4	1.4	0.8	7.4	10.4	71.2	0.0	0.0		3.0	3.2	93.8	75.4	1.6	8.8	1.8	170	89	52	7	4	9	10	-16
19	Shaquille O'Neal S. O'Neal	5	27	1992-93	ORL	38.6	22.4	14.4	5.4	0.4	3.0	9.8	15.2	64.5	0.0	0.0		2.8	5.4	51.9	63.7	4.2	10.2	4.0	193	112	72	2	15	20	13
20	David Robinson D. Robinson	5	29	1989-90	SAS	37.6	25.4	13.8	5.8	1.2	3.8	8.4	15.0	56.0	0.0	0.0		8.6	10.6	81.1	64.6	3.6	10.2	2.6	188	127	69	6	19	13	13
21	Joe Wolf J. Wolf	5	29	1987-88	LAC	34.4	12.8	5.2	5.8	1.2	0.0	5.6	10.2	54.9	0.2	0.8	25.0	1.4	1.4	100.0	59.2	1.0	4.2	2.0	172	64	26	6	0	10	20
22	Nene	4	21	2002-03	DEN	31.8	11.5	8.3	5.3	0.5	0.3	3.8	7.5	50.0	0.0	0.0		4.0	6.5	61.5	55.5	3.5	4.8	1.8	127	46	33	2	1	7	15	-3
23	Richard Anderson R. Anderson	4	22	1982-83	SDC	27.5	7.0	7.5	5.5		0.5	2.5	9.3	27.0	0.3	0.5	50.0	1.8	3.0	58.3	33.1				110	28	30		2		15
24	Alex Sarr A. Sarr	3	17	2024-25	WAS	32.0	21.3	8.0	5.7	0.7	1.3	8.0	20.3	39.3	2.0	6.7	30.0	3.3	3.3	100.0	48.9	2.7	5.3	2.7	96	64	24	2	4	8	8	+26
25	Joel Embiid J. Embiid	3	15	2016-17	PHI	25.9	16.7	7.3	5.0	1.0	3.0	5.0	11.0	45.5	0.3	2.3	14.3	6.3	9.3	67.9	55.2	2.3	5.0	4.7	78	50	22	3	9	14	13	-5

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Team Leaders

PPG

21.5

Murphy

RPG

7.1

Queen

APG

3.8

Murphy

Team Rankings

ORTG

114.4

21st

DRTG

118.9

25th

NETRTG

-4.5

21st

3P%

34.7

24th

2025-26 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
9	Clippers	42	40	.512	22.0
10	Warriors	37	45	.451	27.0
11	Pelicans	26	56	.317	38.0
12	Mavericks	26	56	.317	38.0
13	Grizzlies	25	57	.305	39.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 10/21	IND	@	NOP	8:00 PM
Fri 10/23	NOP	@	UTA	9:30 PM
Sat 10/24	NOP	@	DEN	9:00 PM
Wed 10/28	DEN	@	NOP	8:00 PM
Thu 10/29	SAC	@	NOP	8:00 PM

Last Game

Pelicans

26 - 56

126

Final

132

Timberwolves

49 - 33

Sun 12 Apr 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

NBA 2025-26 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Mon 3/30	PHX	@	MEM	131-105
Mon 3/30	CHI	@	SAS	114-129
Mon 3/30	MIN	@	DAL	124-94
Mon 3/30	CLE	@	UTA	122-113
Mon 3/30	DET	@	OKC	110-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 10/20	BOS	@	DET	3:00 PM
Tue 10/20	PHI	@	NYK	7:00 PM
Tue 10/20	OKC	@	SAS	9:30 PM
Wed 10/21	ATL	@	ORL	7:00 PM
Wed 10/21	MIL	@	WAS	7:00 PM

Derik Queen has the most games by a rookie center with 5+ assists in 2025-26, with 28 games.

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